Month: November 2008
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Notre Dame Wouldn’t Decline Bowl Bid
After the 1996 season, a three loss Irish team turned down bowl bids for lesser tier bowls. This year a five or fix loss Irish team would do no such…
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Brad Lidge at Saturday’s Syracuse Game
One of the few highlights from Saturday for me as I sat inside Notre Dame Stadium in 20 degree weather was seeing Brad Lidge honored at half-time of the game. …
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Syracuse Loss Numbing
(UHND.com) – Weather conditions for Saturday’s matchup with lowly Syracuse were frigid with plenty of snow left in the stands from Thursday’s snowstorm which dumped a foot of snow in…
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Chris Bonds to ‘Bama
The hits keep coming for Notre Dame this week. Chris Bonds, the highest rated defensive lineman left on the board for Notre Dame commited to Alabama on Sunday after narrowing…
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Irish Lacked Emotion in Syracuse Debacle
I came across a pretty distrubing quote in one of Brian Hamilton’s articles in today’s Chicago Tribune from Golden Tate speaking of the emotion of the team. “I didn’t feel…
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Season 2:Episode 17 – Syracuse Postgame
We had a postgame show live from our hotel room room in South Bend after today’s disappointing loss to Syracuse. We talked about: The state of the Notre Dame program…
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Syracuse’s 10th Win in 4 Years
Syracuse had won 9 games in the past 4 seasons prior to Saturday. Notre Dame was Syracuse’s 10th win in the past 4 seasons. Those other 9 wins came against:…
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Season 2: Episode 17 – Navy Review/Syracuse Preview
Here are the topics Frank and Jeff discussed Wednesday night. The offense and its struggles against Navy. How Navy was able to come back against the Irish and why Notre…
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Chris Bonds Decided, Announcing Monday
According to Palmeto Sports, defensive line recruit Chris Bonds has made his decision and will announce where he plans on attending college on Monday. He also made a decision about…
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Michigan is Doing Just Fine
I haven’t posted much about the train wreck of a first season Rich Rodriguez is having for that team with the same helmets as the University of Delaware, but the…
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Green Week Hopefully Won’t Mean Green Jerseys
Charie Weis encouraged fans to wear green to Saturday’s Syracuse game as part of NBC’s Green Week. First of all, this Saturday I would like to encourage all fans to…
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Ianello Linked to Syracuse Opening
Mike Haywood isn’t the only Notre Dame assistant coach whose name is being linked to a head coaching vacancy this week. Irish wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator Rob Ianello’s…
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Haywood Interviewing for Ty’s Old Job
Notre Dame is 2-0 against former Irish head coach Tyrone Willingham since his departure after the 2004 season and now his tenure in Washington ending after being fired resigning a…
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Baby Seau & Tyler Gaffney Visiting This Weekend
One of the more important recruiting trips of the year for Notre Dame will take play this weekend when Hawaii native and linebacker extraordinaire Manti T’eo, aka Baby Seau, travels…
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The Theo Riddick Story
Here is a great video about Notre Dame running back recruit Theo Riddick with some great information about him both on and off the field. Find more videos like this…
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Charlie Still Calling the Plays
Weis opened his weekly Tuesday by announcing that he will call plays for the rest of the season after calling plays for the first time this year against Navy. As…
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Lambert Downgraded to Doubtful
The other day Charlie Weis said he thought Terrail Lambert would be probable for this weekend’s Syracuse game, but on Tuesday Weis listed him as doubtful for Saturday. I’d say…
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Who Fills In for Floyd?
(UHND) – When Charlie Weis announced on Sunday that Michael Floyd would be out for the next two games with s trained knee, Notre Dame lost one of its biggest…
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Quinn Gets First NFL Win
Brady Quinn made his NFL starting debut last week, but some shoddy defense by the Browns and a dropped 4th down pass by Kellen Winslow turned Quinn’s debut into a…
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Revisiting the Final Three Minutes
The final three minutes of Saturday’s 27-21 win over Navy turned a 20 point Notre Dame lead into a 6 point Notre Dame escape. A lot went wrong in that…
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Don’t We Practice Celebrating?
After the excessive celebration penalty on Toryan Smith in Saturday’s win over Navy I remembered a quote from Weis last year about practicing celebrating after scores. Tonight I found the…
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Tyler Stockton, DT with Most Upside in Class of ’09?
An ESPN recruiting update listed Notre Dame defensive tackle commit Tyler Stockton as the DT with the most upside in this year’s crop of defensive tackles. Here’s what their report…
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Final (Initial) Thoughts on Navy
I finally got a chance to watch a recording of the game to post my full thoughts on the game. James Aldridge looked to have a nice burst against Navy,…
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How to Attack an Onside Kick
After rewatching the game tonight I have to wonder how many times Notre Dame has practice recovering onside kicks this year because the Irish looked completely lost on both Navy…
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Notre Dame Survives Navy Scare
Baltimore, MD (UHND) – A furious last minute comeback attempt by the Naval Academy nearly sent Notre Dame back to South Bend with a loss at the hands of Navy…
