Notre Dame Football
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Notre Dame Passes Bowling Green Test with Flying Colors
I usually give out grades position by position following every game, but this week let’s not pretend it’s anything other than A’s all around. Notre Dame outgained their opponent by…
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Frankie V’s Prediction: Notre Dame Poised to Blowout Bowling Green
Notre Dame is back in action tomorrow with a tuneup game against Bowling Green coming off a big win last week over then #18 Virginia. Notre Dame also has an…
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What Though the Odds: Notre Dame – Bowling Green Bettings Lines & Spreads
The Fighting Irish had a nice bounce-back win over UVA last weekend after losing to Georgia two weeks ago. It was a must-win game to keep their playoff hopes alive…
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Notre Dame Football: Revisiting the Pain of the Brian VanGorder Experience
You know how when you want closure from something traumatic, and the final step in moving on is reliving and laughing about it? Well, this is what I hope to…
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Matchups to Watch As Notre Dame Hopes to Boat Race Bowling Green
After two stiff challenges in a row, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish now face what should be a breather for the next date on the 2019 schedule. They host the…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Jones, Linebackers Trending Up
To show how influential this column is, last week the Notre Dame run game was listed on the trending down track. Then they rushed for four touchdowns and bludgeoned the…
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How Notre Dame Can Get More Explosiveness Out Of The Passing Game
During his weekly Monday press conference, head coach Brian Kelly was asked about the progress of quarterback Ian Book. Kelly talked about Book having made improvements in some areas, needing…
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Notre Dame Football Primer: Vangorder Returns with Bowling Green
After playing back-to-back Top 20 opponents, Brian Kelly and the Irish will square off against the Bowling Green Falcons this Saturday. Notre Dame moved up one spot in this week’s…
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Daelin Hayes Announces Return to Notre Dame in 2020
Notre Dame got a bit of bad news on Sunday when Brian Kelly announced that senior defensive end Daelin Hayes suffered a torn labrum and was out for the rest…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like in Notre Dame’s Win Over #18 Virginia
Whenever you beat a top 20 team at home by 15 points and your defense sacks the opposing quarterback eight times and forces five turnovers, there is going to be…
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Grading The Notre Dame Defense Against Virginia: Hint, They Passed!
Clark Lea came into this game feeling like Notre Dame could handle the Virginia passing game playing man coverage. This was not the correct feeling. It had less to do…
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Grading Notre Dame’s Uneven Offensive Performance Vs. Virginia
As will become the norm in this space from now on, I’ll start by talking about the performance of the coordinator. Much like the offense as a whole, Chip Long…
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Notre Dame Gets Good News on Shaun Crawford Injury
While Notre Dame received bad news on Daelin Hayes this week on the injury front, they got some relatively good news when it came to Shaun Crawford. The 5th year…
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Assessing the Impact of Notre Dame Losing Daelin Hayes for 2019 Season
Notre Dame got some bad injury news on Sunday. Head coach Brian Kelly announced that senior defensive end Daelin Hayes is out for the year with a torn labrum. Hayes…
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5 Things I Liked in Notre Dame’s Defensive Outburst Against Virginia
Notre Dame went old-school in beating up on Virginia on Saturday. The Irish defense swarmed Virginia quarterback Bryce Perkins and harassed the talented dual-threat signal-caller into mistake after mistake en…
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Beyond the Boxscore: Notre Dame Goes Old School in Beating Virginia
Despite some early fears that a post-Georgia hangover might be evident, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish managed to shake off a bumpy start and get back in the win column…
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Immediate Overreactions: Notre Dame Offense Stalls, Defense Shines
Notre Dame returned to the win column on Saturday thanks to a Herculean effort from their defense in the second half. After Bryce Perkins lit them up for over 200…
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Frankie V’s Prediction: Notre Dame vs. #18 Virginia
Notre Dame is back in action tomorrow afternoon when they host the #18 ranked Virginia Cavaliers. The Irish are coming out a gut-wrenching six-point loss on the road to #3…
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What Though the Odds: Notre Dame – Virginia Betting Lines & Spread
The Fighting Irish are coming off their first loss of the season and in college football that could mean the season is over, but not for Notre Dame. Last week,…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: A Young CB Rising, Run Game Falling
I have been thinking all week how weird it was that it’s week four and I don’t know how good Notre Dame is at football. I know how good they can be.…
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Virginia Game Could Ultimately Define Notre Dame’s Season
Throughout the off-season, everyone said the Georgia game would define Notre Dame’s season. A win and the Irish are back. A loss and they are out of the playoff hunt…
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Notre Dame Linebacker Picture Coming Into Focus Early
All summer long we heard that Notre Dame would probably be rotating linebackers throughout the season as the group was perceived to be the biggest weakness on the team. Through…
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Matchups Notre Dame Has to Win To Get Back on Track vs. Virginia
Another first for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish arrives on Saturday afternoon when they welcome the Virginia Cavaliers to the Golden Dome for the first time ever. These two teams…
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Notre Dame Football: Grading The Irish Defense Vs. Georgia
Remember the offseason of 2018 when the news dropped that Mike Elko was leaving for Texas A&M? The panic that ensued? The general feeling was the best part of the…
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Notre Dame Football Primer: Irish Look to Bounce Back vs. #18 Virginia
Coming off a playoff-type atmosphere in Athens, Notre Dame will have to refocus as the #18 Virginia Cavaliers visit South Bend. In 2015, the Irish had all they could handle…
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