Notre Dame Football
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The Opposition’s Best
One of the more unique aspects of Notre Dame being an independent football program comes courtesy of its schedule. The Irish football team stretches to every corner of the United…
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Behind Enemy Lines: Oklahoma ’12
Notre Dame will square off with the Oklahoma Sooners for the first time since 1999 while making their first trip to Norman since 1966. With the Sooners on tap this…
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#5 Notre Dame @ #8 Oklahoma: Key Matchups
The Irish squeaked by BYU to move to 7-0 on the season and set up their toughest test so far, a trip to Norman to take on the Sooners. College Gameday…
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Everett Golson to Start vs. Oklahoma
Everett Golson sat out last week’s win over BYU after suffering concussion on the final drive in regulation against Stanford. Despite passing the cognitive tests necessary to play against the…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: BYU ’12
Sorry for the delay in this week’s 5 things I didn’t like – I may have under estimated how much running a 5k, 10k, and half marathon all within about…
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Luck of the Irish? Hardly.
If there was an instrument that measured heart and effort, we are almost positive that the 2012 version of the Notre Dame football team would bury the needle. Week in…
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5 Things I Liked: BYU ’12
Notre Dame squeaked out a three point victory on Saturday in a sloppy game in which they made more than their fair share of mistakes. The Irish were able to…
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Duranko’s Digest: What did we see against BYU?
The Fighting Irish moved to 7-0 by defeating two opponents. The first was a game Cougars team, going all out for a signature win. The second, more daunting opponent was…
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Gameday Following Notre Dame to Oklahoma
Notre Dame will be playing at the featured site of ESPN’s College Gameday for the second time in three weeks this weekend the Gameday crew follows the Irish as they…
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Notre Dame Remains 5th in BCS
Notre Dame didn’t do much to earn style points this past weekend with a closer than expected win over BYU to improve to 7-0 on the season, but they apparently…
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Shamrock Stickers: BYU ’12
Notre Dame avoided the so called “trap game” by defeating BYU 17-14 to remain unbeaten at 7-0. The Irish were sloppy, struggling to show balance on offense with Tommy Rees…
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Initial Analysis: Notre Dame 17, BYU 14
For a couple of quarters it looked like Notre Dame was going to fall victim to a classic let down/trap game. Coming off an emotional win over Stanford and with…
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Irish Escape BYU
Notre Dame improved to 7-0 after defeating BYU in South Bend in a close contest 17-14. Notre Dame faced a tough defense in BYU who had only given up less…
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Behind Enemy Lines: BYU ’12
For the sixth straight week we have exchanged scouting reports with a blog from the week’s opponent. With BYU in town for the first time since 2005, we swapped insights…
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Top 5 Plays vs. Stanford
Saturdays battle against Stanford will go down as one for the ages, and rightfully so. In recent history this is the type of mentally grueling game the Irish would have…
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Everett Golson Cleared to Practice
Notre Dame announced on Wednesday that starting quarterback Everett Golson passed all of the cognitive tests he needed to in order to resume practice. While Brian Kelly didn’t address the…
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Notre Dame vs. BYU ’12: Key Matchups
Notre Dame is 6-0 for the first time in a decade following its 20-13 victory in an instant classic versus Stanford. The Irish rank fifth in the initial BCS standings and…
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Mission Accomplished
It’s hard to imagine a season being labeled a success when it’s only halfway finished, but that’s exactly the label the 2012 Irish squad has earned. The halfway point offers…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Stanford ’12
The easiest time to find things to not like in a game is after a team wins a hard fought, ugly game over a quality opponent. You still feel good…
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Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See Against Stanford?
A wet, ugly duckling of a game, a pigskin Elephant Man, initially repulsive, grotesque and difficult to look at. Then it revealed itself: noble, virtuous, elegant, classically beautiful. The Irish…
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5 Things I Liked: Stanford ’12
Another week. Another win. Another list of a lot of things I liked seeing from our Fighting Irish. There were a lot of hiccups along the way on Saturday, but…
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Shamrock Stickers: Stanford ’12
On the strength of a goal-line stand that will go down in history the Irish remained undefeated on Saturday. Notre Dame is now bowl eligible at 6-0 after their 20-13 overtime…
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Notre Dame 5th in Initial BCS
Earlier on Sunday Notre Dame found itself ranked 5th in both the Harris and Coaches Polls – the two human polls that are used to determine the BCS rankings. Sunday…
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Golson Concussed, Probable for BYU
Notre Dame starting quarterback Everett Golson was knocked out of yesterday’s game with just under four minutes remaning after sustaining a hit to the helmet that generated an unnecessary roughness penalty. The…
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Initial Analysis: Notre Dame 20, Stanford 13
Wow. After celebrating Notre Dame’s latest victory – a heart pounding, seven point, overtime thriller – over Stanford, my heart has slowed down enough to put some thoughts down on…
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