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Notre Dame Schedule News
Breaking Down Notre Dame’s 2016 Football Schedule
Duranko is back with a breakdown of Notre Dame's 2016 football schedule. Here is a full ranking, in reverse order…
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Notre Dame Football History
Notre Dame’s Fiesta Bowl History
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA……… The bowl season was ruled by four bowls: Cotton Bowl Rose Bowl Sugar Bowl…
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Notre Dame Football History
Notre Dame Ohio State Football History
Ohio State and Notre Dame are two of the most storied programs in college football history, but the two have…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: What Did we See in Palo Alto?
A late Stanford rally, initiated with 30 seconds to go, was capped off by Conrad Ukropina’s 45 yard field goal,…
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Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See in Fenway?
Notre Dame’s beat Boston College 19-16 to move to 10-1, before heading to Palo Alto for the titanic season finale…
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Notre Dame Football Rivalries
Notre Dame – Boston College Rivalry: The Holy War
Though natural rivals as the two most prominent Catholic colleges playing Big Time Football, it took quite a while for…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See Against Wake Forest?
A somnambulant, diffident Notre Dame team did just enough to beat young, eager Wake Forest 28-7, to move to 9-1.…
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Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See Against Pitt?
Notre Dame, with the usual and perplexing ebbs and flows, moved to 8-1 with a 42-30 win over the Pitt…
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Notre Dame Football Rivalries
Notre Dame – Pitt Football Rivalry History
Pitt first appeared on Notre Dame’s schedule in 1909. The rivalry was a natural. Relative proximity. Same independent status. Further,…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See Against Temple?
Notre Dame fashioned another thrilling fourth quarter rally to defeat pesky, resilient, tenacious Temple 24-20. Temple played up to Notre…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See Against USC?
Somewhere, Rock and Howard Jones smiled. This is what an epic, rivalry game look like. Legacy fulfilled. Offense, Defense, Special…
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Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See Against Navy?
After the second consecutive slow start, Notre Dame exercised functional control over Navy and completed discharge of its moral imperative,…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See vs. Clemson
For Clemson it was a Perfect Storm. It had been 38 years since a Notre Dame football team last visited…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See Against UMass?
Leveraging a dominating offensive line with a bewildering array of skilled players Notre Dame disposed of a pesky band of…
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Duranko’s Digest: What did we see against Georgia Tech?
Deshone Kizer was big enough for the moment.
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Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See Against Virginia?
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
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Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See Against Texas?
We saw ruthless, brutal physical domination. After establishing that, Brian Kelly’s 2015 Fighting Irish used a remarkable array of skilled…
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Notre Dame Football Rivalries
Notre Dame – Texas Football Rivalry History
When old friend Charley Strong leads his Longhorns onto the field at Notre Dame Stadium, it will be the 11th…
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Defense
2015 Notre Dame Football Pre-Season Defensive Unit Rankings
This rating is easier to make than the offensive ratings, as the unit overflows with both veterans and experienced backups.…
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Offense
2015 Notre Dame Football Pre-Season Offensive Unit Rankings
Note: While this evaluation is for the 2015 season, previous performance, or lack of it, or incomplete data, is a…
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Notre Dame Football Rivalries
Notre Dame Miami Football Rivalry
Some rivalries are noteworthy because of their length. But some are noteworthy for their animosity.
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Notre Dame Football Rivalries
Notre Dame – Purdue Football Rivalry History
Notre Dame first played instate rival Purdue in 1896, and played the Boilermakers annually from 1946 to the Shamrock Series…
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Analysis
By The Numbers – Offense, Defense, Special Teams
College football’s sole constant is change. Single wing, the rise and fall of the ND Box formation, Oklahoma defense, wishbone,…
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Notre Dame Football Rivalries
Notre Dame – Michigan Football Rivalry History
The Notre Dame-Michigan series has been historic, strange, dramatic, oft-disrupted and filled with dysfunctionality.
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Defense
Defenders with Attitude
In civilian life, a “chip on the shoulder” is often a precursor for conflict.
