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COACHING
- CSN Chicago: Buckeyes, Falcons officially announce Alford, LaFleur
- Journal Gazette: 2 Irish football assistants leave for jobs elsewhere
- CBS Atlanta: Atlanta Falcons finalize coaching staff
- Chicago Tribune: Notre Dame assistant Matt LaFleur heading back to NFL
- Northeast Ohio Media Group: Ohio State football: Former Notre Dame assistant Tony Alford officially named Buckeyes’ RB coach
- Ohio State Media Relations: Alford leaves Notre Dame for Ohio State
- Columbus Dispatch: Buckeyes officially name Alford RB coach
- Columbus Dispatch: New assistant Alford familiar with Meyer, staff
- The Latern (OSU student newspaper): Ohio State officially names Tony Alford running backs coach
- AP: Ohio State Buckeyes hire Tony Alford as offensive/running backs coach
- CantonRep.com: Notebook: Hiring Alford pleases miffed recruit
- Bleacher Report: What the end of the Mike Weber recruiting saga means for Ohio State
- 13 ABC (Toledo): Veteran RB coach Tony Alford joins Ohio State staff
- Eleven Warriors: Ohio State officially hires Tony Alford as next running backs coach
- Buckeye Grove: Buckeyes officially name Alford to staff
- 247 Sports: Buckeyes officially announce Alford
- NBC Sports: Will Alford haunt Notre Dame on the recruiting trail?
- Fox Sports: Oklahoma co-DC, top recruiter leaving for NFL (Kerry Cooks)
- Tulsa World: Newly promoted co-defensive coordinator Jerry Montgomery departing Sooners coaching staff for NFL (Kerry Cooks)
- Hook ‘Em Headlines: Report: Gilmer’s Jeff Traylor close to joining Texas staff (Bryant Young)
- UHND: Notre Dame football fans need to R-E-L-A-X
- Blue & Gold Illustrated: Return of the natives
RECRUITING
- Chicago Tribune: Providence athletes commit to colleges (Miles Boykin)
- One Foot Down: Analyzing the 2015 recruiting classes for Notre Dame football opponents
- Irish Illustrated: Offers adding up for Yulee
- Irish Illustrated: ‘The show must go on’ (Amir Rasul)
- Irish Sports Daily: 2016 inside look: Good year in Indiana
- Slap the Sign: OL prospect E.J. Price adds Notre Dame offer
- Slap the Sign: Parker Boudreaux to visit Notre Dame on April 24th
- Northeast Ohio Media Group: Urban Meyer vs. Jim Harbaugh: 5 intense 2016 recruiting battles ahead for Ohio State & Michigan (Rashan Gary, Ben Bredeson & Josh King)
- UW Dog Pound: 2016 UW football recruiting: Pacific Northwest prospects (Jacob “Skinny” Eason)
- Post Standard: Projecting Syracuse football recruiting needs for 2016 class, including early targets (Robert Washington)
- AZ Central: Arizona’s top high school football prospects: 2016 class (Chase Lucas & Byron Murphy)
- The Times-Picayune: LSU offers four-star prospects Antwuan Jackson, Clark Yarbrough
- 247 Sports: Three Michigan QBs to keep an eye on (Tony Poljan)
- The Patriot News: Recruiting battlegrounds: Where Penn State could cross paths with Maryland, Pitt, Rutgers in 2016 (Damar Hamlin)
- Eleven Warriors: Odds increasing with Victor, Nixon and Alford’s recruits, Ohio State’s 2016 offensive line priorities and more (Tommy Kraemer, Liam Eichenberg and Tre Nixon)
- Testudo Times: Maryland 2016 recruiting class preview: Part 2, defense (Rashan Gary)
IRISH IN THE NFL
- WEEI: Jonas Gray: Seahawks calling pass play at end of Super Bowl XLIX wasn’t bad call
- Toronto Sun: 2015 NFL draft: Top 250 prospects (Ben Koyack is #108; DaVaris Daniels is #231)
MISC.
- Scout: Get your 2015 college football tickets now! (Notre Dame-Texas is top selling game; Notre Dame-USC is #7)
- Capitol Fax: John’s story: A Chicago legend gets a tough call
- Fansided: Vince Vaughn named grand marshal of Daytona 500
- BC Interruption: Boston College promotes Todd Fitch to offensive coordinator, adds Brian White to staff
- Waco Tribune: DeLoss Dodds joins Hall of Fame (Van Pearcy)
- Midland Reporter-Telegram: Midlander Pearcy named to TSHOF board
- In Kelly-Harbaugh Recruit Fight, It’s Tied - January 19, 2017
- Catching Up With Matt Fortuna (Part 2) - January 6, 2017
- Catching Up With Matt Fortuna - January 5, 2017