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Madeline Ladd | Friday, May 19, 2023
The 2022-2023 Notre Dame football season began with a mixture of excited expectations tempered with quiet concern. Many questions swirled as Marcus Freeman began his debut season as the 30th head coach in Notre Dame history, taking over after the shocking exit of Brian Kelly to LSU. Freeman had previously served as one of the
Andrew McGuinness | Tuesday, April 25, 2023
The transfer portal has played a major role in Notre Dame athletics lately. The men’s basketball team lost Cormac Ryan to North Carolina through it. Lorenzo Styles, one of Notre Dame’s most exciting receiver prospects a year ago, entered the portal just over 24 hours before the Blue-Gold game. Prince Kollie did the same shortly
Thomas Zwiller | Monday, April 24, 2023
When Sam Hartman transferred to Notre Dame in January, the graduate student brought a complete resume. In his five years at Wake Forest, the quarterback amassed 944 completions for 12,967 yards and a whopping 110 touchdowns. Hartman’s time at Wake Forest alone has allowed him to enter the history books of college football, where he
Thomas Zwiller | Saturday, April 22, 2023
Last year’s annual Blue-Gold scrimmage game treated fans to a bright sunny day with warm temperatures. This year’s installment, however, met fans in the 40s with an on-and-off drizzle, though the damp crowd of 32,942 did not let the weather dampen their spirits. The game started with the Gold team taking possession on their own
J.J. Post | Saturday, April 22, 2023
Notre Dame football hosted its 92nd annual Blue-Gold Game Saturday, with team Gold handily winning the open scrimmage 24-0. Though a combination of blustery South Bend spring weather whipping through Notre Dame Stadium and copious amount of depth chart rotation ensured play was far from consistently excellent, here are the five key moments that defined
Thomas Zwiller | Friday, April 21, 2023
Notre Dame head football coach Marcus Freeman began the 2022 season with high expectations placed upon him. Though the newly-minted head coach had lost his first game to Oklahoma State in the Fiesta Bowl, the Irish had all the momentum in the world. The team had just been ranked fifth in the preseason AP Poll
J.J. Post | Friday, April 21, 2023
For the first time since 2020, Notre Dame’s offense will be led by someone new this fall. Fresh off a promotion from tight ends coach, new offensive coordinator Gerad Parker will lead his unit out in front of fans for the first time in the Blue-Gold game. Here’s a position-by-position breakdown of the offensive players
Andrew McGuinness | Friday, April 21, 2023
For the third straight year, the Notre Dame football team will likely enter the season with a quarterback who has never started a game for the program. And even if graduate student Sam Hartman surprisingly does not begin the year behind center, junior Tyler Buchner does not exactly bring a wealth of starting experience to
Tyler Reidy | Friday, January 20, 2023
Featuring major transfer portal addition Sam Hartman and a handful of highly-rated prospects to learn from him, Notre Dame’s quarterback group is set up for success. Here’s a look at the signal-caller situation moving into next season. 2022 summary Position leaders: Drew Pyne (10 starts), Tyler Buchner (3 starts) The sentiment around Notre Dame’s quarterback
J.J. Post | Thursday, January 5, 2023
Wake Forest quarterback Sam Hartman announced Thursday afternoon he’d be transferring to Notre Dame for the 2023 football season. Hartman coming to South Bend represents a home-run addition for offensive coordinator Tommy Rees and the Irish heading into the spring period. Widely regarded as the best quarterback in the portal, Hartman spent the last five