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Playing Down: Defending Notre Dame’s 2005 Schedule
Pop quiz: name the mascot for the following universities: Nicholls State, Sam Houston State, Appalachian State, The Citadel, and Northwestern State? You know why you probably can’t? Because these Division…
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Post Game Report Card: Tennessee
QuarterbackBrady Quinn had another impressive game, but impressive games have become the norm for the junior signal caller. Quinn completed 20 of 33 passes for 295 yards with 3 touchdowns…
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Roles Reversed for ’05 Notre Dame -Tennessee Matchup
(UHND.com) — A season ago Notre Dame entered their matchup against Tennessee with a 5-3 record coming off a disappointing home loss to Boston College in a game they should…
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Brady Quinn SI’s #7 Franchise QB
(UHND.com) — Sports Illustrated released an article today profiling their Top 10 Franchise Quarterbacks to build around and they ranked Notre Dame Junior Brady Quinn 7th on a list that…
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Post Game Report Card: BYU
QuarterbackWhat else can be said about Brady Quinn after the performance he had Saturday? Quinn started off his day hitting 25 of 30 for 287 yards and 3 touchdowns in…
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Wait Until Charlie Weis Gets “His Players”
“Give him a few years to recruit and bring in the right players for his system.” How many times have we heard this garbage before? A coach, married to a…
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Ready For a Notre Dame Moment
(UHND.com) — The stage is set. The first time the ESPN GameDay crew went on the road was back in 1993 for the Game of the Century — #1 Florida…
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Post Game Report Card: Notre Dame v. Purdue ’05
Quarterback Brady Quinn had his best game in an Irish uniform Saturday night. Quinn put it all together in the blowout of Purdue completing 80.5% of his passes for 440…
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Waiting for Perfection
One would think Notre Dame fans would be ecstatic after a 3-1 start to the season. And, many are ecstatic. Borderline giddy. But, there is an unsatisfied segment (myself included)…
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Post Game Report Card: Notre Dame v. Washington ’05
QuarterbackBrady Quinn may not have had 5 touchdown passes as he did a week ago or throw for nearly 500 yards as he did against Michigan State, but I was…
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Growing Pains for Notre Dame, Charlie Weis
Notre Dame, Ind (UHND.com) — If the loss to Michigan State this past weekend taught us anything it is that this can be a very good football team, but a…
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Michigan State Delivers Hard Dose of Reality to Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Ind (UHND) — For a moment it looked like the Irish would pull out the improbable comeback yesterday again Michigan State. After Tommy Zbikowski forced a Kyle Brown…
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Post Game Report Card: Notre Dame v. Michigan State ’05
QuarterbacksOn the surface, Quinn had a great game setting the school record for touchdowns in a game and throwing for the 2nd most yards in a single game in Notre…
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Post Game Report Card: Notre Dame v. Michigan ’05
QuarterbackBrady Quinn came out firing on the first drive of the game and it appeared he was in for an excellent day. Well, things went a little south for Brady…
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Post Game Report Card: Notre Dame v. Pitt ’05
Apologies for this going up this late in the week. Those of you who have been coming here for a while know we do one of these after every game…
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’02 and ’05 Openers Similar in Style, Not Substance
UHND.com — Numerous articles on Sunday compared the opening night victory over Pittsburgh to the Irish’s victory over Maryland in Tyrone Willingham’s first game. Most of these stories, written by…
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That… Was.. AWESOME!
Pittsburgh, PA (UHND) — After a deer destroyed the interior of David Spade’s character’s car, Chris Farley’s Tommy Callahan character looked on in amazement and just said, “That… was… AWESOME!”…
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“If You Do That, I’m Gonna Do This, and You’re Gonna Have a Problem”
I’ve had a hard time writing about sports lately. The nation’s woes have made symbolic tribal warfare seem less magnificent. (Does the phrase “they watched their ships at Piraeus burn…
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Are we there yet? Notre Dame Football 2005 Season Preview
Sports do not build character… they reveal it. John Wooden Ahh, the college football season. The best four months of the year. For some, including myself, it might as well…
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BCS Knocks Notre Dame Off $14 Million Perch
(UHND) — As a member of the Bowl Championship Series, Notre Dame received a full conference payout (upwards of $14 Million) for qualifying for one of the BCS major bowls…
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