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Andrew McGuinness | Friday, February 3, 2023
For the second straight winter, the coaching carousel disrupted the coaching staff in South Bend. Few moments in recent Notre Dame football memory caused as much mayhem as Brian Kelly’s sudden departure to LSU last November. The departure of offensive coordinator Tommy Rees isn’t as program-altering — or as sudden — as Kelly’s exit. But,
Aidan Thomas | Wednesday, December 21, 2022
After an eventful morning that saw Notre Dame sign 24 of their 26 verbal commitments in the Class of 2023, head coach Marcus Freeman and his coordinators spoke to the media. On the De-Commitments On a broad scale, this was another successful recruiting effort by the Irish. They landed a consensus top-10 class, but that
Aidan Thomas | Friday, November 4, 2022
As Notre Dame enters their biggest home game of the season, The Observer took a look at the overall mood of the fanbase through eight games. The Irish have dropped two games as huge home favorites, but they also have two top-20 wins on the road. Sitting at 5-3, how confident are Irish fans about
J.J. Post | Saturday, October 29, 2022
SYRACUSE, New York — For a moment, early on in the fourth quarter, it felt like Notre Dame was spiraling toward collapse. Syracuse backup quarterback Carlos Del Rio-Wilson had engineered consecutive scoring drives, finding his rhythm after a shaky start to the tune of a 5-7 and 104-yard performance on those scoring drives. Notre Dame’s
Madeline Ladd | Friday, September 16, 2022
After a devastating defeat against unranked Marshall, the Irish are looking to regroup and revitalize this weekend at home against Cal. The loss of sophomore starting quarterback Tyler Buchner due to injury threw an even bigger wrench for the Irish. Both the defense and offense came out flat in last week’s game. And there is
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, April 22, 2022
Young guns, big game: Irish sophomore wide receivers look to step up in 2022 Lacing up for 2022: Key freshmen to watch What to expect from the Irish offense Irish defense embraces Golden’s style of play ahead of 2022 season Freeman, staff have recruiting rolling ahead of Blue and Gold Game
Nate Moller | Friday, April 22, 2022
After an impressive season last year, there are lofty expectations for the Irish defense this season under new defensive coordinator Al Golden. With plenty of talent returning on the defensive side of the ball, the Irish have worked hard to learn Golden’s system and develop further as a unit in preparation for the 2022 season.
Michael Ivey | Thursday, October 29, 2015
This college football season has been unlike any in recent memory in terms of coaching changes. It isn’t even November yet and there are already seven FBS college football programs that are looking for a future head football coach: USC, Miami, Illinois, Maryland, South Carolina, North Texas and Central Florida. That number will probably rise when the
Ryan Klaus | Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Miami fired their head coach, Al Golden, this past weekend following a woefully lopsided 58-0 loss to Clemson Saturday. There had been a sense around the Miami program all season that Golden’s tenure would soon come to an end. From the Hurricanes’ first loss in early October, Miami fans have not held back in publicly