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Madeline Ladd | Friday, September 29, 2023
Junior tight end Mitchell Evans is breaking out of the shadow that the legendary Michael Mayer has cast the past few seasons. An Ohio native and three-star recruit out of high school, Evans has become another weapon in offensive coordinator Gerad Parker’s arsenal this season. Having fully recovered from a concussion he suffered prior to
Tyler Reidy | Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Irish fans, it’s time to rip the Band-Aid off. The wound of Notre Dame football’s walk-off loss to Ohio State may still be fresh for some of you, but the time has come to evaluate. In examining Notre Dame’s offense, which scored 14 points and left up to 17 on the board, plenty of good
Andrew McGuinness | Friday, September 22, 2023
Last year, Notre Dame entered its top-five clash with Ohio State as decided underdogs. The Irish were 17-point underdogs on the road with a head coach possessing the experience of one game, which was still more experience than his quarterback had as a starter. Though the Irish put up a good fight, the Buckeyes were
Jon-David Regis | Wednesday, September 20, 2023
They started the game with a four-play, 94-yard touchdown drive and that ended with a 75-yard touchdown from graduate student Sam Hartman to sophomore Tobias Merriweather. That was just the beginning for the Notre Dame offense against Central Michigan. A big priority in football is consistency. You have to be able to show up every
Matthew Crow | Saturday, September 9, 2023
It took more than five hours, but Notre Dame was able to overcome NC State — and the elements — with a 45-24 victory over the Wolfpack, improving to a 3-0 record. Here are four of the key moments that led to the Irish’s first true road win of the season. Both offenses start slow
J.J. Post | Saturday, September 9, 2023
On the final play of the third quarter Saturday, Notre Dame’s offense got beat, badly. Facing a third and short situation, the Irish went power on power with Audric Estime running downhill. The junior running back, normally the textbook definition of hard, strong running, was blown up in the backfield. A swarm of North Carolina
Andrew McGuinness, Madeline Ladd, J.J. Post, Jose Sanchez Cordova, Matthew Crow and Thomas Zwiller | Friday, August 18, 2023
Another Notre Dame football season is right around the corner. The usual time to settle into campus life before the season begins is brief this year, thanks to a Week 0 trip to Dublin to take on Navy. With the number of days until kick off in Ireland down to single digits, The Observer’s football
J.J. Post | Friday, April 21, 2023
For the first time since 2020, Notre Dame’s offense will be led by someone new this fall. Fresh off a promotion from tight ends coach, new offensive coordinator Gerad Parker will lead his unit out in front of fans for the first time in the Blue-Gold game. Here’s a position-by-position breakdown of the offensive players
Aidan Thomas | Friday, January 20, 2023
Tight end will be a position to keep an eye on for Notre Dame in 2023. They lose projected first-round pick and All-American Michael Mayer and will look to replace Mayer’s leadership and team-leading production in the passing game. The Irish record holder in virtually every major statistic for tight ends, Mayer leaves a big
Mannion McGinley | Saturday, December 31, 2022
On Friday afternoon, the Notre Dame football tight end room was tasked with filling an All-American-sized hole that Michael Mayer left in the Irish offense. Mayer declared for the 2023 NFL Draft after serving as the offensive crutch for the Irish throughout the 2022 season. Mayer set several records in his time at Notre Dame.