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J.J. Post | Friday, January 20, 2023
The Irish return the key pieces from their vaunted rushing attack in 2022, and they’ll look to establish more consistency to bring the offense to another level in 2023. 2022 Summary It’s fair to say that the running back room was by some distance Notre Dame’s strongest position group in 2022. With the Irish passing
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
Aidan Thomas | Wednesday, December 21, 2022
After an eventful morning that saw Notre Dame sign 24 of their 26 verbal commitments in the Class of 2023, head coach Marcus Freeman and his coordinators spoke to the media. On the De-Commitments On a broad scale, this was another successful recruiting effort by the Irish. They landed a consensus top-10 class, but that
Aidan Thomas | Tuesday, December 6, 2022
“I think we learned that we have a good football team, but we have to learn how to finish.” – Marcus Freeman Freeman said this after Notre Dame’s season-opening 21-10 loss to No. 2 Ohio State. At the time, it felt like the general consensus surrounding the Irish. Notre Dame fell a couple of spots
Madeline Ladd | Friday, November 25, 2022
The future of Notre Dame football is in good hands. True freshman cornerback Benjamin Morrison has had a stunning season this year as a weapon for the defense. Morrison entered relatively unknown. However, he ended up seeing the field in every game and amassing five interceptions so far. His five interceptions are the most for
Liam Coolican | Monday, November 14, 2022
For those wondering how Notre Dame can dominate top-15 opponents Clemson and North Carolina, yet lose against Marshall and Stanford at home in the same season, look no further than Saturday afternoon’s game against Navy. Junior quarterback Drew Pyne looked like a Heisman contender in the first half on Saturday. He methodically picked apart the
Aidan Thomas | Friday, November 11, 2022
“If I’m not down in time, call duo until you can’t speak.” The quote from Notre Dame offensive coordinator Tommy Rees made waves around social media this week. Rees said it to Irish tight ends coach Gerad Parker after the third-year offensive coordinator decided to come down from his box to the sideline and celebrate
Aidan Thomas | Friday, November 4, 2022
As Notre Dame enters their biggest home game of the season, The Observer took a look at the overall mood of the fanbase through eight games. The Irish have dropped two games as huge home favorites, but they also have two top-20 wins on the road. Sitting at 5-3, how confident are Irish fans about
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, October 28, 2022
Aidan Thomas – Sports Editor I have gone back and forth on this pick a lot. Notre Dame is 4-3 outright as an underdog in ACC games under their current arrangement with the conference. They’re 6-1 against the spread. The Irish are 2-1 outright and 3-0 against the spread away from Notre Dame Stadium this
Nate Moller | Monday, October 10, 2022
After some key departures at wide receiver last season and a couple of injuries, there were a lot of question marks surrounding Notre Dame’s wide receivers this season. In Saturday night’s win over No. 16 BYU, it was sophomore wide receiver Jayden Thomas that stepped up for the Irish. Thomas finished the night with 74