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FROM OUR SITE

• Two Notre Dame sons return home

VIDEO

• Scout: Williams bringing a lot to South Bend (Dexter Williams) (5:46)
• Eastbay: Kyle Brindza – Notre Dame (0:15)
• MGoDrone: College stadiums of the midwest! (2:14)

PODCAST

• Irish Sports Daily: 2-23-2015 Power Hour (1:08:52)

RECRUITING

• Scout: Mitchell updates recruitment (Shon Mitchell)
• Scout: Core 6 unites top recruits (Hunter Johnson, Jared Mayden, Byron Murphy and Julian Love)
• Irish Sports Daily: 2016 CA WR hoping to hear more (Grant Porter)
• One Foot Down: 2016 Notre Dame recruiting big board: Wide receiver & athlete (Ervin Barrett, Marquez Calloway, Jordan Fuller, Ahmir Mitchell, Julian Love, Donnie Corley, Dylan Crawford, Divine Deablo, Devin Duvernay, Josh Hammond, Brad Hawkins, Justin Layne, Austin Mack, Javon McKinley, Tre Nixon, Darian Owens, Darnell Salomon, Trevon Sidney, Dredrick Snelson, Eli Stove, Tyler Vaughns, Benjimen Victor, Cameron Chambers and Dillon Mitchell)
• Bleacher Report (Monaco): Notre Dame football recruiting offers of the week (Daniel Bituli and Julian Okwara)
• Slap the Sign: Notre Dame Junior Day visitors (Tommy Kraemer, Brad Hawkins, Josh King, Ron Johnson, Michael Jordan, Brandon Peters)
• MLive: Could Lansing Catholic QB Tony Poljan be the next Ben Roethlisberger? Some MAC schools think so

CURRENT TEAM

• Irish Illustrated: Spring questions: Offensive line (Nick Martin, Matt Hegarty, Quenton Nelson, Mike McGlinchey, Alex Bars, Steve Elmer, Hunter Bivin, Colin McGovern, John Montelus, Sam Mustipher, Mark Harrell, Jimmy Byrne, Jerry Tillery, Tristen Hoge, Trevor Ruhland)
• Inside the Irish: Spring solutions: Offensive line
• Bleacher Report (Arnold): How Brian Kelly and Notre Dame distracted attention from the QB battle
• Bleacher Report: 10 college football programs with the most compelling QB controversies (#8 Notre Dame)

IRISH IN THE NFL

• One Foot Down: A recap of the 2015 NFL Combine (DaVaris Daniels, Ben Koyack, Kyle Brindza)
• ND Insider: NFL Combine results for former Notre Dame players
• The Landry Hat: Dallas Cowboys: Zack Martin provides valuable draft lesson

COACHING

• Tampa Bay Times: USF Bulls start spring football drills (Autry Denson)
• KWCH: Wichita Sports HOF announces 2015 inductees (Kirk Doll)
• 247 Sports: Gilmore expected to leave UNC (Keith Gilmore)
• Go UTSA: UTSA hires Mike Markuson as assistant coach
• Irish Turning Point: Fresh in the Gug: Todd Lyght

SCHEDULING

• Bleacher Report: 25 biggest trap games for 2015 college football season (12. Notre Dame at Pitt)
• Inside the ACC: Top 10 non-conference games for the ACC in 2015 (Notre Dame at Clemson is #7; Notre Dame/BC at Fenway is #2)

MISC.

• ND Insider: Megan Whitt leaving Notre Dame recruiting operations
• 247 Sports: Megan Whitt leaving Notre Dame for job in the NFL
• AL.com: Notre Dame apparently sent recruiting letter to current Rutgers football player
• Yahoo Sports: Rutgers lineman receives recruiting letter from Notre Dame
• UHND: Do Notre Dame’s football facilities measure up to competition?
• Fox Sports: Photos: Awesome helmet designs for UF, Ohio State, LSU & more
• ESPN: The 2015 ACC Oscars (Best picture: The fourth down play(s) in Notre Dame at Florida State)

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PODCASTS

• Irish Sports Daily: 2-16-15 Power Hour (1:06:27)

RECRUITING

• Irish Sports Daily: In the film room: Donnie Corley
• Irish Illustrated: Irish offer 2017 four-star (Maleik Gray)
• Bleacher Report (Monaco): Notre Dame football recruiting offers of the week (Cary Angeline, Maleik Gray and E.J. Price)
• UW Dawg Pound: 2016 UW football recruiting: The rest of the West (Devin Duvernay, Byron Murphy and Chase Lucas)
• USA Today: Nation’s No. 3 player in Class of 2016 set to commit; Ole Miss seems to be the favorite (Shea Patterson)
• Shreveport Times: Calvary QB Shea Patterson to pick college Tuesday
• WLOX: Ole Miss could make biggest catch on Fat Tuesday: Blue chip quarterback Shea Patterson
• Northeast Ohio Media Group: Gregory Little, Jaylon Jones and T.J. Vasher – looking at Ohio State’s recent scholarship offers (Little, Patrick Bethel and Khalid Kareem)
• The Patriot News: Pennsylvania’s top 2016 football recruits; Pittsburgh C.C. corner Damar Hamlin
• Victory Bell Rings: Penn State football recruiting: Top 10 2016 recruits – Pennsylvania (Damar Hamlin & Cary Angeline)
• Burnt Orange Nation: Texas offers Florida QB Xavier Gaines
• 247 Sports: Best of the Midwest Combo MVPs (Quinton Baker)
• Slap the Sign: Notre Dame football recruiting class: Defensive grades

CURRENT TEAM

• Inside the Irish: Spring solutions: Quarterbacks
• UHND: At long last, depth for Notre Dame football
• St. Paul Pioneer Press: Twinsights: Torii Hunter Jr. returns to baseball at Notre Dame

COACHING

• Irish Illustrated: Piecing together assistant coaching puzzle
• Slap the Sign: Something new for 2015, a six-year coach at Notre Dame
• Bleacher Report (Arnold): Projecting Brian Kelly’s 2015 coaching staff
• Idaho Statesmen: Boise State football coaches Harsin, Yates up for new contracts (Mike Sanford)
• Mountain West Connection: Broncos extend Bryan Harsin to a new five-year, $7.35 million deal (Mike Sanford)
• Fansided: Boise State, Bryan Harsin agree on 5-year extension (Mike Sanford)
• ESPN: Roquan Smith got it right by waiting (Charlie Weis)
• Eleven Warriors: After coaching turnover, familiarity might correlate with stability for Ohio State (Tony Alford)
• Vavel: Charlie Weis on coaching again: ‘Highly doubtful’

IRISH IN THE NFL

• St. Paul Pioneer Press: Vikings’ Rudolph eyeing a full season
• The Times-Picayune: 2015 NFL draft: Brandon Scherff could be great tackle or all-pro at guard, says Mike Mayock (Zack Martin)
• Heavy: Jess Gysin, Jimmy Clausen’s wife: 5 fast facts
• Steelers Depot: Jerome Bettis says it’s too early for Browns to give up on Johnny Football
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Ray Fittipaldo’s Steelers chat (Ben Koyack)
• Carolina Panthers: Panthers name Steve Wilks assistant head coach
• The Republican: Patriots NFL Draft 2015 position preview: Looking for Rob Gronkowski insurance (Ben Koyack)
• News-Sentinel: NFL Combine brings annual scrutiny to Indy (Ben Koyack, Kyle Brindza and DaVaris Daniels)

HISTORY

• Chicago Tribune: How Michigan State’s Duffy Daugherty helped integrate college football (1966 & Ara Parseghian)

MISC.

• Inside the Irish: Mailbag: What to expect from defense
• TigerNet.com: Clemson announces 2015 football game designations, spring game date (Notre Dame game is IPTAY Day)
• Addicted to Quack: Roundtable: Oregon’s out of conference football games
• USA Today: Examining college basketball’s scheduling conundrum
• Bleacher Report: Meet college football’s most inexperienced head coach (Gerry Faust)
• EDSBS: The presidents assigned to their proper schools (Abraham Lincoln assigned to ND)
• ESPN: Ultimate ESPN 300: 15 things to know

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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 coaching staff
• Chicago Tribune: Notre Dame assistant Matt LaFleur heading back to NFL
• Northeast Ohio Media Group: Ohio State football: Former Notre Dame assistant Tony Alford officially named Buckeyes’ RB coach
• Ohio State Media Relations: Alford leaves Notre Dame for Ohio State
• Columbus Dispatch: Buckeyes officially name Alford RB coach
• Columbus Dispatch: New assistant Alford familiar with Meyer, staff
• The Latern (OSU student newspaper): Ohio State officially names Tony Alford running backs coach
• AP: Ohio State Buckeyes hire Tony Alford as offensive/running backs coach
• CantonRep.com: Notebook: Hiring Alford pleases miffed recruit
• Bleacher Report: What the end of the Mike Weber recruiting saga means for Ohio State
• 13 ABC (Toledo): Veteran RB coach Tony Alford joins Ohio State staff
• Eleven Warriors: Ohio State officially hires Tony Alford as next running backs coach
• Buckeye Grove: Buckeyes officially name Alford to staff
• 247 Sports: Buckeyes officially announce Alford
• NBC Sports: Will Alford haunt Notre Dame on the recruiting trail?
• Fox Sports: Oklahoma co-DC, top recruiter leaving for NFL (Kerry Cooks)
• Tulsa World: Newly promoted co-defensive coordinator Jerry Montgomery departing Sooners coaching staff for NFL (Kerry Cooks)
• Hook ‘Em Headlines: Report: Gilmer’s Jeff Traylor close to joining Texas staff (Bryant Young)
• UHND: Notre Dame football fans need to R-E-L-A-X
• Blue & Gold Illustrated: Return of the natives

RECRUITING

• Chicago Tribune: Providence athletes commit to colleges (Miles Boykin)
• One Foot Down: Analyzing the 2015 recruiting classes for Notre Dame football opponents
• Irish Illustrated: Offers adding up for Yulee
• Irish Illustrated: ‘The show must go on’ (Amir Rasul)
• Irish Sports Daily: 2016 inside look: Good year in Indiana
• Slap the Sign: OL prospect E.J. Price adds Notre Dame offer
• Slap the Sign: Parker Boudreaux to visit Notre Dame on April 24th
• Northeast Ohio Media Group: Urban Meyer vs. Jim Harbaugh: 5 intense 2016 recruiting battles ahead for Ohio State & Michigan (Rashan Gary, Ben Bredeson & Josh King)
• UW Dog Pound: 2016 UW football recruiting: Pacific Northwest prospects (Jacob “Skinny” Eason)
• Post Standard: Projecting Syracuse football recruiting needs for 2016 class, including early targets (Robert Washington)
• AZ Central: Arizona’s top high school football prospects: 2016 class (Chase Lucas & Byron Murphy)
• The Times-Picayune: LSU offers four-star prospects Antwuan Jackson, Clark Yarbrough
• 247 Sports: Three Michigan QBs to keep an eye on (Tony Poljan)
• The Patriot News: Recruiting battlegrounds: Where Penn State could cross paths with Maryland, Pitt, Rutgers in 2016 (Damar Hamlin)
• Eleven Warriors: Odds increasing with Victor, Nixon and Alford’s recruits, Ohio State’s 2016 offensive line priorities and more (Tommy Kraemer, Liam Eichenberg and Tre Nixon)
• Testudo Times: Maryland 2016 recruiting class preview: Part 2, defense (Rashan Gary)

IRISH IN THE NFL

• WEEI: Jonas Gray: Seahawks calling pass play at end of Super Bowl XLIX wasn’t bad call
• Toronto Sun: 2015 NFL draft: Top 250 prospects (Ben Koyack is #108; DaVaris Daniels is #231)

MISC.

• Scout: Get your 2015 college football tickets now! (Notre Dame-Texas is top selling game; Notre Dame-USC is #7)
• Capitol Fax: John’s story: A Chicago legend gets a tough call
• Fansided: Vince Vaughn named grand marshal of Daytona 500
• BC Interruption: Boston College promotes Todd Fitch to offensive coordinator, adds Brian White to staff
• Waco Tribune: DeLoss Dodds joins Hall of Fame (Van Pearcy)
• Midland Reporter-Telegram: Midlander Pearcy named to TSHOF board

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