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Notre Dame Football Spring ’17: Not All Sunshine And Rainbows
I think we all have that friend who likes to call himself the “realist” who loves to boast of his ability to “tell it like it is.” He’s always there…
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Will Brandon Wimbush’s Work with Whitfield Pay Off? Why it Matters
Notre Dame students returned to campus from Spring Break 2017 earlier this week and the football team returns to the practice field on Wednesday. Starting quarterback Brandon Wimbush didn’t spend…
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Notre Dame’s Big Buck Hunters: Tevon Coney vs. Greer Martini
Notre Dame’s defensive transformation is about to kick into full gear when the Irish return to practice on Wednesday after a twelve day layoff between practices two and three in…
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Spring Football ’17: Gauging The Talent On The Notre Dame Roster
Most of the discussion during the offseason regarding the Notre Dame football team revolves around Brian Kelly’s renaissance, his yoga schedule, the new coaching hires, and the miracle that is…
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Is Kevin Stepherson Notre Dame’s Next Will Fuller?
In 2014 then sophomore Will Fuller took a meteoric leap for Notre Dame and became a dynamic, big play, down-the-field wide receiver for the Irish seemingly overnight between his freshman…
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Nick Watkins Return A Huge Boost for Notre Dame Secondary
Notre Dame senior cornerback Nick Watkins was ready to step into the starting line up last year after a trial by fire in the 2016 Fiesta Bowl loss to Ohio…
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10 Redshirts to Watch During Notre Dame Spring Practice ’17
Spring football has officially started at Notre Dame. Brian Kelly got things rolling yesterday with his kick-off presser and today the Irish held their first official spring practice as they look…
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What To Watch For On Defense: Notre Dame Football Spring ’17
I lectured on about how much I love spring practice in part 1 of this series, so check that out if you’re like me and you can’t get enough of…
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What to Watch For on Offense: Notre Dame Football Spring ’17
Notre Dame Football 2017 kicks off on Wednesday with the opening of spring practice and the start of a new era for Brian Kelly’s football team. New coaches, new quarterback,…
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8 Notre Dame Players Needing to Crush Spring Ball
With the rapid pace at which Notre Dame football news has been occurring, it’s been a bit overlooked that spring football is just over a week away. Finally, Notre Dame…
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Notre Dame Football Spring Primer: New Names Take The Stage
There are many occasions where spring football is very much a non-story. Practices are rudimentary, we generally make big predictions about the spring narrative–consider that Corey Holmes and Jay Hayes…
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The State of Notre Dame Football: Q&A with Blue & Gold Illustrated
With Signing Day all wrapped up and weeks until spring football, we’ve hit one of the dreaded lull periods on the football calendar. This year, however, there has been so…
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Notre Dame Football Needs To Stop Playing Catch Up
Upon reflection following his Notre Dame career, head coach Lou Holtz surmised that his biggest mistake as the Fighting Irish head coach was complacency. Following the teams success in 1988…
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Notre Dame Must Unleash Dexter Williams in 2017
The struggles of the Notre Dame offense were at times exaggerated in 2016. The Irish offense, for all of the criticism it received, still averaged 30.9 points a game in…
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Notre Dame Can Restore Tight End U Moniker in ’17
Notre Dame had one hell of a run of tight ends from 2005-2014 with six consecutive starting tight ends getting drafted. Five of of the six were even second round…
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8 Notre Dame Defenders to Watch in Mike Elko’s Defense
Mike Elko is still settling in as the new defensive coordinator at Notre Dame, but it’s not too soon to start thinking about players who will benefit the most from…
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What Does Mike Elko Have to Work With on Notre Dame DL?
New Notre Dame defensive coordinator Mike Elko has his work cut out for him with the Irish defense but nowhere is that more apparent than the defensive line. Despite featuring…
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Can Brian Kelly Turn Around Notre Dame Football?
Whether you are the type to take out an ad in the local newspaper calling for everyone to be fired or you think it makes sense for Notre Dame to…
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Revisiting The Notre Dame Preseason Over/Under Predictions: Defense
It’s generally best to predict any defense that is being led by Brian VanGorder to underwhelm and that sentiment certainly proved correct this season for a unit that finished (incredibly)…
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Revisiting The Notre Dame Preseason Over/Under Predictions: Offense
Back in August I made some over/under predictions for the Notre Dame offense and now that the season is over it seems appropriate that we take a look back and…
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What’s Next for Notre Dame Football
After an unexpected 4-8 season – the second worst in program history in over five decades – Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick faces a crossroads project with far more…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Week 12
When it rains it pours, the hits just keep on coming, if it wasn’t for bad luck I’d have no luck at all, kick a man while he’s down, and…
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Notre Dame Football Senior Week Stock Report
Notre Dame enters senior week on a rare high after their 44-6 drubbing of Army in the Lone Star state last Saturday. It goes without saying that this has been…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Week 10
It would be hard for things to get much lower for the Notre Dame program right about now, following last Saturday’s one point loss to Navy, although losing to Army…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Week 9
If you want to play a fun game at home amongst your friends and family, maybe during the Thanksgiving holiday, envision all of the talent on the 2015 Notre Dame…
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