Inside Denbrock’s Offense Part 4: Verts, Curls/Spacing, & HOSS

In this fourth part analysis of Mike Denbrock’s offense, I will describe the vertical stem plays: (4) Verticals, All Curl/Spacing and HOSS (Hitch-Outside Slot-Seam). In part 1, I described an overview of Denbrock’s offense. In part 2, I discussed the Yards-After-Catch (YAC) generating plays of Shallow, Drive and Dagger. In part 3, I analyzed the [...]

By |2024-04-15T19:13:02-04:00April 16th, 2024|Film Room, Football|8 Comments

18 Updates for Notre Dame 2024 Spring Practice (Scrimmage Edition)

Notre Dame held spring practice no. 11 on Saturday in South Bend as we approach the Blue-Gold Game this upcoming Saturday, April 20th. What a treat, the media were in attendance for the entire Jersey Scrimmage™ to see who would win the right to wear blue jerseys during fall practice. Spoiler alert, it would be [...]

By |2024-04-13T20:06:19-04:00April 13th, 2024|18S Reads|9 Comments

Lacrosse: Irish ready for Cornell after PKav makes statement in win over #3 Duke

Our #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse (7-1, 2-0 ACC) extending their win streak over Duke to five games in a 15-12 win. We'll remember the game for the Pat Kavanagh 7-point message in the battle of Tewaaraton finalists. The Irish look to keep their momentum going today Sunday against #8 Cornell (7-3) in [...]

By |2024-04-13T08:56:45-04:00April 13th, 2024|18S Reads, Lacrosse|5 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: A Bit Too Cocky

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News The upcoming NCAA Division I Council is expected to pass emergency legislation allowing unlimited transfers (and removal of sitting out a year) if athletes meet specific academic requirements, although transferring in-season will be blocked. According to president Charlie Baker, the NCAA is [...]

By |2024-04-12T09:19:25-04:00April 12th, 2024|18S Reads|24 Comments

Inside Denbrock’s Offense Part 3: Sail, Cross & Yankee

In this third part article previewing Mike Denbrock’s offense, I will describe the two main “flood” zone-killing plays: Sail and Cross. These are basically either a weak side or strong side stress of the defense. These plays seek to overload the defense with too many receivers near the same zones in order to create a [...]

By |2024-04-07T14:28:04-04:00April 9th, 2024|Film Room, Football|2 Comments

Scholarship Update: A Lack of High School Recruiting Significance

It's been a while since we provided a scholarship update for Fighting Irish football and as the weeks pass plenty of things keep evolving and changing in college football recruiting. Sometimes it's hard to keep up. Just 7 years after the December early signing period was created (and will now be moved up to the [...]

By |2024-04-07T14:27:25-04:00April 7th, 2024|Football, Recruiting|16 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Blucifer Demanded Changes

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame cornerback Clarence Lewis has entered the transfer portal. According to reports, in-house NIL from universities will be a part of new revised legislation in front of the D1-Council this month. Memphis head coach Ryan Silverfield has signed a new contract [...]

By |2024-04-04T18:53:35-04:00April 4th, 2024|18S Reads|41 Comments

The Top 50 Iconic Uniforms in Sports: #26

Welcome to this website’s off-season sports sartorial content. We are counting down the world’s top 50 most iconic sports uniforms. Only current uniforms apply, we are not including one-off or alternate uniforms. Let’s stick to the basics. #26 St. Louis Cardinals I would argue that the St. Louis Cardinals uniforms shouldn't work. And yet, they [...]

By |2024-04-03T18:11:07-04:00April 3rd, 2024|18S Reads|16 Comments
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