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IBG: Bye Bye Sun Devils Edition
The Irish Blogger Gathering returns during the bye week following Notre Dame’s win over Arizona State in the latest edition of the Shamrock Series. On a sad note, the IBG…
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Notre Dame Answers Critics, Saves Season
What may have started as a low, persistent murmur humming steadily in the background became a full-fledged cacophonous roar moments after Notre Dame fell in abysmal fashion to the Oklahoma…
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Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See in Arlington?
In an unconventional game with unconventional twists and turns, the Irish eked out a nerve-wracking 34-30 victory over Arizona State’s Sun Devils, in Notre Dame’s third consecutive outing against a…
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Notre Dame vs. Arizona State: 5 Things I Liked
Notre Dame looked sluggish early, but came on strong in the second half Saturday before holding on to a three point victory over #22 ranked Arizona State for their fourth…
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Irish Blogger Gathering: Dancing with the (Sun) Devil
We’re a little late to the party this week – that whole real life thing got in the way again – but here is this week’s Irish Blogger Gathering with…
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Notre Dame at Critical Juncture
Tommy Rees trotted off the field after Oklahoma safety Zack Sanchez forced a punt by knocking down a pass intended for Notre Dame sophomore Chris Brown to a rolling hymn…
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Duranko’s Digest: What did we see against Oklahoma
In the year’s worst performance, the chickens came home to roost as five critical Irish errors enabled a 35-21 Oklahoma victory. Since the bowl game against FSU, the Notre Dame program…
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Irish Blogger Gathering: Sooner or Later Edition
The Irish Blogger Gathering returns this week with Subway Domer, the godfather of the IBG, answering our questions while we answered some for Mike at ND Nation. Full list of…
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Notre Dame’s Search for an Identity Continues
Notre Dame’s match against Michigan State was to be the litmus test to a 2013 season that has produced nothing but questions. Could Tommy Rees win in suspended quarterback Everett…
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Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See Against Michigan State?
True Grit. Rooster Cogburn would have loved this game. A gritty bunch of players led by a gritty coach with a gritty game plane beat a gritty band of Spartans…
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6 Reasons the Notre Dame Defense is Struggling
To put it mildly, the Notre Dame defense has struggled this year. Through three games the Irish have surrendered 71 points. Last season Notre Dame didn’t give up its 71st…
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Irish Blogger Gathering: Time to Get Defensive Edition
The Irish Blogger Gathering returns for another week with Aaron from the UND Blog Strong & True answered our questions on the defense, Tommy Rees, and the running back rotation.…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Purdue ’13
Notre Dame improved to 2-1 on the season this past weekend in an unnecessarily hard fought win over a hapless Purdue team that was a 20 point underdog. While there…
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame @ Purdue
Still playing some catch-up after a busy weekend, but despite another underwhelming performance from Notre Dame, there was still plenty to like from the Irish on Saturday night. DaVaris Daniels…
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Duranko’s Digest: What did we see in West Lafayette?
The Irish began the game with a 24 minute nap. At the nine minute mark of the 2d quarter, “mighty” Purdue had a 10-0 lead and had out-gained the Irish 144…
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Irish Blogger Gathering ’13: Let the Kids Play Edition
The Irish Blogger gathering returns this week with Subway Domer kindly answering my questions this week. SD provides some great insights into why the Irish defense is struggling and why…
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Blame Game Not the Answer for Notre Dame
Trailing 17-13 with nearly two minutes to go in the first half, Notre Dame held the ball at midfield after a 26-yard kickoff scamper by running back George Atkinson and…
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5 Things I Liked: Michigan ’13
Notre Dame’s last trip to Ann Arbor ended ugly for the Irish, but despite an overall lackluster performance there were a few bright spots. We’ll get into the negatives in…
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Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See in Ann Arbor?
We saw a frustrating end to a 13 game regular season winning streak, as the Irish fell 41-30. During that streak we had grown comfortable relying on a defense which…
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Irish Blog Gathering 2013: Michigan Week
UHND has joined up with give other Notre Dame bloggers for the 2013 Irish Blog Gathering. Organized by Subway Domer, the group consists of some of, if not all…
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Notre Dame Offense Emerges, Michigan Defense Looms
Senior Notre Dame wide receiver and captain T.J. Jones made a sharp and sudden cut, executing a flawless curl route and shaking his defender with its fluidity. As promptly as…
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TJ Jones Has Special Opener for Notre Dame
Senior captain TJ Jones has an expanded role for Notre Dame this year. He’s Tommy Rees’s go to option in the passing game taking the torch from Tyler Eifert and…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Temple ’13
Yesterday we took a look at 5 things I liked from Notre Dame’s season opening victory over Temple, today we flip the script and look at some of the negatives…
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Duranko’s Digest: What did we see against Temple?
The Notre Dame 2013 team came roaring out of the tunnel and in the first five minutes of the game were as breathtaking and elegant as Alex Flanagan, jumping to…
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5 Things I Liked: Temple ’13
There was plenty to be concerned about coming out of Notre Dame’s relatively easy 28-6 win to start the season yesterday, but at the same time, there was a lot…
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