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Aidan Thomas | Friday, December 3, 2021
Editor’s Note: Sports Editor Mannion McGinley contributed to this report. This week on the coaching carousel has been more of an adventurous Ian Book scramble than a carousel ride for Irish fans, players and recruits. The Observer’s Sports staff laid out everything that’s happened so far, and what these pieces mean moving forward. Monday evening
Aidan Thomas | Monday, November 15, 2021
A flu bug ripping its way through the locker room. No All-American safety Kyle Hamilton. Two more defensive captains in graduate student defensive lineman Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa and senior linebacker Drew White out with high fevers. Forced to prepare for two different quarterbacks against a third straight opponent with an extra week of rest than the
Aidan Thomas | Sunday, November 14, 2021
The news got scary for Notre Dame before it got better. With defensive captains Kyle Hamilton, Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa and Drew White not dressed for their clash with Virginia, the Irish defense was severely depleted. Against a Cavaliers offense averaging 39 points a game, that was a major concern. But then UVA quarterback Brennan Armstrong, questionable
Colin Capece | Friday, November 12, 2021
Both No. 9 Notre Dame and Virginia are, on paper, down a key player at the moment. The Irish lost starting safety and presumptive top-10 NFL draft pick Kyle Hamilton to a knee injury in the first quarter of the USC game, and Cavaliers starting quarterback Brennan Armstrong suffered an apparent rib injury in the
Jimmy Ward | Friday, November 5, 2021
Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo appeared a bit tired as he started his press conference on Monday, fumbling his words and swiping away stray eyelashes as he began to describe his upcoming opponent in Notre Dame. It was hard not to look at the somewhat comical first few moments of the interview as an analogy
Nate Moller | Sunday, October 31, 2021
For the second consecutive week, the No. 11-ranked Irish reigned victorious in a night game at Notre Dame Stadium. This time it was against the UNC Tar Heels by a score of 44-34. Although the defense had some issues with tackling and giving up big plays, junior running back Kyren Williams proved to be the
Aidan Thomas | Friday, October 29, 2021
Listening to senior safety DJ Brown talk with the press ahead of UNC, one could have easily mistaken the Annapolis, Maryland product as a seasoned starter. It was not obvious that Brown, and his role on this team, have undergone some massive changes in the past week, as All-American junior safety Kyle Hamilton went down
Jimmy Ward | Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Heading into Saturday night, almost no one was raving about graduate student linebacker Bo Bauer’s ability to haul down interceptions. But that’s exactly the spot he found himself in just moments after losing his teammate junior safety Kyle Hamilton to a knee injury. Hamilton had just made a tackle as USC crossed into the red
Aidan Thomas, Jimmy Ward, Colin Capece, Emily DeFazio, Nate Moller and Mannion McGinley | Friday, October 8, 2021
Notre Dame travels to Blacksburg, Virginia to take on the Virginia Tech Hokies in a night game at the always raucous Lane Stadium. The Irish are looking to avoid losing two straight games in the regular season for the first time in five years. The Observer staff – after watching Notre Dame lose at home
Nate Moller | Friday, September 24, 2021
When No. 12 Notre Dame and No. 18 Wisconsin play at Soldier Field on Saturday, everyone will be drawn to the quarterback matchup between Jack Coan and Graham Mertz. Before transferring to Notre Dame this year, Coan led the Badgers to a Rose Bowl berth in 2019. He was likely slated for the starting role