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Hayden Adams | Monday, May 3, 2021
Recruiting. It’s the lifeblood of every legitimately successful college football program. Not to sound too much like Voldemort and his death eaters hyping up college football’s purebloods (i.e. recruiting dynasties), but don’t get me started on the half-bloods (i.e. developmental programs) or the mudbloods (i.e. USC and Michigan). If there’s anything we know about where
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, February 5, 2021
Class of 2021: Offense/Special Teams Class of 2021: Defense Notre Dame welcomes record setting 27-member, 9th ranked recruiting class of 2021 Thomas: 5 questions that will define Notre Dame’s 2021 recruiting class Staff Predictions and Projections: 2021 Class
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, February 5, 2021
JOE ALT (@JoeAlt7) OFFENSIVE TACKLE 6’7” • 270 Totino-Grace High School Fridley, Minn. Alt chose Notre Dame over seven other Division I schools, including Wisconsin, Iowa, Stanford and the local University of Minnesota. The choice came down to Iowa, Minnesota and Notre Dame, with Alt eventually choosing the Irish. Alt, a three-star prospect, was originally
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, February 5, 2021
DEVIN AUPIU (@aupiu44) WEAKSIDE DEFENSIVE END 6’5” • 225 Pacifica High School Oxnard, Calif. Aupiu committed to Notre Dame in December after receiving scholarships from 10 different schools, including UCLA, who he was committed to for eight months before switching to the Blue and Gold. Aupiu fits the archetype of defensive end that Notre Dame
Aidan Thomas | Friday, February 5, 2021
When recruiting classes become official, it’s almost like the earliest form of preseason rankings. Undoubtedly, many of the teams that reeled in the top recruiting classes will be national contenders in the coming years, with many familiar names atop the rankings. Alabama’s top-ranked 2017 class led to two national championships, and Wednesday they landed the
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, February 5, 2021
With Notre Dame bringing in 27 new football recruits, for their final Irish Insider, this season’s version of Observer football beat — sports editor Hayden Adams, senior sports writers Charlotte Edmonds and Ellen Geyer, associate sports editor Jimmy Ward and sports writer Aidan Thomas — shared their prognostications for how the Irish’s 2021 crop of players
Hayden Adams | Monday, January 25, 2021
Another day, another piece dissecting another of Notre Dame’s local high school basketball recruits. This time it’s Blake Wesley, a 6-foot-4, four-star shooting guard out of Riley High School. He’s also the 25th-ranked shooting guard, 106th-ranked player nationally and No. 4 player in the state of Indiana (two spots ahead of fellow 2021 Irish classmate
Hayden Adams | Friday, January 22, 2021
Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic forced The Observer (and everything else) to go remote for the latter half of the spring semester. While a trying experience at times, going remote did allow us to experiment with solely digital content, such as analyses of the Notre Dame men’s basketball 2020 recruiting class. As The Staple Singers
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, January 1, 2021
Lea looks to go out with a bang in final game(s) as Irish defensive coordinator Rees’ revenge: First-year OC out to right Notre Dame-Alabama series wrongs Adams: 12 thoughts to preview the Rose Bowl and bookend a crazy 2020 Saban breaks down offense, defense ahead of Rose Bowl matchup with Irish Development, not recruiting, possible
Aidan Thomas | Friday, January 1, 2021
Back in 2012, Notre Dame ran the table in the regular season and entered the BCS National Championship as an unbeaten squad, with their major strength being their vaunted defense. The Irish ran into a Crimson Tide team that was better all the way around and predicated on their physicality in the trenches, which led