Good morning! Here are your headlines: FROM OUR SITE Friday roundup: The "safety transfer" edition PODCAST TNNDN: ND Fan Radio: Vol. 36 - Notre Dame coaching carousel - Part 1 (2:02:38) COACHING 247 Sports: Hawkins: Sanford would be 'lights-out' hire at Notre Dame Rant Sports: Mike Sanford makes Notre Dame a New Year's Six bowl contender 7KTVB (Idaho): Already time for the next big Harsin hire (Mike Sanford) Anchor of Gold: Report: Stanford assistant Marc Mattioli to ...
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Morning Roundup: Feb. 12, 2015
Good morning! COACHING 247 Sports: Notre Dame to land top coaching target Mike Sanford Fox Sports: Irish expected to hire Boise State's Sanford as new OC Irish Sports Daily: Report: Notre Dame set to hire Sanford CSN Chicago: Reports: Notre Dame to hire Mike Sanford as OC/QB coach Irish Illustrated: Irish getting 'bulldog' in Sanford NBC Sports: Boise State's Mike Sanford reportedly joining Notre Dame's staff One Foot Down: Boise State's Mike Sanford hired by Notre Dame as ...
Morning Roundup: Feb. 11, 2015
Good morning! I hope you're enjoying this compendium of Notre Dame football stories delivered each day by 8 a.m. If you like it, help our site spread the word about this new feature. I'd sure appreciate it! Now here are your headlines: FROM OUR SITE When will ND unwrap its recruiting presents? COACHING CSN Chicago: Buckeyes, Falcons officially announce Alford, LaFleur Journal Gazette: 2 Irish football assistants leave for jobs elsewhere CBS Atlanta: Atlanta Falcons finalize ...
CFB Week 6: A Tale of Two…
Touchdowns Golson to Brown Golson to Koyack It only took two TDs for Notre Dame to top Stanford. Brown's TD allowed us all to breathe going into the half and Koyack's catch, on a 4th and 11 no less, sent us into jubilation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDUvS88s_cY Turnovers Golson's Fumble Golson's INT Golson struggled once again in protecting that ball. The fumble was once again a result of him holding the ball waaaaaay too far out from his body. The INT was a result of Golson ...
Know Thyself, Know Thy Enemy: Tight End
I haven't yet had a chance to partake in one of my favorite preview series that we do for Notre Dame football. While Bayou Irish has been absolutely killing it with that series, I asked if I could sneak in before the buzzer to get a post in. Thankfully, he agreed and I'm happy to throw out my picks for the top tight ends you will see this season on both the Irish and opposing sideline. THE IRISH: Ben Koyack, Senior, 6'5", 254 lbs These days, Notre Dame is most certainly "Tight End U". The ...
Friday Roundup: The “Notre Dame Fall Camp 2014 Catch-Up” Edition
Once WatchND started pumping out Notre Dame football fall camp practice videos, I was all in for breaking each one down. It worked great for the first two practices, but then practice #3 happened and saw the video breakdown was a position profile for the CBs. Don't get me wrong, the feature was great, but a basically started at my title of "Fall Camp Practice Report #3: CB Report" for about an hour and realized there was no way that I could even drag 100 words out of the topic. So I passed ...
Bringing Back Multiple Tight Ends
With two touchdowns in the last three games, Ben Koyack is quietly emerging as a legitimate offensive threat for Notre Dame. While his season stats will not turn many heads, Koyack's emergence does something more important for the Irish than filling up the stat sheet—it allows the offense to use more multiple tight end formations. As I have previously written, multiple tight end formations create mismatches that defenses cannot easily counter with changes in personnel or formation. ...
Know Thyself, Know Thy Enemy: Tight End
With Anthony Fasano, John Carlson, Kyle Rudolph and Tyler Eifert, Notre Dame has put together a string of tight ends that might very well make ND the new “Tight End U.” Losing Eifert, the 2012 Mackey Award winner, to the NFL will be a tough obstacle to overcome, particularly without Everett Golson at quarterback. Many have noted Tommy Rees’s tendency to lock onto one receiver (first Floyd, and then Eifert), and he will not have the safety blanket of throwing to one of the premier targets in ...
Irish Blogger Gathering: In a Happy Place
This time last year, the members of the IBG were beside themselves, trying desperately to find silver lining against the disaster that was the turnover-laden USF game. This year, the IBG marches into week 2 with a 40-point victory and loads of confidence heading into Purdue. We are definitely in our happy place. This week, HLS teams up with Keith Arnold of Inside the Irish for IBG duties. His answers to my questions are below and you can check out my responses to his trio of questions over at ...