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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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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Jones, Linebackers Trending Up
To show how influential this column is, last week the Notre Dame run game was listed on the trending down track. Then they rushed for four touchdowns and bludgeoned the…
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How Notre Dame Can Get More Explosiveness Out Of The Passing Game
During his weekly Monday press conference, head coach Brian Kelly was asked about the progress of quarterback Ian Book. Kelly talked about Book having made improvements in some areas, needing…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like in Notre Dame’s Win Over #18 Virginia
Whenever you beat a top 20 team at home by 15 points and your defense sacks the opposing quarterback eight times and forces five turnovers, there is going to be…
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Grading The Notre Dame Defense Against Virginia: Hint, They Passed!
Clark Lea came into this game feeling like Notre Dame could handle the Virginia passing game playing man coverage. This was not the correct feeling. It had less to do…
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Grading Notre Dame’s Uneven Offensive Performance Vs. Virginia
As will become the norm in this space from now on, I’ll start by talking about the performance of the coordinator. Much like the offense as a whole, Chip Long…
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5 Things I Liked in Notre Dame’s Defensive Outburst Against Virginia
Notre Dame went old-school in beating up on Virginia on Saturday. The Irish defense swarmed Virginia quarterback Bryce Perkins and harassed the talented dual-threat signal-caller into mistake after mistake en…
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Immediate Overreactions: Notre Dame Offense Stalls, Defense Shines
Notre Dame returned to the win column on Saturday thanks to a Herculean effort from their defense in the second half. After Bryce Perkins lit them up for over 200…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: A Young CB Rising, Run Game Falling
I have been thinking all week how weird it was that it’s week four and I don’t know how good Notre Dame is at football. I know how good they can be.…
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Virginia Game Could Ultimately Define Notre Dame’s Season
Throughout the off-season, everyone said the Georgia game would define Notre Dame’s season. A win and the Irish are back. A loss and they are out of the playoff hunt…
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Notre Dame Linebacker Picture Coming Into Focus Early
All summer long we heard that Notre Dame would probably be rotating linebackers throughout the season as the group was perceived to be the biggest weakness on the team. Through…
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Notre Dame Football: Grading The Irish Defense Vs. Georgia
Remember the offseason of 2018 when the news dropped that Mike Elko was leaving for Texas A&M? The panic that ensued? The general feeling was the best part of the…
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Notre Dame Football: Grading the Irish Offense Vs. Georgia
Before we get into the individual units here, a word on the game plan offensive coordinator Chip Long put together seems appropriate. Long came into this game with one hand…
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