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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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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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Lebron James Gives Shoutout to Notre Dame RB Kyren Williams
Yesterday’s Notre Dame – North Carolina game was an entertaining game. It started out looking like it would be a shootout only to turn into a defensive struggle for a…
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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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Notre Dame’s Ian Book Has Another Chance to Rewrite His Story
Last weekend in the early fourth quarter, it looked like the next chapter in the book of Ian as Notre Dame quarterback was going to end similarly to how many…
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Notre Dame Football Raised Their Ceiling, Did They Also Raise Their Floor?
The goal last week against former #1 Clemson was to come up with a championship performance just when they needed it. Peak for the big game, as they say. And…
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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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Notre Dame Plays Like Champions In Victory Over Clemson
There was so much analysis into the lead up of the game everyone has been thinking and writing about for the better part of 11 months, it seemed futile to…
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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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