Notre Dame Football
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USC Captain Thinks Trojans Will Be “Running Up the Score” on Notre Dame
The Notre Dame – USC Rivalry usually doesn’t need anything extra to get the juices following between the two squads. This year, USC captain Michael Pittman decided to add a…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Irish Trending Up With SC Coming to Town
When looking at a season and how it is going to turn out, I like to think of it in terms of a season for a sprinter. There are only…
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In Need of Safety Depth, Notre Dame Hosting Ohio State Transfer
Notre Dame has a monster recruiting weekend on tap for the class of 2021 this weekend when USC visits for their biannual trip to Notre Dame Stadium. The Irish added…
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Key Matchups in Notre Dame’s Yearly Showdown with USC
After coasting to an easy 52-0 rout of Bowling Green to improve their season record to 4-1, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish will face a stiffer challenge as they stay…
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Notre Dame Football Primer: Green, Cold Await Rival Trojans
The Green Out is back! Notre Dame Stadium will (maybe) be full of green this Saturday Night, as the Trojans march into South Bend. The Fighting Irish remain 9th in…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like In Notre Dame’s Win Over Bowling Green
When Notre Dame posted 66 points on New Mexico earlier this year, it was a weird blowout in a sense, because amazingly there were a few things not to like…
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Griffith, Hart Moves to Notre Dame Secondary Makes Sense for Future
One of the more low key developments following Notre Dame’s win over Bowling Green this weekend was Brian Kelly telling the media that sophomore Houston Griffith moved to safety and…
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5 Things I Liked in Notre Dame’s Very Likeable Throttling of Bowling Green
Because there were so many good things to like in Notre Dame’s 52-0 win over Bowling Green this weekend, this week’s column was actually a little tricky to write. There…
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Notre Dame Football Film Review: Ian Book Takes Big Steps Against Bowling Green
Last week I wrote a piece detailing the missed opportunities in the Notre Dame passing game. The premise of the piece was the issues with Ian Book were decision making…
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Notre Dame Could Get RB Jafar Armstrong Back for USC
Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly provided Irish fans with an optimistic update on starting running back Jafar Armstrong on Sunday. Kelly indicated that there is a strong chance the…
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(Not So) Immediate Overreactions from Notre Dame Bowling Over Another Opponent
Apologies for the late posting of the “immediate” overreactions this week. A quick work trip to Spain this week left me reeling with some jet lag, and well, posting something…
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Beyond the Boxscore: Breaking Down Another Notre Dame Beatdown
Getting the October portion of their schedule off to a strong start, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish thoroughly dominated the outmatched Bowling Green Falcons, rolling to a victory that was…
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Notre Dame Passes Bowling Green Test with Flying Colors
I usually give out grades position by position following every game, but this week let’s not pretend it’s anything other than A’s all around. Notre Dame outgained their opponent by…
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Frankie V’s Prediction: Notre Dame Poised to Blowout Bowling Green
Notre Dame is back in action tomorrow with a tuneup game against Bowling Green coming off a big win last week over then #18 Virginia. Notre Dame also has an…
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What Though the Odds: Notre Dame – Bowling Green Bettings Lines & Spreads
The Fighting Irish had a nice bounce-back win over UVA last weekend after losing to Georgia two weeks ago. It was a must-win game to keep their playoff hopes alive…
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Notre Dame Football: Revisiting the Pain of the Brian VanGorder Experience
You know how when you want closure from something traumatic, and the final step in moving on is reliving and laughing about it? Well, this is what I hope to…
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Matchups to Watch As Notre Dame Hopes to Boat Race Bowling Green
After two stiff challenges in a row, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish now face what should be a breather for the next date on the 2019 schedule. They host the…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Jones, Linebackers Trending Up
To show how influential this column is, last week the Notre Dame run game was listed on the trending down track. Then they rushed for four touchdowns and bludgeoned the…
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How Notre Dame Can Get More Explosiveness Out Of The Passing Game
During his weekly Monday press conference, head coach Brian Kelly was asked about the progress of quarterback Ian Book. Kelly talked about Book having made improvements in some areas, needing…
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Notre Dame Football Primer: Vangorder Returns with Bowling Green
After playing back-to-back Top 20 opponents, Brian Kelly and the Irish will square off against the Bowling Green Falcons this Saturday. Notre Dame moved up one spot in this week’s…
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Daelin Hayes Announces Return to Notre Dame in 2020
Notre Dame got a bit of bad news on Sunday when Brian Kelly announced that senior defensive end Daelin Hayes suffered a torn labrum and was out for the rest…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like in Notre Dame’s Win Over #18 Virginia
Whenever you beat a top 20 team at home by 15 points and your defense sacks the opposing quarterback eight times and forces five turnovers, there is going to be…
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Grading The Notre Dame Defense Against Virginia: Hint, They Passed!
Clark Lea came into this game feeling like Notre Dame could handle the Virginia passing game playing man coverage. This was not the correct feeling. It had less to do…
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Grading Notre Dame’s Uneven Offensive Performance Vs. Virginia
As will become the norm in this space from now on, I’ll start by talking about the performance of the coordinator. Much like the offense as a whole, Chip Long…
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Notre Dame Gets Good News on Shaun Crawford Injury
While Notre Dame received bad news on Daelin Hayes this week on the injury front, they got some relatively good news when it came to Shaun Crawford. The 5th year…
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