Notre Dame Football
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Duranko’s Digest: What We Learned Dublin
The Fighting Irish put on a powerful, dominating, athletic display against the Naval Academy in Dublin. The Notre Dame offense was able to use the fulcrum of overpowering the Navy…
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Shamrock Stickers: Notre Dame v. Navy ’12
Welcome to a new weekly column written by regular contributor Pierce O’Leary. Each week Pierce will dole out stickers to the players of the week for the Irish. At the…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Notre Dame – Navy ‘12
Yesterday I posted a list of things I liked from Notre Dame’s season opening win over in Dublin so for the sake of some balance, today I bring you a…
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Notre Dame Football Notebook – Navy ’12
Here are some notes from Notre Dame’s week one victory over Navy. Kei’Varae Russell became the first true freshman in the history of Notre Dame to start the season opener…
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame – Navy ‘12
There was a lot to like in Notre Dame’s 40 point win over Navy yesterday from the play of the running backs to the dominant performances along both lines of…
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Brunch with Brian – Reviewing Navy ’12
Brian Kelly spoke with the media immediately following yesterday’s 50-10 win over Navy and then again on Sunday via teleconference. Here is some video of what he had to say…
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Initial Analysis – Notre Dame 50, Navy 10
The Emerald Isle Classic went off without much of a hitch for Notre Dame as they cruised to a 50-10 victory over Navy in Aviva Stadium in front of a…
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Wake Up the Echoes – 2012 Kickoff Edition
The dawn of another season is upon us. The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame are in Dublin ready to kick off season three of the Brian Kelly Era and for…
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5 Things I Don’t Want to See in 2012
With the season set to begin in just over 24 hours, here is a quick list of five things we saw entirely too much of in 2011 that Notre Dame…
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Notre Dame Players React to Dublin
Notre Dame landed in Ireland yesterday and based on Twitter, the players are having an amazing time. Here is a sampling of the reactions from the players via Twitter. Note:…
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The Indispensables – 2012 Edition
For the third year in a row, I am rolling out my yearly list of the 10 most indispensable players on the Notre Dame roster for the upcoming season – a list…
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8 Could Breakout for Notre Dame in ’12
Often times the difference between a good year and a great year for a team is the number of players who come out of nowhere and become star players. Every…
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7 Questions Facing the Notre Dame Defense in 2012
With the Irish poised to start the 2012 season behind red-shirt freshman and new starting quarterback Everett Golson and an offense in transition without the likes of Michael Floyd and Jonas Gray,…
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Te’o, Eifert Headline 2012 Notre Dame Captains
Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly announced the captains for the 2012 season on Monday night and senior All Americans Manti Te’o and Tyler Efiert headline the quartet of captains with Kapron…
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Delay ‘Save Our Season’ Distress Calls
When it was announced Notre Dame’s starting cornerback Lo Wood ruptured his Achilles and was lost for the season, the first word that came to mind was “devastating”, which is a much…
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Cierre Wood Suspended for First 2 Weeks
Cierre Wood, Notre Dame’s leading rusher each of the past two seasons, has been suspended for the first two weeks of the season for violating team rules per a University…
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Cierre Wood Makes Heisman Watch List
Fresh off of his first career 1,000 yard season, senior running back Cierre Wood has found himself on Heisman Pundit’s pre-season Heisman Watch List making himself the first Irish running…
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A Look at the 2012 Schedule
Per Phil Steele, Notre Dame’s schedule is rated #1 in difficulty in preseason SOS ratings. To put the Athlon Preseason Rankings of our opponents in context, the Irish rank #20.…
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Everett Golson Named Starting Quarterback
Brian Kelly ended months of speculation on Thursday night by naming sophomore Everett Golson the starting quarterback for Notre Dame in 2012. The athletically gifted South Carolina native edged out…
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Frosh Neal, Russell Earn Starting Jobs
Everett Golson wasn’t the only Irish underclassman to be named a starter for the 2012 season on Thursday night. Freshmen Davonte Neal and KeiVarae Russell also earned starting gigs at…
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7 Questions on Offense Heading into the Season
With just a little over a week to go before the start of the 2012 season, Notre Dame has several questions looming whose answers will determine if we are talking…
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Can there be a Return to Glory?
One would have to go back to the year 1988 to find an undefeated Irish football squad, and the most recent National Championship team. By anyone’s account, that is a long…
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A Look at the 2012 Irish
The 2012 Irish, coming off an 8-5 season marked by sloppy play in the way of turnovers and penalties that led to several disappointing losses, face tough challenges in Kelly’s…
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Lo Wood Reportedly Out for Year
Notre Dame’s already thin depth at cornerback reportedly suffered a crushing blow on Monday when junior corner Lo Wood suffered was is being called a season ending Achilles injury leaving the Irish…
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6 Impact Freshmen for 2012
Notre Dame’s recruiting class of 2012 was marred by late defections and near misses, but despite the end of the cycle disappointment, the Irish signed several freshman who will make…
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