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The South Bend Tribune's 96-page preview of Notre Dame's football team is an invaluable resource for the Irish fan looking to get informed before the 2016 football season kicks off Sept. 4. Mike Vorel wrote the magazine's cover story, "Avoiding A Split Decision," on the quarterback competition between redshirt sophomore DeShone Kizer and redshirt senior Malik Zaire. Vorel interviewed former Texas head coach Mack Brown, former Notre Dame quarterbacks Joe Theismann and Brady Quinn and ESPN's ...
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Former Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn says redshirt junior Malik Zaire should be named the starter in 2016 - and he laid out his argument to FOX Sports' Bruce Feldman Tuesday. Quinn, who is now a FOX Sports 1 analyst, said he believed "seniority should rule" in choosing the signal caller for the game versus Texas and beyond. He also believes starting redshirt sophomore DeShone Kizer at quarterback could lead to a potentially unstable situation. "[If] they go with Kizer first - if you ...
Notre Dame quarterback Rick Mirer scores a touchdown against the defense of Michigan's David Key (26) and Chris Hutchinson (97) at Notre Dame Stadium on Sept. 15, 1990. (Getty Images / John Biever)
Ask 10 Notre Dame fans and you might get 10 different answers. Their opinion may be influenced by the player’s NFL performance or penalized for not living up to expectations. I’ve developed a simple and easy formula to determine who was the greatest quarterback in Notre Dame history (minimum 10 starts). I measure a quarterback by his completion percentage, his total yards, his yards per attempt, his touchdown percentage, his interception percentage and the number of fourth quarter ...
In today's piece, I respond to a comment made by loyal reader Irishize that called into question Brian Kelly's ability to coach the quarterback position. In six seasons since Brian Kelly came to South Bend, the Irish have played in, and lost, one national championship game and one major bowl game. They've won fifty-five games and lost twenty-three. But what does this mean for Kelly's success with the quarterbacks? To answer the question of whether or not Brian Kelly can coach quarterbacks, I ...
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Throughout the year, Her Loyal Sons has documented DeShone Kizer's surprising and outstanding season. We've compared the redshirt freshman's hot start to the beginnings of the Irish careers of Everett Golson, Tommy Rees, Dayne Crist, Jimmy Clausen and Brady Quinn. Enjoy the following five charts. No matter how you slice it, Kizer has had a better beginning than anyone in the past 15 years. (You may click on the first two graphs for a bigger size. If you'd like to see the numbers, game logs ...
Notre Dame’s Jaylon Smith (9) leaps over Boston College’s Myles Willis (23) as QB Jeff Smith (5) passes during the second half of the Notre Dame-Boston College NCAA football game on Nov. 21. SBT Photo/ROBERT FRANKLIN
The past week has been a trying one for some in Irish land. The release of the most recent college football playoff rankings left many with a bad taste in their mouth as the Irish dropped from 4th to 6th in the new poll. The frustrations stemmed from a variety of sources. A lot of the anger was directed towards Iowa whose pillow fight of a schedule, including their fluffy, airy, defeat of soft-landing spot Purdue propelled the Hawkeyes past the Irish in the wake of the uneven performance against ...
Enjoy this picture because it's probably the closest we will get to Zaire running the offense.
Good morning! Here are your headlines: PODCASTS Irish Sports Talk: DaVaris at NFL Combine & Notre Dame scholarship at 82 - Feb 23 IST153 (46:45) Irish Illustrated: Insider Podcast #166 - Turnover margins (44:55) VIDEO StudentSports: GoPro: Manti Te'o - Hawaii linebacker coach (2:06) WatchND: Tire Wars (0:42) CURRENT TEAM Irish Illustrated: Spring questions: Defensive line (Jarron Jones, Isaac Rochell, Romeo Okwara, Andrew Trumbetti, Grant Blankenship, Jhonny ...
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Good morning! Here are your headlines: FROM OUR SITE Combine-ing the options: The NFL Draft and the 2015 roster CURRENT TEAM Slap the Sign: Notre Dame redshirt freshmen prepare to make their mark Irish Illustrated: Spring questions: Tight ends Blue & Gold Illustrated: Stories the stats tell 247 Sports: Keys to Irish success - No. 2, Max Redfield Inside the Irish: Spring solutions: Offensive line IRISH IN THE NFL AP: NFL prospects attempt to move past forgettable ...
Good morning! Here are your headlines: VIDEO Irish Illustrated: NFL combine interview: Kyle Brindza (5:12) RECRUITING Bleacher Report (Monaco): Position-by-position grades for 2015 recruiting class Irish Sports Daily: Eifler wants to hear more from Irish HooNation: Scouting 2016: Tight ends - Virginia (Cary Angeline) Scout: District of Columbia: Top 5 2016 prospects (Abdul Adams) Scout: East notes: Commitments, offers, etc. (Cary Angeline & Jordan Fuller) Fox Sports: ...
Good morning! RECRUITING Bleacher Report (Keith Arnold): Brian Kelly opens up on 2015 recruiting class Fansided: Notre Dame recruiting 2015: Who will contribute right away? Irish Illustrated: Adams ready to work Blue & Gold Illustrated: Four preferred walk-ons join Irish Rant Sports: Top 5 offensive recruits Notre Dame landed on Signing Day One Foot Down: 2015 football recruiting: OL & TE review Irish Illustrated: Combining the classes: Defense UHND: How Notre Dame's ...