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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
Hayden Adams | Friday, April 12, 2019
Although Notre Dame’s national championship dreams were dashed in the College Football Playoff Semifinal to eventual-national champion Clemson, the Irish are placing their hopes in a bright future. After picking up one final commitment from four-star defensive end Isaiah Foksey on National Signing Day, the Irish put together yet another top-15 recruiting class — their
Observer Sports Staff | Wednesday, February 13, 2019
On Tuesday, Notre Dame named Lance Taylor as its new running backs coach, filling the void left by Autry Denson, who recently departed the program to take over the head coach position at Charleston Southern. Taylor, a graduate of the Alabama football program, served as running backs coach for Stanford from 2014 to 2016 before
Observer Sports Staff | Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Notre Dame junior wide receiver Javon McKinley was charged with three misdemeanors, including two counts of battery, due to reportedly punching two Notre Dame Security Police officers this weekend, Irish Sports Daily reported. McKinley, a 20-year-old from Corona, California, was arrested early Sunday by campus police. The 6-foot-2, 219-pound wideout was returning to campus in an
Elizabeth Greason | Thursday, February 7, 2019
It wasn’t the Signing Day of old. The ones where Irish head coach Brian Kelly’s press conference is interrupted by someone whispering in his ear that he’s signed another player for the incoming class. Where coaches spend the day in a makeshift war room on the phone, attempting to gauge whether a recruit is planning