Defense
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How Fast Can The Defense Improve, Pt. V
Last time we looked at the last five years of (six) college football national champions to see how their rankings improved from the year before each team won the title. …
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How Fast Can The Irish Defense Improve, Pt. IV
Last time we highlighted some of the reasons why sevens teams (Tennessee, Florida, Kansas, South Florida, TCU, Middle Tennessee State, and Texas Tech) dramatically improved their defense statistical rankings from…
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Notre Dame 2006 Position Analysis: Defensive Line
Victor Abiamiri- 6’4, 260- Senior (DE) Victor was a highly touted recruit coming out of Maryland, rated a 5 star defensive end by many recruiting websites and magazines. He really…
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(Scoring) Defense (Still) Wins Championships
Why are we so worried about how the pass defense will stack up in 2006? According to the past five years of college football national championships, scoring defense still seems…
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Notre Dame Looking for Pass Rush Answers in ’06
Notre Dame, Ind (UHND.com) — The second spring practice of the Charlie Weis will come to an end this weekend with the 77th annual Blue-Gold Game as well as with…
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How Fast Can The Defense Improve? (Part III)
Last time, we looked at teams with Top 20 Defenses for 2005 who finished outside of the Top 20 on Defense the year before (2004). We highlighted dramatic improvements made…
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Notre Dame Looking for Secondary Development in 2006
(UHND.com) — Bill Lewis’s first year as Notre Dame’s defensive back coach saw the Irish give up big plays with relative frequency. It also saw Lewis turn a group of…
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Notre Dame Linebacker Battle Wide Open in 2006
Notre Dame, Ind (UHND.com) — With the Irish losing two starting linebackers and the next two linebackers limited by injuries this spring, the competition is wide open and could rage…
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How Fast Can The Irish Defense Improve? (Part II)
Going back to an earlier post and UHND blog entry of mine, I thought I’d look at some of the top defenses of 2005, but only focusing on the defenses…
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How quickly can the Irish defense improve?
Defensive Benchmarks: 2005 vs. 2004 I. 2005 Top Ten Total Defense (Total Records: 88-31) vs. same team in 2004 1. Virginia Tech (11-2): 247.6 ypg – [vs. #4 Virginia Tech…
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