Another edition of the NFL Draft is in the books with 4 Notre Dame players hearing their names called over the 3-day extravaganza. Let's recap the weekend activities but first remember that very few players are receiving fully guaranteed contracts. Such is life in the NFL. It's great news for the top picks who get [...]
There are a couple super important things to remember when it comes to a college football writer covering the NFL Draft. First off, I've accurately assessed all of your favorite NFL teams weaknesses and needs. I spent a good 45 minutes looking over depth charts, salary caps, and off-season acquisitions. Secondly, due to my hard [...]
Notre Dame continued the infusion of talent into the defensive backfield when safety Kyle Hamilton announced his commitment today. Scroll right past the rankings for this kid and watch his film, which is against serious competition in the Atlanta area. He can flat-out play, and coaching staffs around the country chased him accordingly. Hamilton is [...]
You know how I know Jeff Quinn is butter? Because he's on a roll. Andrew Kristofic became the second lineman to join the Irish fold this month when he announced for Notre Dame today, fresh off an unofficial visit. With Kristofic and John Olmstead on board, and Quinn Carroll likely to join them within the [...]
On an overcast South Bend afternoon the Blue (offense) team defeated the Gold (defense) team 47-44 in another edition of the Notre Dame spring game. As per usual, they jammed in a whole slew of plays at a blistering pace (123 from scrimmage) even with running 12-minute quarters in the second half. Many plays, a [...]
Notre Dame's 2019 recruiting class picked up a talented defensive back when provisional All-Time All-Name Team member Litchfield Ajavon announced for the Irish today. The 6'0", 185-pound Virginian pushed the lever for the Irish after making his third visit to campus earlier this month; he attended Irish Invasion last June and also visited for the [...]
Notre Dame's 2019 recruiting class picked up its fourth commit (again) when New Jersey lineman John Olmstead announced for the Irish at his school today. The 6'6", 290-pound behemoth was in the "ND lean" bucket for quite some time; his affinity was solidified on an early April visit, after which he scheduled his announcement. Olmstead [...]
The 89th annual Blue-Gold Game will be held inside Notre Dame this Saturday (12:30 PM ET NBC Sports Network) marking an official close to yet another spring football campaign. The Fighting Irish have had an unseasonably quiet spring coming off a 10-win season, solid recruiting finish, with most of the drama saved for off-season coaching [...]
Recently our friend and former contributor Jamie Uyeyama wrote a piece for Irish Sports Daily on the Irish running game regression during the final quarter of the 2017 season. It's highly recommended reading for any Notre Dame fan. Jamie describes how it was a "mixture of technical precision, schematic deception, and high-level execution" that led [...]
Notre Dame's 2020 recruiting class started with a resounding bang when elite signal caller Drew Pyne pledged to the Irish today. Many probably missed this at the time, but Drew's tweet when Notre Dame offered last June left little doubt: Extremely happy and very excited to receive an offer from Notre Dame‼☘🇮🇪 pic.twitter.com/VL0vf9dq4u — Drew [...]
The Fighting Irish will have 2 more practices this week and allowed the media to watch the final open workout of spring this past weekend. We've now seen the team for the last time before Saturday's upcoming Blue-Gold Game from Notre Dame Stadium which you can watch on NBC Sports from 12:30 to 2:30 PM [...]
We're in a bit of a boom of running backs in college football as 5 out of the 10 Heisman finalists last year came from that position. Only 2 out of those 5 return to the college game in 2018 but they are among the heavy favorites to take home the hardware this fall while [...]
We are finally entering the home stretch for spring football as the Fighting Irish finished their second-to-last full media viewing practice on Saturday. The team will take the practice field 5 more times overall with another full viewing this upcoming Saturday before the Blue-Gold Game on April 21st. Yes, this means spring practice has been [...]
Lou Holtz occupies a strange place in Notre Dame lore. I was recently thinking about him after debating Muffet McGraw's place in the pantheon of Fighting Irish coaches while Holtz wasn't even mentioned mostly due to the fact that he didn't meet the qualifying 2 championship criteria. We're now reaching the age where Holtz' tenure [...]
Coming off our previous black-heavy St. Patrick's Day concept we return to the more comfortable green roots for the 37th Notre Dame concept by 18 Stripes. Today's effort was attempting two things. One, to put together the first green helmet in our portfolio. Two, mix green with gold and yellow. At first glance, this combination [...]
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