Analysis
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Beating the Miami Hurricanes Still Feels Damn Good
I was five years old when the infamous Notre Dame-Miami game took place in 1988. I didn’t understand the significance of the game or why, when it ended, my parents…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Week 8
Regression to the mean is a common phrase used in our lives to describe the natural metaphysical pull towards homeostasis. When things are way up, they tend to over time…
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Notre Dame Football: What We’ve Learned at the Midpoint
A bye week serves a useful purpose for college football teams, particularly when it occurs during the halfway point of the season. In addition to a week of rest and…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Week 7
After a holding line on Notre Dame stock following a win against Syracuse, another precipitous dip occurred against the Wolfpack of NC State in hurricane-like conditions in Raleigh, North Carolina.…
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Notre Dame, Offensive Line Limp into Stanford Week
On Saturday Notre Dame finally began to turn around two units that have hindered them all season: defense and special teams. Such an achievement was thought to be impossible until…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Week 6
After two consecutive weeks of plummeting, the Notre Dame football stock leveled out, at least for now, with a 50-33 victory against the Syracuse Orangemen. It’s too soon to say…
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Notre Dame Special Teams Failures Require Kelly’s Focus
Notre Dame fans have had very little to cheer about this fall, a fact that finally began to change Saturday afternoon against Syracuse in New Jersey. Notre Dame’s defense surrendered…
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Post Game 6-Pack: Notre Dame Squeezes the Orange
Notre Dame got back on the win column Saturday with a 50-33 victory over the Orange from Syracuse. It wasn’t always pretty and the Irish were still sloppy in some…
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Debunking Notre Dame’s Lack of Defensive Talent
Amid the fury of posts over the last few weeks voicing angst over now former Notre Dame defensive coordinator, one of the common tunes heard on Notre Dame message boards…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Week 5
Things are bad right now folks, there are no two ways about it. Notre Dame is going to be in a downward trend no matter what happens the rest of…
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Is There a Power Struggle at Notre Dame?
The statistics are nothing new. Notre Dame’s defense is ranked No. 101 nationally in points surrendered per game (33.5). The defense has allowed over 200 yards rushing per game under…
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Brian Kelly’s Defense of Defensive Staff Getting Offensive
Following Notre Dame’s latest loss – an embarrassing home loss to Duke – head coach Brian Kelly was quick to point the finger at everyone except those that deserved it…
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Notre Dame v. Duke ’16: Post Game 6-Pack
Notre Dame lost to Duke.. in football. Let that sink in for a minute. Notre Dame lost to Duke in football. I don’t care how many games Duke won a…
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Almost No Longer Good Enough for Notre Dame, Brian Kelly
Year seven of the Brian Kelly era wasn’t supposed to start out like this. Notre Dame wasn’t supposed to be out of the playoff mix by the middle of September. …
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Week 4
My wife is a market analyst for a financial firm in Southern California. She has described to me what it is like on the trading floor when the market takes…
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Post Game 6-Pack: Notre Dame v. Michigan State ’16
This week’s post game 6-packs is coming in late due to some traveling yesterday and to save my Mac’s keyboard from getting broken had it been written in the heat…
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5 Defensive Players Notre Dame Needs to Step Up
After the offensive explosion from Texas in week one, the Notre Dame defense looked like it could be a train wreck this year. Last week the Irish returned to their…
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Michigan State Game Chance for Notre Dame Statement
Notre Dame had the chance to make a statement on Labor Day weekend. Prime time match-up. Only game of the day. Notre Dame could have told the college football world that…
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5 Most Impressive Notre Dame Football Players So Far in 2016
Two games into the season I take a look at the 5 most impressive Notre Dame football players. You will notice a theme unfortunately. 1. Deshone Kizer, QB1 – Kizer…
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Plenty for Notre Dame to Work on Before Michigan State
Notre Dame faces #8/12 Michigan State this weekend in their first contest of the season against a ranked opponent (at least one ranked at the time of the game). The…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Week 3
After a volatile week one for the Notre Dame football team, week 2 brought a return to normalcy against the Nevada Wolfpack with a 39-10 win in the first game…
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Notre Dame v. Nevada ’16: Post Game 6-Pack
One the heels of last week’s heartbreaking loss to Texas, Notre Dame returned home to face Nevada. While the Irish were a bit up and down throughout the afternoon, Notre…
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Desmond Howard: Deshone Kizer ‘One of Best QBs in College Football’
Count notorious Notre Dame hater Desmond Howard among those on the Deshone Kizer hype train that is barreling full steam ahead this week on the heels of his six touchdown…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Week 2
Week one is in the books and it brought the first market crash for the Notre Dame defense as they gave up 50 points and 517 yards on six yards…
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Notre Dame v. Texas ’16: Post Game 6-Pack
Notre Dame’s season started with a disappointing and unexpected loss in Austin last night in front of a Darrell K Royal Stadium crowd record of 102,000+. Despite the loss, not…
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