Ian Book
Ian Book News & Notes
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Matchups
Key Matchups for Notre Dame in Week 2 vs. New Mexico
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish get the home portion of their 2019 schedule underway with a game that really shouldn’t be much of a challenge with their opponent being the…
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Analysis
Notre Dame Football’s Homework with No Game Today
Reminder: Notre Dame does not play a football game today. Thanks to the weird Monday night start to the season, the Fighting Irish have an even stranger week two bye…
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Overreactions
Immediate Overreactions from Notre Dame’s Underwhelming 2019 Opener
Notre Dame opened its 2019 season on Monday night with a somewhat underwhelming 35-17 win over Louisville. The final score wasn’t that far off what many predicted, but how it…
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Analysis
Notre Dame Football: 4 Fearless Predictions On Offense For 2019
Are you ready for some hot takes? Let’s do some takes. Let’s be honest, we all have our guesses; some are educated, and some are hunches based on nothing in…
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Notre Dame Football Injury News & Updates
What Do Kmet And Young Injuries Mean For The Notre Dame Offense?
Thanks for nothing, shoulder pads. In two tough breaks for the Notre Dame offense, starting tight end Cole Kmet and starting receiver Michael Young are lost for several weeks due…
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Analysis
Immediate Regrets from My Top 25 Notre Dame Players Ballot
Recently the UHND staff put out our preseason top 25 for the Notre Dame football roster. It’s a popular thing in Notre Dame circles, and these things are always fun…
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Captains
Notre Dame Names 7 Captains for 2019 Football Season
After one full week of fall camp in 2019, Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly has named his captains for the season. Kelly tabbed seven players as captains on Saturday,…
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Coach Interviews
Brian Kelly Previews Notre Dame’s 2019 Training Camp
Missed the BRIAN KELLY Press Conference? No worries, we have the highlights from the first official press session for training camp in 2019. We’ll also have a separate post on…
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Analysis
Notre Dame Football’s Top 25 Players for 2019: The Top 5
We have reached the top 5 in our countdown of the top 25 players on the 2019 Notre Dame football roster. Unsurprisingly, the top 5 is full of players on…
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Analysis
Q&A with Notre Dame Insider: Will Ian Book Progress, Bowl Prediction, & More
We were lucky enough to score a Q&A session with Tyler James from the South Bend Tribune’s Notre Dame Insider as we are on the verge of training camp starting…
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Overreactions
Immediate Overreactions on Offense: 2019 Notre Dame Blue Gold Game
With Notre Dame’s spring football season concluded with yesterday’s nationally televised Blue – Gold game and no football to keep us busy for a few months, it’s overreaction season. It…
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Analysis
Notre Dame Football: 2 Main Takeaways Following The Spring Game
Football in the spring is such a tease. It ends in January and is mostly gone for two months, only to return in March for five glorious weeks, and then…
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Notre Dame Game News
Storylines to Watch in the 2019 Notre Dame Blue – Gold Game
Saturday brings us our last glimpse of football for a few months as Notre Dame wraps up another spring practice with the annual Blue Gold Game. The Irish will square…
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Analysis
5 Reasons Notre Dame Will Field A Top 10 Offense In 2019
The last time Notre Dame finished in the top 10 offensively according to S&P+ was in 2015. That team used an efficient and mobile quarterback, a strong offensive line, dynamic…
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Coach Interviews
Brian Kelly Likes Where Notre Dame is At This Spring Already
After some time off for spring break, Notre Dame returned to practice this week and almost half way through spring ball a few things are starting to become clear while…
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Notre Dame Football
5 Evolving Storylines on Offense for Notre Dame this Spring
Notre Dame fans have received many blessings the last two football seasons, the latest being the amount of full coverage allotted to the media for spring practice. Normally we are…
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Notre Dame Quarterbacks
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 Liked / Didn't Like
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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Matchups
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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Analysis
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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Awards
2018 Notre Dame Football Awards Extravaganza!
Awards season is here! Players are being named to All-American teams, Brian Kelly is winning Coach of the Year awards, that means it is time for the definitive awards column…
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Post Game 6-Pack
Notre Dame Post Game 6-Pack: Irish Sluggish, But Still Perfect
Notre Dame edged out archrival USC 24-17 last night in a game that turned out to be much closer than anyone covering the Irish thought it would be. Despite some…
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Notre Dame Game News
Notre Dame v. USC ’18 Gameday Storylines: Irish Look to Clinch Playoff Bid
Rivalry week is here and the Irish are still right in the thick of the playoff race as they prepare for their final regular season game of the year. Arch…
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Notre Dame Quarterbacks
Powered By Ian Book, Notre Dame Dominates On The Road, Second Half
Can’t go undefeated unless you win all the games away from home. Obviously, this is self-evident, but it’s one of those things that’s easier said than done. Winning on the…
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Matchups
5 Key Matchups for Notre Dame vs. USC with Playoffs on the Line
One game remains on Notre Dame’s regular season schedule, with those pivotal 60 minutes helping to determine if the Fighting Irish will be in contention for a national title or…
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