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The Importance Of Kevin Austin for Notre Dame Football
The most intriguing story line of spring practice for the University of Notre Dame is the play of soon to be junior wide receiver Kevin Austin. In case you haven’t…
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8 Potential Breakout Notre Dame Football Players in Spring 2020
Defining a “breakout” player is always very subjective. Is it a player who comes out of nowhere to be a factor or a player who’s played a bit but all…
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What Position Should Jafar Armstrong Play For Notre Dame In 2020?
Let’s take a step back to figure out how we got here. In the spring of 2018, Armstrong was set to play wide receiver for Notre Dame, as a redshirt…
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Secondary Concerns Highlight Notre Dame’s Defensive Off-Season Storylines
Let’s get one thing straight right off the top: whatever the concern is, it’s going to be fine. What is being discussed in this space is just fodder; things to…
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Plenty of Storylines Await Notre Dame Offense This Off-Season
The regular and post-season are over, the recruiting class is signed, and now the time for speculation and narrative begins. It’s the off-season, folks, get into it! Can’t fully start…
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Javon McKinley Returning for 5th Year Would be Great Notre Dame Story
After Notre Dame accepted a graduate transfer from Northwestern wide receiver Bennett Skowronek, it didn’t look like Javon McKinley would be returning for a 5th year whether it was his…
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Can Brian Kelly Push The Right Buttons On The Offensive Staff For Notre Dame?
The good news for Brian Kelly as he tries to put together an offensive staff for the second time since the 2016 season ended, is it comes at a good…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like in Notre Dame’s Very Likeable Bowl Game
Sometimes this column is tough to write. In fact, it’s usually good for us when it’s tough to write. When it’s easy to find five things I didn’t like in…
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5 Things I Liked from Notre Dame’s Inspired Effort in the Camping World Bowl
Notre Dame finished its 2019 season on Saturday with a convincing 33-9 victory over Iowa State in the Camping World Bowl giving them 11 wins on the season and propelling…
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Immediate Overreactions from Notre Dame’s Bowl Game Beating of Iowa State
Notre Dame capped off their 2019 season with their 11th win of the year thanks to a dominating performance in the Camping World Bowl over Iowa State. The 3.5 point…
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Brian Kelly Shows His Growth With Changes To Notre Dame Offense
Everyone has undoubtedly seen the news by now, Notre Dame and former offensive coordinator Chip Long are moving in separate ways. There has been a lot written about the success…
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Notre Dame Football 2019 Plays Of The Year
It’s awards season, folks! Forget the Heisman Trophy and the college football awards show and all that other fluff, the UHND awards are where it’s at for the Notre Dame…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like in a Very Fitting Way to End the 2019 Regular Season
Notre Dame capped off a 10-2 regular season on Saturday in much the way their entire went – a bit of an uneven effort that left fans frustrated at times…
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5 Things I Liked in Notre Dame’s Season Finale Win Over Stanford
Notre Dame capped off the regular season on Saturday with a 21 beating of rival Stanford to snap a five-game losing streak on the farm. The Irish started off slow,…
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For Notre Dame Football Fans, That Dissatisfaction You Feel Is Progress
2019 was a very strange year for Notre Dame football. First, almost everyone was wrong about everything. The sure things at quarterback and defensive end were not. Jafar Armstrong was…
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Overreactions from Notre Dame Football’s Cathartic Win at Stanford
Notre Dame started slow again before ripping off 31 unanswered points en route to a 45-24 win over Stanford to finally give Brian Kelly his first win on the farm…
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What I’m Thankful For This Notre Dame Football Season
The 2019 season is a good lesson that even though you don’t always get what you want, you can still appreciate the things you have. For many, the Michigan loss…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like in Notre Dame’s Last Home Game of 2019
You know it was a good game for Notre Dame when I can spend a significant portion of my 5 things I didn’t like column railing on Doug Flutie and…
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5 Things I Liked in Notre Dame’s FANtastic 2019 Senior Day
Notre Dame capped off a 6-0 home record on Saturday afternoon with a 40-7 win over Boston College. It wasn’t always pretty, but ultimately, the Irish did what they should…
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Overreactions from Notre Dame’s Senior Day Rout of Boston College
Notre Dame capped off another season undefeated at home on Saturday with a 40-7 beating of Boston College that could have actually been a lot worse. Notre Dame was sloppy…
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Notre Dame Fan Feed on NBC A Refreshing Alternative to Their Stale Broadcast
There were a lot of new things going on at Notre Dame for their final home game of the 2019 season against Boston College. One being the uniforms; Under Armour…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like in Notre Dame’s Blowout of Navy
Whenever you win a football game against a top 25 team by 32 points, there usually isn’t a lot to dislike in the game, but since I do this column…
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5 Things I Liked (The Most) in Notre Dame’s Rout of Navy
Notre Dame beat Navy the way that Notre Dame should beat Navy every year this past weekend. The Irish were too much for the Midshipmen to keep up with on…
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Overreactions from Notre Dame Finally Beating Navy Like They Should
Notre Dame unleashed the kind of whooping on Navy on Saturday that we used to be used to seeing. Over the last decade, though, we’ve rarely see Notre Dame handle…
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Notre Dame Football Is Finally Who We Thought They Were
Watching Notre Dame play the last couple of games feels like the kid in the movie Hook, who, through close inspection, finally recognizes Peter Pan. “Oh, there you are, offense.”…
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