Notre Dame Football
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Troy Niklas Moving to Tight End?
Earlier this week some reports began to surface that rising sophomore Troy Niklas was working out with the tight ends during voluntary off-season training after spending his freshman season cracking…
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Floyd Impresses in the 40
The off the field questions for Michael Floyd will linger until Draft Day after his alcohol related incidents at Notre Dame, but the only on the field issue surrounding Floyd…
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Notre Dame Suddenly Has A Surplus of Options
Brian Kelly decided to combine the coaching responsibilities for running backs and slot wide receivers in 2012 because he envisions a combined role for his backs and slot receivers moving…
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Manti Te’o Returning for Senior Season
Christmas Day is still two weeks away, but Notre Dame fans were treated to an early Christmas present on Sunday when junior linebacker Manti Te’o announced he would be returning…
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The Andrew Hendrix Experience
After the Stanford game, the Notre Dame message boards understandably lit up with talk of Andrew Hendrix. Some were quick to anoint him the Second Coming. Others did their best…
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An Up Close Look at Stanford
Notre Dame heads to the west coast this week to take on the 4th ranked Cardinal from Stanford. In preparation for this year’s huge season finale, we exchanged Q&A’s with…
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IBG – Wounded, Perhaps Angry Birds Edition
This week’s Irish Blog Gathering is brought to us by the guys over at Her Loyal Sons. Having actually seen the uniforms in the wild on Saturday night, what are…
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Senior Day Story Lines
Saturday marks the last home game for a senior class that came to Notre Dame on the heels of the 3-9 season of 2007. Baring a major late season surge…
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An Up Close Look at Boston College
Last week we brought everyone a closer look at Maryland with a Q&A with the Maryland blog Turtle Droppings. This week we have a closer look at Notre Dame’s senior…
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Eifert, Floyd Named Award Semifinalists
A pair of Notre Dame offensive weapons were named semifinalists for awards honoring the best player at their respective positions on Monday when junior tight end Tyler Eifert was named…
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Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 45, Maryland 21
Notre Dame improved to 3-0 in its yearly off-site home game with a relatively easy victory over Maryland on Saturday night – the third blowout win for the Irish in…
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Steve Filer Done For the Season
Steve Filer’s Notre Dame career has come to a disappointing end. Brian Kelly confirmed on Thursday that Filer suffered an ACL injury in a non-contact drill that will cause the…
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An Up Close Look at Maryland
Today we are lucky to have some insights into this weekend’s opponent, Maryland, from one of the bloggers over at TurtleDroppings.com – a blog devoted to Maryland football and basketball.…
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IBG – (Sham)rocking Some New Headgear Edition
This week’s Irish Blog Gathering, hosted by We Never Graduate, looks at the new uniforms and helmets Notre Dame has been introducing and looks at possible other enhancements Brian Kelly…
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8 Facing Important Final Quarter
Notre Dame is through the first three quarters of the 2011 season and while there is still plenty left to be played for this season, it’s never too early to…
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Braxston Cave Out for the Year
Notre Dame suffered a big loss along the offensive line this past weekend after head coach Brian Kelly announced that senior center Braxston Cave would be out for the rest…
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Another New Helmet for Notre Dame
Look out Oregon, Notre Dame will be wearing its 4th different helmet of the season this weekend when the Irish travel to Washington, DC to host the Maryland Terrapins at…
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Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 24, Wake Forest 17
Notre Dame’s first trip to Winston-Salem ended with a win in an up and down performance that showed once again that the 2011 Fighting Irish are still very much a…
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IBG – Wake Up the Demon Edition
Notre Dame makes it’s first trip to Winston-Salem this weekend to face the Demon Deacons for the first time and the guys over at Gameday 40 are hostingthis week’s Irish…
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IBG – Just Win Baby Edition
This week’s edition of the Irish Blog Gathering is hosted by One Foot Down and asks us to ponder if we should be satisfied with any win over Navy. After…
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Another Golden Opportunity Lost
All weekend long I had this seeping suspicion we were going to be in for a letdown and the reason I felt this way was simple. Every time over the…
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Questions Remain Under Center for Irish Offense
It only took Brian Kelly a half of football this season to decide he needed to make a quarterback change and while Notre Dame’s 2nd year head coach hasn’t given…
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Initial Impressions Notre Dame 17, USC 31
A weekend with such potential for a classic Notre Dame moment turned into a weekend that has become all too familiar and more typical of many recent Notre Dame moments. …
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Notre Dame Introduces New Helmets
The gold and paint on the Notre Dame helmets has been a topic of debate on all of the Notre Dame forums for the last several years. Apparently the Notre…
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IBG – Primetime Rivalry Edition
Hey there. Why does it always seem that life/work get to be the busiest at the worst times for blogging purposes? With some free time this week I wanted to…
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