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Observer Sports Staff | Friday, April 20, 2018
Check out all of our content in this edition of the Irish Insider: Notre Dame defense prepares to become team’s focal point Irish need to replace key pieces at skill positions Notre Dame makes spring recruiting push Hoonhout: Regardless of outcome, Kelly needs to name a starting quarterback Staff read more→
Tobias Hoonhout | Friday, April 20, 2018
For all intents and purposes, the Irish this offseason look an awful lot like the team heading into the fall two season ago. And that’s not necessarily a good thing. Heading into the 2016 season, Notre Dame had a number of question marks on both sides of the ball. read more→
Charlotte Edmonds | Friday, April 20, 2018
Falling short of its College Football Playoff aspirations last season hasn’t seemed to stop Notre Dame on the recruiting trail. After sealing the 11th-ranked 2018 recruiting class on National Signing Day, per Rivals, the coaching staff has used that momentum to shift its focus towards the class of 2019. read more→
Connor Mulvena | Friday, April 20, 2018
Heading into the 2018-2019 season, the Irish have some holes to fill at wide receiver and running back. Most notably, Notre Dame will be without one-time 2017 Heisman candidate Josh Adams, the team’s star running back last season who declared a year early for the NFL Draft. Adams rushed read more→
Elizabeth Greason | Friday, April 20, 2018
As spring practice continues for Notre Dame, the pieces of the puzzle are continuing to come together on the defensive side of the ball, as the Irish are looking to make up for losses at a wide variety of positions, from the line to the secondary. At linebacker, there read more→
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, April 20, 2018
Tobias Hoonhout — Managing Editor When it all comes down to it, Notre Dame’s season will live and die by the quarterback. Maybe it’s cruel, but it’s also football. While both senior Brandon Wimbush and junior Ian Book showed glimpses of their potential last season, neither signal caller has read more→
Benjamin Padanilam | Friday, April 20, 2018
As the Irish spring season comes to an end, one unit that will be giving a few new faces a look in new positions is the offensive line. With left tackle Mike McGlinchey and left guard Quenton Nelson moving on to the NFL and looking like first-round picks, the read more→
Michael Ivey | Friday, April 20, 2018
Notre Dame will travel to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to take on North Carolina in a nationally-televised road ACC match Saturday afternoon. Notre Dame head coach Kevin Corrigan knows his team will face a tough test come Saturday. “I expect to see North Carolina at their absolute best,” Corrigan read more→
Alex Bender | Friday, April 20, 2018
This weekend, Notre Dame begins its first series in a long stretch of home games when the Irish take on Virginia Tech at Frank Eck Stadium. For the Irish (15-22, 6-12 ACC), being able to play at home could not come at a better time as the team is read more→
Benjamin Padanilam | Friday, April 20, 2018
After suffering an 8-3 loss to Northwestern on Wednesday, Notre Dame will now make the trip up to Brighton, Massachusetts, for the weekend to play its penultimate ACC series of the season against Boston College. Having lost four of their last six, the Irish (28-16, 11-6 ACC) are looking read more→