(The Rock Report | Notre Dame Football News) – As highlighted in Part I, Maturity, Depth, Talent and Tenure the Irish enter into 2011 with as strong a front line base of talent and maturity as any team since the Lou Holtz era, but that is only part of the picture. Potential is a dicey…
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Notre Dame Football Preseason Analysis: Maturity, Depth, Talent and Tenure (Part I)
(The Rock Report | Notre Dame Football) – Notre Dame Football enters the 2011 season with one its most talented (from a recruited standpoint) and mature teams since the Lou Holtz era. The projected starters, on average, have had 3.5 years to grow physically and mentally, are now in their second year of a new…
Kelly, Big-chunk Runs and The Marshall Plan

(The Rock Report | Notre Dame Football News) – There has been a heavy pre-season focus on the running game at Notre Dame in 2011, but to Kelly the run has always been his ultimate focus. In an article written for peers in coacheschoice.com, Kelly said his scheme, even with a passing emphasis, is about generating big running…
Results from the 2011 NDN Probability Poll

(Notre Dame Football News | The Rock Report) – For the 5th year the NDNation Probability Poll is in… and while 7,000 fans can be and usually are wrong, this year early analysis shows that fans actually have the same expectations as some of the hardened veterans at NDNation. Last year the optimistic boundary called…
Coach Kelly Fall Camp Preview Transcript
COACH KELLY: Thanks for being here today. We get an opportunity to talk about our football team, which we haven’t been able to do that since we finished up with a bowl victory against Miami. It would be for me an opportunity to give you kind of an update on where we are. Certainly if…