Analysis
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Week 3
After a volatile week one for the Notre Dame football team, week 2 brought a return to normalcy against the Nevada Wolfpack with a 39-10 win in the first game…
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Notre Dame v. Nevada ’16: Post Game 6-Pack
One the heels of last week’s heartbreaking loss to Texas, Notre Dame returned home to face Nevada. While the Irish were a bit up and down throughout the afternoon, Notre…
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Desmond Howard: Deshone Kizer ‘One of Best QBs in College Football’
Count notorious Notre Dame hater Desmond Howard among those on the Deshone Kizer hype train that is barreling full steam ahead this week on the heels of his six touchdown…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Week 2
Week one is in the books and it brought the first market crash for the Notre Dame defense as they gave up 50 points and 517 yards on six yards…
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Notre Dame v. Texas ’16: Post Game 6-Pack
Notre Dame’s season started with a disappointing and unexpected loss in Austin last night in front of a Darrell K Royal Stadium crowd record of 102,000+. Despite the loss, not…
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Brian VanGorder’s Notre Dame Defense Shredded, Again
The third year of the Brian VanGorder experience was supposed to be different. Three years in the players – albeit with several new starters – were supposed to fully grasp…
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11 Fearless Predictions for Notre Dame Football in 2016
The long national nightmare known as “summer” is almost over and the wait for football is coming to an end. Notre Dame kicks off its 2016 season in just a…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Week 1
It’s game week, ladies and gentlemen, and to kick off the new season I’m starting a new weekly stock report that will appear every Tuesday. I’ll be looking at the…
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8 Super Sophs for Notre Dame Football in 2016
With all of the talent Notre Dame lost from its 2015 Fiesta Bowl squad and with an upper class decimated by early departures, transfers, and retirements; Notre Dame will need big…
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2016 Over/Under Predictions For Notre Dame Football: Defense
After giving the 2016 predictions on offense, it is time for us to look at the defense and how I expect they will perform in the upcoming season. As is…
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2016 Over/Under Predictions For Notre Dame Football: Offense
There are 13 days till Notre Dame kicks off their season in Austin, Texas against the Longhorns. We are a little over one-third of the way through fall practice and, as…
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Max Redfield: A Case Study in Opportunity Lost
Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly acted swiftly, fairly, and sternly on Sunday when he dismissed starting free safety Max Redfield from the team following the senior’s arrest early Saturday…
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How Notre Dame Will Replace Max Redfield
Brian Kelly did not waste too much time before deciding it was time to part ways with the much maligned Max Redfield following his arrest along with four other teammates…
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Justin Yoon Heating Up for Notre Dame?
Throughout the Notre Dame’s fall camp Justin Yoon has struggled with consistency to the point that Brian Kelly talked about it in depth at Media Day on Wednesday. On Friday…
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Brian Kelly ‘Concerned’ with Notre Dame Wide Receivers
We all knew that there would be some bumps in the road for the Notre Dame wide receivers in 2016. The Irish are replacing all three of their 2015 starters and…
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Brian Kelly Addresses Justin Yoon’s Camp Struggles
Lost in the shuffle of Brian Kelly’s decision that he will play both Malik Zaire and Deshone Kizer against Texas was Kelly’s comments regarding his reportedly struggling sophomore kicker, Justin…
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Notre Dame Will Play Both Quarterbacks at Texas
Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly has made a decision on the quarterback position – sort of. Kelly announced on Wednesday that Notre Dame will in fact play both Malik…
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Tommy Kraemer ‘Light Years’ Ahead of Any Frosh OL Under Kelly
Daelin Hayes was not the only freshman to receive some praise from Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly this weekend. True freshman Tommy Kraemer was described as being “light…
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Frosh DE Daelin Hayes In Line for Prominent Role?
Notre Dame is in desperate need of a pass rusher along its rebuilt defensive line. It sounds like the Irish might be ready to look to true freshman Daelin Hayes…
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James Onwualu, Punt Returner?
From time to time Brian Kelly likes to give a player a chance to end practice early by making a play or nailing a pressure kick. Saturday he gave senior…
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Notre Dame’s Freshmen WR Can Force Way on Field in ’16
The Notre Dame wide receiving corps will be completely overhauled the next time Irish fans get a glimpse of Brian Kelly’s offense. Notre Dame is replacing a trio of starters…
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Notre Dame’s Defensive Line A Strength in ’16?
Notre Dame is replacing a pair of two year starters along a defensive line that wasn’t exactly a strength in 2015. Despite that attrition the Notre Dame defensive line could…
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Notre Dame’s Most Indispensable Players In 2016
Before we get into the doom and gloom of what would happen if something goes wrong with any of the following players, it should be noted that Notre Dame endured…
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Notre Dame’s Freshmen Defensive Backs Will Play in ’16
When Notre Dame signed seven defensive backs in February it was expected that some of them would be needed to play right away for the Irish this fall. Brian Kelly…
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Assessing the Loss of Alize Jones on the Notre Dame Offense
Alize Jones only had 10 receptions as a freshman, but a lot was expected of him in 2016. That was, of course, before we learned that he would be lost…
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