Analysis
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So Hey, How About that Kicker? Notre Dame’s Brandon Walker Rebounds
Remember a couple weeks ago when Brandon Walker’s name was thrown around blogs and message boards left and right without much positivity? Of course you do. After missing two field…
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Wait…. Navy Just Did What?!?
As Jeff, my buddy Sean, and were walking out of M&T Bank Stadium soaking wet from head to tow we felt somewhat pleased with the outcome of the game. You…
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IBG: Through the Past Darkly Edition
Here is this week’s Irish Blog Gathering – hosted this week by Brawling Hiberian. 1) In the parlance of DJs, a “deep cut” is a song that wasn’t released as…
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Count Me Still on the Charlie Weis Bandwagon… Here’s Why
There’s been a lot of chatter in the afermath of Saturday’s humbling loss to Boston College. Now, more than ever, people have begun questioning Charlie Weis’s job status and right…
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Irish Humbled in Boston
Boston, MA (UHND.com) – Notre Dame entered Saturday’s game desperately looking for a win after losing a heart breaking 4 overtime contest with Pitt a week earlier. They left Saturday’s…
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IBG: The “Saying A Lot By Asking Obtuse Questions” Edition
Here is my take on this week’s Irish Blog Gathering. I missed last week’s in post World Series Championship bliss, but I’m back at it this week. This week’s is…
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Irish Lacking Killer Instinct
When Golden Tate joined the Irish recruiting class of 2007, he did so late in the process and without a whole lot of fanfare. Tate was middle of the pack…
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Random Thoughts Coming Out of the Bye
Here’s some random thoughts coming off the bye week. Looking back at the UNC game for a minute… Was the first half of that game the best coached half of…
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Irish Blog Gathering – Bye Week Edition
Well, it’s my turn to host the Irish Blog Gathering this week. Since its a bye week, I decided to make my questions speculative and not based too much on…
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Speaking of First Career TD’s… Congrats James Aldridge
One of the lesser publicized stories to come out of Satuday’s loss to North Carolina was the first career touchdown for junior James Aldridge. The former 5 star recruit who…
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Déjà Vu game: North Carolina Loss Reminiscent of ’05 Michigan State Loss
After watching the Notre Dame vs. North Carolina game, I couldn’t help but think that I had seen that game before. After some careful thought, I realize I had seen…
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Michael Floyd Dancing With the 5 Stars
Michael Floyd was a five star wide receiver according to Scout.com last year and based on his fast start this year I decided to take a look at how he…
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Walker Still Kicking For Irish
Charlie Weis held another kicking competition in practice this week and once again Brandon Walker won running away. According the South Bend Tribune… Walker will retain his job for Saturdays…
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Answers Coming Wednesday on Kicking Situation
Charlie Weis talked quite a bit Tuesday about the place kicking situation now that Brandon Walker is just 1 of 7 kicking field goals this year. It sounds like there…
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Irish Blogger Gathering: Heart of Darkness Edition
This week’s Irish Blog Gathering is hosted by OC Domer. In case you missed last week’s inagural Gathering Post, Subway Domer came up with the idea of doing a weekly…
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Underclassmen Carrying Scoring Load
Here is the Irish touchdown production through five games. The future continues to look bright. TD PRODUCTION SDSU UM MSU PU STAN TOTAL FRESHMAN 6 Michael Floyd 1 1 1…
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Looking Back at What to Watch for Stanford
Here’s a look back at how I did with this week’s What to Watch – four out of five isn’t too bad. Armando Allen. Allen followed up his breakout performance…
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Sounds Like Changes Coming at Place Kicker
After Brandon Walker started the season just 1 for 7 on field goal attempts, it should come as no surprise that Charlie Weis and Brian Polian are considering using junior…
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What to Watch For – Stanford at Notre Dame
Weighing in a little late this week, but here’s what to watch for later today when Stanford and Notre Dame kick off around 2:30 pm et. Armando Allen. After his…
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What the Irish Need: A Signature Win
Something occurred to me as I watched the 2007 Fighting Irish squad leave the field after a particularly humiliating 38-0 loss to the USC Trojans: I don’t actually remember the…
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That’s What We Call a Sack Lunch
Despite blitzing with great frequency this year, the Notre Dame under has just one sack so far this season. With our relative lack of depth and playmaking ability along the…
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Sacks: A Closer Look
DIGGING DEEPER Through the first four games played in 2007, Notre Dame had allowed 24 sacks. In 2008, the Irish have allowed just four sacks. With three returning starters and…
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Irish Blogger Gathering: Rivalry Edition
Ok, so when I went to Subway Domer’s blog to see this week’s topic for the Irish Blogger Gathering, I didn’t realize that his most recent topic was for a…
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Blogpoll Roundtable: Chaos Edition
Subway Domer is putting together a weekly Notre Dame blog roundtable type post with this being the first such post. Here’s my entry for the week. 1. Of the four…
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UHND Opponent Poll – Week 5
2008 UHND Opponent Poll – Week 5 Opponent Last Game Next Comments 1. Southern Cal Trojans (2-1) L, 21-27 – Oregon State vs. #23 Oregon (10/4) Frank : Wow. I…
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