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Observer Sports Staff | Friday, September 20, 2019
Irish Passing Take a look at last week’s stat sheet and any Notre Dame fan would be feeling good about Ian Book’s preparation for the Georgia secondary. Career-high five touchdowns, 360 yards and a 15-24 completion rate. However, look closer and a significant amount of that yardage came on short shovel passes with receiver who
Charlotte Edmonds | Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Senior quarterback and captain Ian Book addressed the media Tuesday ahead of Notre Dame’s trip to Athens, Georgia, this weekend. Book, who recently threw a career-high five touchdowns in Notre Dame’s win over New Mexico this past Saturday, said that despite his team being a two-touchdown underdog he’s confident in their preparation and is looking
Connor Mulvena | Tuesday, September 17, 2019
In his press conference Monday, Irish head coach Brian Kelly continued to comment on his team’s performance against New Mexico on Saturday while also emphasizing a shift in focus to the contest against No. 3 Georgia this weekend. In summary of No. 7 Notre Dame’s (2-0) victory over New Mexico, Kelly highlighted new players taking
Hayden Adams | Monday, September 16, 2019
No. 7 Notre Dame’s head coach Brian Kelly fielded questions regarding his team’s play against New Mexico and the upcoming matchup against Georgia in Athens during a teleconference Sunday. In terms of the New Mexico game, Kelly was proud of the inexperienced players who contributed to the win. “There’s a lot of young players that
Charlotte Edmonds | Saturday, September 14, 2019
Despite players and coaches repeatedly saying their focus is one week at a time, Saturday keeps looming large on Notre Dame‘s schedule. However, in their home opener against New Mexico, the Irish managed to take care of business, quieting some of the concerns raised just a week before. After a slow start to the season
Connor Mulvena | Wednesday, September 4, 2019
After No. 8 Notre Dame’s 35-17 victory over Louisville on Monday, Brian Kelly answered the media’s questions in his weekly post game teleconference. Overall, Kelly expressed a positive attitude towards the younger and less-experienced players who stepped up in the game. He said the first-game jitters were noticeable, but he was pleased with the unit’s
Ellen Geyer | Monday, September 2, 2019
Despite the return of Ian Book, there are undoubtedly extreme voids in the Notre Dame offense at the start of the 2019 season. With the dawn of a new season, the Irish will need guys who were predominantly role players in the past to take on extreme responsibility, mainly in three positions — wide receiver,
Observer Sports Staff | Monday, August 19, 2019
On Saturday, the Notre Dame football team suffered another blow as junior wide receiver Michael Young broke his collarbone during a preseason practice, sustaining the same injury that sidelined junior teammate and tight end Cole Kmet just over a week ago. Young was expected to be the third starting receiver behind senior Chase Claypool and
Charlotte Edmonds | Saturday, August 3, 2019
Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly spoke to the media Friday at the first press conference of the training period, highlighting the progress of the team throughout the preseason and some objectives of the program going forward. Kelly opened by providing an update on the freshman class, citing director of football performance Matt Balis’ evaluation
Hayden Adams | Sunday, April 14, 2019
The Notre Dame defensive unit bested the offensive unit in the annual Blue-Gold spring game 58-45, shutting out the offensive team in the second half. The game was formatted so that the blue team contained solely offensive and the gold contained solely defensive player, with turnovers having offensive point value equivalents. To start the game,