Analysis
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Should Brain Kelly Consider a Quarterback Change to Ignite Notre Dame Offense?
Through three games last year, the Irish offense was stagnant. With a powerful defense, Brian Kelly knew his team had a chance to be great, but he needed to ignite…
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5 Things I Guess I Liked from Notre Dame’s Loss to Michigan
I do this column every week, and I have to admit, I almost skipped it this week. It was tough to find anything that I liked in what was one…
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Immediate Overreactions from Notre Dame’s Utter Collapse in Michigan
Welp, that sucked. I didn’t feel good all week about this game, but never in my wildest dreams did I imagine Notre Dame would lay an egg like the one…
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Fully Integrated Jafar Armstrong Drastically Changes Notre Dame Offense
It was just a glimpse, but it was very telling. Notre Dame opened their season against Louisville with the glorious two back offense Chip Long has been wanting to run…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Irish OL Trending Up Entering Michigan Game
A buddy of mine asked me why it is I seem to hate Michigan, but not USC. I live in Southern California after all, I have a lot more exposure…
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Quarterbacks Define Key Matchups in Notre Dame Football’s Trip to Ann Arbor
Another major road challenge is on tap for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish as they return from their bye week to face the Michigan Wolverines under the lights. Recent trips…
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5 Stats That Tell Story of Notre Dame Football at Midway Point of 2019 Season
After winning five of their first six games, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are still clinging to the hope of reaching the college football playoffs for the second year in…
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Michigan’s Loss Changes Narrative of Notre Dame’s Clash with Wolverines
While it’s never a good idea to root for Michigan as Greg pointed out yesterday, in a perfect world, Saturday’s showdown with Michigan would have ideally given Notre Dame a…
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Notre Dame Football: When Is It Ok To Root For Michigan?
For the third consecutive year, Notre Dame heads toward November in the playoff conversation. That’s an enjoyable and exciting thing. What is not fun and exciting is the constant conversation…
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Notre Dame at the Bye: Where the Irish Are Halfway Through the Season
Entering their bye week with a 5-1 record, the 2019 season for Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish has mostly gone according to plan. The lone blemish was a competitive road battle…
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Notre Dame’s Kyle Hamilton Isn’t As Good As You Think. He’s Better.
The legend of Kyle Hamilton started to build before he arrived on campus. When he committed, he was the lowest-ranked player in the 2019 class, but even then, people knew…
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Notre Dame Trio Proving Everyone Wrong in 2019
One of the most positive surprising developments for Notre Dame in 2019 is the development of a trio of players who many – myself included – wrote off at the…
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Grading Notre Dame’s Defensive Efforts Against USC
Just like with Chip Long and the offense, people aren’t sure what to make of the game plan employed by defensive coordinator Clark Lea. Obviously, fans loved what they saw…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like in Notre Dame’s Close Call with USC
Notre Dame beat Southern Cal for the third time in a row on Saturday to improve to 5-1 on the year. In the process, they moved up to 8th in…
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Mixed Grades for Notre Dame Offense from USC Performance
Offensive coordinator Chip Long must be quite confused when it comes to the happiness of the Notre Dame fan base. You’d think in a game where the Irish ran for…
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5 Things I Liked In Notre Dame’s Latest Conquest of Troy
Notre Dame improved to 5-1 on the season yesterday with a 30-27 win over archrival USC. The Trojans limped into town with two losses already, but that didn’t stop them…
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(Not So) Immediate Overreactions from Notre Dame’s Frustrating Win Over USC
Being right isn’t always fun, and this was a prime example of it. I predicted Notre Dame winning 31-27 when there were a lot of Notre Dame fans and writers…
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Will Jafar Armstrong Provide More Threat or Impact for Notre Dame vs. USC?
Notre Dame’s offense is finally back to full strength this weekend – or at least as close to full strength as it will be in 2019 without Kevin Austin –…
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Notre Dame Is Set To Finally Answer Questions Against USC
We are approaching the sixth game of the 2019 Notre Dame football season, and we still don’t know what we’ve got. We know they are 4-1. We know they had…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Irish Trending Up With SC Coming to Town
When looking at a season and how it is going to turn out, I like to think of it in terms of a season for a sprinter. There are only…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like In Notre Dame’s Win Over Bowling Green
When Notre Dame posted 66 points on New Mexico earlier this year, it was a weird blowout in a sense, because amazingly there were a few things not to like…
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5 Things I Liked in Notre Dame’s Very Likeable Throttling of Bowling Green
Because there were so many good things to like in Notre Dame’s 52-0 win over Bowling Green this weekend, this week’s column was actually a little tricky to write. There…
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Notre Dame Football Film Review: Ian Book Takes Big Steps Against Bowling Green
Last week I wrote a piece detailing the missed opportunities in the Notre Dame passing game. The premise of the piece was the issues with Ian Book were decision making…
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(Not So) Immediate Overreactions from Notre Dame Bowling Over Another Opponent
Apologies for the late posting of the “immediate” overreactions this week. A quick work trip to Spain this week left me reeling with some jet lag, and well, posting something…
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Notre Dame Passes Bowling Green Test with Flying Colors
I usually give out grades position by position following every game, but this week let’s not pretend it’s anything other than A’s all around. Notre Dame outgained their opponent by…
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