Football

The View From Seattle

(NDNation.com) – NDNation asked Seattle writers, broadcasters and publishers to give us their take on the Willingham, Notre Dame and Washington. In order of response, here’s what they told us and a link to their most recent articles or broadcasts. Bob Condotta, Seattle Times Is Willingham’s Failure Vindication?Husky fans initially wanted to believe that everything…

Full Notre Dame Column

Willingham’s Scorched Earth

(*Re-run from cfb360) Author’s note: Often we hear people say “drop it, Willingham’s not our coach anymore so it doesn’t matter.” I heartily disagree. Willingham promoted the idea the Notre Dame was racist and unfair in his dismissal of him and that view has sadly been adopted by the majority of mainstream media and fans….

Full Notre Dame Column

Irish Opponent Watch

There were plenty of entertaining games on television today even though Notre Dame was idle. I managed to scout a few Irish opponents between shopping trips with my wife. Let us start by checking in on a few of the teams Notre Dame has already played. The Irish squeaked by San Diego State in the…

Full Notre Dame Column

Clausen vs. Quinn

(NDNation.com – The Rock Report) – When I wrote that Clausen would be better than Quinn in this offense by mid-year this year I received a fair amount of “you’re crazy” emails and even more “you’re a moron, Quinn was a record setting QB” emails. But mid way through Clausen’s sophomore year, Clausen’s numbers are…

Full Notre Dame Column

In Search of Wow

(NDNation.com) After a year and a half in purgatory, it’s clear to all but the Ostriches that the Notre Dame offense will be a force for the next two years at least. Clausen will be at least as good as Brady Quinn and has started to blossom (I hate that word) now that we can…

Full Notre Dame Column