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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Week 11
11 down, one to go for the Notre Dame football team. It turns out, certain things don’t matter when you’re a really good football team. Losing your top offensive lineman…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Notre Dame v. Syracuse ’18
Saturday’s blowout victory over #12 Syracuse was an odd occurrence. Rarely can you blowout the #12 team in the country and still have it feel like it could have been…
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame v. Syracuse ’18
Notre Dame passed the largest test it had standing between it and the playoffs yesterday with flying colors. The Irish shut down the high flying Syracuse offense and nearly recorded…
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Notre Dame Post Game 6-Pack: Irish Shut Up “Eye Test” Crowd with Another Blowout
Notre Dame walked into Yankee Stadium yesterday in a home game hundreds of miles from Notre Dame Stadium and acted like they owned the place. The Irish dominated from start…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Notre Dame v. Florida State
This week’s “5 Things I Didn’t Like” comes to you all later than normal for a few reasons: 1) I was dealing with some food poisoning on a vacation earlier…
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South Bend Redemption: Notre Dame Coach, Seniors Got Busy Winning
Brian Kelly’s career at Notre Dame, following the disaster that was the 2016 season, could safely be described as being in great peril. His team had just gone 4-8, was…
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Notre Dame Football 2018 Stock Report: Week 10
Senior week turned into much ado about nothing week for the Notre Dame football team. Quarterback Brandon Wimbush returned to the starting lineup against the Seminoles after it was revealed…
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame v. Florida State ’18
Notre Dame sent their seniors out in style on Senior Night this year with a 42-13 beat down of Florida State on a freezing night in South Bend. Notre Dame…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Notre Dame vs. Northwestern ’18
Notre Dame did a lot of good things in last weekend’s victory over Northwestern, but at the same time, the Irish did just enough wrong to make the game much…
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame v. Northwestern ’18
Notre Dame improved to 9-0 on the season on Saturday night with a 10 point win over Northwestern giving the Irish victories over both of the division leaders of the…
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Notre Dame Football 2018 Stock Report: Week 10
The Fighting Irish football team managed to not only move to 9-0 with a 10 point win over the home Wildcats, they showed themselves better than Michigan once again. There…
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Notre Dame Football Can Do More To Maximize Chase Claypool
Ask yourself this question: What Notre Dame regular on offense is not being maximized to their greatest potential? It’s safe to say the Irish are getting what you’d expect from…
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2018 Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Week 9
The Irish made it through Navy week with a solid win, but not necessarily unscathed. Drue Tranquill limped off with an ankle injury (that looked a lot worse at the…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Notre Dame v. Navy ’18
There was a lot to like in Notre Dame’s 44-22 win over Navy this past weekend. The Irish scored 44 points and had no problem moving the ball on the…
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame vs. Navy ’18
Notre Dame played about as uneven of a 22-point victory as you could play on Saturday night. At times they looked flat out dominant and at others it looked like…
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Notre Dame Post Game 6-Pack: Irish Dominant at Times in Win
Notre Dame improved to 8-0 on the season and almost certainly secured their place in the top 4 of the initial playoff rankings that come out on Tuesday. They were…
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The 2018 Notre Dame Football Team Has Yet To Reach Its Peak
There is usually a lot of consternation around the Fighting Irish as the football season reaches the November month. There have been struggles and outright collapses, dating back to 2014.…
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Notre Dame Football 2018 Post-Bye Stock Report
It was quite the productive bye week for Brian Kelly and his football team. They entered week eight undefeated at 7-0, ranked 4th nationally, and having navigated the toughest portion…
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Revisiting Notre Dame Football’s Top 25 Players
In the pre-season a few of us ranked the top 25 players on Notre Dame’s roster. At the slightly more than half way point of the season and with Notre…
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6 Players Notre Dame Needs to Develop to Fuel Playoff Run
Notre Dame heads into the bye week at 7-0 and ranked #4 in the country in both polls. The Irish have already achieved a start to the season that few…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Notre Dame v. Pitt 2018
Notre Dame enters its bye week with a 7-0 record and its playoff dreams fully intact. They almost limped into the bye week though asking themselves “how” and “why” after…
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame v. Pitt ’18
Notre Dame survived the first upset Saturday of the college football season on Saturday with a come from behind win over unranked Pitt. While no Irish fan likely walked away…
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Post Game 6-Pack: Notre Dame Avoids Disastrous Pitt-Fall
Notre Dame avoided joining the ranks of top 10 teams to lose on Saturday with a come from behind victory over Pitt to stay unbeaten on the season. The Irish,…
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The Best Is Yet To Come For The Notre Dame Offense
Since the insertion of quarterback Ian Book into the Irish offense, that unit has been on a tear. It has averaged 518 yards a game, 6.7 yards per play, and…
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Notre Dame Football First Semester Freshman Progress Report
Notre Dame is getting a lot of help from their 27 member freshman class this fall as part of their 6-0 start to the season. The NCAA’s new redshirt rules…
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