Notre Dame Football
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2014 Notre Dame Blue Gold Game – Positions to Watch
Notre Dame’s 85th annual Blue-Gold spring game will kick off this Saturday at 12:30 PM EST and will provide Fighting Irish fans one final fix of pigskin action before the…
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For Notre Dame Defense: 3-4 or 4-3… Both?
Bob Diaco unequivocally installed and stayed with the 3-4 as Notre Dame's base defense when the Kelly regime began in 2010.
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Greg Bryant Shows the Virtue of Patience
When Brian Kelly was announced as the next head coach of the University of Notre Dame, one of the key areas stressed was the importance of player development, a point…
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Duranko’s Digest: Kain Colter and the Unionization of Northwestern players
In large things and small, war games and the sports and games people play, in government, in society, there occur tipping points that mark the beginning of a change in…
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Breaking down Notre Dame’s Spring Offensive Position Battles
Notre Dame heads into a rare spring ball “bye week” with this year’s unique scheduling after just two practices. As the Notre Dame coaching staff dives into the tape of…
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Notre Dame’s Linebacker Unit on the Brink of Elite Status
Notre Dame possessing an elite linebacker corps? The notion may seem laughable when examining last year’s depth chart and the lack of carryover into 2014.
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Duranko’s Digest: 6 Focus Areas for Notre Dame Spring Practice
Spring practice comes early this year, starting the first week in March. There are significant coaching changes on both sides of the ball. Mike Denbrock was named offensive coordinator. His span…
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Cody Riggs Transferring to Notre Dame
Notre Dame picked up another member for the 2014 Fighting Irish on Wednesday when former Florida cornerback/safety Cody Riggs announced that he will be transferring to Notre Dame for the…
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Notre Dame Planted in Turf War
Mid-February has historically been a dead period for Notre Dame football. With the previous season and national signing day in the rearview mirror, and spring practice still several weeks away,…
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Duranko’s Digest: Ranking Notre Dame’s 2014 Opponents
Please note that this post-signing day ranking rates the opponents as we expect them to finish 2014 overall. Not preseason rankings, but where they would rank on a “true value” ranking…
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Zack Martin, Notre Dame’s Non-Early Exit Case Study
When Brian Kelly introduced the Notre Dame recruiting class of 2014, he did not mince words when it came to recruiting players whose only priority is making it to the…
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Notre Dame’s Slot Position Soon to Hit Jackpot
One of the more frustrating aspects of Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly’s tenure in South Bend is the lack of offensive production. Notre Dame fans were awed by the…
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Duranko’s Digest: 10 frosh likely to play for Notre Dame in 2014
Brian Kelly plays freshmen. Last year 10 frosh saw significant minutes and some were key contributors-on both sides of the ball. the 10 were Elmer, Folston, Fuller, Robinson, Onwualu, Rochell, Redfield,…
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Cody Riggs Interested in Transfer to Notre Dame?
Four years ago Florida beat out Notre Dame and Florida State for the signature of Cody Riggs on Signing Day. Four years later, with Riggs set to graduate from Florida…
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Tate, Bruton Give Super Bowl an Irish Angle
A couple of recent Notre Dame greats square off in today’s Super Bowl between the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos. Seattle’s Golden Tate, arguably one of the best wide receivers…
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Randy Moss Would Still Commit To Notre Dame
Fox Sports has been running a series of Signing Day stories this week and one that is sure to grab the attention of Notre Dame fans is that of Randy…
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Notre Dame Off-Season Injury Report
When Brian Kelly met with the media on Friday and discussed the new look Irish offense and officially announced the promotion of Mike Denbrock to OK and the addition of Matt LeFleur…
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Brian Kelly Talks Notre Dame’s “New” Offense
Brian Kelly officially introduced his new offensive coordinator and QB coach on Friday and in the process revealed that the Irish offense would be taking on a new shape in…
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Notre Dame Stadium to Undergo Major Renovations
The University of Notre Dame announced the first major renovation to Notre Dame Stadium since the stadium expansion that was completed in 1997 earlier today. The renovations are part of…
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Duranko’s Digest: Ranking Notre Dame’s Projected ’14 Defensive Starters
As we did last week with the offensive starters, today we rank Notre Dame’s projected defensive starters from top to bottom. Dog LB Jaylon Smith – The Golden child came…
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Everett Golson’s 2014 Heisman Odds Open at 25/1
There’s still more than seven months until the season starts and Everett Golson hasn’t taken a live snap in over over a year after missing the entire 2013 season for…
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Duranko’s Digest: Ranking Notre Dame’s Projected ’14 Offensive Starters
Obviously, a prediction, not a guarantee. Change happens!! And, both healthy and after injuries, depth is more important in this era of football than ever before. QB Everett Golson – Strong,…
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Zack Martin Skyrocketing Up NFL Draft Boards at Senior Bowl
If there is one player greatly improving his draft stock down in Mobile, Alabama this week at the Senior Bowl, is Notre Dame offensive tackle and two time captain Zack…
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Notre Dame Announces Partnership with Under Armour
News broke two weeks ago that Notre Dame and Under Armour were set to announce a longterm partnership for Under Armour to replace adidas as the official uniform supplier for…
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6 Veterans Notre Dame Needs to Step Up in ’14
Notre Dame didn’t satisfy its goal of returning to the national championship in 2013 due to slipping back into poor habits from 2011. If the Irish want to get back…
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