Analysis
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Notre Dame Football’s Top 25 Players in 2017: #6-10
We’ve reached the top 10 of countdown of the Top 25 Notre Dame football players for 2017 and have just one more installment left after today. Today’s set of players…
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Notre Dame Football’s Top 25 Players in 2017: #11-15
Our countdown of the top 25 players on the Notre Dame football roster for 2017 continues today with the players ranked 11th-15th. As we inch towards the top 10, cornerbacks…
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Notre Dame Football Needs a Yoon Boom in 2017
A lot has to happen this fall for Notre Dame to rebound from last year’s 4-8 debacle. One player specifically can go a long way towards helping the Irish bounce…
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Notre Dame Football Secondary Ready To Bounce Back in ’17
The final installment of our preseason Better Or Worse series is a look at the last line of the Notre Dame defense. Things were rough on the back end in…
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Notre Dame Football’s Top 25 Players in 2017: #16-20
Our countdown of the top 25 players on the 2017 Notre Dame football roster continues today. The first installment featured one of the most intriguing players on the roster –…
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Notre Dame Football’s Top 25 Players in 2017: #25-21
Today we’re kicking off a countdown of the top 25 players on the Notre Dame roster for 2017. You may have seen a group of Notre Dame sites run a…
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Julian Love: Much More than Notre Dame’s Safety Net
Heading into the 2016 opener, true freshman defensive back Julian Love was a third team corner looking to make his mark on special teams. His role was not a surprise,…
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Notre Dame QB Brandon Wimbush Ready to Star
Following a 4-8 season that saw Notre Dame use a dual-quarterback system that proved to be ineffective, head coach Brian Kelly and new offensive coordinator Chip Long are focused in…
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Notre Dame Linebackers Ready To Lead Irish Defense
The UHND 2017 Better Or Worse series rolls on with a look at the 2017 linebacker position. One thing the revamped Mike Elko led charges seem to lack on their…
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Dexter Williams: Notre Dame Football Now or Never ’17
After a year in which the Notre Dame running game wasn’t necessarily a prominent feature of the offense, the 2017 edition of the Irish figures to rectify that situation. The…
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Notre Dame Football’s Backfield is LOADED in 2017
For all of the consternation over Brian Kelly’s preference for a passing game, Notre Dame has actually had a few years under his tenure where the Irish were a bonafide…
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Notre Dame Football 2017 Better Or Worse: Defensive Line
In the latest installment of the Better or Worse series, we get into the nitty gritty: the defensive line. This is where titles are won. Up the middle, in the…
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Will Andrew Trumbetti’s Emergence Reshuffle Notre Dame DL?
One of the early surprises of the first week of fall camp is the emergence – or reemergence – of senior defensive end Andrew Trumbetti. Strong gains in the weight…
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2017 Notre Dame Football Better Or Worse: Offensive Line
We continue our preseason series comparing units from the previous season with the offensive line. Last week I looked at the quarterbacks and skill position units. If you read those…
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Brady Quinn Destroys Lazy Hot Take on Notre Dame Academics by Fox Analyst
Brady Quinn hasn’t thrown a pass for Notre Dame in over a decade but he threw some verbal blows at Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt for regurgitating a tired, lazy…
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8 Players Who Will Define Notre Dame Football in 2017
For Notre Dame to have a big bounce back season in 2017, the stars will have to align and the bounces will almost have to go all their way unlike…
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Notre Dame Football 2017 Better Or Worse: The Skill Positions
We continue our preseason roster breakdown as we head toward the season opener September 2nd against Temple. Last week I looked at quarterback where I made the, apparently, audacious claim…
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Nick Watkins: Notre Dame Football ’17 Now or Never
Coming back from a 2016 campaign that was completely wiped out by injury, junior cornerback Nick Watkins is one of the key players that Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly…
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Previewing Notre Dame Football ’17 Season with ND Insider
The 2017 Notre Dame football season is just around the corner and the fine folks at ND Insider have put together a heck of a pre-season magazine to help get us…
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Alex Bars: Notre Dame Football Now or Never ’17
Having at least one more year to fulfill the promise that was first envisioned for him even before he donned his first Notre Dame uniform, Alex Bars will have a…
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Notre Dame Football 2017 Better Or Worse: Quarterback
We like to take a look each year at all the positional groups and take stock in whether that group is improved, or gotten worse, from the previous season. Given…
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Notre Dame’s Strong Side DEs Living Up to Their Name
Notre Dame has a depth problem along the defensive line in 2017. Shocking, I know. One position where Notre Dame has some solid depth though is at the strong side…
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Sophomore WRs Hold Key for Notre Dame Passing Attack
Notre Dame has all of the components to have the most potent offense of the Brian Kelly era at Notre Dame in 2017. The Irish also have so many moving…
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Jay Hayes: Notre Dame Football Now or Never ’17
A year ago at this time, Jay Hayes was listed by many as a potential breakout candidate for Notre Dame. Primed for a starting role after a redshirt season in…
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Miles Boykin: Notre Dame Football Now or Never ’17
Our yearly Now or Never series continues today with a player who still has three years of eligibility remaining, but plays at a position at which Notre Dame is simply…
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