Football

A (Cross) Road Not Taken

Notre Dame recently announced the Crossroads Project, a combination of Stadium enhancement and academic building expansion initiative, but long time NDNation contributor Tim Kress (aka NDRoman21) has a better approach. Here’s his story. A little over four years ago, when the discussions of a JumboTron in Notre Dame Stadium were gaining steam, I put together…

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QB Battle Highlights Spring Storylines

New defensive coordinator. New and improved Everett Golson. A lot has changed in South Bend this spring. Irish insider Allen Pinkett joins Ray Crawford and Doug Chapman to discuss what to watch during Saturday’s Blue Gold Game, including whether Golson or left-hander Malik Zaire is the right guy under center.

Spring Game Primer (Recruiting Recap)

OFFENSE It’s clear from interviews with Kelly that Everett Golson will be charged with running a higher octane offense in 2014.  In 2012, Kelly and Martin increased the run/pass mix dramatically  (a 8.8 % swing) in an effort to protect Golson and play to what the coaches figured to be a strong defense.   Last year,…

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Recruiting Luck of the Irish

In what is fast becoming almost a national holiday for college football fans, today’s National Letter of Intent day brought the Fighting Irish the new members of the class of 2018. Notre Dame analyst (and former player) Alan Pinkett talks about how Brian Kelly and crew fared and how the new arrivals will help advance…

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Family First

I make no bones of the fact I’m not a recruitnik. In today’s atmosphere of being able to know who you didn’t get and (allegedly) why, I prefer to focus on the players Notre Dame does get and how they help the program progress towards a national title. So when players verbally commit or de-commit,…

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