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The Weekly Rambler: The Disappearance of AOL Instant Messenger

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame opened up spring practice yesterday with the media present for a few minutes. As expected, former Notre Dame tight end George Takacs has followed John McNulty to Boston College. Penn State's AD Sandy Barbour is retiring after 8 years in [...]

By |2022-03-18T07:52:06-04:00March 18th, 2022|18S Reads|22 Comments

An Early Look at the 2022 Notre Dame Opponent Quarterbacks: Games 7-12

Notre Dame opens next season against a Heisman candidate in Columbus and faces some other interesting opponent quarterbacks during the first half of the season. Today, we look at the last half of the gauntlet which starts off easy but ends with what could be an extremely difficult finale in Los Angeles. Game #7 UNLV [...]

By |2022-03-16T22:28:39-04:00March 17th, 2022|Football|15 Comments

Notre Dame 2022 Positional Previews: Quarterback

Notre Dame opens up the first spring practice of the Marcus Freeman era tomorrow on St. Patrick's Day. Will it be full of good luck then? Today we preview the most talked about position in American sports, the quarterback. After a one-year stop for Jack Coan the starting position opens back up again with rising [...]

By |2022-03-15T21:21:53-04:00March 16th, 2022|Football|17 Comments

Notre Dame 2022 Positional Previews: Defensive Line

Al Washington has been a college coach at major programs Boston College, Cincinnati, Michigan, and Ohio State before landing at Notre Dame this off-season to coach the defensive line. The 37 year-old has been coaching linebackers for the past 4 seasons and now has the opportunity to fill the shoes of long-time DL coach Mike [...]

By |2022-03-13T13:42:16-04:00March 14th, 2022|Football|8 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: CBS is a Channel for Old People

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News As reported last Saturday after the Weekly Rambler was published, Notre Dame's 5th-year senior center Jarrett Patterson tore his pectoral muscle and is expected to be out through summer. Jarron Jones was selected 7th overall by the Tampa Bay Bandits in the [...]

By |2022-03-10T21:34:25-05:00March 11th, 2022|18S Reads|114 Comments

Notre Dame 2022 Positional Previews: Wide Receiver

We're quickly approaching the opening of spring practice at Notre Dame as Marcus Freeman takes control of the program after 11 seasons under Brian Kelly. A large amount of focus now turns to the wide receiver position where Del Alexander's 5-year reign with the unit has come to an end and the 38 year-old Chansi [...]

By |2022-03-09T07:51:11-05:00March 9th, 2022|Football|5 Comments

NFL Draft Scouting Reports: The Fringe Prospects

Notre Dame is hoping a handful of players are selected in this spring's NFL Draft while a smaller group have an outside shot at hearing their names called by a professional organization. This year's Draft takes place in Las Vegas as the Raiders stadium beginning on April 18th. The NFL Combine was just completed in [...]

By |2022-03-07T21:48:08-05:00March 8th, 2022|Football|2 Comments

Notre Dame 2022 Positional Previews: Defensive Back

Today we are previewing the defensive backs ahead of spring practice. This group is one of the few on the roster to keep their position coaches as Mike Mickens (Corner) and Chris O'Leary (Safety) lead a veteran group who added a key Transfer Portal addition this off-season but are bracing for a life forever without [...]

By |2022-03-07T08:01:17-05:00March 7th, 2022|Football|18 Comments

An Early Look at the 2022 Notre Dame Opponent Quarterbacks: Games 1-6

Notre Dame is set to break in a new starting quarterback in 2022 as rising sophomore Tyler Buchner looks to be the heavy favorite to win the job going into spring practice. The Californian picked up some experience as a change-of-pace mobile option to the more, ahem stiff, Jack Coan who now exhausts his college [...]

By |2022-03-03T08:32:04-05:00March 3rd, 2022|Football|11 Comments

Notre Dame 2022 Positional Previews: Tight End

Our positional previews for Notre Dame continue today with a look at a traditional area of strength for the Irish at tight end. After just 2 seasons on campus, assistant coach John McNulty is off to coordinate Boston College's offense while in comes Gerad Parker from West Virginia to take over a deep depth chart [...]

By |2022-03-01T21:22:27-05:00March 2nd, 2022|Football|41 Comments

Notre Dame 2022 Positional Previews: Running Back

Today we officially say goodbye to Kyren Williams being in the running backs room following a terrific 2 years on the field. Like many other units, this group is also welcoming their own new coach as Deland McCullough makes the short trip north from Indiana to work with the Fighting Irish. He'll have plenty of [...]

By |2022-02-28T09:12:47-05:00February 28th, 2022|Football|13 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Forget Financing a Ferrari

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Following intense negotiations and campaigning we will not be seeing an expanded college football for at least 4 more seasons. The Division I Board of Directors has decided it will take a look at the NIL rules, so that should be fun. [...]

By |2022-02-24T22:06:31-05:00February 25th, 2022|18S Reads|19 Comments

Notre Dame 2022 Positional Previews: Linebacker

We are working our way through the 2022 Notre Dame roster as we look forward to the first spring practice under new head coach Marcus Freeman. This series kicked off with a look at the offensive line and the return of assistant Harry Hiestand. Today, we'll tackle Freeman's position of expertise. Predicted 2022 Lineup *Official [...]

By |2022-02-22T20:52:14-05:00February 23rd, 2022|Football|33 Comments
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