Notre Dame Football
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Odd Start Time for Notre Dame – Miami (Ohio) ’17 Announced
One of the stranger aspects of the release of the Notre Dame football schedules for 2017-2019 on Thursday was the start time for this year’s home game against Miami of…
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Notre Dame Will Face USC & Georgia in Prime-Time in 2017
Notre Dame released the official schedules for the 2017-2019 seasons on Thursday (we’ll get all three added to the main nav over the weekend) and the Irish will once again…
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2017 Notre Dame Blue Gold Game Details Announced
The 2017 Notre Dame football Blue & Gold spring game will be April 22 at 12:30 PM ET according to an official release from the University on Wednesday. The game will…
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8 Notre Dame Players Needing to Crush Spring Ball
With the rapid pace at which Notre Dame football news has been occurring, it’s been a bit overlooked that spring football is just over a week away. Finally, Notre Dame…
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Notre Dame Football Spring Primer: New Names Take The Stage
There are many occasions where spring football is very much a non-story. Practices are rudimentary, we generally make big predictions about the spring narrative–consider that Corey Holmes and Jay Hayes…
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Notre Dame a Finalist for Clemson DT transfer Scott Pagano
Over the weekend defensive tackle Scott Pagano announced that he would be transferring from Clemson for his final year of eligibility. At the time it was reported that Notre Dame…
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Notre Dame Interested Clemson DT Transfer Scott Pagano?
The Notre Dame coaching staff has been busy the last few weeks closing down the 2017 recruiting class and securing commitment after commitment for the class off 2018. They have…
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The State of Notre Dame Football: Q&A with Blue & Gold Illustrated
With Signing Day all wrapped up and weeks until spring football, we’ve hit one of the dreaded lull periods on the football calendar. This year, however, there has been so…
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Notre Dame Football Needs To Stop Playing Catch Up
Upon reflection following his Notre Dame career, head coach Lou Holtz surmised that his biggest mistake as the Fighting Irish head coach was complacency. Following the teams success in 1988…
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DelVaughn Alexander Unofficially Rounds out Notre Dame Staff
Notre Dame had one more opening on it’s 2017 coaching staff that has now been reportedly filled. Notre Dame is set to hire DelVaughn Alexander sometime between now and National…
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Analyzing Notre Dame Football’s Extreme Makeover
Gosh, we expected changes, but this? We all knew a shakeup was going to be coming; Brian Kelly and his football team couldn’t endure a 4-8 season and simply run it back…
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Brian Kelly Giving Up Notre Dame Play Calling Duties a Big Deal
When Mike Denbrock left Notre Dame to become the offensive coordinator on Luke Fickell’s first staff at Cincinnati, we heard a lot about how Denbrock was going to lose his…
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Notre Dame Must Unleash Dexter Williams in 2017
The struggles of the Notre Dame offense were at times exaggerated in 2016. The Irish offense, for all of the criticism it received, still averaged 30.9 points a game in…
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Notre Dame Can Restore Tight End U Moniker in ’17
Notre Dame had one hell of a run of tight ends from 2005-2014 with six consecutive starting tight ends getting drafted. Five of of the six were even second round…
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8 Notre Dame Defenders to Watch in Mike Elko’s Defense
Mike Elko is still settling in as the new defensive coordinator at Notre Dame, but it’s not too soon to start thinking about players who will benefit the most from…
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Tommy Rees Dispels Rumors He is Returning to Notre Dame
Sunday afternoon Keith Arnold of NBC Sports reported that the return of former Notre Dame quarterback Tommy as quarterbacks coach was “imminent”. A few hours later, however, Rees told the…
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Report: Notre Dame Adding Chip Long as Offensive Coordinator
Earlier today I wrote that all signs and logic pointed to Jeff Quinn being the obvious choice as Notre Dame’s next offensive coordinator. Well, it wouldn’t be 2016 without some…
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Pressure is On Brian Kelly to Find Offensive Coordinator
With Thursday’s news that Mike Denbrock is leaving Notre Dame to become the offensive coordinator for Cincinnati, the pressure just dialed up on Brian Kelly. Notre Dame’s embattled head coach…
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What Does Mike Elko Have to Work With on Notre Dame DL?
New Notre Dame defensive coordinator Mike Elko has his work cut out for him with the Irish defense but nowhere is that more apparent than the defensive line. Despite featuring…
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Mike Denbrock Leaving Notre Dame for Cincinnati
Tuesday night news broke that Mike Denbrock was leaving Notre Dame to be the Offensive Coordinator at Cincinnati only to be refuted early Wednesday. Multiple sources are now all reporting…
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Latest Brian Kelly NFL Rumors Don’t Add Up
ProFootballWeekly created some click bait a little buzz on Thursday with a post making it sound as if Brian Kelly was desperately trying to find any NFL team to offer…
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Update: Conflicting Reports on Mike Denbrock’s Status at Notre Dame
Despite reports late Tuesday night by Sports Illustrated’s Pete Thamel that Mike Denbrock was leaving Notre Dame for Cincinnati, conflicting reports have surfaced from 247Sports Wednesday that no decision has…
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Notre Dame Staff Dealt A Blow: Mike Denbrock Reportedly Leaving
The winds of upheaval continue to swirl outside the Gug at Notre Dame this off-season. According to Sports Illustrated’s Pete Thamel, Mike Denbrock is reportedly leaving Notre Dame to be…
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Notre Dame & Purdue Trying to Get Back on Schedule
Notre Dame and Purdue didn’t play in 2015 for the first time since a year after World War II ended. According to the Goshen News, however, that could change soon…
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Mike Elko Hire Could Save Brian Kelly at Notre Dame
Brian Kelly’s back is against the wall heading into 2017. On the heels of a 4-8 season and in need of replacing the worst hire of his Notre Dame tenure…
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