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Post-Holtz Era Fans Too Young To Remember 1988 Game
If there’s one thing I’ve always been fairly protective of, it’s my earliest memories of Notre Dame football. It’s not that there’s anything special to them – in fact, it’s…
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Duranko’s Digest: State of the Irish
With four games behind us, it’s time for a more strategic view with the first trimester of the season complete. Assume this is an “offsite” meeting for some company you…
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Rise of the Drive Killers
One mere month ago pundits knew Notre Dame’s defense would be the critical litmus test for the season after head coach Brian Kelly announced Everett Golson, a redshirt freshman, as…
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Bye Week Concerns for Notre Dame
With the bye week upon us, Bob takes a look at some of the concerns for Notre Dame heading into the Miami game at Soldier Field.
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Notre Dame Report Card at the Bye
Notre Dame is 4-0 for the first time in ten years on the strength of a team effort in all phases of the game. Veteran players such as Manti Te’o and…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Michigan ’12
Despite improving to 4-0 on the season and ending a 3-game losing streak at the hands of rival Michigan, there were plenty of takeaways from Saturday night’s performance that were…
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5 Things I Liked: Michigan ’12
There was a lot to like – and plenty not to like (more on that later) – in Notre Dame’s 13-6 win over Michigan on Saturday night. This week’s installment…
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Duranko’s Digest: What We Saw Against Michigan
The Irish moved into the week off with a 4-0 record after dispatching Michigan on a memorable Saturday night in South Bend. In the last two weeks Notre Dame has…
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Initial Analysis: Notre Dame 13, Michigan 6
The Notre Dame defense led the Irish to their first win over bitter rival Michigan since 2008 with a dominating performance that carried a sluggish offense that struggled to put…
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Golson’s Specialness Begins to Surface
It was hard not to take note of the smile across Everett Golson’s face as he took off his helmet in East Lansing moments after the Spartans fell 20-3 at the…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Michigan State ’12
There’s wasn’t a whole lot not to like in Notre Dame’s win over #10 Michigan State Saturday night, but there were a few areas in which Notre Dame will need…
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5 Things I Liked: Michigan State ’12
Little late this week, but here are 5 things I liked from this weekend’s victory over Michigan State. We’ll have the 5 things I didn’t like from the game tomorrow…
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Duranko’s Digest: What We Saw in East Lansing?
Spearheaded by a brutal, dominating defense, augmented by an opportunistic offense, Notre Dame moved to 3-0 against gritty Michigan State. The Irish, moving up in class, were able to handle…
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Initial Analysis: Notre Dame 20, Michigan State 3
Notre Dame went on the road and beat a top 10 team for the first time in a long, long time Saturday night with a 20-3 win over the 10th…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Purdue ’12
Earlier this week I took a look at some things I liked from the win over Purdue last weekend. Today I examine some of the things I didn’t like. Missed…
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Duranko’s Digest: Purdue v. Notre Dame
What did we see on Saturday. A rock-ribbed defense and a heroic late game relief stint delivered by Tommy Rees led the Irish to a nerve-wracking win over gritty Purdue…
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5 Things I Liked: Purdue ’12
Saturday’s 20-17 win over Purdue left most Notre Dame fans unsure of just how good this year’s squad is, but even with the inconsistency we saw, there were still plenty…
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Initial Analysis: Notre Dame 20, Purdue 17
Notre Dame squeaked out a win over unranked Purdue on Saturday with a last second 27 yard field goal. Here are some initial notes from the victory. Offense Notre Dame’s…
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Montana’s Comments Worse than Pinkett’s
Since Brian Kelly’s arrival at Notre Dame nearly three years ago, there have been countless momentum shifts. To throw out a cliché, whenever the ND program seems to shuffle in…
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Duranko’s Digest: What We Learned Dublin
The Fighting Irish put on a powerful, dominating, athletic display against the Naval Academy in Dublin. The Notre Dame offense was able to use the fulcrum of overpowering the Navy…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Notre Dame – Navy ‘12
Yesterday I posted a list of things I liked from Notre Dame’s season opening win over in Dublin so for the sake of some balance, today I bring you a…
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame – Navy ‘12
There was a lot to like in Notre Dame’s 40 point win over Navy yesterday from the play of the running backs to the dominant performances along both lines of…
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Initial Analysis – Notre Dame 50, Navy 10
The Emerald Isle Classic went off without much of a hitch for Notre Dame as they cruised to a 50-10 victory over Navy in Aviva Stadium in front of a…
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5 Things I Don’t Want to See in 2012
With the season set to begin in just over 24 hours, here is a quick list of five things we saw entirely too much of in 2011 that Notre Dame…
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The Indispensables – 2012 Edition
For the third year in a row, I am rolling out my yearly list of the 10 most indispensable players on the Notre Dame roster for the upcoming season – a list…
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