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Maurice Crum Q&A
Recently, I was lucky enough to have some questions answered by two time Notre Dame captain Maurice Crum. I’ll have a full length feature article on the homepage tomorrow, but…
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Lambert Helps Himself at Pro Day
The Notre Dame player that helped himself the most at Thursday’s Pro Day. Lambert clocked in two sub 4.4 40’s with a 4.37 and a 4.36 respectively. Lambert, who wasn’t…
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Stats from Notre Dame’s Pro Day
Notre Dame held it’s Pro Day today amid fairly little fan fare compared to past Pro Days in South Bend. Here are some stats from the event. David Bruton wisely…
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Sullivan Soon to Be Center of Attention In Minnesota
Former Notre Dame center and 2007 captain John Sullivan could be the starting center for the Minnesota Vikings in 2009 after the Vikes failed to resign Pro-Bowl center Matt Birk. …
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David Bruton Dominates the Combine
David Bruton made me look pretty smart yesterday. For the last year or so I’ve said that Bruton would test off the charts and really improve his draft stock at…
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Former Irish DC Running Baltimore Ravens Defense
Last year at this time, Greg Mattison was the defensive line coach for the Florida Gators and was busy putting down rumors that he was headed to the NFL after…
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Bruton Impresses Some at Senior Bowl
David Bruton had a pretty good week of practice at the Senior Bowl this week and may have helped out his draft stock some. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound Bruton has impressed…
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Carlson Has Record Breaking Rookie Year
Former Notre Dame tight end John Carlson has quietly been having an outstanding rookie season for the Seattle Seahawks this season. This week his rookie campaign received a lot of…
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Two Irish Alums Headed to Hawaii Too
The current Notre Dame players won’t be the only Golden Domers visiting the Aloha State in the next few months with today’s news that former Notre Dame players John Carney…
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Quinn Gets First NFL Win
Brady Quinn made his NFL starting debut last week, but some shoddy defense by the Browns and a dropped 4th down pass by Kellen Winslow turned Quinn’s debut into a…
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Quinn Still Doesn’t Have a Defense
During the last two years of Brady Quinn’s Notre Dame career, the only chance the Irish had to win big games was to simply outscore teams because the Irish defense…
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Brady Quinn Era in Cleveland Kicks Off Thursday
Brady Quinn’s long wait on the Cleveland Browns’ bench appears to finally be over amid reports that Quinn will start on Thursday against the Denver Broncos and their Swiss cheese…
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Brady Quinn in Purple?
The Pioneer Press reported on its website Sunday that the Minnesota Vikings offered the Cleveland Browns two first round picks for former Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn and the Browns…
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Carlson Grabs First Career Touchdown
Former Notre Dame TE John Carlson hauled in his first career professional touchdown yesterday in the Seahawks 27-10 loss to the Green Bay Packers. Carlson has been a starter for…
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Laws Hoping to Win Philly Fans Over
Philadelphia, PA (UHND.com) – Next week a whole class of NFL rookies will begin reporting to their first training camps. One of them will be former Notre Dame defensive lineman…
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Trevor Laws Q&A – Round 2
Back in March we were able to get Trevor Laws to answer some questions for us in between the NFL Combine and NFL Draft. Recently we were able to touch…
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Anthony Fasano front-runner to start for Dolphins
The Sun Sentinel says that former Notre Dame tight end is the front runner to start at TE for the Dolphins this year. Tight end Anthony Fasano – The quarterback…
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JJ Jansen, Travis Thomas Sign FA Deals
The first two undrafted Notre Dame players to sign free agent deals are long snapper JJ Jansen and running back/special teamer Travis Thomas. Jansen signed with Green Bay and Thomas…
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Vikings Select John Sullivan #187
The Minnesota Vikings were the 4th team to select a Notre Dame player in this year’s draft when they took John Sullivan #187 overall in the 6th round. Sullivan was…
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Ravens Pick Tom Zbikowski 86th Overall
The 3rd Notre Dame player was drafted early Sunday when the Baltimore Ravens used a 3rd round pick on former Irish safety Tom Zbikowski. Baltimore is fairly set at safety with…
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Trevor Laws on Getting Picked by Philly
The Eagles have posted some quotes from Trevor from his conference call with the local media last night. Here are some highlights – you can read the full release here. On whether…
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Trevor Laws Picked #47 by the Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles selected former Notre Dame defensive end/tackle Trevor Laws with the 47th pick of Saturday’s NFL draft. Laws was the 4th DT drafted after LSU’s GLen Dorsey, USC’s…
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John Carlson Picked #38 by Seattle Seahawks
Earlier this off-season the Seattle Seahawks signed former Notre Dame running back Julius Jones and Saturday they picked former tight end John Carlson #38 overall. Carlson is the first Notre…
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Irish Do Well on the Wonderlic
The Wonderlic scores for a number of the prospects at the NFL Combine have been released and Notre Dame prospects did very well. (Source) John Carlson: 40 John Sullivan: 35…
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Trevor Laws Interview
I just posted an interview we had with Trevor Laws on the homepage. Trevor was kind enough to answer a bunch of questions for us about how he is preparing…
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