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Analysis
Post Spring ’13 – Notre Dame’s New Year’s Day Caliber Units
Last edition we rated the following as Bowl Caliber Units – (9) RB, (8) Safety, and (7) OL. There are…
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Analysis
Post Spring ’13 – Rating Notre Dame’s Position Units
With spring practice now behind us, we will rate the units according to a four tier rating system: BCS Game…
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Notre Dame Transfer Portal
Duranko’s Digest: The Strange Saga of Notre Dame Quarterback Transfers
The fortcoming departure of Gunner Kiel triggers synapses of quarterbacks who left Notre Dame in the past.
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: Ara’s critical first spring practice
With spring practice little more than a fortnight away, we ought examine one of the most critical Spring practices ever…
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Notre Dame Football History
The History of the #3 Jersey for Notre Dame Football
It seems that the number "3," that number of Ruthian power and strength, has always been the number of the…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: Beyond 12-1; What’s Next?
Chuck Martin, as usual, was correct. Upon arriving in South Bend from Grand Valley State he remarked, and this is…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: Defensive Personnel 2013
Duranko takes a look at the 2013 Notre Dame defense.
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: 2013 Offensive Personnel Analysis
Duranko breaks down the 2013 Notre Dame offense.
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: 2013 Schedule – A Peek Ahead
On the 2013 schedule, we lose Miami, Wake Forest and Boston College and add Temple, Air Force and Arizona State.…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: 42-14, The taste of ashes. What’s Next?
Alabama, the better team, won. A numbing, total defeat after twelve wondrous victories. But it was the correct football result.…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: ’66, ’73,’77, ’88 Notre Dame’s National Championship DNA
November, 1965 saw a lot of long faces in the Notre Dame football fan base. Ara had burst onto the…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: Year End Outlook, State of the Irish
This is an evaluation of the long-term outlook of the Notre Dame football program. It attempts to answer the question…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: Notre Dame – Alabama Preview
We’ll get into matchup elements below, but let’s first examine four significant data trends that will, largely, be ignored by…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: Deja vu (all over again) “Southern speed will bury ND in the bowl!”
And a stroll down bowl memory lane. Background: Ernie Nevers, who played for Pop Warner, yep the guy they named…
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Awards
Duranko’s Digest: Awards Edition
What did we see in the Coliseum? Deliverance, redemption, sanctuary! Establishing functional control from the game’s opening drive, the Irish…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest – What We Saw Against Wake
At last! Exerting total domination from the opening whistle, the Irish efficiently built a 31-0 halftime lead enroute to the 38-0…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: What did we see against Boston College?
While we had cognitive dissonance over Alabama’s loss to A&M, and while dreaming dreams and seeing visions of BCS glory, …
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: What did we see against Pitt?
We saw a gritty Notre Dame that is better at winning games than looking pretty. We saw an Irish…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: What did we see against Oklahoma?
In a magnificent performance against the best football team on its regular season schedule, the Irish moved to a glistening…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: What did we see against BYU?
The Fighting Irish moved to 7-0 by defeating two opponents. The first was a game Cougars team, going all out…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See Against Stanford?
A wet, ugly duckling of a game, a pigskin Elephant Man, initially repulsive, grotesque and difficult to look at. Then…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: What did we see in Soldier Field?
Beside the ghosts of Dick Butkus, Sweetness Payton and Dave Duerson, still a Notre Dame man! Blending a seemingly improved…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: State of the Irish
With four games behind us, it’s time for a more strategic view with the first trimester of the season complete.…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: What We Saw Against Michigan
The Irish moved into the week off with a 4-0 record after dispatching Michigan on a memorable Saturday night in…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: What We Saw in East Lansing?
Spearheaded by a brutal, dominating defense, augmented by an opportunistic offense, Notre Dame moved to 3-0 against gritty Michigan State.…
