JD Bertrand News & Notes
- NFL Draft
Breaking Down All of Notre Dame’s 2024 NFL Draft Prospects
Notre Dame will add to its illustrious history of producing NFL Draft picks on Thursday when the 2024 NFL Draft kicks off from Detroit. The Irish are expected to add…
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Key Matchups: Drastic Changes for Notre Dame, Oregon State in Sun Bowl Matchup
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish complete their 2023 season with a Friday matchup against the Oregon State Beavers. The atmosphere for this game is anything but sunny, considering that both…
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Weekly Matchups: Notre Dame Wraps Up Home Slate with Wake Forest Matchup
Having had two weeks to ponder the gravity of the loss to Clemson, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish close out the home portion of their 2023 schedule against the Wake…
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Weekly Matchups: Notre Dame Returns Home to Face Longtime Rival USC
After falling to Louisville on Saturday night, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are now left to pick up the pieces of their shattered title hopes. Doing so will require them…
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Weekly Matchups: Notre Dame Stays on the Road for Battle Against Louisville
Having gone through two consecutive dramatic endings, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are hoping that their Saturday night road clash against the Louisville Cardinals avoids the same fate. Stress levels…
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Weekly Matchups: Notre Dame Looks to Bounce Back in Road Matchup at Duke
After a jarring last-second loss on Saturday night, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish will now head to Durham, North Carolina to take on the undefeated Duke Blue Devils. One danger…
Read More » - Notre Dame Press Conference Recaps
Notre Dame Coach’s Corner: Highlights from Marcus Freeman’s Ohio State Presser
Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman started off his weekly conference by acknowledging the commitment of quarterback Duece Knight, who will be a part of the 2025 recruiting class. Shifting…
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Weekly Matchups: Notre Dame Returns Home to Face MAC Foe Central Michigan
Three games into the 2023 season, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish remain undefeated. That status should remain intact on Saturday when they host the Central Michigan Chippewas from the MAC.…
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Weekly Matchups: Notre Dame Looks to Slow Navy Option, Start 2023 Fast
Far from the Golden Dome, the 2023 edition of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish get their season underway in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday. Their opponent will be the Navy Midshipmen…
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Overreactions: Notre Dame Continues Jekyll & Hyde Routine in Narrow Win Over Navy
Notre Dame has had some great performances in 2022. Unfortunately, they’ve had some real clunkers this year too. On Saturday against Navy, Notre Dame did both. After jumping out to…
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Weekly Matchups: Notre Dame Faces Major Challenge Against Undefeated Clemson
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have their work cut out for them on Saturday night as they host the undefeated Clemson Tigers. It’s a game that could determine where the…
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Weekly Matchups: Notre Dame Heads to Syracuse in Underdog Role
Despite a relatively easy win on Saturday, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish have no time to dwell on that victory. That’s because they face a stiff challenge on the road…
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Notre Dame’s Appeal Of Terrible JD Bertrand Targetting Call Denied
Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman confirmed on Monday that Notre Dame appealed the terrible targeting call on JD Bertrand in the North Carolina game and that the appeal was…
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Weekly Matchups: Notre Dame Enters Pyne Time Against Undefeated Cal Bears
After being dealt a jarring upset loss to Marshall, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish seek to finally break into the win column as they take on the California Golden Bears…
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Key Matchups: Notre Dame Starts Home Season with First-Ever Matchup Against Marshall
In Saturday’s 2022 home opener for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Marcus Freeman’s squad faces off in the school’s first-ever meeting against the Marshall Thundering Herd. Freeman and the Irish…
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Numbers Settling, But Questions Remain at Linebacker for Notre Dame
The flurry of news related to the 2022 Notre Dame football roster didn’t stop on Monday, with a pair of linebackers making their decisions for the coming season known. Bo…
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Key Matchups: Notre Dame Offense Could Thrive Against Weak Georgia Tech Defense
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish currently have a 9-1 record and now stand just one win away from their fifth consecutive double-digit victory campaign. They’re back home against a Georgia…
Read More » - Notre Dame Linebackers
Balancing Linebacker Reps Critical for Notre Dame Over Final Month
At the onset of fall camp, Brian Kelly joked that they didn’t know what to do with all the talented linebackers they had. At the time, I joked that Kelly…
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Notre Dame LB JD Bertrand Emerging As Tackling Machine
Heading into this season, there was a lot of optimism around WILL Marist Liufau becoming a big-time playmaker for the Notre Dame defense. Reports were Liufau was a holy terror…
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Immediate Overreactions: Notre Dame Better But Misses Opportunity for Blowout of Boilermakers
Notre Dame improved to 3-0 on the season on Saturday with a 27-13 win over long-time rival Purdue. The Irish looked better than they did a week ago in their…
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Immediate Overreactions: Notre Dame Barely Survives Again While Struggles, Injuries Mount
Notre Dame eked out a victory for the second week in a row with a 32-29 win over Toledo in the 2021 home-opener. However, the Irish struggled to run the…
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Frankie V’s Preview: Answers Coming for Notre Dame Football in FSU Opener
The Fighting Irish finally kick off their 2021 football season on Sunday night under the lights in Tallahassee against the Seminoles of Florida State. The Irish opened as a double-digit…
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“Positionless” Linebackers Coming for the Notre Dame Defense in 2021?
On the most recent episode of the Single High Notre Dame football podcast, special guest Matt Freeman of Irish Sports Daily joining us, and in his parting shots, he said…
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Updated Heights/Weights for 2019 Notre Dame Freshmen Released
Notre Dame released it’s official roster for the 2019 season on Friday before Brian Kelly’s first presser of the summer. With the release came the official heights and weights for…
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Notre Dame’s Roster Math Working Itself Out… Again
Now that Notre Dame has been consistently recruiting classes of 20+ members while simultaneously not having to rely on freshmen much, the 85 scholarship limit is a topic every year. …
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