Year: 2009
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The Centennial Celebration You Don’t Know About
On November 23, 1887, there were 38 states. Grover Cleveland was president, the first Democrat to hold the office since before the Civil War. The population of Los Angeles was…
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Frank’s Notre Dame Michigan 2009 Preview
Notre Dame and Michigan both got off to surprising starts to their 2009 seasons. The two schools combined to beat their week one opponents by a score of 66-7. Notre…
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Michigan’s Junior Hemingway ‘Doubtbul’
Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez announced on his weekly radio show that junior wide receiver is doubtful for this weekend’s game against Notre Dame due to a sprained ankle according…
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What To Watch For – Notre Dame at Michigan
Notre Dame travels to Ann Arbor to take on the hated Michigan Wolverines this weekend. Here’s a guide of what to watch for and a couple matchups to keep an…
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Michigan Scouting Report
On the heels of a 3-9 season and after a couple weeks of off-field turmoil, Michigan started their season with a 31-7 victory at home over Western Michigan last week.…
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Brady Quinn Named Starter in Cleveland
Former Notre Dame All American quarterback Brady Quinn was named the starter for the Cleveland Browns according to several reports on Wednesday. Quinn was in a close battle with former…
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Notre Dame Moves Up In Both Polls
Notre Dame entered last weekend ranked 23rd in both the AP and Coach’s Poll. Saturday’s 35-0 shutout of Nevada was enough to convince voters that Notre Dame deserved to be…
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Charlie Weis Presser Notes – 9/8/09
Here are some notes from Charlie Weis’s weekly Tuesday press conference. As noted in an earlier post on UHND, James Aldridge is out for this weekend and Robert Hughes will…
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Rich Rodriguez Talks Notre Dame
Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez met with the media on Monday to talk about their upcoming matchup against Notre Dame. Here are a few notes. Rodriguez said he thought Notre…
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Aldridge Out, Hughes In at FB for Notre Dame
James Aldrdige had a promising beginning to his career as fullback on Saturday. Unfortunately for Aldridge, he suffered a fourth quarter shoulder injury that will keep the senior fullback on…
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’09 UHND Opponent Poll – Week 1
This week’s poll is a little bit different. We have a couple people contributing to the rankings instead of just me this week. Jimmy from Domewire.com and OC Domer have…
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Notre Dame Press Conference Recaps
Weis Presser Notes – Post Nevada
Charlie Weis met with the media on Sunday to discuss the victory over Nevada. Here are some notes. Weis said that Jimmy Clausen’s growth is comparable to Brady Quinn’s at…
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Lessons Learned – Nevada at Notre Dame
Welcome to another new weekly column we’ll be doing here at UHND – Lesson Learned. Each Monday following a game we’ll take one last look at what we learned about…
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Enemy Report – Week 1
The first week of the college football season brought a few surprises amongst Notre Dame’s opponents. Several opponents looked stronger than most felt they’d be – see Washington and Purdue…
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Notre Dame Quarterbacks
Jimmy Clausen Leads Notre Dame in Opener
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – Junior quarterback Jimmy Clausen took another step towards fulfilling the lofty expectations placed on him as the nation’s #1 recruit three years ago on Saturday…
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Overreactions
Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 35, Nevada 0
Notre Dame opened the 2009 season with a bang on Saturday by recording their first shut out in seven years in a 35-0 win over the Nevada Wolf Pack. Here’s…
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Frank’s Notre Dame Nevada 2009 Preview
The long off-season wait is almost over. After seven months of posturing and hypothesizing, we will finally get to stop wondering how Notre Dame will look this year and will…
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IBG – The Season is Here Edition
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah, the season is here and so is this year’s Irish Blog Gathering . This week’s host is Domer Law Blog. Here is my take on this week’s questions. 1.…
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Notre Dame in This Year’s Herbie’s
ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit released his annual Pre-Season Herbie Awards on Monday and Notre Dame was pretty well represented. Here’s a quick look at how Herbstreit ranked the Irish. #7 Wide…
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UHND Opponent Poll – Preseason
The UHND Opponent Poll returns for a second season. Here is our first poll of the season. 2009 UHND Opponent Poll Opponent 2008 Record Next Comments 1. #4 Southern Cal…
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Updated Depth Chart Released
Charlie Weis released the latest Notre Dame depth chart on Tuesday prior to meeting with the media. The full depth chart can be viewed here, but here are some notes…
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Not So Fast Lou – 3 Games that Scare Me in ’09
Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love Lou Holtz. I loved him as head coach, I love his books, I love him on ESPN, and I even love him as…
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Nevada Scouting Report
The long off-season is finally over. Game week for the season opener is upon us. Here is a scouting report of the Nevada Wolf Pack prepared for UHND by Silver…
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NFL Irish ’09 Season Preview – Part 1
Unlike college football, the NFL season doesn’t kickoff this weekend. Still, with the NFL season just around the corner, here’s a quick look at the season forecast for some former…
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Trouble Brewing for Michigan?
Sundays in the off-season are generally pretty quiet in the college football blogosphere, but on the last Sunday before the season kicks off it was buzzing thanks to a Detroit…
