Notre Dame Football
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Youth and Potential Early Themes for Notre Dame
Only a month and handful of practices into the 2016 spring version of Notre Dame football, fans and writers are officially on “over-reaction watch”. Spring stars don’t always turn into…
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Top 5 Notre Dame Spring Practice Storylines: Defense
Part one of this series broke down the top five offensive storylines heading into the 2016 version of spring football, today the focus is on the defense. While the Notre…
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Notre Dame Spring Preview: Restocking the Secondary
The past several weeks UHND has examined some of the pressing issues facing head coach Brian Kelly’s squad heading into the spring practice session, including looking into Notre Dame’s pass…
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Top 5 Notre Dame Spring Practice Storylines: Offense
The days are getting longer and the flowers are starting to bloom, which of course signals the start of spring football for the 2016 Notre Dame football team. If you…
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Notre Dame Spring Preview: The New Faces at Wide Receiver
As winter continues to make way for spring – Daylight Savings is a few short days away for those living in sun-deprived areas like me – Notre Dame’s spring practice…
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Does Notre Dame Have the Talent to Win a National Title?
After the Irish lost the national championship on January 7th, 2013 to the Alabama Crimson Tide by a score of 42-14, it seemed as though the Irish were lightyears away…
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Everett Golson’s Strange Journey Brings Him Back to Notre Dame
Everett Golson is returning to Notre Dame. Again. Two years after Golson returned to Notre Dame following his academic exile for the 2013 season, Golson will again be returning to…
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Did Jaylon Smith’s Injury Lead to Early NFL Departures for Notre Dame?
Star Notre Dame linebacker Jaylon Smith’s career had been going exactly according to plan. The one-time five-star prospect arrived in South Bend as the highest rated linebacker recruit Notre Dame…
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Notre Dame Spring Preview: Where’s the Pass Rush?
February is the hardest month of the football calendar. College football fans suffering the effects of withdrawal after the end of bowl season are given a brief reprieve until early…
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Sophomores Set to Impact ’16 Notre Dame Defense
In part one we zeroed in on the offensive recruits of 2015 and how they looked to impact the team in 2016, now in part two we focus on the…
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How Notre Dame Will Replace Steve Elmer
Notre Dame already had to replace two stalwarts on the offensive line heading into the 2016 season. The decision by Steve Elmer to end his career early and pursue his political…
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Notre Dame Offensive Sophomores Vital in 2016
With the 2016 Notre Dame recruiting class all inked up and ready to make their names known to Irish fans in the fall, let’s take a look back at the 2015…
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Why 2016 is the Most Important Season of the Brian Kelly Era
Last week’s National Signing Day closely mirrored the 2015 football season for Notre Dame. Head coach Brian Kelly fell just short of securing the signatures of two impact 5-star linebackers,…
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Notre Dame Great Justin Tuck Retires
Notre Dame’s all-time sack leader (and UHND’s official favorite follower on Twitter) is officially hanging up his cleats after a brilliant 11 year NFL career that saw the Irish great…
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Brian Kelly Contract Extension Gives Notre Dame Rare Stability
Notre Dame made some unexpected news on Friday when it announced a brand new, 6 year contract extension for head coach Brian Kelly which will keep him on the sidelines of…
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The Notre Dame Quarterback Battle: 2016 Edition
As I stood cheering on my Fighting Irish at their night opener against Texas, I had high aspirations not only for the team in 2016 but especially for our young,…
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Tyler Luatua’s Transfer Hits Notre Dame Tight End Depth
Earlier today news broke that Notre Dame’s reserve tight end Tyler Luatua will transfer from Notre Dame after a week or so of speculation regarding the future of the former 4-star…
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An Early Look at Notre Dame’s 2016 Defensive Depth
In 2016 Notre Dame will have to replace two of the most dominant players in college football – Jaylon Smith and Sheldon Day, but they are not the only stars…
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4 Notre Dame Seniors Who Can Shape 2016
Notre Dame has seen a "senior bump" from a number of players over the last four years. Here's four potential seniors who could shape the 2016 season.
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How Notre Dame Will Replace Jaylon Smith
Earlier this week Jaylon Smith surprised few when he declared for the NFL Draft. Had the 2015 Butkus Award winner not injured himself in the Fiesta Bowl, his declaration likely…
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2015 Was a Wild Ride for Notre Dame Football
Throughout the 2015 football season there were a number of narratives that surrounded the Notre Dame football team; so many in fact that in retrospect it’s hard to figure out…
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Jaylon Smith Injury Update: Expected to Make Full Recovery
The good news for Notre Dame’s 2015 Butkus Award winning linebacker Jaylon Smith is that he is expected to make a full recovery from the nasty knee injury that earned…
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How Notre Dame Will Replace Keivarae Russell
Another day, another Notre Dame player with eligibility remaining entering the 2016 NFL Draft. Saturday it was running back CJ Prosise. Sunday it was All-American wide receiver Will Fuller. Monday…
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Will Fuller Leaving Notre Dame for NFL Draft
And another domino in the Notre Dame off-season has fallen. Star wide receiver Will Fuller has announced that he intends on forgoing his senior season and has declare himself eligible…
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Notre Dame Football Hasn’t Hit Ceiling with Brian Kelly
Notre Dame lost another marquee game to an elite team a couple days ago. Predictably, the flood of “Notre Dame has maxed out” and “Brian Kelly will never get us…
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