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 every college and NFL team. But first, I would like to share this youtube video and site I found where [...]

By |2024-04-01T18:36:42-04:00April 2nd, 2024|Film Room, Football|7 Comments

NFL Draft Scouting Report: Javontae Jean-Baptiste

We are breaking down the Notre Dame prospects hoping to hear their names called in the upcoming NFL Draft being held in Detroit from April 25th through the 27th. Today, we'll focus on a graduate transfer who came over from Ohio State last off-season and made a big impact in South Bend while clearly improving [...]

By |2024-03-28T08:04:21-04:00March 28th, 2024|Football|1 Comment

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 condensed formations and a huge variety in the running game. The RPO (Run-Pass-Option) and pass game weren’t employed as much [...]

By |2024-03-25T18:11:33-04:00March 26th, 2024|Film Room, Football|14 Comments

Nick Saban is Whiney But Is He Wrong?

If you thought Nick Saban was going to move quietly into the night upon retirement, think again. Last week, the former Alabama head coach went to Washington, D.C. to participate in a roundtable discussion on the future of student-athlete NIL rights. You've probably already seen numerous sound bites from his comments but I wanted to [...]

By |2024-03-16T18:58:59-04:00March 17th, 2024|Football|124 Comments

25 Updates for 2024 Notre Dame Spring Practice

Notre Dame opened up spring practice on Thursday, March 7th to an assembled crowd of reporters, friends, and associated staff. The players were in shorts and helmets with no tackling but that will not deter the hype from growing, as per allowed in section 7.4-24 of the Off-season College Football Fandom Manualâ„¢. Since the school [...]

By |2024-03-10T12:19:33-04:00March 10th, 2024|Football|10 Comments

The Top 10 Best Decisions in Notre Dame Football History: #6

Notre Dame has been playing football for 135 years and along the way some momentous decisions were made to shape the history of this storied program now entering a daring new phase of college sports. This off-season, we look back at the 10 best decisions made for the Fighting Irish in the decades past. #6 [...]

By |2024-03-06T12:15:32-05:00March 7th, 2024|Football|4 Comments

The 8 Biggest Questions Surrounding EA Sports College Football 25

As the tumultuous world of college sports keeps spinning and we approach another landmark season of change we wanted to turn our attention to one of the biggest story's coming up this summer. Yes, we are closing in on the return of a college football video game as EA Sports College Football 25 is set [...]

By |2024-02-27T09:56:54-05:00February 27th, 2024|Football|26 Comments

The Top 10 Best Decisions in Notre Dame Football History: #8

Notre Dame has been playing football for 135 years and along the way some momentous decisions were made to shape the history of this storied program now entering a daring new phase of college sports. This off-season, we look back at the 10 best decisions made for the Fighting Irish in the decades past. #8 [...]

By |2024-02-12T12:16:50-05:00February 12th, 2024|Football|7 Comments

Five Wide Fullbacks: Where’s the Beef?

Welcome back to the latest edition of Five Wide Fullbacks, America's most enthralling question and answer segment in the college football internet space. Today we look at the 2024 Irish schedule, Harbaugh in the NFL, the best and worst new head coach hires, the rumored Gug expansion, and we wonder whether Notre Dame football players [...]

By |2024-01-28T22:09:59-05:00January 28th, 2024|Football|14 Comments

The Top 10 Best Decisions in Notre Dame Football History: #9

Notre Dame has been playing football for 135 years and along the way some momentous decisions were made to shape the history of this storied program now entering a daring new phase of college sports. This off-season, we look back at the 10 best decisions made for the Fighting Irish in the decades past. #9 [...]

By |2024-01-22T09:25:10-05:00January 22nd, 2024|Football|18 Comments
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