Analysis
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8 Could Breakout for Notre Dame in ’12
Often times the difference between a good year and a great year for a team is the number of players who come out of nowhere and become star players. Every…
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7 Questions Facing the Notre Dame Defense in 2012
With the Irish poised to start the 2012 season behind red-shirt freshman and new starting quarterback Everett Golson and an offense in transition without the likes of Michael Floyd and Jonas Gray,…
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Delay ‘Save Our Season’ Distress Calls
When it was announced Notre Dame’s starting cornerback Lo Wood ruptured his Achilles and was lost for the season, the first word that came to mind was “devastating”, which is a much…
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Everett Golson Named Starting Quarterback
Brian Kelly ended months of speculation on Thursday night by naming sophomore Everett Golson the starting quarterback for Notre Dame in 2012. The athletically gifted South Carolina native edged out…
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7 Questions on Offense Heading into the Season
With just a little over a week to go before the start of the 2012 season, Notre Dame has several questions looming whose answers will determine if we are talking…
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Can there be a Return to Glory?
One would have to go back to the year 1988 to find an undefeated Irish football squad, and the most recent National Championship team. By anyone’s account, that is a long…
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A Look at the 2012 Irish
The 2012 Irish, coming off an 8-5 season marked by sloppy play in the way of turnovers and penalties that led to several disappointing losses, face tough challenges in Kelly’s…
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6 Impact Freshmen for 2012
Notre Dame’s recruiting class of 2012 was marred by late defections and near misses, but despite the end of the cycle disappointment, the Irish signed several freshman who will make…
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Meet the 2012 Freshmen
Hey there. So it’s been a little while since we last chatted, but with the season right around the corner, we are going to make an effort to get the…
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A Post Spring Look at the Quarterback Battle
The 83rdannual Blue Gold game culminated spring practice for the 2012 season. The game helped shed light on the much talked about battle for the starting quarterback job. Inconsistent play…
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Running Backs A Stabilizing Force in ’12
With quarterback play as a lingering question mark and the search to find someone capable to replace Michael Floyd’s productivity at wide receiver ongoing, the immediate future of the Irish…
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6 Upper Classmen Needing a Big Spring
As we continue trucking on to the end of spring practice for 2012, here’s a quick look at some upper classmen who Notre Dame need to finish this spring off…
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Replacing Floyd A Group Eifert
While Michael Floyd is busy getting ready to hear his name called on the first night of the 2012 NFL Draft, Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly and his offensive…
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7 Intriguing For Notre Dame This Spring
As Notre Dame pushes into the final stages of spring practice for 2012, we look at some players on the roster whose role for the 2012 is still very much…
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Notre Dame Still Searching for Answers at QB
The biggest question going into this spring for the Notre Dame football program was who would earn the starting quarterback position going into the 2012 season? If you watched last…
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Irish Secondary Has Plenty to Prove
Notre Dame’s 2012 defense will be highlighted by one of the strongest front seven’s in the nation, led by senior linebacker Manti Te’o, and standout sophomore’s Aaron Lynch and Stephon…
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Notre Dame Suddenly Has A Surplus of Options
Brian Kelly decided to combine the coaching responsibilities for running backs and slot wide receivers in 2012 because he envisions a combined role for his backs and slot receivers moving…
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The Andrew Hendrix Experience
After the Stanford game, the Notre Dame message boards understandably lit up with talk of Andrew Hendrix. Some were quick to anoint him the Second Coming. Others did their best…
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IBG – Wounded, Perhaps Angry Birds Edition
This week’s Irish Blog Gathering is brought to us by the guys over at Her Loyal Sons. Having actually seen the uniforms in the wild on Saturday night, what are…
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Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 45, Maryland 21
Notre Dame improved to 3-0 in its yearly off-site home game with a relatively easy victory over Maryland on Saturday night – the third blowout win for the Irish in…
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IBG – (Sham)rocking Some New Headgear Edition
This week’s Irish Blog Gathering, hosted by We Never Graduate, looks at the new uniforms and helmets Notre Dame has been introducing and looks at possible other enhancements Brian Kelly…
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8 Facing Important Final Quarter
Notre Dame is through the first three quarters of the 2011 season and while there is still plenty left to be played for this season, it’s never too early to…
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Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 24, Wake Forest 17
Notre Dame’s first trip to Winston-Salem ended with a win in an up and down performance that showed once again that the 2011 Fighting Irish are still very much a…
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IBG – Wake Up the Demon Edition
Notre Dame makes it’s first trip to Winston-Salem this weekend to face the Demon Deacons for the first time and the guys over at Gameday 40 are hostingthis week’s Irish…
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IBG – Just Win Baby Edition
This week’s edition of the Irish Blog Gathering is hosted by One Foot Down and asks us to ponder if we should be satisfied with any win over Navy. After…
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