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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
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
Observer Sports Staff | Saturday, August 10, 2019
Irish head coach Brian Kelly announced seven football captains for the upcoming season Saturday morning on Twitter ahead of the team’s first practice since returning from preseason camp in Culver, Indiana. Quarterback Ian Book, wide receiver Chris Finke, safeties Alohi Gilman and Jalen Elliott, offensive lineman Robert Hainsey and defensive linemen Khalid Kareem and Julian
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, August 9, 2019
Irish junior Cole Kmet broke his collarbone Thursday at preseason camp, leaving him questionable for Notre Dame’s season-opener at Louisville. The injury occurred when the 6-foot-6, 255-pound tight end caught a touchdown pass from redshirt freshman quarterback Phil Jurkovec but landed awkwardly on his shoulder. The injury occurred at Culver Academy in Culver, Indiana, during
Hayden Adams | Friday, May 17, 2019
After opening the year as the No. 12 team in the country, Notre Dame — and its starting quarterback — began the season with high expectations. Questions were raised after senior quarterback Brandon Wimbush, despite leading the Irish to nine of their 10 wins in 2017, struggled toward the end of the season as the
Carlos De Loera | Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Being a senior, I get a lot of question about what the future will look like. No joke — as I started writing this someone asked me what I’ll be doing after graduation. It’s a lot and honestly I’m not the biggest fan of discussing it. At the same time, there is much emphasis on
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,
Hayden Adams | Saturday, April 13, 2019
As the 2018 season bled into 2019 spring training, the premiere college football programs were in the midst of a quarterback debate. Alabama junior quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, then a freshman, had replaced then-sophomore Jalen Hurts and saved the Crimson Tide in the second half of the national championship game against Georgia. Clemson sophomore quarterback Trevor
Grant DelVecchio | Saturday, April 13, 2019
Heading into the season last year, the Irish had a huge question mark next to the running back position in terms of who would fill the void left by senior Dexter Williams’ four-game suspension to start off the year, as well as former Irish running back Josh Adams’ departure to the NFL. Most of the
Grant DelVecchio | Friday, April 12, 2019
With the losses of Te’Von Coney and Drue Tranquill, Notre Dame is returning a depleted linebacker corps heading into the 2019 season. The Irish will host their annual Blue-Gold spring game at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium, and the linebacker position will be a focal point for defensive coordinator Clark Lea and the