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Observer Sports Staff | Thursday, February 4, 2016
Class of 2016: Defense Class of 2016: Offense and Special Teams Kelly recaps decommit-free National Signing Day Defensive emphasis pays dividends for Irish Irish Invasion snagging recruits earlier in process Plamondon: ND starts slow, finishes with depth
Zach Klonsinski | Tuesday, December 1, 2015
STANFORD, Calif. — Despite holding the Pac-12’s record holder for all-purpose yards in a single season in check all night, the Irish defense still couldn’t find a way to stem the Cardinal attack for much of No. 6 Notre Dame’s 38-36 loss to No. 9 Stanford on Saturday night at Stanford Stadium. That defensive weakness came
Zach Klonsinski | Tuesday, December 1, 2015
STANFORD, Calif. — Saturday night we watched what seemingly could have been a dream season, the type they make movies about, come to an arguably unfitting end at Stanford Stadium. Instead of defying all the odds, overcoming a staggering amount of adversity and making a run at college football’s greatest prize, Notre Dame had its
Greg Hadley | Friday, November 20, 2015
They’re young, relatively speaking. Joe Schmidt and Matthias Farley are both 23-year-old graduate students. They hold degrees from Notre Dame: Farley in film, television and theatre, Schmidt in management-entrepreneurship. Farley owns a dog, Harper. Schmidt co-hosts a radio show. They have played a combined 90 games for Notre Dame. But when they’re waiting around to
Alex Carson | Friday, November 20, 2015
Saturday will mark the sixth time Irish head coach Brian Kelly leads his squad onto the field for a Shamrock Series game. The annual neutral-site game that serves a multitude of purposes for Notre Dame — from another night game to aiding in recruiting — has become a new-found tradition at the school. The first
Mary Green | Friday, November 20, 2015
We’ve talked enough about Notre Dame’s “breakout players” of 2015. You might say it’s impossible to talk too much about players like DeShone Kizer, who had a lock on the third-string quarterback slot just six months ago, C.J. Prosise, whose emergence in the backfield has made him one of Notre Dame’s most invaluable assets, or
Brian Plamondon | Friday, November 20, 2015
It’s always a good sign for a football team when its offense gains more than its defense on average. For most teams this season, those numbers fall somewhere around 400 yards per game. Boston College is unique, however — its offense is dead last in the country, gaining 277 yards per game, while its defense is
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, November 20, 2015
EAGLES PASSING Boston College’s four quarterbacks this year — yes, count them, four — have combined to complete just 97 passes in 10 games. Take away the Eagles’ two games against FCS opposition and it paints a pretty grim picture: When facing FBS foes, Boston College has just two more completed passes (71) than punts
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, November 20, 2015
Greg Hadley, Editor-in-Chief You know it’s not a thrilling matchup when the venue is more exciting than the game, and that’s exactly the case this weekend. Boston College may have a pretty stingy defense, but their offense is without doubt the worst Notre Dame has faced this season. The Eagles are just terrible with the
Daisy Costello | Monday, November 16, 2015
In a game that was decided in the trenches, a veteran Irish defense set the tone while the young offense capitalized on its few scoring chances as No. 4 Notre Dame downed Wake Forest, 28-7, on Senior Day. Irish head coach Brian Kelly praised the senior class, which has won 21 home games over the