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Can Houston Griffith be Notre Dame Football’s Next Senior Breakthrough?
Like all programs across the country, Notre Dame has had its fair share of senior breakthroughs over the years. Players who came in with high hopes but couldn’t put it…
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’21 Outlook: Running Backs Set To Carry Notre Dame Offense Again
In an offseason full of change for the Notre Dame offense, one position that isn’t going to be seeing a ton of it is at running back. The top three…
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5 Potential Breakout Players for Notre Dame Football in 2021
Fresh off another playoff appearance, Brian Kelly and the Fighting Irish will look to replace key NFL departures and reload for a new playoff push. While assessing the future stars…
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’21 Outlook: Changing of the Guard at QB for Notre Dame Football
Notre Dame enters a pivotal off-season on the heels of their second, albeit brief, appearance in the College Football Playoffs. The Fighting Irish have a new defensive coordinator, have to…
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Notre Dame Football: Kyren Williams Took A Major Step Forward in 2020
After a slow start in South Bend during his freshman season, Kyren Williams burst on to the scene in 2020 as a steadfast running back and became a household name.…
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Four Adjustments For Notre Dame Football In 2021
With the end of the 2020 college football season comes a look toward 2021. Everyone is dropping their “way too early” top 25 rankings (which kind of implies it’s right…
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Notre Dame Football: Final Thoughts on the 2020 Season
There are over 120 division one college football teams, and the Fighting Irish were one of four programs to make the College Football Playoffs. Head Coach Brian Kelly has proved…
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Delayed Overreactions: Notre Dame Tried to Be Who They Are; It Wasn’t Enough
I usually post this column either right after the game or the morning after. In the immediate aftermath of Notre Dame’s 31-14 loss to Alabama, though, watching the second game…
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Notre Dame Needs Ian Book to Take Chances Against Alabama
Conventional wisdom might suggest that for Notre Dame to upset Alabama today, the Irish need to play a spotless game, void of any turnovers and big mistakes. To do that,…
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Can Notre Dame Avoid Another 2nd Quarter Disaster in Rose Bowl?
The last time Notre Dame made it to the College Football Playoffs two years ago, the Irish kept Clemson relatively at bay in the first quarter but had their doors…
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Alabama QB Compares Notre Dame’s Kyle Hamilton to NFL Hall of Famer
Alabama starting quarterback Mac Jones made an interesting comparison for Notre Dame star safety Kyle Hamilton yesterday as part of the media days for the Rose Bowl. He compared Hamilton…
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It’s All About Mindset For Notre Dame Against Alabama
The nice thing about this matchup is there is no debate about the situation at hand. Against Clemson, in the rematch from their original tilt in November (which Notre Dame…
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Freshmen Helped Fuel Notre Dame’s Drive to Playoffs
A lot has been said about the use of freshmen by Brian Kelly and Notre Dame – or the lack thereof. Freshmen have played a vital role in Notre Dame’s…
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5 Things I Liked: Salvaging Positives in the Aftermath of Notre Dame’s Loss to Clemson
Notre Dame’s dream season came crashing back down to reality on Saturday. The previously undefeated Fighting Irish took one on the chin at the hands of Clemson in the ACC…
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Immediate Overreactions: Notre Dame Might Have Played Itself Out of Playoffs
The one thing Notre Dame couldn’t do today to miss out on the College Football Playoffs was get blown. Then Notre Dame got its doors blown off it by Clemon…
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Notre Dame QB Ian Book Sounding Very Confident Heading Into Clemson Rematch
Notre Dame quarterback Ian Book is sounding very confident heading into this weekend’s rematch with Clemson for the ACC Championship Game. ESPN tweeted out the following quote from Book via…
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Notre Dame’s Kyren Williams Has Cool Interaction with NFL Great
Growing up in the St. Louis area, Notre Dame star running back Kyren Williams idolized former Rams great Steven Jackson. Earlier this week, Williams retweeted a picture of himself as…
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The Book of Ian: Looking Back on Ian Book’s Notre Dame Career
Ian Book became the winningest quarterback in the history of Notre Dame football last weekend with Notre Dame’s 45-21 victory over Syracuse on Senior Day. Book’s journey from under-recruited backup…
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Notre Dame Bringing The (Sexy) Power Back To The Goal Line In 2020
“Yes, but can they run it when everyone knows they are going to?” That has been the question, hasn’t it? Prior to this season, Notre Dame has been a better…
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Looking Back on Notre Dame Football’s Road to the ACC Championship Game
As games continued to get canceled throughout the Summer, Jack Swarbrick and the Irish were welcomed with open arms into Atlantic Coast Conference for the 2020 season. Notre Dame Football…
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Javon McKinley: From Afterthought to Notre Dame’s #1 Receiver
If you’ve been watching the second-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish this year, the offense might look a little different, especially at the wide receiver position. A whole new receiving core…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Notre Dame Starts Slow, Plays Sloppy in Route of Syracuse
If you didn’t watch the entire Notre Dame – Syracuse (hopefully the CFP committee) game on Saturday, it could look like a casual blowout. Notre Dame won 45-21 with Syracuse…
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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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