Football

It’s Time to Expect to Beat Southern Cal

(The Rock Report) – There has been an ideological debate on NDNation over whether coaching or talent was responsible for Notre Dame’s two year plunge. The answer is both and when you have two factors with that much impact, it’s hard, if not impossible, to determine ultimate causation. As we’ve covered before (ad nauseam) Weis…

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Rest In Peace, FHSU

Long-time poster Jonny May, better known on the boards as FHSU Irish, lost his battle with cancer today at the age of 27. Jon shared his stories with the NDN community and was an inspiration to many. Our prayers are with his family. For those unfamiliar with his story, you can read about it on…

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Talent, Coaching and Chemistry

(The Rock Report) – Talent At this point, nothing matters but performance. But as the chart on the left shows, Notre Dame will emerge this year from the upper level talent dearth that is finally working its way out of the system in 2009. This chart, based on WTF68’s analysis, is an updated analysis of…

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More Heavyweights

NBC’s Notre Dame contract includes seven Irish home games and one prime-time neutral site game annually through 2015. “You could do [a series with Miami] … plus do one home and home.” A quote from a post on Rock’s House or Cartier Field? Nope. It’s a quote from Notre Dame Athletics Director Jack Swarbrick. Yesterday’s…

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Chris Martin Highlights

The new Chris Martin highlights are posted above and below. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs-vFSb9GI0]