Analysis
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Eye In The Sky: Chip Long Delivers A Masterpiece Against USC
New defensive coordinator Mike Elko is the current belle of the ball amongst most Fighting Irish faithful. It makes sense, he replaced the guy everybody loathed in Brian VanGorder, and…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: ’17 Week 7
At this exact point last season, following week 7, I wrote in this colum Notre Dame should sell on Brian Kelly. It’s true, there is proof. Amongst many other things…
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Notre Dame Post Game 6-Pack: Did We Really Just See that USC Beatdown?
THAT. WAS. AWESOME. Notre Dame came out last night and ran the ball down USC’s throats to the tune of 377 yards enroute to a 49-14 victory over the previously…
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Notre Dame Football Finds Itself by Thrashing USC
Oh there you are, Notre Dame. It’s been a long 22 years since the Fighting Irish offered a performance similar to what took place in South Bend last night (in…
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Notre Dame-USC: An Even Matchup Provides Something For Everyone
When you’re a fan of Notre Dame football, or just sports in general, for long enough, you learn about the different fan types. (When I say fan, I mean the…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Post Bye Week
Now Notre Dame gets down to the serious business in 2017. Gone are the cupcakes, in are the…meat and potatoes? (I’m not sure what the inverse of a cupcake is.)…
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How Notre Dame Football Goes From Good To Great In 2017
There are a lot of good feelings around the Notre Dame football program right now after a 5-1 start and a look of dominance the last four weeks. I’ve written…
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Notre Dame Football 2017: What a Difference a Year Makes
Now that the Notre Dame Fighting Irish have a week off to relax before starting the latter half of the 2017 season, Irish fans can also take a breather as…
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Is The Notre Dame Front Four The Best Unit On The Defense?
Because I’m very smart and know lots of things, I ranked the Notre Dame defensive line the second worst unit on the team prior to the season. This was in…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Week 6
It’s ok to feel good about being 5-1 everyone. One of the things that’s been reinforced to me this year, in sports and in life, is multiple things can be…
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Notre Dame Post Game 6-Pack: Irish Need to Heal After Handling Heels
Notre Dame surpassed its win total from 2016 over the weekend with a 33-10 handling of North Carolina on the road. North Carolina hosted the Irish with a mash unit…
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Eye In The Sky: To Turn Or Not To Turn For The Notre Dame Corners
Notre Dame has struggled this season, across starting cornerbacks Nick Watkins and Julian Love, in jump ball situations. They hurt them against Georgia for a few big plays, Love gave…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Week 5
I’ve never been more confused. Notre Dame is so good at running the ball, and so bad at throwing the ball. I guess this is what it was like in…
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Notre Dame Post Game 6-Pack: What The Heck Did We Just Watch Edition?
Notre Dame improved to 4-1 on the season on Saturday with their third straight victory of 20 or more points with a 52-17 victory over the Miami of Ohio RedHawks. …
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Notre Dame Football: Be Wary Of Incompetency Bias
I first heard the term “incompetency bias” from GOP political strategist Tim Miller, referring to our current political climate, and I thought it applied very well to the current Notre…
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Eye In The Sky: The Notre Dame Secondary Is Coming Of Age
If you’ve ever played football you might have heard the phrase “the eye in the sky don’t lie.” Usually it came up when there was a screw up and a…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Week 4
I noted following the week 2 loss to Georgia, there were lots of ways to lose games. We haven’t seen it much lately, but the same is true in victories.…
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Post Game 6-Pack: Notre Dame Routs Michigan State in Their House
Well now, who saw a Notre Dame blowout of Michigan State in Spartan Stadium coming? That is what happened this evening as Notre Dame marched into East Lansing looking for…
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What Is Wrong With The Notre Dame Passing Attack?
A disclaimer right off the top: I’m not some kind of quarterback guru. Never played it, never coached it, and I’ve got a terrible arm. So this piece isn’t going…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Week 3
It was “a win is a win” week for the Fighting Irish football team. It was the type of game that provides the best and worst in message board fodder.…
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Early Returns on New Notre Dame Defense Promising
It’s only been three games for Mike Elko as the defensive coordinator for Notre Dame, but the early returns are already promising. Elko inherited a unit that had become a…
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Notre Dame Football Still In Search of Identity 3 Games, 8 Years In
The 2017 Notre Dame Fighting Irish are very much a microcosm of the Brian Kelly era. Three games into the season – Brian Kelly’s 8th at Notre Dame – the…
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Notre Dame Football Post Game 6-Pack: 29 Point Wins Should be Fun
Notre Dame improved to 2-1 on the season on Saturday with a 49-20 victory over Boston College in a game that saw Notre Dame have some historic rushing totals. Still,…
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Notre Dame Hits The Road, Hopefully With The Running Game On Board
As Notre Dame starts the first of two straight true road games, the numbers five and 11 have popped up quite a bit this week. As in five wins and…
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Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly Has a Personnel Problem
Football is a hard game. I played in high school and in junior college. I know what its like to lose or win a game for no good reason at…
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