A Notre Dame Football Blog
Hello, Internet. I have thoughts and feelings concerning that enormous turd of an organization called the NCAA. My opinions are not unique, new, or particularly well thought out, but damn it, NDTex was all "blah, blah, blah, why don't you write for us on occasion again?" So, Here. We. Are. Earlier today, the NCCA released its final decision regarding the 3.5 year investigation into potential academic fraud that spanned nearly a decade at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. The ...
On an early October Saturday, the Irish found themselves in North Carolina in the path of a rain storm. What could possibly go wrong??? With Ian Book making his first career start, Notre Dame would, ahem, throw caution to the wind, but end victorious. https://storify.com/HLSrecap/notre-dame-football-vs ...
On Saturday, September 30, 2017, Chuck Martin made his triumphant return to Notre Dame Stadium as the Head Coach of the Miami(Ohio) Redhawks. It was all fun and games, and then kickoff happened. The Fighting Irish would win comfortably 52-17. https://storify.com/HLSrecap/notre-dame-football ...
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In the bleakness that can be the time after National Signing Day and before spring practice gets going we find ourselves. There are plenty of debates, lists, and thoughts to have in the weeks and months to come, but at the moment I find myself returning over and over in my head to something in the recent past: Last week, Steve Elmer announced he was leaving the football program to take a job in Washington, D.C. after his graduation in May. Elmer's statement, as released through the University ...
With Signing Day in the rearview mirror, the offseason scab picking can accelerate to greater heights. Perhaps the area of greatest frustration for many looking back on the 2015 season was the continued struggles on the defensive side of the ball. Injuries certainly had a meaningful impact. From Jarron Jones, to KeiVarae Russell, to the way the season ended for Jaylon Smith, it seemed like just about every defensive player had to deal with a substantial health issue. Yet, when juxtaposed with ...
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Keeping it in the family's been an increasing trend for Irish recruiting, and why not when things are going well? Joining the Martins and the Okwaras will be the Jones. Jamir Jones, a 3-star linebacker in 247 Sports' Composite Rankings will get a chance to join older brother Jarron for the 2016 season. The junior Jones committed to the Irish over the summer of 2015 and while not heavily recruited outside the northeast, he will help add depth to the linebacker position that loses Jaylon ...
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By now, virtually all Notre Dame fans have pieced together that Julian Okwara is the younger brother of soon to graduate and 2-time defending team sack leader Romeo Okwara. If you weren't aware of that, now you're in the know. Okwara verbally committed to the Irish on April 14 of 2015 and basically shut down the recruiting process thereafter. A weak-side defensive end, Okwara has a very lean build: 6'4" and 220 pounds. 247 Sports ranked him as the #24 Composite weak-side defensive end. ...
Part of a promising defensive line group for the 2016 class, January enrollee Khalid Kareem was 247 Sports' #9 Composite Rankings strong-side defensive end. At 6'3" but just 245 pounds, Kareem's first stop on campus this spring will be the weight room. The Michigan product was recruited heavily by virtually every school in the Midwest, including Michigan, Ohio State, and Michigan State, and was originally a University of Alabama commit before de-committing from the Crimson Tide less than two ...
Perhaps the biggest and most dramatic get for the Irish during in-season recruiting came when 247 Sports' Composite Rankings #10 outside linebacker, Daelin Hayes, made his announcement that he'd be joining the Irish. Hayes, an Army All-American, missed a good chunk of his senior season with a shoulder separation, but was still one of the most highly coveted players in the nation. At 6'4" and 249 pounds, he's already well built to play either outside linebacker or defensive end. And therein ...
Late last week Sports Illustrated came out with its list of the just completed college football season's 25 best games. Notre dame was one of 5 teams that had 3 or more of their games selected for the "best of." In total the Irish had 3 games selected: the heart breaking loss to Clemson, the heart breaking loss to Stanford (that andrewwinn is not letting you live all over again), and the heart stopping victory over Virginia. Only Michigan State and Oregon had more games selected - each had four ...