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One Final Appearance
2 days ago by
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Believe it or not, Notre Dame plays a football game tomorrow, and its Senior Day nonetheless. With all the news, rumors, and gossip about the possible coaching search, the game itself seems to have become a bit of an afterthought. Granted, a late November game against UConn with nothing...
Prognosis Negative
4 days ago by
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There isn't much to rehash in ND's ugly 27-22 loss to Pitt this past Saturday. It featured many of the same issues that have become all too familiar lately: a running game that disappeared, curious play calling, lackluster defense, questionable interpretations of "indisputable...
the Pitt and the pendulum
11 days ago by
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The Pitt game presents an interesting pivot/reflection point on Weis. He cruised into Pittsburgh in 2005 and immediately grabbed the attention of the college football world and the hearts of Notre Dame fans, and now, in 2009, he's returning to Pittsburgh to participate in a contest...
Indefensible
14 days ago by
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(First off, I wanted to say I'm sorry I haven't been able to be more active on the blog this football season, but with work heating up it's harder and harder to find that quiet time you need to pull together something of substance and quality. The morning after last night...
Indefensible
14 days ago by
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(First off, I wanted to say I'm sorry I haven't been able to be more active on the blog this football season, but with work heating up it's harder and harder to find that quiet time you need to pull together something of substance and quality. The morning after last night...
Statistically Speaking: Washington State
15 days ago by
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It Came From the Game Notes• Sophomore LB Darius Fleming's 1.64 tackles for loss per game is tied for 8th in the nation.• Based on the cumulative record of future opposition, only two schools (Ohio State and Pittsburgh) ranked in this week’s BCS top 25 face a tougher schedule...
Let your captain regale
17 days ago by
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I'm still wrapping up the Stats post. In the meantime, here's the latest excellent effort from the boys at The House Rock Built as they document the buildup to the Navy game. Good luck getting this song out of your head the rest of the day.
Washington State Photo and Video Galleries
18 days ago by
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Time to post some pics from this week's game. As usual the ND Gameday site has some stunning photos of the whole weekend. Make sure to check out UND.com, Irish Sports Report, and SanAntonio.com for more pictures of the game. As for the picture of the week, how can you pick any...
Pick Six Update
19 days ago by
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The Pick Six rankings have been updated. Click on over and try to remember why you picked Ole Miss or Florida State.
Filling up fast
20 days ago by
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ND got some more good recruiting news this past week with two more public commits, bringing the current recruiting class up to 18. First up was Florida running back Giovanni Bernard.The 5'9" 195 pound Bernard visited Notre Dame for the Southern Cal game and followed that up...
Cougar Town
22 days ago by
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This Saturday marks the official start of Notre Dame's 7-4-1 scheduling model, now made official policy in the NBC contract. Much has been written about this scheduling approach and much more should be written. After all, it has to be a bit embarrassing that tickets (and entire...
Statistically Speaking: Boston College
23 days ago by
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It Came From the Game Notes• 8 of ND's 15 forced turnovers have occurred inside ND's 25 yard line.• No other FBS player has more 100-yard receiving games than Golden Tate.• The only time since 1990 an Irish player has topped Kyle McCarthy's five interceptions was...
Boston College Photo and Video Galleries
23 days ago by
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Crazy week here, so let's flush out the pipeline before Saturday's barnstorming battle in San Antonio. First up, pics.Here's the roundup of pictures for this Saturday's win over the Eagles. Und.com has the collection of AP Photos and Irish Sports Report has their usual...
what the 2009 season feels like...
27 days ago by
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Don't look down. Don't take a wrong step. Just keep putting one foot in front of the other.
Odds & Sons: Here We Go Again Edition
28 days ago by
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This is not what you had planned. If you had told me before the season that Notre Dame would hold Boston College to 70 yards rushing and would force five BC turnovers, I would have wanted to know whether Weis let Dayne Crist pass in the fourth quarter or just the third quarter. Instead...
Statistically Speaking: Southern Cal
29 days ago by
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Just going to squeeze this in for some late Friday reading...It Came From the Game Notes• Since becoming a full-time starter vs. Washington, freshman LB Manti Te’o ranks first on the Irish defense with 18 tackles.• Only three FBS schools have committed fewer turnovers than Notre...
Eagle in Atlanta
October 23, 2009 by
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As we've done in the past, we had a little Q&A yesterday with Bill from the excellent Boston College blog Eagle in Atlanta. Our answers to his questions are over there; below are his answers to ours.BGS: What the hell? You guys were supposed to be terrible this year.Eagle:...
Odds & Sods: Songs of the Day Edition
October 21, 2009 by
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Ready, able. What most will remember from Saturday's game is that the offense had three plays from the Southern Cal four at the end of the game, but couldn't get the ball across the goal line. While unable to capitalize on this opportunity, the offense did not lose the game...
Mr. Jones
October 21, 2009 by
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One of the few bright spots of the weekend was the announcement that ND managed to land another commitment. The recruit in question this time was Georgia wide receiver Tai-ler Jones, who switched his commitment from Stanford to the Fighting Irish."It was the team chemistry outside...
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