Notre Dame Football
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RIP Blair Kiel
Former Notre Dame quarterback and uncle to current Irish freshman signal caller Gunner Kiel passed away on Easter Sunday of natural causes at the age of 50. Early reports surfaced…
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Replacing Floyd A Group Eifert
While Michael Floyd is busy getting ready to hear his name called on the first night of the 2012 NFL Draft, Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly and his offensive…
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7 Intriguing For Notre Dame This Spring
As Notre Dame pushes into the final stages of spring practice for 2012, we look at some players on the roster whose role for the 2012 is still very much…
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Spring ’12 – Brian Kelly Practice Update 4/3
Brian Kelly spoke to the media on Wednesday and addressed a number of topics – including the absence of Aaron Lynch who left campus earlier this week for personal reasons. Relax Notre…
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Aaron Lynch Leaves Campus, Expected Back
News spread quickly that Aaron Lynch had left campus and speculation ran wild for the reason why. Brian Kelly addressed the media on Wednesday and announced that the budding star…
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Notre Dame Still Searching for Answers at QB
The biggest question going into this spring for the Notre Dame football program was who would earn the starting quarterback position going into the 2012 season? If you watched last…
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Irish Secondary Has Plenty to Prove
Notre Dame’s 2012 defense will be highlighted by one of the strongest front seven’s in the nation, led by senior linebacker Manti Te’o, and standout sophomore’s Aaron Lynch and Stephon…
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Quinn, Zbikowski Headline NFL Irish Free Agents
During Brady Quinn’s senior season at Notre Dame, Charlie Weis would tell anyone who would listen that he felt Brady Quinn would be one of the best quarterbacks in the…
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Amir Carlisle Out for Spring, Other Injury Updates
Last week we got the good news that Amir Carlisle was granted a waiver by the NCAA to be eligible this fall after his transfer from USC in January. This…
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Troy Niklas to Tight End, Cam McDaniel to Corner, Other Moves
Notre Dame kicked off spring practice this week. Unfortunately this week was ridiculously busy so today I’m going to be going through some spring cleaning and catching up on all…
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Amir Carlisle Granted Waiver by NCAA
USC transfer Amir Carlisle was granted a waiver by the NCAA to be eligible to play this fall without having to sit out the typical year. (Photo / Ric Tapia/Icon…
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Notre Dame Back in Prime Time in 2012
Notre Dame played its first home prime time again in over 20 years last fall when they hosted rival USC under the lights of Notre Dame Stadium. Turns out Notre…
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Tee Shepard Leaves Notre Dame
Notre Dame suffered a few major decommitments down the stretch in recruiting this year and the hits kept coming at the end of last week when prized corner back recruit…
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Chris Badger Starting a New Mission
If I told you Notre Dame just picked up a safety that was originally committed to Stanford and was eligible to participate in fall camp and see the field this…
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An Early Look at the 2012 Fifth Year Seniors
While the official process for approving 5th year seniors has not yet been completed, it is clear who will be back and who won’t be among those eligible for one…
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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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