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6 Notre Dame Freshmen to Watch This Off-Season
With the 2013 in the books, it is officially time to look ahead to 2014 as the Irish look to move back into the national spotlight following this year’s 9-4…
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Duranko’s Digest: What did we see in the Pinstripe Bowl?
A rested, healed, motivated Fighting Irish Squad scored early, never trailed and beat Rutgers 29-16. The Irish offense controlled the Scarlet Knight defense, the ND defense manhandled the Rutgers offense, and…
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Conference Championship Games Highlight Notre Dame’s Season
Conference championship weekend for Notre Dame fans is pretty straightforward: wake up early, surround yourself with the necessary beverages and easily graspable food items, pick a comfortable chair strategically placed…
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IBG: Wrapping up 2013, Looking to 2014
The last Irish Blogger Gathering of the 2013 regular season takes a look back at whether or not the 2013 season was a disappointment, expectations for next year, and what…
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Bright Days Ahead for Notre Dame Football
There are no moral victories in football. The sport is a zero-sum game with a clearly defined winner and loser. The Michigan Wolverines won’t receive an asterisk by their name…
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Duranko’s Digest: What did we see against Stanford?
A powerful Stanford team defeated the Irish 27-20, concluding the Irish season at 8-4. The fulcrum of the game was Stanford’s outrushing the Irish 261-65. Out there among the eucalyptus trees…
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Max Redfield’s Time Could be Now
Notre Dame signed four 5-star players last February. One’s been a starter since day one, one never made it to campus, one had knee surgery and will red-shirt, and one…
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Plenty for Notre Dame Football Fans to Be Thankful For
While this season may pale in comparison to the magical ride of last year’s 12-0 regular season and berth in the BCS National Championship, there is still plenty for Notre…
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IBG: Tree Chopping Edition
After a week off, the Irish Blogger Edition in its new and improved format is back for a Thanksgiving Day post. Before you start chowing down and over indulging on…
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Another Quarterback Battle Looms for Notre Dame
Notre Dame starting quarterback Tommy Rees admitted to becoming slightly emotional as the crowd at Notre Dame Stadium began to chant his name after taking a knee to run out…
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Jarron Jones Emerging at Right Time for Notre Dame
When Notre Dame began fall camp the Irish were loaded at nose tackle. Louis Nix was the clear top NT, an All-American, and likely top 10 NFL Draft pick. Tony…
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Duranko’s Digest – What Did We See on Notre Dame Senior Day?
The Fighting Irish played their most balanced game of the year on Senior Day, winning 23-13. The Irish scored touchdowns on their first two possessions, and after allowing BYU’s only touchdown…
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A Fitting Finale for Tommy Rees
Of all of the seniors who played their final games in Notre Dame Stadium this weekend, none have had the kind of up and down career of Tommy Rees. Rees’s…
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IBG: Bye Bye BCS Edition
I am a little late to the party this week, but here is UHND’s weekly entry for the Irish Blogger Gathering. Like last week, each Notre Dame blogger in the…
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Notre Dame Stuck in Neutral, For Now
Last weekend’s loss to Pitt had an all too familiar feeling for Notre Dame fans who thought losing to inferior teams was finally a thing of the past after a…
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NCAA’s Targeting Rule in the Crosshairs
Notre Dame defensive end Stephon Tuitt adamantly pleaded his case with officials in Notre Dame’s game against Pittsburgh as head coach Brian Kelly aided his defense with words of anger…
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Duranko’s Digest: What did we see in Pittsbrugh?
Five HUGE mistakes, each self-inflicted, compounded to help Notre Dame lose to a game, gritty Pitt Panther squad 28-21. The Irish offense is not yet eploxsive enough to overcome multiple errors,…
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Tarean Folston At the Head of the Pack
Notre Dame has been in search for a true go to back all season long. The Irish have given several upperclassmen chances to lock down the top spot on the…
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Irish Blogger Gathering: Everything But Panthers Edition
OK, so we changed things up a bit this week for the Irish Blogger Gathering (hopefully Subway Domer doesn’t get mad at us). This week each Irish blogger submitted a…
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Notre Dame in Driver’s Seat
Notre Dame’s 38-34 victory over the Naval Academy is the perfect metaphor for the Fighting Irish’s 2013 campaign. Though victorious, what does the victory actually mean? Was the win an…
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Duranko’s Digest: What did we see against Navy?
Notre Dame survived a defensive performance dreadful in design and, at best, mediocre in execution using a dramatic late stop to outpoint Navy 38-34. The previous week against the Air…
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Notre Dame – Navy: 5 Things I Liked
Notre Dame improved to 7-2 on the season with a much too close for comfortable victory over the Navy Midshipmen. The Notre Dame defense was carved up for over 300…
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Danny Spond, A True Notre Dame Man
This year was supposed to be the year that Danny Spond took over the leadership of the Notre Dame defense and elevated his game in preparation for a potential NFL…
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Troy Niklas Continuing Notre Dame’s Tight End U Tradition
Notre Dame has had its fair share of elite tight ends throughout the history of the program – especially lately with a string of four first and second round picks…
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IBG: “University of the Naval Academy” Edition
The Irish Blogger Gathering returns this week with Ryan from Her Loyal Sons answering our questions and me answering a set of questions for Aaron Horvath aka @NDSportsBlogger over on…
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