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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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Notre Dame’s Future Bright at Wide Receiver
Notre Dame has recruited well at the wide receiver position over the last couple of years and that recruiting is already paying dividends for the Irish on the playing field.…
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Building a Case for Cam McDaniel
Notre Dame junior running back Cam McDaniel is a multifaceted man. The general public knows him as the guy from the “ridiculously photogenic” Internet meme whose serene disposition and Derek…
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Duranko’s Digest: What did we see against Air Force?
Up there in the wild blue yonder, where the air is crisp yet fragrant with alpine firs, Tommy Rees and his sure-handed wingmen went Enola Gay on the Air force…
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Notre Dame 45, Air Force 10 – 5 Things I Didn’t Like
It’s easy to find things to like in a blowout win like the one Notre Dame had on Saturday against Air Force – and we did just that last night.…
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Notre Dame 45, Air Force 10 – 5 Things I Liked
Notre Dame traveled to Colorado Springs on Saturday and left their high altitude destination on the winning side of a 45-10 rout of Air Force. Anytime there is a blowout…
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IBG: Zoom, Zoom, Zoomie Edition
For this week’s Irish Blogger Gathering, Mike from NDNation answered our questions while Aaron from Strong & True provided us questions to answer. As always, here are this week’s entries:…
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Duranko’s Digest: What did we see against USC?
FIGHTING IRISH. That's what we saw. And that is an empirical, technical description, not a mere nickname or wish.
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Jaylon Smith, Notre Dame’s Emerging Star
Occasionally a 5-star recruit immediately steps into a starting role as a true freshman and shows that his lofty recruiting rankings were dead on. Luckily for Notre Dame and the…
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Notre Dame Finds Leadership on Defense
Notre Dame’s defense has been an enigma since the moment Irish fans and critics watched rookie Temple quarterback Connor Reilly rack up nearly 300 total yards at Notre Dame Stadium…
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Notre Dame vs. USC – 5 Things I Liked
Saturday night’s win over USC wasn’t particularly pretty. In fact, it was one of the uglier wins we’ve seen from the Irish this side of 2007, but any win over…
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IBG: Win One for Subway Domer Edition
The IBG continues to forge on following the retirement of IBG founder Subway Domer and if there was one Notre Dame blogger who embraced the Notre Dame-USC rivalry it was…
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One Quarterback Away
When Brian Kelly accepted the head coaching position at the University of Notre Dame on a frigid December day in 2009, the expectations were clear.
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State of the Notre Dame Program
Here we will attempt to evaluate the state of the Notre Dame Football Program in mid-October 2013 as if it were a private enterprise or business.
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