Tight End Review
Tight End U has made way to a position at Notre Dame full of dust and memories. If this weren’t an off-season spent contemplating a 4-8 campaign and a collection of staff turnover the tight end [...]
Rees As ND’s New QB Coach? Tommy Yes! (Maybe)
NBC Sports's Keith Arnold tweeted yesterday that Tommy Rees will soon join the Notre Dame staff. Not official, but imminent: Multiple sources tell me that Tommy Rees is returning to Notre Dame to coach quarterbacks. [...]
A Report on Irish Alums in Football Coaching
Earlier this season when former Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen popped up on NBC's studio coverage it got me thinking about Irish alums and their (perceived) lack of entry in to the coaching professions. This [...]
FoxSports: Irish to Hire Chip Long as OC
The effort to rebuild the Notre Dame coaching staff continues and reportedly added a major piece on Friday afternoon. According to Bruce Feldman at FoxSports, the Irish are set to hire Memphis offensive coordinator Chip [...]
Alabama 2016 the Best Ever?
Recently, a story popped up on my Twitter feed from fivethirtyeight.com with a bold headline: Alabama the strongest team in college football history. The way my brain initially processed that was FTE saying Alabama is [...]
Turnover Update: Brian Polian Announced as Notre Dame Special Teams Coach
The Overhaul Continues with a New Special Teams Coach Notre Dame made another rumored football staff addition official today: Brian Polian will return to South Bend, joining Brian Kelly's staff as the new special teams [...]
Offensive Line Review
We haven't suffered quite enough yet. Before we fully turn the page to recruiting, spring practice, and next fall we have to work our way through the positional units and their 2016 performance. Today, I'll [...]
The Only 7 Bowl Games You Need to Watch
It's bowl season, that strange portion of college football where the weather here in New York is completely at odds with the type of weather we'll see over the Holidays during these exhibition games. If [...]
Mike Elko Tabbed as Notre Dame’s New Defensive Coordinator
Word leaked out of South Bend today that Wake Forest defensive coordinator Mike Elko has agreed to take the same position at Notre Dame. His name first surfaced among Notre Dame reporters a couple of months ago, [...]
YouTube Upload: Painting Helmets
Today's YouTube Upload takes us back to a short video from late September 1996 on local Columbus CBS affiliate WBNS. And, hey I know that guy! It's Sandusky's own Jay Crawford at a young 31 [...]
Early ’17 Opponent QB Preview: Second Half
On Monday, I looked at the opposing quarterbacks for the first 6 games next fall. Quick recap, things are looking very enticing for the Irish defense. But that's not the first time we've said that, [...]
Big News Monday Recap
It's finals week at Notre Dame which means the athletes on campus are on a short hiatus. The men's hoops teams is off until Saturday while the women are off until Sunday. On Monday, the [...]
Early ’17 Opponent QB Preview: First Half
I wrote this post this time last year and back then things looked really promising for Notre Dame. Outside of the Virginia Tech and USC you could make the case that every other 2016 opponent [...]
2017 Recruiting: OL Aaron Banks Commits to ND
Fire up the bat signal... Aaron Banks became the 18th commitment in Notre Dame's 2017 recruiting class when he announced for the Irish at his school today. The 6-7, 315 lb lineman from El Cerrito High in La [...]
I Don’t Care About Brian & Jack
I don't care about Brian Kelly and Jack Swarbrick. There, I said it. It's off my chest now. I know what you're thinking, "Okay, Eric where is this going?" In the past I've written about [...]
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