Moons kicked off our “Know Thyself, Know Thy Enemy” series with a look at the quarterback position. I definitely recommend you read that. Here’s what others around the Notre Dame community are writing about our team and our “enemies” in the past week or so:
FROM OUR SITE
OFFENSE
- One Foot Down: 15 storylines for the 2015 football season: Ronnie Stanley, #1 overall pick?
- Inside the Irish: Irish A-to-Z: Tarean Folston
- ND Insider: Irish WR Will Fuller named to Biletnikoff Award watch list
- Inside the Irish: Irish A-to-Z: Will Fuller
- ND Insider: Irish RB Tarean Folston appears on Doak Walker Award watch list
- Inside the Irish: Irish A-to-Z: Mark Harrell
- Inside the Irish: Irish A-to-Z: Jalen Guyton
- ND Insider: Malik Zaire, Will Fuller make Walter Camp Award watch list
- Inside the Irish: Irish A-to-Z: Mike Heuerman
- UHND: Now or never ’15: Notre Dame WR Chris Brown
- Slap the Sign: Irish players, Brian Kelly join preseason award watch lists
- Slap the Sign: Player projection: Tarean Folston
- Inside the Irish: Irish A-to-Z: Corey Holmes
- Slap the Sign: Player projection: Will Fuller
DEFENSE
- UHND: Now or never ’15: Elijah Shumate
- Inside the Irish: Irish A-to-Z: Matthias Farley
- ND Insider: Notre Dame LB Joe Schmidt looks forward to fall camp
- ND Insider: Irish safety Max Redfield named to Jim Thorpe Award watch list
- Inside the Irish: Irish A-to-Z: Nicco Fertitta
- ND Insider: Notre Dame freshman NG Jerry Tillery anticipates debut season
- Irish247: Breaking down the depth chart: Sheldon Day
- Slap the Sign: Sheldon Day returns as Notre Dame football leader
- Inside the Irish: Irish A-to-Z: Jarrett Grace
- Inside the Irish: Irish A-to-Z: Jay Hayes
- UHND: Notre Dame’s mature, veteran defense
- Irish247: Breaking down the depth chart: Jay Hayes
- One Foot Down: 15 storylines for 2015 football season: Impact newcomers
- Irish Illustrated: Potential vs. Production
- Irish Illustrated: Potential vs. Production II
- Irish Illustrated: ScoutNow: Pressure points?
- One Foot Down: Iso cam: Andrew Trumbetti
GENERAL STORIES
- One Foot Down uses Bovada’s over/under on win totals to predict who will meet or exceed expectations – or have their fans doing the Surrender Cobra at some point.
- Irish Illustrated compares coaches at Notre Dame and all 12 opponents. Top choice? Clemson.
- One Foot Down explores Notre Dame’s potential path to the playoff. (Spoiler alert: Win ’em all.)
- DeShaun Watson of Clemson is the top QB Notre Dame will play, says UHND.
- Irish Illustrated analyzes Notre Dame’s schedule – and the schedule of its 12 opponents – and determines Boston College has the toughest road in 2015.
- Several lists published recently have included Notre Dame in top 10 or toughest non-conference games (ESPN)
- Irish Illustrated‘s prediction: The Irish will not repeat 1998 or 2012 and go undefeated at home.
- Irish Illustrated wonders: What would a fantasy team of Notre Dame players – and the players of the opponents they play – look like?
- Prediction: Notre Dame won’t lose two consecutive games this year. (Irish Illustrated)
- Irish247 says the Irish’s three toughest road trips will be to Death Valley and a couple of professional sports parks.
- Irish Illustrated‘s Tim O’Malley offers some mid-July superlatives for ND and its opponents.
- 2015 Fighting Irish facts (Irish Illustrated)
- Prediction: Notre Dame will finish 4-1 in true road games. (Irish Illustrated)
- One Foot Down‘s Michael Bryan tries to create the “perfect” Notre Dame schedule. (At Oregon & Georgia in the same year? Wow.)
- Fighting Irish facts, Part 2 (Irish Illustrated)
- Fighting Irish facts, Part 3 (Irish Illustrated)
- Notre Dame’s home opener versus Texas and its mid-October matchup against USC are college football’s two most expensive tickets. (ND Insider)
- Pete Sampson discusses what it will take for Notre Dame to make the College Football Playoff and if the Irish can have a successful season without getting a playoff spot. (Irish Illustrated)
SEPT. 5: TEXAS
- Schedule analysis (ESPN)
- Texas is a “trap game,” JJ Stankevitz predicts. (CSN)
SEPT. 19: GEORGIA TECH
- Prediction: This will be the highest scoring game of the 2015 season (Irish Illustrated)
SEPT. 26: MASSACHUSETTS
- General preview (Irish247)
- The game against the Minutemen will be the Irish’s easiest game, JJ Stankevitz predicts. (CSN)
OCT. 3: AT CLEMSON
- General preview (Irish247)
OCT. 10: NAVY
- Podcast: Michael James of the Bird Dog Blog joins Reuben and Randall on Irish Sports Talk to preview the Mids’ season. (39:11)
- General preview (Irish247)
- In his mailbag, Keith Arnold addresses how the “Navy hangover” that has hurt Notre Dame over the past decade. (Inside the Irish)
OCT. 17: USC
- USCFootball.com answers questions about the Trojans for Inside the Irish.
- General preview (Irish247)
- Ryan Abraham from USCFootball.com jumps on with Irish Sports Talk to discuss the Trojans. (47:46)
OCT. 31: TEMPLE (AT LINCOLN FINANCIAL FIELD)
- Mike Gibson of Rant Sports & Temple Football Forever joins Inside the Irish to answer questions about the Owls.
- General preview (Irish247)
NOV. 7: AT PITTSBURGH
- First look (Irish Illustrated)
- Anson Whaley of Cardiac Hill answers questions about Pitt’s 2015 fortunes in Inside the Irish.
NOV. 21: BOSTON COLLEGE (AT FENWAY PARK)
- General preview (OFD)
NOV. 28: AT STANFORD
- Prediction: This will be the lowest scoring game of the 2015 season (Irish Illustrated)
- General preview (OFD)
MISC.
- UND.com: Giving to others truly bowls a strike
- One Foot Down: Mailbag: The inaugural address
- Irish247: Top five Notre Dame football game day traditions
- One Foot Down: Notre Dame should be ineligible for playoff, says Missouri coach
- ESPN: Gary Pinkel of Missouri Tigers – force independents to join conferences
- One Foot Down: Mailbag – fill it up again
- ND Insider: Autonomy suits Notre Dame just fine despite Missouri coach’s comments
- 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