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Coaching Staff
Brian Kelly’s Bold, Audacious Moves
The ugly dust cloud from Alabama’s red elephants had barely settled when Brian Kelly started plotting some big changes to…
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Defense
Notre Dame’s Mature, Veteran Defense
2014, defensively, was Notre Dame’s Year of Living Dangerously.
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Notre Dame Secondary
Instant Maturity: KeiVarae Russell and Avery Sebastian
Two vintage wines recently arrived in South Bend from West Coast vineyards. Avery Sebastian came in from Berkeley and KeiVarae…
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Coaching Staff
Brian Van Gorder’s Revamped, Comfortable Staff
A year after inheriting the defensive coaching staff of Bob Diaco, Brian Vangorder enters the 2015 with a completely revamped…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: Notre Dame Football’s Spring Forward
Spring practice is now concluded. What did we learn? Better than expected: Jerry Tillery at Defensive tackle. Tillery’s move from…
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Coaching Staff
Autry Denson and Todd Lyght: Deep Impact
The nearly simultaneous hiring of two Notre Dame legends will have a powerful long term effect on all aspects of…
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Defense
Notre Dame Defense Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow
YESTERDAY Last Spring was Brian Van Gorder’s first coordinating the Notre Dame defense. As Spring practice unfolded, there were some…
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Notre Dame Football National Championships
Notre Dame’s 1988 National Championship
Here we celebrate the Silver Anniversary team, Holtz’ champions of the 1988 season. 1987-Pre-Championship year Deja vu 1987 had ended…
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Notre Dame Heisman Trophy Winners
John Huarte
NOBODY saw this one coming! John Huarte was from California, a prized prospect from an emerging Catholic prep school, Santa…
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Notre Dame Heisman Trophy Winners
Paul Hornung
Paul Hornung’s path to the Heisman Trophy was filled with intrigue, surprise and adventure, and finished in what is arguably the…
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Notre Dame Football National Championships
Notre Dame’s 1977 National Championship
“All animals are equal but some are more equal than others.” George Orwell, Animal Farm Well at Notre Dame, all…
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Offense
Ranking Notre Dame’s ’15 Offensive Starters: Pre-Spring Practice Edition
To have 11 players we had to take a flyer at quarterback. Wiser men would wait and see, but occasionally,…
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Defense
A Pre-Spring Ranking of Notre Dame’s Starting Defense
We take a pre-Spring Practice look at the putative defensive starters. This may well change during Spring practice or in…
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Notre Dame Schedule News
Notre Dame’s Unusual 2015 Football Schedule
It’s different this time, with no Big Ten teams on the schedule. There are six ACC teams on the schedule.…
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Analysis
At Long Last, Depth for Notre Dame
To understand the extent and the spacing of Notre Dame's current depth, let’s jump past the 2015 season and go…
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Offense
Notre Dame 2015 Offense: An Early Glimpse
In the first four years of the Kelly hegemony, the Fighting Irish offense averaged 27.1 points per game. The Irish…
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Defense
2015 Notre Dame Defense – An Early Glimpse
Three overarching factors will impact the 2015 Fighting Irish Defense. First, it is the second year of the Brian Van…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See Against LSU?
Hard by the banks of the Cumberland River, and in easy walking distance of the cathedral of country music, the…
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Notre Dame Football
2015 Irish opponents in the Bowl Games
Eight of Notre Dame’s scheduled opponents for 2015 are playing in bowl games. Virginia, UMass, Temple and Wake Forest are…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See Against USC?
Ugliness, embarrassment, second disaster of the year. USC, resisting the temptation to run up the score, buried the Irish 49-14,…
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Analysis
For Notre Dame, It’s Often Darkest Before Dawn
NOTRE DAME has won four national championships in the post-Leahy era: 1) 1966, 2) 1973, 3) 1977, .and 4) 1988. There were myriad…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See Against Louisville?
The Fighting Irish lost their third straight game as the Louisville Cardinals befouled Senior Day, 31-28. It is axiomatic to…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: Paul Hornung, Notre Dame’s 1956 Heisman Winner
With Louisville coming in on Saturday, the 22d, Louisvillians will mark this as their first visit to South Bend for…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: What did we see against Northwestern?
Northwestern beat Notre Dame 43-40 in a game that was as repulsive in its unfolding as the result. It was…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: Notre Dame’s Disaster in the Desert
On a weekend when the sports media bubbled over with Veteran’s Day references, Notre Dame’s offense, in whole and in…
