Notre Dame Football
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Reality Check for Notre Dame Fans
It was ugly. It was hard to watch and even harder to stomach, and it’s abundantly clear adjustments have to be made moving forward. Based on Notre Dame’s triple overtime…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Pitt ’12
In wrapping up the Pitt game, here is a quicker than usual look at the 5 things I didn’t like seeing out of the Irish this past weekend. Mike Mayock’s…
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5 Things I Liked: Pitt ’12
While there may have been a lot to not like about last weekend’s win over Pitt – we’ll get to that later – there was still more than enough to…
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Duranko’s Digest: What did we see against Pitt?
We saw a gritty Notre Dame that is better at winning games than looking pretty. We saw an Irish team that plays better outside of Indiana (Navy, Michigan State,…
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Lesson Learned – Hopefully.
After arguably playing their best game of the year against Oklahoma in Norman, the Irish turned around and played possibly their worst 3 quarters of the year against Pitt a…
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Shamrock Stickers: Pitt ’12
The Irish put themselves and their fan base through an emotional rollercoaster on Saturday, but in the end they triumphed over Pitt 29-26 in triple overtime. Notre Dame moves to…
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Initial Analysis: Notre Dame 29, Pitt 26
Wow. Never expected to be writing about a Notre Dame victory this morning when the Irish entered yesterday’s fourth quarter down 14 points, but I never expected the game to…
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Keys to Victory: #3 Notre Dame vs. Pitt
Notre Dame returns home after last week’s 30-13 win over Oklahoma in Norman looking to improve to 9-0 for the first time since 1993. In order to do so, the…
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2012 Scoreboard Watching: Part 1
Brian Kelly and his staff are preaching one game at a time, one week at a time to the Notre Dame players this week to make sure they don’t get…
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#3 Notre Dame vs. Pitt – Key Matchups
Notre Dame is 8-0 and ranked third in the BCS standings following its win in primetime over Oklahoma in the most watched college football game this season. There hasn’t been this…
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Culture Change Leads to National Identity
One of the most difficult tasks a coach has when taking over an underperforming program is changing its culture. While a clichéd phrase used far too often in sports, it’s…
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What’s Next for Notre Dame?
As The Irish walked off the field in Norman on Saturday night they had accomplished something very few thought they could. By doing so they had finally secured the “statement…
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Duranko’s Digest: What did we see against Oklahoma?
In a magnificent performance against the best football team on its regular season schedule, the Irish moved to a glistening 8-0. As if heeding the call of Jim Morrison, the…
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Shamrock Stickers: Oklahoma ’12
The Irish travelled to Oklahoma double digit underdogs and returned with a signature win to remain undefeated. The Irish knocked off the Sooners 30-13 on the strength of a fourth…
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Notre Dame Moves Up to 3rd in BCS
Notre Dame’s big win over Oklahoma this weekend gained the Irish some points in the eyes of the BCS computers. Those gains, combined with Florida’s loss to Georgia that moved…
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5 Things I Liked: Oklahoma ’12
I thought about renaming the title of this weekly column to 5 Things I Loved instead of Liked, because I absolutely loved what I saw last night out of the…
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Initial Analysis: Notre Dame 30, Oklahoma 13
Wow. It’s the morning after and I am honestly still having trouble putting into words my thoughts about this game, this team, and this season. It has been just about…
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Keys to Victory: Oklahoma ’12
Notre Dame has its work cut out for it this weekend when they square off with #8 Oklahoma on the road. The 5th ranked Irish head to Norman a double…
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The Opposition’s Best
One of the more unique aspects of Notre Dame being an independent football program comes courtesy of its schedule. The Irish football team stretches to every corner of the United…
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Behind Enemy Lines: Oklahoma ’12
Notre Dame will square off with the Oklahoma Sooners for the first time since 1999 while making their first trip to Norman since 1966. With the Sooners on tap this…
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#5 Notre Dame @ #8 Oklahoma: Key Matchups
The Irish squeaked by BYU to move to 7-0 on the season and set up their toughest test so far, a trip to Norman to take on the Sooners. College Gameday…
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Everett Golson to Start vs. Oklahoma
Everett Golson sat out last week’s win over BYU after suffering concussion on the final drive in regulation against Stanford. Despite passing the cognitive tests necessary to play against the…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: BYU ’12
Sorry for the delay in this week’s 5 things I didn’t like – I may have under estimated how much running a 5k, 10k, and half marathon all within about…
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Luck of the Irish? Hardly.
If there was an instrument that measured heart and effort, we are almost positive that the 2012 version of the Notre Dame football team would bury the needle. Week in…
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5 Things I Liked: BYU ’12
Notre Dame squeaked out a three point victory on Saturday in a sloppy game in which they made more than their fair share of mistakes. The Irish were able to…
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