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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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Immediate Overreactions from Notre Dame’s Annoying Blowout of Syracuse
Notre Dame completed their second perfect regular season in three years on Saturday with a 45-21 win over Syracuse. The Irish struggled for much of the first half before pulling…
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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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Overreactions: Notre Dame Defense Dominates Explosive UNC Offense, Book Outplays Howell
Notre Dame passed their last significant test of the regular season on Friday with flying colors. The Irish took out #19 North Carolina 31-17 with a dominating performance on the…
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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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Overreactions: Ian Book Shows Why He’s Notre Dame QB1, Not Phil Jurkovec
If you didn’t know that Boston College quarterback Phil Jurkovec was a Notre Dame transfer before yesterday’s telecast, the ABC broadcast crew certainly did not let you forget it by…
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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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Overreactions from Notre Dame’s Biggest Win in Almost 30 Years
Notre Dame finally delivered on a big stage last night. The narrative surrounding Notre Dame for years has been that the Irish are good, but not in the same class…
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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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Overreactions from Notre Dame’s Last Test Before Their Final Exam
Notre Dame passed their final test before their big exam next weekend against Clemson. The Irish took care of Georgia Tech 31-13 to improve to 6-0 on the season and…
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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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Immediate Overreactions as Notre Dame Wins Big, But Suffers Losses vs Pitt
Notre Dame made their first road trip of the year and will return to South Bend with an unblemished record following a 45-3 beatdown Pitt. The Irish got off to…
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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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Overreactions from One of Notre Dame’s Least Impressive Wins in Years
Notre Dame has hosted Louisville twice since they entered into their agreement with the ACC years ago and good things haven’t really happened either time now. In 2014, the Irish…
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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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Immediate Overreactions to Notre Dame’s Frustrating Win Over Florida State
Notre Dame was back in action last night and played how you would expect a team to play after three weeks off – sloppy. The Irish lacked the execution we…
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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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