A Notre Dame Football Blog
Yes, we know, very original title. However, there is not one more fitting as this episode is all Notre Dame football. We talk Campus Crossroads/stadium renovation, the Jumbotron sighting, The Shirt (an HLS tradition unlike any other), and, of course the Blue/Gold game itself. So enjoy the last bit of actual football game-like activity until September with us! ...
If you attended last weekend’s Blue-Gold Game, you experienced what we on campus experience on a daily basis: The Project. Most work stopped so fans could enter the Stadium. Otherwise, the sounds, the juddering, the shouts – it’s like living next to a tramp steamer that just hit the rocks…and then backed up and hit the rocks again, and again, and again. Anyone walking around the Stadium, or sitting therein, will have realized that The Project is well on its way to completion. Anyone who ...
Spring practice has come and gone. Tex and Lisa told you what they saw. Just yesterday, Bayou discussed whether the Music City Bowl and this year’s glorified scrimmage welcomed in the “era” of #RTDB. Next up on the agenda: Year 6 of the Brian Kelly regime. Members of this staff had differing takes on where Brian Kelly stands in the pantheon of ND coaches who’ve seen a sixth season. Better than Gerry, worse than Gerry doesn’t much matter to me. So long as we’re not discussing Charlie or Ty, I’m ...
The 85th Annual Blue-Gold game had everything Irish fans could have hoped for: a new The Shirt, balmy temperatures, and solid, though not spectacular, QB-play from Messrs. Golson and Zaire. It was a scrimmage that gave us glimmers of excitement to come, as Greg Bryant, Corey Robinson, and Amir Carlisle combined with the competing signal-callers in a hyper-choreographed ballet that did much to chase away memories of "Tommy, No!" offenses from seasons past. It was also a scrimmage in which we saw, ...
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As Mardi Gras begins its slow roll into Ash Wednesday, let me wish you and yours a joyeux Mardi Gras and a very thoughtful Lenten season. Here at the Irish compound, we're back from the parades and warmed and dry from a day along St. Charles Avenue. Despite the weather, we enjoyed the frivolity (and coconuts) of Zulu and the thoughtful, float-specific throws of Rex. So, now, as the youngsters and the insane descend upon Bourbon Street, I want to put 1's to 0's and talk about something that ...
Irv Smith and Oscar McBride
It just so happened that Notre Dame's spring football game took place the same weekend that I needed to make a trip up to campus to do some final work on my upcoming book on Notre Dame football (Echoes After the Whistle: The Men We Became). Funny how that worked out, now isn't it? Here is my photo journal of my weekend back on campus! My weekend started out on Thursday with a day of research in Notre Dame Archives sifting through decades of Notre Dame football photographs. It was a lovely ...
Yes, you read the title correctly: The Subway Domer has pulled a recruiting coup for the IBG and NDNation has joined the fold. For the post Blue/Gold Game edition, we got the first crack at asking questions of Mike Coffey, aka El Kabong, of NDNation. He, in turn, has asked his questions three of Kieth Arnold of Inside the Irish who will eventually have Subway's answers up. And you can find my answers over at The Subway Domer this week. Eventually, we will have the Strong and True blog back in ...
The most important question facing the Irish is not "who will replace Manti Te'o?" Or "who will replace Tyler Eifert?" Clearly, as the 2013 Blue Gold game proved, the answer to either question is "Louis Nix, III." In fact, as Tex established yesterday, Irish Chocolate may be our answer in short yardage situations on the offensive side of the football, too. Removing my tongue from my cheek, though, I would suggest to you, our loyal reader, that the most important question facing the Irish going ...
So let's be honest, the Blue/Gold game was rather uneventful. The offense struggled mightily and it took until the fourth quarter for the Irish to find the endzone. The game was largely fairly dull and boring. Then one two point conversion changed everything. Louis Nix III lined up at quarterback and Irish Chocolate found the endzone for two points on a QB draw. It was epic, legendary, and you bet it is worth every word in this Inside the Film Room breakdown. ...
Notre Dame stadium at sunset. Photo: Matt Cashore.
Has it been a while since you've been back to campus? Or have you never been to Notre Dame? Here's a guide of things to do while you are at Notre Dame for the Blue-Gold (spring) game this weekend! "The Shirt" Unveiling: Start your Blue-Gold weekend off by attending the unveiling of "The Shirt." What is The Shirt you ask? The Shirt is a student run charity project. Money raised by The Shirt Project is used to subsidize student organizations and create memorial awards in the names of ...