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8 Impact Freshman for 2011
We’re still over a month away from the start of fall camp, but with freshman reporting to Notre Dame in the near future, it’s a good time to start looking…
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Uncertainty Still Surrounds Quarterback Position
Notre Dame, IN – With the second full spring practice season under Brian Kelly officially concluded, the quarterback position for Notre Dame remains as cloudy as the weather in South…
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Initial Impressions: Notre Dame 33, Miami 17
Wow. What a way to end the season for Notre Dame. After a surprising three game winning streak to end the season, Notre Dame capped off its last season resurgence…
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IBG – It’s Always Sunny in El Paso Edition
The final Irish Blogger Gathering of the season has a new twist to it. Subway Domer hosts the last IBG of 2010, but readers are asked to weigh in this…
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Irish Stewed: Catholics, Convicts, and the Return of the Spectacle
When Sun Bowl officials announced that the University of Notre Dame and the University of Miami had accepted invitations to play one another in El Paso, Texas on December 31,…
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Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 20, USC 16
THE STREAK IS OVER. Despite losing the turnover battle 4-1 and playing half of the game in a driving rain storm, Notre Dame ended USC’s 8 year winning streak over…
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IBG – Southern Cal Edition
This week’s Irish Blogger Gathering is brought to us by OC Domer – a Notre Dame blogger subjected to USC much more than most of us. Be sure to check…
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Irish Stewed: Please, call them “Southern Cal”
The year was 1988. And Notre Dame was winning football games. All of them. It started with the home opener versus Michigan. A diminutive walk-on kicker by the name of…
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Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 27, Army 3
Notre Dame became bowl eligible with a dominating defensive performance in the inaugural football game in Yankee Stadium Saturday night. The Irish defense led the way for the second week…
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IBG – Big Apple Edition
We get back into the IBG this week as the Irish travel to the Big Apple to take on Army in this year’s neutral site game. 1) Saturday’s result against…
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Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 27, Tulsa 28
Wow. I don’t think anyone imagined 11 months ago when Brian Kelly was hired that we’d be discussing back to back losses to Navy and Tulsa, but after an ill-advised…
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Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 23, Pitt 17
Notre Dame jumped out to an early lead for the second week in a row, but this time the Irish needed a late defensive stand to hold on for a…
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Irish Stewed: The Not-so-Metrosexual Offense
Pitt week is upon us. Yawn. “But Mac, it’s Notre Dame’s longest rivalry outside of Navy, USC, Purdue and Michigan State.” So what? If we’re really committed to re-establishing a…
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Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 14, Stanford 37
Notre Dame suffered a tough loss Saturday at the hands of Stanford. The Irish were dominated on both lines of scrimmage and struggled to sustain much offense throughout the game. …
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Irish Stewed: Tying One for the Gipper and Choking on Applesauce
There was a time when the Notre Dame-Michigan State rivalry was the only thing that mattered to the entire country, let alone just to fans in South Bend and East…
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(Not So) Initial Impressions – Michigan 28, Notre Dame 24
This week’s initial impressions is coming a little late. The UHND crew was in South Bend this weekend for the game and a lack of internet and some travel snafus…
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IBG – Michigan Week Edition
Her Loyal Sons hosts this week’s Irish Blog Gathering. Head over there Friday for their answers and check back with them throughout the week for the other responses. 1) You’ve…
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Irish Stewed: The Road Less Traveled from 1887
The date was November 23, 1887. Geronimo had just surrendered. Coca-Cola and the Statue of Liberty were one-year-old. The population of Los Angeles was 50,000. Neither the University of Southern…
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Crist Solid In Starting Debut
Dayne Crist was more solid than spectacular in his starting debut this weekend, but the former five star recruit gave a few glimpses of the potential that made him one…
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Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 23, Purdue 12
The Brian Kelly Era started off on the right foot with an 11 point victory over instate rival Purdue Saturday afternoon. Many positives can be taken away from the 2010…
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The Indispensables – 2010 Edition
This week’s Irish Blog Gathering got me thinking about who would be the toughest players on the Irish roster to replace if they were to go down to an injury. …
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Irish Stewed: Deconstructing Marve and Beating the Boilers
Let me be upfront about a couple things. First off, I probably like Purdue more than most Notre Dame fans; at the very least, I’m not as relentlessly condescending and…
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IBG – Let’s Get This Party Started Edition
The long off-season is almost over and in just a few short days we will get our first glimpse of the 2010 Fighting Irish and the Brian Kelly Era. The…
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Tide Turning in USC Rivlary?
After eight straight losses, most of the lopsided variety, it would take even the most optimistic Notre Dame fan to suggest that the tide is turning already in the USC…
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Now Or Never Players for ’10
Every year there are a few players heading into their final year or two of eligibility who came in with a lot of hype but have yet to play much…
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