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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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5 Things I Didn’t Like in Notre Dame’s Opener vs. Louisville
Despite popular opinion, there were some things to like in Notre Dame’s win over Louisville on Monday. We outlined those already though so today we’re here to talk about what…
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5 Things I Liked in Notre Dame’s Victory over Louisville
Notre Dame won a football game on Monday, but the mood throughout the Notre Dame fanbase isn’t one of optimism following a 35-17 win over Louisville on the road. The…
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Immediate Overreactions from Notre Dame’s Underwhelming 2019 Opener
Notre Dame opened its 2019 season on Monday night with a somewhat underwhelming 35-17 win over Louisville. The final score wasn’t that far off what many predicted, but how it…
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2019 Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Post Camp Edition
The 2019 Notre Dame football team has broken fall camp and is now in full preparation for their first opponent. The Irish held their annual media day on Wednesday with…
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Notre Dame Football Fall Camp Day 1 Immediate Overreactions
Notre Dame held its first practice of fall camp 2019 at Culver Academy on Sunday, so it’s time for some overreactions…. errr observations. It’s really impossible to take anything too…
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Defensive Overreactions from the Notre Dame Blue Gold Game
Sunday we ran through all of the immediate overreactions on the offensive side of the ball from the 2019 Notre Dame Blue – Gold game. Today we’re moving over to…
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Immediate Overreactions on Offense: 2019 Notre Dame Blue Gold Game
With Notre Dame’s spring football season concluded with yesterday’s nationally televised Blue – Gold game and no football to keep us busy for a few months, it’s overreaction season. It…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like in Notre Dame’s Cotton Bowl Loss to Clemson
Where to being on this one. I thought the 5 things I liked column for this game was tough. This one turned out to be even tougher just because there…
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