Film Room: Impound it – Notre Dame’s Run Game In Green Bay
Film Room: Impound it - Notre Dame’s Run Game In Green Bay Mike Denbrock and Notre Dame sought to establish the run versus Wisconsin in their opening game in the 2026 season. Wisconsin, early in [...]
Film Room: Y-Cross the Honey Badger of Pass Routes
Hey 18 Stripes readers it’s been a while! Hope everyone is doing well. Things are good up here in Canada, I am currently enjoying the 10 days of summer we get annually in the Great [...]
Pure Magic: Orange Bowl Instant Reaction
My first thought after Drew Allar winged the ball out of bounds to secure a 27-24 Notre Dame victory over Penn State, the second New Year's 6 win for Marcus Freeman in a week, was [...]
The Sweetest Victory: Sugar Bowl Instant Reaction
First, let's get this out of the way now: I cried. Thirty-one years. Thirty-one long years of not winning these games. Of coming up short. Of drawing the best possible opponent. Of chuckleheads on the [...]
Quick Film Room: A Broken Passing Game
Hopefully this is proven out to be in the Catholic “A broken world from which Grace is the redemption” and not “The return window has already closed so you’re SOL.” At any rate, I’m going [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Inside Denbrock’s Offense Part 2: Shallow, Drive & Dagger
In this article, I will break down how Mike Denbrock has used several similar passing concepts successfully. These concepts have traces to the West Coast offense and Air Raid offense and are popularized by nearly [...]
Inside Denbrock’s Offense Part 1: Overview & Resources
Return of the Mike: Much excitement can be had from the return of Mike Denbrock to be the offensive coordinator of Notre Dame. Last year, Notre Dame ran a old-is-new-again scheme of drawing up many [...]
18S Film Room: God’s Play and an Outside Run
After the rain delay of the NC State game, Notre Dame and Gerad Parker needed a spark. Only one quarter had elapsed but the Irish offense had been stymied so far. Gerad dialed up a [...]
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