5 Things I Liked / Didn’t Like
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame Shows Glimpses on Offense, Didn’t Lose
Saturday was the epitome of “a win is a win” for Notre Dame football. The Irish nearly lost to a MAC team for the first time in program history behind…
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5 Things Didn’t Like: Lack of Adjustments Nearly Cost Notre Dame Dearly vs. Florida State
In the words of Rocky Balboa in the sixth Rocky movie, the world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. That’s what this column is about each week. Even in victory, there…
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5 Things Liked: Jack Coan and Notre Dame Passing Game Shines
There was much angst among the Notre Dame fanbase Sunday night and into Monday after the Irish nearly totally squandered an 18-point lead on the road to Florida State before…
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5 Things I Liked: Salvaging Positives in the Aftermath of Notre Dame’s Loss to Clemson
Notre Dame’s dream season came crashing back down to reality on Saturday. The previously undefeated Fighting Irish took one on the chin at the hands of Clemson in the ACC…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Notre Dame Starts Slow, Plays Sloppy in Route of Syracuse
If you didn’t watch the entire Notre Dame – Syracuse (hopefully the CFP committee) game on Saturday, it could look like a casual blowout. Notre Dame won 45-21 with Syracuse…
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5 Things I Liked: Book, McKinley, Turnovers Lead Notre Dame to Victory
Yesterday did not go quite as planned for Notre Dame as a 34-point favorite over one-win Syracuse, but the Irish ultimately pulled away and made the second half mostly uninteresting…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Despite Strong Win, Notre Dame Misses Some Opportunities
Notre Dame completed another successful business trip over the weekend. They marched down to North Carolina and reminded the upset-minded 19th ranked Tar Heels, who is the class of the…
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame Shuts Down Tar Heel Offense, Kelly Gets Snarky
Notre Dame took care of business on Friday with a 31-17 win over #19 North Carolina to keep their perfect regular season alive. The Irish took a couple of punches…
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5 Things Didn’t Like: Notre Dame Misses Chance for Blowout of BC
Notre Dame improved to 8-0 over the weekend with a 45-31 victory over Boston College and former Irish backup QB Phil Jurkovec. The Irish offense marched up and down the…
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame’s Ian Book Delivers Final Lesson to Former Backup
Notre Dame improved to 8-0 on the season yesterday with a 45-31 victory over Boston College. The game was billed as a “revenge” game for former Irish quarterback Phil Jurkovec,…
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5 Things I Didn’t Love in Notre Dame’s Upset of Clemson
Sometimes this column is tough to write, and when it is, it’s fantastic. It’s hard to write when Notre Dame plays really well or does something really extraordinary. Last weekend,…
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10 Things I Loved About Notre Dame’s Win Over Clemson
I usually write a weekly “5 things I liked” post about the weekend’s game. This week, that title didn’t feel appropriate following Notre Dame’s first win over the #1 team…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Notre Dame’s Didn’t Take Full Advantage of Last Tune-Up
Notre Dame’s final tune-up before the much-anticipated showdown with Clemson this weekend ended much the way the majority of Notre Dame games have this year – an Irish win that…
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame Did What It Need, Not Much More
Notre Dame did what they needed to do yesterday and not a whole lot more. And that’s okay. Notre Dame went down to Atlanta and came home with an 18…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Notre Dame Penalties, Injuries, and What Was Pitt Wearing?
Notre Dame had an effective business trip to Pittsburgh over the weekend. The Irish tamed the Panthers 45-3 on their way to their fourth win in four tries in conference…
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5 Things I Liked As Notre Dame Looks like Top 5 Team in Blowout of Pitt
Notre Dame went on the road this weekend for the first time, and the Irish return victors in a 45-3 blowout of conference, and long-time rival, Pitt. Pitt was a…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like; Notre Dame Offense Sputters vs. Louisville
Notre Dame beat Louisville on Saturday and ended up moving up to #3 in the AP Poll in the process, but the performance sure didn’t leave Irish fans with too…
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame Wins Ugly, Defense Dominates
Saturday’s 12-7 win over Louisville is not the kind of game that inspires much faith in Notre Dame’s long term prospects of the season, but it was a win nonetheless.…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like in Notre Dame’s Win Over Florida State
Games like Saturday’s 42-26 win over Florida State are perfect for this column. There’s a lot of good in them to like, and there’s plenty of material to fill up…
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5 Things I Liked in Notre Dame’s Return to Action Against FSU
After three weeks off following a COVID-19 outbreak, the biggest thing to like in Notre Dame’s 42-26 victories Saturday night was just the fact that there was a game of…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like in Notre Dame’s Laugher vs. South Florida
Notre Dame beat up on South Florida over the weekend to the tune of a 52-0 game that wasn’t even as close as the score indicated. Games like that are…
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5 Things I Liked in Notre Dame’s Shutout of South Florida
Any time you win a football game 52-0, there is going to be a lot to like. I don’t care who the opponent is. On Saturday the Irish blanked the…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like in Notre Dame’s Victory Over Duke
There was a lot to like in Notre Dame’s first game of the 2020 season like the fact that there was even a game. Programs like Michigan still don’t know…
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5 Things I Liked in Notre Dame’s Sloppier Than Normal Season Opener
Notre Dame kicked off the 2020 season over the weekend with an effort that looked every bit the part of an opening weekend game. There was rust – a lot…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like in Notre Dame’s Very Likeable Bowl Game
Sometimes this column is tough to write. In fact, it’s usually good for us when it’s tough to write. When it’s easy to find five things I didn’t like in…
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