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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: What Do We Have That’s Good?
When thinking about how to write this column following the Michigan disaster, the image that kept popping in my head was Gene Kranz in the movie Apollo 13. After the…
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The Top 5 Things I Didn’t Like in Notre Dame’s Latest Primetime Disaster
While writing this week’s five things I liked column proved difficult, the hardest part of putting this one together was only listing five things I didn’t like. Notre Dame turned…
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5 Things I Guess I Liked from Notre Dame’s Loss to Michigan
I do this column every week, and I have to admit, I almost skipped it this week. It was tough to find anything that I liked in what was one…
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Immediate Overreactions from Notre Dame’s Utter Collapse in Michigan
Welp, that sucked. I didn’t feel good all week about this game, but never in my wildest dreams did I imagine Notre Dame would lay an egg like the one…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Irish OL Trending Up Entering Michigan Game
A buddy of mine asked me why it is I seem to hate Michigan, but not USC. I live in Southern California after all, I have a lot more exposure…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like in Notre Dame’s Close Call with USC
Notre Dame beat Southern Cal for the third time in a row on Saturday to improve to 5-1 on the year. In the process, they moved up to 8th in…
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5 Things I Liked In Notre Dame’s Latest Conquest of Troy
Notre Dame improved to 5-1 on the season yesterday with a 30-27 win over archrival USC. The Trojans limped into town with two losses already, but that didn’t stop them…
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(Not So) Immediate Overreactions from Notre Dame’s Frustrating Win Over USC
Being right isn’t always fun, and this was a prime example of it. I predicted Notre Dame winning 31-27 when there were a lot of Notre Dame fans and writers…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Irish Trending Up With SC Coming to Town
When looking at a season and how it is going to turn out, I like to think of it in terms of a season for a sprinter. There are only…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like In Notre Dame’s Win Over Bowling Green
When Notre Dame posted 66 points on New Mexico earlier this year, it was a weird blowout in a sense, because amazingly there were a few things not to like…
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5 Things I Liked in Notre Dame’s Very Likeable Throttling of Bowling Green
Because there were so many good things to like in Notre Dame’s 52-0 win over Bowling Green this weekend, this week’s column was actually a little tricky to write. There…
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(Not So) Immediate Overreactions from Notre Dame Bowling Over Another Opponent
Apologies for the late posting of the “immediate” overreactions this week. A quick work trip to Spain this week left me reeling with some jet lag, and well, posting something…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Jones, Linebackers Trending Up
To show how influential this column is, last week the Notre Dame run game was listed on the trending down track. Then they rushed for four touchdowns and bludgeoned the…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like in Notre Dame’s Win Over #18 Virginia
Whenever you beat a top 20 team at home by 15 points and your defense sacks the opposing quarterback eight times and forces five turnovers, there is going to be…
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5 Things I Liked in Notre Dame’s Defensive Outburst Against Virginia
Notre Dame went old-school in beating up on Virginia on Saturday. The Irish defense swarmed Virginia quarterback Bryce Perkins and harassed the talented dual-threat signal-caller into mistake after mistake en…
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Immediate Overreactions: Notre Dame Offense Stalls, Defense Shines
Notre Dame returned to the win column on Saturday thanks to a Herculean effort from their defense in the second half. After Bryce Perkins lit them up for over 200…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: A Young CB Rising, Run Game Falling
I have been thinking all week how weird it was that it’s week four and I don’t know how good Notre Dame is at football. I know how good they can be.…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like in Notre Dame’s Loss to Georgia
Notre Dame lost another heartbreaker on a national stage this weekend in a game no one gave them any chance in. There was a lot to like in the close,…
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5 Things I Liked in Notre Dame’s ‘Quality Loss’ to Georgia
Spoiler alert: I kind of hate the term quality loss. You either win or you lose. There shouldn’t even be a discussion about “quality losses”. That said, if there is…
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Immediate Overreactions from Notre Dame’s Wasted Opportunity in Athens
That one hurt folks. That one hurt so much that my immediate overreactions are coming to you the morning after because last night I had nothing left in the tank…
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Notre Dame Stock Report: Bramblett, McKinley Rising; Run Game Falling
First, the good news. Notre Dame has had some surprise contributions so far this year that paired with strong play from the veterans can make for an excellent team! The…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like in Notre Dame’s 52 Point Beatdown
Sometimes it’s hard to find things not to like in a 52-point win. Other times, like this past weekend, it isn’t so tough. That is the paradox of Notre Dame’s…
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5 Things I Liked in Notre Dame’s Whooping of New Mexico
After an early-season bye week, Notre Dame returned to action on Saturday and made short order of the New Mexico Lobos on their way to a 66-14 tune-up for Georgia. …
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Immediate Overreactions from Notre Dame’s Blowout of New Mexico
Notre Dame came into today’s contest with New Mexico with a few questions following their uneven season-opening win. For the first two or so minutes of today’s game, those questions…
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Notre Dame Football: 2019 Week 2 Stock Report
Normally the Stock Report comes out early in the week after a game, but Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick decided to ruin everything, make the game on a Monday,…
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