Defensive “Change” Must Come, One Way Or Another
“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” – Winston Churchill. Notre Dame defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder yells from the sideline during the Notre Dame Blue-Gold Spring...
View Article#NDintheNFL: Will Fuller & Theo Riddick Shine
Credit: Associated Press Will Fuller’s NFL rookie campaign began Sunday and he picked up right where his Notre Dame career left off. He showed why he was correctly assessed as a first round talent...
View Article“Sloppy” May Be Football Team’s True Identity
Notre Dame’s Nick Coleman (24) brings down Nevada’s Hasaan Henderson (12) during the Notre Dame-Nevada NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend. South...
View ArticleOur Defensive Coordinator Wish List
Instead of wallowing in the failure of the Brian VanGorder experiment, I’m already thinking about who Brian Kelly will pick as defensive coordinator to improve the Notre Dame’s defense and perhaps save...
View ArticleStanford Game Provides Fork In the Road For Irish
After reaching the midway point in the 2016 college football season, it’s fair to say that Notre Dame has easily been the biggest disappointment of the year thus far. Stanford doesn’t lag the Irish by...
View Article“World Beaters” Try to Remain Unbeaten Against Champs Villanova
Mike Brey has the Notre Dame men’s basketball team off to the hottest start in the coach’s 17-year career in South Bend. The Irish beat in-state competitor Indiana University – Purdue University Fort...
View ArticleIrish Come Up Short Against Defending Champ Villanova
Entering Saturday’s vintage Big East matchup, the Irish had won four straight when facing the defending national champs. Sadly this streak – along with Mike Brey’s career best 9-0 start to the season –...
View ArticleThe New And Improved Brian Kelly – Has He Learned From Past Mistakes?
Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly looks back at an official during the Notre Dame-Texas NCAA college football game on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, at Darrell K. RoyalÐTexas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas....
View ArticleSpring Ball Miracle – Tackling Becomes A Priority
South Bend Tribune Photo/ROBERT FRANKLIN Spring football is often a time for acclimating young players to the intricacies of a division I playbook. It’s also a good time to emphasize and tweak...
View ArticleWhat If I Told You…
The identity of the 2017 Notre Dame Football team is unsurprisingly unknown a quarter of the way through the season. Unknown is, however, better than the well-established sloppy identity of last year’s...
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