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 [...]
Hey everyone and welcome back to the Heart Stoppers and Hail Marys 3.0 Project. If you missed the introduction post you can read it here. As always, here is the link for the book that sparked the inspiration for this offseason project. Today, we’re diving into one of the more controversial games of the 2006 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Notre Dame may be switching back to a natural grass football field. There, did I write a sufficient catchy introductory sentence? Allow me to immediately backtrack and state that I don't believe Notre Dame is going to switch to a grass field, at least not any time soon. However, after 8 seasons using field turf, [...]
A poor start to 2021 and injuries put the offensive line in a spotlight as a weak link on the team before things stabilized over the last half of the season. Now, the line welcomes back its star center Jarrett Patterson who passed up an opportunity for the NFL, a new coach with a familiar [...]
Hopefully you enjoyed our overview of the 2022 Notre Dame recruiting class with recruit grades and some thoughts on the class. We started a deeper dive into position groups with a look at the offensive skill positions, then moved on to the offensive line, then the defensive line (plus the punter, because he has to [...]
With news breaking today that Notre Dame will soon name Al Golden as its new defensive coordinator, Marcus Freeman has finished putting his stamp on his first staff as a head coach. There was more churn than anyone expected given a major buzzword of the transition to the Freeman era was "continuity," particularly on the [...]
Notre Dame's 2023 class jumped into the #1 spot in the 247 Composite on Friday when four-star linebacker Preston Zinter announced his commitment to the Irish. Avid Irish recruiting fans may recognize the 6'3", 221-pound Bay Staters' surname; his older brother Zak is a former Irish target at offensive guard and incumbent starter for Michigan. [...]
Hopefully you enjoyed our overview of the 2022 Notre Dame recruiting class with recruit grades and some thoughts on the class. We started a deeper dive into position groups with a look at the offensive skill positions, then moved on to the offensive line, then the defensive line (plus the punter, because he has to [...]
Hopefully you enjoyed our overview of the 2022 Notre Dame recruiting class with recruit grades and some thoughts on the class. We started a deeper dive into the class by position group with a look at the offensive skill positions, then moved on to the offensive line. Today we're going to look at the defensive [...]
Hopefully you enjoyed our overview of the 2022 Notre Dame recruiting class with recruit grades and some thoughts on the class. We're in the midst of a deeper dive on each position group, which started Tuesday with the offensive skill positions. Today we're looking in the trenches on offense, where Notre Dame has put together [...]
Most of the time these lists are for non-league games only. This year, I wanted to add cross-divisional games to the mix as we'll see some spicy matchups coming in 2022. My apologies to the Big 12 in advance. The rankings used today are from the Sporting News Composite Top 25 (HERE) made up of [...]
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