Notre Dame Football
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Rumors Swirl Around Notre Dame OC Chip Long & Alabama
It wouldn’t be the off-season without some rumors flying around about changes to the Notre Dame coaching staff. Late Saturday night reports broke that Notre Dame OC Chip Long was…
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30 Years Later, Notre Dame Still Looking for the Next Rocket
On Monday, Rocket Ismail’s long wait to be named to the College Football Hall of Fame ended. It was a honor that was long, long overdue for one of the…
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Rocket Ismail Didn’t Need the Hall of Fame to be Legendary
Raghib “The Rocket” Ismail did not need the College Football Hall of Fame to induct him into the hall to be a Hall of Famer. Heck, most people who learned…
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Miles Boykin to NFL: Notre Dame Forced to Reshape Receiving Corps
The biggest glaring differences between Notre Dame and Clemson a week ago wasn’t in the trenches – it was on the edges where Clemson used a variety of young, fast…
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What a Rush: Julian Okwara Returning to Notre Dame for Senior Season
Notre Dame got some bad news on Friday when Julian Love announced that he would leaving Notre Dame early for the NFL. On Saturday the Irish got a much needed…
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Looking for Love Again: Where Notre Dame Goes at Corner
We all read into every word Julian Love said about the NFL versus coming back for a senior season leading up to the Cotton and let ourselves believe that we…
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Julian Love to NFL: Notre Dame Must Replace All-American CB
Heading into bowl season I was convinced Julian Love was going to leave for the NFL and had already started to come to grips with it. Then news trickled out…
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Brandon Wimbush Makes it Official: Notre Dame QB Will Transfer
In the days leading up to the Cotton Bowl, news leaked out that Brandon Wimbush was going to transfer. At the time both he and Notre Dame did their best…
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First Domino Falls Notre Dame’s Way: Khalid Kareem Returning for 2019
Notre Dame’s run to the College Football Playoffs this year was fueled in large part by the return of the trio of Jerry Tillery, Drue Tranquill, and Tevon Coney. All…
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Don’t Look Now But Notre Dame Needs Another Quarterback Competition This Spring
The headline will be more alarming than it should be, but it is nonetheless true. Generally, people hate quarterback competitions; they are awkward, can divide the team (as Drue Tranquill…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like in Notre Dame’s Cotton Bowl Loss to Clemson
Where to being on this one. I thought the 5 things I liked column for this game was tough. This one turned out to be even tougher just because there…
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Beyond the Boxscore: Notre Dame Unravels in the Cotton Bowl
What turned out to be the final game on the Notre Dame football schedule for 2018 began in promising fashion, but soon disintegrated into a 30-3 defeat to the Clemson…
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame v. Clemson ’18
This one was a tough one to write. Every week I write about 5 things I liked and didn’t like from that week’s game in separate columns. Today it was…
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Brian Kelly Can’t Solve The Notre Dame Post-Season Riddle
Disappointment. That’s what it is more than anything else. Notre Dame entered the Cotton Bowl as 13 point underdogs, so going in the idea of losing isn’t exactly farfetched. But, if…
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Notre Dame Post Game 6-Pack: Irish Collapse in Cotton Bowl
Hello darkness, my old friend. After hearing about how Notre Dame was going to get rolled by Clemson in the playoffs and trying to figure out how the Irish were…
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Notre Dame – Clemson Game Day Storylines: Playoffs Edition
The long wait for playoff football is almost over! After a month of no Fighting Irish football to watch, Notre Dame is back in action today in the Cotton Bowl…
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Frankie V’s Prediction: Notre Dame v. Clemson Playoff Showdown
The long wait is finally almost over. In a little over 24 hours Notre Dame and Clemson will kickoff in the Cotton Bowl and the College Football Playoffs will officially…
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Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly Adds Dodd Award to His Revenge Tour
Michigan concocted a really sad “Revenge Tour” this year even after they lost their season opener to Notre Dame. That tour ended with one of the most embarrassing losses in…
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Jafar Armstrong Can Be An X-Factor for Notre Dame in Cotton Bowl
The month off between playing USC and Clemson might not do anyone on the Notre Dame offense more good than converted running back Jafar Armstrong. Thrust into the starting lineup…
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Apparently Clemson Fans Are Not Interested in the Cotton Bowl
Notre Dame fans have unfortunately experienced a couple home games in recent years where too many of the bad guys found their way into the stadium. Last year’s Georgia game…
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Notre Dame Coordinators Lea And Long Ready To Seize Their Playoff Moment
The favorite sports pundit thing to do when talking about Notre Dame on the big stage is to the reference the 2013 Orange Bowl against Alabama. It’s the only thing…
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5 Stats That Explain Why Clemson is in the College Football Playoffs
The most impressive number for the Clemson Tigers over the past four seasons is 53, which astoundingly represents the number of victories the school has won on the football field.…
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5 Key Matchups in Notre Dame’s Playoff Showdown with Clemson
The top goal at the start of the 2018 Notre Dame football season was to compete in the College Football Playoff. That’s been accomplished by reaching the Cotton Bowl, though it…
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Brandon Wimbush Transfer “News” Should Have Been Unsurprising
Late on Christmas Eve night “news broke” that Brandon Wimbush would be utilizing a graduate transfer for this 5th year. Why Brett McMurphy formerly of ESPN decided to break the…
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5 Stats That Explain Why Notre Dame is in the College Football Playoffs
When looking back on this year’s Notre Dame football schedule, there are certain numbers that seem to garner just a bit more attention from the more tuned-in Irish fan. Some…
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