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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)

The post Morning Roundup: Feb. 24, 2015 appeared first on Her Loyal Sons.

FROM OUR SITE

• Fat Tuesday, indeed…of ND coaching news

COACHING

• Irish Illustrated: Gilmore: No comment on ND move
• ND Insider: Reports: Notre Dame to add Autry Denson, Keith Gilmore to football staff
• CBS Sports: Report: Notre Dame to hire Autry Denson (RB), Keith Gilmore (DL)
• One Foot Down: Notre Dame rounds out new coaching staff
• Subway Domer: Notre Dame coaching staff: Achievement unlocked
• Irish Illustrated: Denson returning to alma mater
• Irish Illustrated: Elliott reassigned on staff
• Sports Illustrated: Notre Dame’s Bob Elliott expected to take off-field role
• CSN Chicago: Notre Dame coaching shuffle reportedly lands Autry Denson
• Sports Illustrated: Notre Dame football: Autry Denson expected to coach RBs
• 247 Sports: Tony Driver: Notre Dame ‘perfect fit’ for Denson
• Tampa Bay Times: USF Bulls lose Autry Denson as spring football nears
• Tampa Tribune: USF RB coach Autry Denson leaving for Notre Dame
• Slap the Sign: Brian Kelly finalizes Notre Dame football staff
• UHND: How can Notre Dame replace Alford and Cooks on the recruiting staff?
• The UConn Blog: Offensive coordinator Frank Verducci highlights changes in coaching staff
• Sports Illustrated: Boise State TEs coach Eliah Drinkwitz promoted to OC (Mike Sanford)
• Times-News: Straight from the horse’s mouth: Boise State makes Sanford Jr. departure, Drinkwitz promotion official
• Idaho Statesman: Boise State football promotes Drinkwitz to offensive coordinator (Mike Sanford)
• Idaho Statesman: New offensive coordinator a fresh “Drink” for Boise State (Mike Sanford)
• Talking 12: Oklahoma Sooners make football coaching additions, changes (Kerry Cooks)

RECRUITING

• One Foot Down: 2016 Notre Dame recruiting big board: Quarterback & running back
• Slap the Sign: 2016 Notre Dame football recruiting big board 1.0
• Scout: Huskies are right in the mix for Sidney (Trevon Sidney)
• Scout: Four-star DB is in no hurry this time around (Chauncey Gardner)
• Scout: Miami is the front-runner for 6-foot-5 WR (Freddie Pinder)
• 247 Sports: 5-star QB Shea Patterson commits to Ole Miss
• Sporting News: Shea Patterson commits to Ole Miss over LSU, others
• College Football Talk: Ole Miss lands verbal commitment from 5-star Shea Patterson
• Rivals: Five-star commits to Ole Miss (Shea Patterson)
• California Golden Blogs: Cal football recruiting: Rahssan Thornton, Oluwole Betiku, D.J. Morgan,  CJ Pollard, early offers
• FishDuck.com: 2016 football and basketball commit is “100 percent” for Ducks (Dillon Mitchell)
• STLToday: Soldan’s Bohannon raises his profile; Tatum’s first visit is Duke (A.J. Epenesa)
• Eleven Warriors: At quarterback for 2016: If not Guarantano then who? (Woody Barrett, Brandon Peters, Messiah deWeaver and Tristen Wallace)
• 247 Sports: Best of the midwest combine: Top performers (Hunter Johnson & Quinton Baker)
• News-Sentinel: National recruits Robertson and Mack to commit on the same day
• The Oregonian: Damian Alloway, nation’s top all-purpose back, hopes to visit Oregon Ducks, likes UCLA Bruins

CURRENT TEAM

• Irish Illustrated: Controlling scrimmage
• One Foot Down: Explaining Notre Dame linebacker responsibilities in Brian VanGorder’s defense
• Inside the Irish: Spring solutions: Running backs
• Bleacher Report: Every Power 5 college football team’s most important returning player for 2015 (Malik Zaire)

IRISH IN THE NFL

• Irish Illustrated: Three Notre Damers get shot at combine (Ben Koyack, Kyle Brindza & DaVaris Daniels)
• Detroit News: Local contingent set to impress at NFL combine (Kyle Brindza)
• SB Nation: The 22 most intriguing playmakers at the 2015 NFL Combine (DaVaris Daniels)
• DNAInfo: Darius Fleming returns to St. Rita High School as a Super Bowl champion
• 247 Sports: Three former Irish players at NFL Combine
• Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel: First draft: Will TE Maxx Williams leap over NFL defenders, too? (Ben Koyack)
• Pittsburgh Sporting News: NFL Combine preview: Offensive line and tight ends (Ben Koyack)
• Jamestown Sun: Injury-prone Rudolph wants to kick the rep
• Latino Post: Jimmy Clausen news: Hot girlfriend Jess Gysin now his wife [Photos]
• Hustle Belt: 2015 NFL Draft bio: Andrew Hendrix – QB, Miami Red Hawks

MISC.

• 247 Sports: Michigan tops college football’s winningest teams
• 247 Sports: How can we fix assistant coaches leaving after Signing Day?
• LimaOhio.com: Carpenter new football coach at Shawnee
• Gwinett Daily Post: Wesleyan’s Jones ready for prime time as big baseball future awaits (T.J. Jones)
• ABC 10 (Upper Peninsula): February 18th, Pasty Central day in history (George Gipp)
• Inside NoVa: Alex Carter finds comfort in his father’s counsel as NFL Combine begins (Tom Carter)

The post Morning Roundup: Feb. 18, 2015 appeared first on Her Loyal Sons.

VIDEO

• ESPN: Weis likely done coaching (1:59)

RECRUITING

• One Foot Down: 2015 football recruiting: DB and K review
• Slap the Sign: 2015 Notre Dame football recruiting: Offensive grades
• One Foot Down: Dexter Williams is the back Notre Dame needed
• Irish Illustrated: Kraemer all in with Irish
• Irish Sports Daily: Mack leveraging the competition
• Blue & Gold Illustrated: Four-star Mitchell hears from Kelly
• The Patriot News: Penn State recruiting target Rashan Gary ‘a freak of nature’; Michael O’Connor offers ‘instant recognition,’ and more
• Bleacher Report: CFB future 100: Top 20 wide receivers in Class of 2016 (Justin Layne, Javon McKinley, Brandon Burton, Dylan Crawford, and Tyler Vaughns)
• Examiner: Battle for top recruits heats up between Michigan State Spartans and Wolverines (Donnie Corley)
• Bucknuts: BH: Early signing period coming soon? (Ben Bredeson)
• UHND: Notre Dame football recruiting ’16 needs: Offense

COACHING

• 247 Sports: Kyle McCarthy says thanks to ND Nation

CURRENT TEAM

• Irish Illustrated: Transfers help Kelly combat attrition
• Bleacher Report (Keith Arnold): Avery Sebastian just one of Brian Kelly’s many roster moves
• UND.com: Torii Hunter Jr. joins Notre Dame baseball team
• ND Insider: Notre Dame WR Torii Hunter Jr. joins Irish baseball team
• 247 Sports: Notre Dame receiver Torii Hunter Jr. joins Irish baseball team
• Chicago Tribune: Torii Hunter Jr. joins Notre Dame’s baseball team
• Sporting News: Torii Hunter Jr. becomes two-sport athlete at Notre Dame
• Bleacher Report: 10 college football teams whose schedules best set up a playoff run

CHARLIE WEIS

• Inside the Irish: Mailbag: Digging into some big changes
• ESPN: Charlie Weis says he does not intend to coach again
• Pro Football Talk: Despite NFL coordinator talk, Charlie Weis doubts he’ll coach again
• KU Sports: Former KU football coach Charlie Weis done coaching?
• The Sports Xchange: Weis doubts he’ll ever coach again
• Fox Sports: Report: Charlie Weis believes his coaching days are over
• Sporting News: Charlie Weis: ‘It’s highly doubtful that I will ever coach again.’
• SB Nation: Charlie Weis ‘highly doubtful’ he’ll coach again
• Sports Illustrated: Charlie Weis: ‘Highly doubtful I will ever coach again’
• Kansas City Star: Charlie Weis says he doesn’t plan to coach again
• University Herald: Charlie Weis probably not coaching again, turning attention to global development delays charity

MISC.

• Heavy: Skylar Diggins: 5 fast facts you need to know (Daniel Smith)
• Sporting News: 2015 college football wedding planner: Big 12 edition (Sept. 5: “Don’t have a Longhorn-themed wedding today.”)
• Reign of Troy: 13 most horrifying moments in USC football history (1977: Green jerseys)
• Capital Gazette: Navy to open 2015 football season against Colgate on Sept. 5

The post Morning Roundup: Feb. 14, 2015 appeared first on Her Loyal Sons.

FROM OUR SITE

• Playing the numbers: How do the Irish stack up?

RECRUITING

• Irish Sports Daily: 2016 FL WR lands ND offer
• A Sea of Blue: Kentucky football potpourri (Shaun Crawford)
• Chat Sports: Irish offer 3-star Oregon WR commit Dillon Mitchell

COACHING

• Blue & Gold Illustrated: Lyght years ahead
• Slap the Sign column: A week that will give Notre Dame nightmares
• Subway Domer: Coaching overhaul underway at Notre Dame

IRISH IN THE NFL

• The Falcoholic: What are the Falcons to make of Prince Shembo?
• Napa Valley Register: Tim Brown headed to Pro Football Hall of Fame

MISC.

• Northeast Ohio Media Group: Five-star junior RB, Ohio State commit Kareem Walker releases statement on Stan Drayton, Tony Alford
• NBC Sports: Georgia HS coach rips college programs that lie during recruiting

The post Morning Roundup: Feb. 9, 2015 appeared first on Her Loyal Sons.

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 2015 class hit and missed on needs
• CSN Chicago: No pressure: Notre Dame will turn to true freshman K Justin Yoon
• CSN Chicago: 10 numbers explaining Notre Dame’s 2015 recruiting class
• One Foot Down: An early look at the positional needs for the 2016 Notre Dame recruiting class
• The Detroit News: Trieu: MSU in mix for Corley, other top ’16 recruits
• Blue & Gold Illustrated: Notre Dame offers Tennessee wide receiver
• 247 Sports: Oregon commit adds Notre Dame offer
• Scout: Victor will do his due dilligence

PODCAST

• WatchND: The Jack Swarbrick Show, part 2 (Tony Alford) (27:44) (Alternate site)
• ND Sports Blogger: #14: We keep our Whitts about us  (38:45)

COACHING

• Land Grant Holy Land: 6 possible candidates to replace Stan Drayton at Ohio State (Tony Alford)
• NBC Sports: Reports: VanGorder staying, LaFleur going
• One Foot Down: Notre Dame quarterbacks coach Matt LaFleur headed to Atlanta Falcons
• Irish Illustrated: Former ND teammates endorse Lyght
• Irish Illustrated: Urban targets Alford

CURRENT TEAM

• News-Sentinel: Notre Dame football notebook

HISTORY

• 247 Sports: Brady Quinn almost chose rival school, talks Notre Dame career
• Dallas Morning News: Tim Brown, first DISD player in the pro football HOF, gives district a role model who’s eager to help

MISC.

• CBS: Friday Five: The best names in the 2015 recruiting class
• NFL.com: Under-the-radar storylines to watch (DaVaris Daniels)
• ESPN: Ohio State leads rankings in ESPN’s preseason FPI (ND is #7)

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