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Notre Dame Football Preview ’18: The Navy Midshipmen
Having been a part of the Notre Dame football schedule every year since 1927, the Navy Midshipmen will face the Irish at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego in primetime. The…
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Preview ’18: Pitt Visits Notre Dame For First Time Since ’12 Thriller
One week prior to the only bye on the 2018 Notre Dame football schedule, the Irish will be hosting the Pitt Panthers, marking the first time in three years that…
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Who Will Lead Notre Dame in Receiving in 2018?
With so many returning starters for Notre Dame in 2018 there aren’t as many huge, looming questions as there are some seasons, but there is still plenty of intrigue surrounding…
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Preview ’18: Notre Dame Out for Revenge In First Trip to Virginia Tech
When the calendar turns to October, the first opponent on the Notre Dame football schedule will be the Virginia Tech Hokies on their home field in Blacksburg. The clash will…
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Alize Mack: 2018 Notre Dame Football Now Or Never
We continue our “Now Or Never” pre-season series with senior tight end Alize Mack. He arrived in 2015 as one of the jewels of his recruiting class. He was ranked…
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Notre Dame Football Preview 2018: Stanford Cardinal
In what’s essentially been an annual clash on the Notre Dame football schedule over the past 30 years, the Stanford Cardinal come to South Bend on September 29. They’re seeking…
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Asmar Bilal: Notre Dame Football Now Or Never 2018
We are kicking off our 2018 “Now or Never” summer series with a look at senior Rover/Linebacker Asmar Bilal. This is something we have done the last couple of pre-seasons.…
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Notre Dame Preview 2018: Wake Forest Demon Deacons
The first road game on the 2018 Notre Dame football schedule is scheduled for September 22, when the Irish travel to Winston-Salem to start the ACC portion of their season…
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Notre Dame Football Preview 2018: The Vanderbilt Commodores
Rounding out a trio of home matchups that begins the Notre Dame football schedule, the Irish welcome the Vanderbilt Commodores on September 15. The two teams have only met twice…
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Notre Dame Football Preview 2018: The Ball State Cardinals
Following a season-opening matchup against Michigan, the 2018 Notre Dame football schedule has on it a September 8 home clash against the Ball State Cardinals. Despite the fact that the…
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Notre Dame Football Preview 2018: The Michigan Wolverines
When the 2018 Notre Dame football schedule begins in South Bend on September 1, the Irish will be facing Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines. Harbaugh’s third season with the…
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Brian Kelly’s All-Time Notre Dame Team: Defense
If you read the first installment of this two part series, you know the drill. I’m picking the best players from the Kelly era, and fitting them onto a team…
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Brian Kelly’s All-Time Notre Dame Team: Offense
There was a lot of talk around NFL draft time about the number of first round picks out of Notre Dame during the Kelly era. I even mentioned it in…
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Mystery, Intrigue Surround Running Back for Notre Dame
When Josh Adams made his decision to leave Notre Dame early for the NFL, the Irish depth chart looked well equipped to handle the early departure. Things haven’t gone quite…
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Hype Building for Notre Dame Safety Alohi Gilman
Despite all of the progress made by the 2017 Notre Dame defense, the one position group that fell short of expectations was safety. And those expectations were pretty low to being…
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Will Notre Dame’s Tight Ends Fulfill Their Promise?
The tight end position has been one of immense potential since the arrival of Alize Mack in 2015. He was a prized recruit, one of the jewels of his class,…
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Will Avery Davis, Jafar Armstrong Give Notre Dame Options?
The annual Blue and Gold game tends to produce some spring all-stars every year who never end up parlaying their spring performances into fall production so it’s never a great…
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6 Things I Liked From The 2018 Notre Dame Spring Game
We’re going to be national champions! Ok, I didn’t like the scrimmage that much, but as far as spring games go, it was an enjoyable experience. There were a lot…
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Questions Linger For Notre Dame Offensive & Defensive Lines
The good news for the 2018 Fighting Irish is their best units are along the lines. The offensive line has long been a strength for Brian Kelly’s Notre Dame teams.…
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Notre Dame Is Building Something At Receiver
The Notre Dame football team was not very good through the air in 2017. A lot of that had to do with the inconsistent play of the quarterbacks, although the…
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Notre Dame Redshirts Back To Being Relevant As Spring Ball Kicks Off
The thing about being a redshirt is once that decision is made, they pretty much cease being members of the program, for all intents and purposes, for as long as…
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Jafar Armstrong Part of Running Back Depth Answer for Notre Dame
With just three scholarship running backs on the roster for spring practice and just one more arriving in the summer, it was inevitable that someone would move to running back…
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11 Players Notre Dame Needs to Have Huge Springs in 2018
We’re about to get our yearly taste of spring football with the Irish set for their first of 15 practices on Tuesday. Notre Dame heads into the spring with a…
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Brandon Wimbush Worked with QB Guru, Will It Work?
The single biggest question mark for Notre Dame headed into the 2018 is at quarterback once again. Brandon Wimbush’s wild inconsistency and eventual bowl game benching, combined with Ian Book’s…
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4 Controversial Notre Dame Football Pre-Spring Thoughts
Signing day is over, the class of 2018 is officially complete, and next month spring football begins in earnest. Naturally, there is a lot to discuss, most notably quarterback, with…
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