Analysis
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Defense Dominates as Notre Dame Wraps Spring Ball
It’s tough to glean much from any spring game. Coaches aren’t going to show much. Young players will get way more snaps than they would normally. And for a bunch…
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Breaking Down Notre Dame’s 2013 Running Backs
As the Irish head into 2013 with a focus on returning to the national title game, they have a lot of key returning pieces that played a large part in…
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Replacing Tyler Eifert: A Tight Position for Troy Niklas, Notre Dame
Notre Dame has a lot of key pieces to replace on offense heading into the 2013 season, none bigger than Tyler Eifert. The consensus All-American and most prolific tight-end in…
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Spring Football ’13: 7 Intriguing Players for Notre Dame
Every spring story-lines emerge and new players step into roles they previously hadn’t held for colleges all around the country. Such is the nature of the beast in college football with teams…
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NBC and Notre Dame
NBC has owned the exclusive rights to Notre Dame home games since 1991, but that could soon come to an end.
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Duranko’s Digest: Ara’s critical first spring practice
With spring practice little more than a fortnight away, we ought examine one of the most critical Spring practices ever conducted at Notre Dame.
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Replacing Notre Dame’s NFL Bound Talent
Eight former Notre Dame players who played significant roles in the Irish reaching the 2013 BCS Championship game are in Indianapolis this weekend for the NFL Combine. As their professional…
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Davaris Daniels – Notre Dame’s #1 Wide Receiver?
One thing the Irish lacked last season was a true number one receiver. Despite going 12-1 the Irish never had a wide out with the ability to tally 80 plus receptions…
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Duranko’s Digest: Beyond 12-1; What’s Next?
Chuck Martin, as usual, was correct. Upon arriving in South Bend from Grand Valley State he remarked, and this is a paraphrase, "It's interesting and a challenge to come to…
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Duranko’s Digest: Defensive Personnel 2013
Duranko takes a look at the 2013 Notre Dame defense.
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Duranko’s Digest: 2013 Offensive Personnel Analysis
Duranko breaks down the 2013 Notre Dame offense.
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Notre Dame Has Questions in Backfield for ’13
Notre Dame marched its way to a 12-1 season and birth in the national championship game on stout defense and a strong running game. The key to the strength of…
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Duranko’s Digest: 2013 Schedule – A Peek Ahead
On the 2013 schedule, we lose Miami, Wake Forest and Boston College and add Temple, Air Force and Arizona State. Recruiting is not finished, player injuries and attrition will occur,…
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The Manti Te’o Conspiracy
What was arguably the biggest story of college football in 2012, has now become the story that never was. A somber tale of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o losing his…
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Back to Business for Notre Dame, Brian Kelly
The drama surrounding Brian Kelly’s future is over and settled. The disappointment and bitter taste from the BCS National Championship game has begun to fade, allowing for the Notre Dame…
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Duranko’s Digest: 42-14, The taste of ashes. What’s Next?
Alabama, the better team, won. A numbing, total defeat after twelve wondrous victories. But it was the correct football result. The fantasies, the possibilities began in Dublin: " Your young…
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Notre Dame 2012 Season Wrap-Up
The BCS title game has come and gone, and obviously not with the results Irish fans were hoping for. The Irish were overmatched on the field and out-coached off, but…
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6 Reasons Notre Dame Can Make Another Run in ’13
Notre Dame’s improbable ride to the national championship game ended abruptly on Monday night in Miami. Alabama left no doubt as to who was the better team and sent Notre…
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Kelly, Notre Dame’s Road to Miami a Bumpy Ride
Notre Dame is set to take on Alabama tonight for the BCS Championship – the first time the Irish are playing for the national championship since 1988 – but it…
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Kelly’s Biggest Recruits Playing Final Game
When Brian Kelly was hired to replace Charlie Weis as the head coach for Notre Dame three years ago, one of the biggest concerns many Notre Dame fans had was…
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Manti Te’o, Bob Diaco at the BCS Championship
Who inspires Manti Te'o on the field at Notre Dame? Why does he wear #5? Find out why from Te'o's media session at the BCS Championship game.
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It’s Time
“Next year” and “weeks away” no longer accurately describe January 7th, the date Notre Dame will finally take on Alabama for the BCS National Championship
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Notre Dame’s Unsung Heroes of 12-0
Notre Dame has had plenty of marquee players along the way to its 12-0 regular season, but in order to pull off an undefeated regular season you need plenty of…
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UHND’s Top 12 Notre Dame Posts of 2012
As we close out 2012, we take a look back at the top stories that we've had here on UHND over the course of the last 12 months based on…
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Duranko’s Digest: ’66, ’73,’77, ’88 Notre Dame’s National Championship DNA
November, 1965 saw a lot of long faces in the Notre Dame football fan base. Ara had burst onto the scene, the unwashed phenomenon, in '64.
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