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Ellen Geyer | Friday, May 15, 2020
The Irish faithful had more to smile about at the beginning of 2020 than they did at the outset of 2019, with the Notre Dame football team using a statement bowl game victory to put an exclamation mark on a 10-win season. Led by the return of senior Ian Book, the first program quarterback to
Observer Sports Staff | Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Going into the 2019 season, the state of the linebacker position was much like the state of the cornerback position is going into 2020. Hopefully the corners can replicate the surprise leap the ‘backers made then, and hopefully the latter will only get better with another year of tutelage by defensive coordinator and linebackers coach
Observer Sports Staff | Monday, March 23, 2020
Given the recent circumstances that have led the sports world to put all events on hold, The Observer Sports department has been put in a bit of a predicament. That said, what better crutch to lean on than Notre Dame football? We will be doing two previews per week of Notre Dame’s 12 regular season
Hayden Adams | Sunday, November 24, 2019
It’s not that the offense was incredibly meandering to start the game, putting up only 16 points and needing a questionable defensive pass interference with six seconds remaining to put them in range of their third field goal of the first half. It’s not redshirt freshman quarterback Phil Jurkovec’s apparent obsession with running the ball
Shane Lewis | Sunday, November 10, 2019
Senior cornerback Troy Pride Jr. was succinct in identifying what the mindset was for Notre Dame heading into its Saturday night matchup with Duke, a contest that turned into a 38-7 victory for the Irish. “We want to dominate,” Pride said, who finished the contest with six tackles and an interception. “We want to beat
Hayden Adams | Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Notre Dame football head coach Brian Kelly addressed the media Monday to recap the team’s 35-20 win over No. 23 Virginia, and to preview its upcoming game against Bowling Green. He started off by discussing the key aspects of the win. “After watching the film, I was really pleased with the offensive line and the
Connor Mulvena | Friday, September 13, 2019
It’s easy to look at a week one win that was a bit shaky in many respects and come out with a bevy of negative overreactions: “The pass rush wasn’t good enough,” or “Notre Dame won’t be able to stop Georgia’s run game if they play like that.” It’s easy to dwell on some of
Hayden Adams | Tuesday, September 3, 2019
It’s no secret what Notre Dame lost last season on the defensive side of the ball. Linebackers Drue Tranquill and Te’von Coney, interior defensive lineman Jerry Tillery and All-American cornerback Julian Love all departed following Notre Dame’s 12-1 season and first berth in the College Football Playoff. Because of what the Irish lost, there was,
Hayden Adams | Friday, August 23, 2019
The college football season is only days away, with Miami and No. 8 Florida set to kick off the regular season August 24. With 15 practices down in fall camp and a new year of college football just around the corner, Irish head coach Brian Kelly is getting his team ready for the season opener
Benjamin Padanilam | Friday, April 15, 2016
This time last year, Notre Dame had five commitments in its 2016 recruiting class. This year, the Irish have jumped out to a quick start, with nine commitments in the class of 2017, putting them at the No. 7-ranked class thus far, per Rivals. “The class started off pretty well,” Irish recruiting expert for Blue &