Analysis
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Blanton, Fleming, & Kuntz Among Few Bright Spots
While tonight’s game will go down as one of the more embarassing of the Weis Era, a few young and one old defender showed some heart and played really good…
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Notre Dame Held Under 100 Yards in Loss to USC
Saturday night’s loss to USC had very few highlights for the Irish. Instead the game was highlighted by offensive ineptitude like we haven’t seen for a while. Even though the…
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Irish Blog Gathering – The Where We Stand Edition
This week’s Irish Blog Gathering is hosted by its founder, Subway Domer. 1. Regardless of what you may have heard and what may happen, what do you think should be…
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Syracuse Loss Numbing
(UHND.com) – Weather conditions for Saturday’s matchup with lowly Syracuse were frigid with plenty of snow left in the stands from Thursday’s snowstorm which dumped a foot of snow in…
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Irish Lacked Emotion in Syracuse Debacle
I came across a pretty distrubing quote in one of Brian Hamilton’s articles in today’s Chicago Tribune from Golden Tate speaking of the emotion of the team. “I didn’t feel…
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Who Fills In for Floyd?
(UHND) – When Charlie Weis announced on Sunday that Michael Floyd would be out for the next two games with s trained knee, Notre Dame lost one of its biggest…
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Final (Initial) Thoughts on Navy
I finally got a chance to watch a recording of the game to post my full thoughts on the game. James Aldridge looked to have a nice burst against Navy,…
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How to Attack an Onside Kick
After rewatching the game tonight I have to wonder how many times Notre Dame has practice recovering onside kicks this year because the Irish looked completely lost on both Navy…
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So Hey, How About that Kicker? Notre Dame’s Brandon Walker Rebounds
Remember a couple weeks ago when Brandon Walker’s name was thrown around blogs and message boards left and right without much positivity? Of course you do. After missing two field…
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Wait…. Navy Just Did What?!?
As Jeff, my buddy Sean, and were walking out of M&T Bank Stadium soaking wet from head to tow we felt somewhat pleased with the outcome of the game. You…
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IBG: Through the Past Darkly Edition
Here is this week’s Irish Blog Gathering – hosted this week by Brawling Hiberian. 1) In the parlance of DJs, a “deep cut” is a song that wasn’t released as…
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Count Me Still on the Charlie Weis Bandwagon… Here’s Why
There’s been a lot of chatter in the afermath of Saturday’s humbling loss to Boston College. Now, more than ever, people have begun questioning Charlie Weis’s job status and right…
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Irish Humbled in Boston
Boston, MA (UHND.com) – Notre Dame entered Saturday’s game desperately looking for a win after losing a heart breaking 4 overtime contest with Pitt a week earlier. They left Saturday’s…
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IBG: The “Saying A Lot By Asking Obtuse Questions” Edition
Here is my take on this week’s Irish Blog Gathering. I missed last week’s in post World Series Championship bliss, but I’m back at it this week. This week’s is…
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Irish Lacking Killer Instinct
When Golden Tate joined the Irish recruiting class of 2007, he did so late in the process and without a whole lot of fanfare. Tate was middle of the pack…
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Random Thoughts Coming Out of the Bye
Here’s some random thoughts coming off the bye week. Looking back at the UNC game for a minute… Was the first half of that game the best coached half of…
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Irish Blog Gathering – Bye Week Edition
Well, it’s my turn to host the Irish Blog Gathering this week. Since its a bye week, I decided to make my questions speculative and not based too much on…
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Speaking of First Career TD’s… Congrats James Aldridge
One of the lesser publicized stories to come out of Satuday’s loss to North Carolina was the first career touchdown for junior James Aldridge. The former 5 star recruit who…
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Déjà Vu game: North Carolina Loss Reminiscent of ’05 Michigan State Loss
After watching the Notre Dame vs. North Carolina game, I couldn’t help but think that I had seen that game before. After some careful thought, I realize I had seen…
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Michael Floyd Dancing With the 5 Stars
Michael Floyd was a five star wide receiver according to Scout.com last year and based on his fast start this year I decided to take a look at how he…
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Walker Still Kicking For Irish
Charlie Weis held another kicking competition in practice this week and once again Brandon Walker won running away. According the South Bend Tribune… Walker will retain his job for Saturdays…
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Answers Coming Wednesday on Kicking Situation
Charlie Weis talked quite a bit Tuesday about the place kicking situation now that Brandon Walker is just 1 of 7 kicking field goals this year. It sounds like there…
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Irish Blogger Gathering: Heart of Darkness Edition
This week’s Irish Blog Gathering is hosted by OC Domer. In case you missed last week’s inagural Gathering Post, Subway Domer came up with the idea of doing a weekly…
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Underclassmen Carrying Scoring Load
Here is the Irish touchdown production through five games. The future continues to look bright. TD PRODUCTION SDSU UM MSU PU STAN TOTAL FRESHMAN 6 Michael Floyd 1 1 1…
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Looking Back at What to Watch for Stanford
Here’s a look back at how I did with this week’s What to Watch – four out of five isn’t too bad. Armando Allen. Allen followed up his breakout performance…
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