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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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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Notre Dame’s Didn’t Take Full Advantage of Last Tune-Up
Notre Dame’s final tune-up before the much-anticipated showdown with Clemson this weekend ended much the way the majority of Notre Dame games have this year – an Irish win that…
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What We Saw Against Georgia Tech: No Trap Games Here
Trap game, fiddlesticks. Notre Dame came out sharp on both sides of the ball, and if not for an unfortunate fumble that was returned for a touchdown, Notre Dame would…
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame Did What It Need, Not Much More
Notre Dame did what they needed to do yesterday and not a whole lot more. And that’s okay. Notre Dame went down to Atlanta and came home with an 18…
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Overreactions from Notre Dame’s Last Test Before Their Final Exam
Notre Dame passed their final test before their big exam next weekend against Clemson. The Irish took care of Georgia Tech 31-13 to improve to 6-0 on the season and…
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Notre Dame Football: Ian Book, The Fighter
Obviously, there is no player on the Notre Dame football team under more scrutiny than quarterback Ian Book. This is no surprise, nor is it unfair. It just comes with…
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Reassessing Notre Dame Football’s Wide Receiver Room Following Injuries
The wide receiver position has not played out the way anyone hoped it would for Notre Dame through five games this season. Injuries have limited the group and prevented Notre…
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Ian Book Hints Notre Dame Frosh Jordan Johnson Could Be Close to Seeing Field
Notre Dame fans have been wondering for weeks where Jordan Johnson has been. The 5-star wide receiver many felt could see the field very early on has been a total…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Notre Dame Penalties, Injuries, and What Was Pitt Wearing?
Notre Dame had an effective business trip to Pittsburgh over the weekend. The Irish tamed the Panthers 45-3 on their way to their fourth win in four tries in conference…
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Notre Dame vs Pittsburgh: “Make Plays!” The Theme On Offense
A very famous radio rant in Notre Dame circles is the 2006 post game sound off from Michigan radio host Mike Valenti following the Michigan State Spartans 4th quarter melt…
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5 Things I Liked As Notre Dame Looks like Top 5 Team in Blowout of Pitt
Notre Dame went on the road this weekend for the first time, and the Irish return victors in a 45-3 blowout of conference, and long-time rival, Pitt. Pitt was a…
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Immediate Overreactions as Notre Dame Wins Big, But Suffers Losses vs Pitt
Notre Dame made their first road trip of the year and will return to South Bend with an unblemished record following a 45-3 beatdown Pitt. The Irish got off to…
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4 Under The Radar Trends For Notre Dame Football In 2020
Of all the teams of the Brian Kelly era, I think I have the least amount of feel for this one. Notre Dame’s top five ranking is brought up a…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like; Notre Dame Offense Sputters vs. Louisville
Notre Dame beat Louisville on Saturday and ended up moving up to #3 in the AP Poll in the process, but the performance sure didn’t leave Irish fans with too…
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