Joe Rudolph Completes the 2023 Notre Dame Coaching Staff

Monday morning Notre Dame announced that spring practice would begin on March 22nd and less than 2 hours later Tom Loy from Irish Illustrated broke the news that Joe Rudolph is set to become the next offensive line coach, replacing the departing Harry Hiestand who left South Bend for the second time after just one [...]

By |2023-02-27T21:38:01-05:00February 27th, 2023|Football|4 Comments

An Early Look at the 2023 Notre Dame Opponent Quarterbacks: Games 1-6

Notre Dame brought in their own grad transfer this off-season in an attempt to win it all. Isn't that the goal every year? Yeah well, now Sam Hartman is in town. He'll be working with new offensive coordinator Gerad Parker which will bring further intrigue to this off-season. Who will the Irish opponents be bringing [...]

By |2023-02-27T08:27:11-05:00February 27th, 2023|Football|11 Comments

Reviewing the Redshirts: The Man with the Hands

Reviewing the Redshirts is an off-season project meant to resurrect discussion about the 2022 Notre Dame freshmen who retained a year of eligibility and discuss their possible impact in 2023 and beyond. The Fighting Irish were able to redshirt 17 players this past season while 1 player medically retired (Joey Tanona) and another player has [...]

By |2023-02-22T09:31:15-05:00February 22nd, 2023|Football|1 Comment

Notre Dame 2023 Depth Chart Preview: Linebacker

We've arrived to what may be the most anticipated and controversial depth chart preview of the off-season. Let's fancy a discussion about Notre Dame's linebackers! Indeed, we have two forces slamming into each other (like a Marist Liufau stuffed blitz into the left guard) right now about whether the Irish linebackers are good enough and [...]

By |2023-02-20T16:33:05-05:00February 21st, 2023|Football|21 Comments

Reviewing the Redshirts: Living in the Dining Hall

Reviewing the Redshirts is an off-season project meant to resurrect discussion about the 2022 Notre Dame freshmen who retained a year of eligibility and discuss their possible impact in 2023 and beyond. The Fighting Irish were able to redshirt 17 players this past season while 1 player medically retired (Joey Tanona) and another player has [...]

By |2023-02-20T13:21:37-05:00February 20th, 2023|Football|3 Comments

Reviewing the Redshirts: The Next Line of Tackle

Reviewing the Redshirts is an off-season project meant to resurrect discussion about the 2022 Notre Dame freshmen who retained a year of eligibility and discuss their possible impact in 2023 and beyond. The Fighting Irish were able to redshirt 17 players this past season while 1 player medically retired (Joey Tanona) and another player has [...]

By |2023-02-18T15:06:54-05:00February 18th, 2023|Football|6 Comments

Parker & Guidugli: Terrible Process, Hopeful Future

Once the controversy of the Andy Ludwig decision to stay at Utah came to pass our writer's room figured the continued search for a new offensive coordinator would be tight lipped (for real this time!) until things were truly signed, sealed, and delivered. Instead, reports came out almost immediately that Notre Dame tight end coach [...]

By |2023-02-15T21:03:45-05:00February 15th, 2023|Football|129 Comments

Notre Dame 2023 Depth Chart Preview: Wide Receiver

The wide receivers came into focus a lot last year with a new coaching regime and a new situation at quarterback. However, the quarterback situation deteriorated and that had a trickle down effect for the wideouts where no one in this unit could even crack 400 yards on the season. Things should be different in [...]

By |2023-02-15T08:35:35-05:00February 15th, 2023|Football|3 Comments

Almost OC

Oh, Notre Dame. You messed up. Marcus Freeman hosted Utah offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig on campus this past Friday and Saturday while news about other candidates stopped and the reporting went cold throughout the entire weekend. All signs pointed to Ludwig joining Notre Dame once he returned to Salt Lake City, got his affairs in [...]

By |2023-02-14T09:38:42-05:00February 14th, 2023|Football|117 Comments

Notre Dame Offensive Line Coach Harry Hiestand Retires (Again)

Just minutes before the Super Bowl kicked off on Sunday night Notre Dame received some breaking news. No, it wasn't the announcement of a new offensive coordinator just yet. Instead, offensive line coach Harry Hiestand is retiring and will no longer be with the Fighting Irish. The decision isn't terribly surprising given Hiestand came back [...]

By |2023-02-12T19:45:24-05:00February 12th, 2023|Football|33 Comments

Reviewing the Redshirts: The Next Center of Attention

Reviewing the Redshirts is an off-season project meant to resurrect discussion about the 2022 Notre Dame freshmen who retained a year of eligibility and discuss their possible impact in 2023 and beyond. The Fighting Irish were able to redshirt 17 players this past season while 1 player medically retired (Joey Tanona) and another player has [...]

By |2023-02-08T09:04:25-05:00February 8th, 2023|Football|1 Comment

Reviewing the Redshirts: Reintroducing Payne

Reviewing the Redshirts is an off-season project meant to resurrect discussion about the 2022 Notre Dame freshmen who retained a year of eligibility and discuss their possible impact in 2023 and beyond. The Fighting Irish were able to redshirt 17 players this past season while 1 player medically retired (Joey Tanona) and another player has [...]

By |2023-02-08T11:48:59-05:00February 7th, 2023|Football|13 Comments

Notre Dame 2023 Depth Chart Preview: Defensive Line

Notre Dame is entering an absolutely massive season for the defensive line with question marks all over the place. That will offer us a whole lot to talk about today. Will the Irish be moving some players around? Adding more transfers? Truly adopting more of a 3-man front? Marcus Freeman and Al Washington, in conjunction [...]

By |2023-02-06T08:59:11-05:00February 6th, 2023|Football|5 Comments

Tommy Rees to Alabama & Notre Dame’s Search for a New Offensive Coordinator

Well, that certainly escalated quickly. In the span of just over 24 hours, Tommy Rees went from being mentioned in the news about interviewing for the Alabama offensive coordinator position, to flying down to Tuscaloosa, and then reportedly accepting the position on Friday evening eastern time. So ends a topsy-turvy coaching career at Notre Dame [...]

By |2023-02-03T18:41:15-05:00February 3rd, 2023|Football|129 Comments

Reviewing the Redshirts: All We Need is a New Right Knee

Reviewing the Redshirts is an off-season project meant to resurrect discussion about the 2022 Notre Dame freshmen who retained a year of eligibility and discuss their possible impact in 2023 and beyond. The Fighting Irish were able to redshirt 17 players this past season while 1 player medically retired (Joey Tanona) and another player has [...]

By |2023-02-01T08:11:23-05:00February 1st, 2023|Football|11 Comments
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