The Chip Long ND Offense: Part 1 Intro
“So those will be some new things, but at the end of the day, we're not going to change the entire offense and teach a new system to this group.” - Brian Kelly in December. [...]
18 Stripes Films: Iso Cam – Notre Dame vs. Elko
Remember in 2015 when Notre Dame played a scrappy Wake Forest team? At the time I didn’t pay much attention to the Demon Deacon defense. Of course now that Mike Elko is Notre Dame’s defensive [...]
Lacrosse Playbook: Beating the pants off Michigan
Our 18Stripes colleagues do a fantastic job breaking down football film, so we figured we'd take a shot at explaining a few of the more interesting lacrosse plays fans will witness this season. We will call [...]
18 Stripes Films: Breaking Down the 5 Out Offense
From the second half of the UNC game onward, the Irish have found their stride on offense. In the last few games, Mike Brey has favored a lineup featuring Bonzie Colson has the lone big [...]
Film Room: The Run & Shoot and a (Chip) Long Trap
Notre Dame recently hired Chip Long, the first-time playcaller from Memphis, to be the offensive coordinator for Notre Dame. Most speculated that the only reason that Notre Dame would force out Mike Denbrock is if [...]
Defensive Line Review
There was a time during the 2016 pre-season where I was sure this unit was going to do good things. Many were down on the defensive line overall, and particularly at certain spots. I thought [...]
Film Room: Elko Brings a New Twist to a Familiar Scheme
Over the holiday season, I took on a little project. I decided I would take a look at the scheme incoming Notre Dame defensive coordinator Mike Elko employs. I charted 111 defensive plays from games [...]
30 Seconds of Defense with Rex Pflueger
Mike Brey's Notre Dame program has always hung its hat on highly efficient offenses. This year appears to be no different. The Irish are currently the 8th most efficient offense in the nation per KenPom. [...]
Film Room: Iso Cam – Kizer Throwing Motion
DeShone Kizer has been a bit of an enigma this year. At times, he has looked like a sure fire first round NFL draft pick, big, strong, athletic, confident, decisive, accurate. Other times he has [...]
Film Room: Army Triple Option Preview
Game one of the service academy doubleheader is in the books and it wasn’t pretty. The Irish will look for redemption on Saturday in the Shamrock Series game against Army. Last week we went through [...]
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