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IBG: Allowing the Hate Edition

After a warm-up week to get our legs under us, the IBG has returned for another year and another format change. This year, each of the participants will pose a question to the group, and each of us will collect our answers to all the questions and link the other ones. To read the answers…

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Right Kinda Cracks – Rice

  Good start on balance, but I am not as sold on the offense as many other ND fans are. Gripping and ripping is a lot more fun when your quarterback can get outside the pocket and throw it 60 yards on the run. High scoring teams have a mix of big plays and long drives. The…

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Wonder, Think & Know: Uncle Ben Edition

I realize Mike Royko never said “Some things you wonder, some things you think, and some things you just know”. I’m pretty sure he said “Michigan Sucks” a couple times, though. No doubt a QB can make a difference. That game would have been 13-10 early in the fourth quarter last year and I would…

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Golson Leads Irish Romp Over Rice

Everett Golson threw two long touchdown passes and ran for three more scores to lead Notre Dame to an easy 48-17 victory over the Rice Owls in the season opener. The Irish rolled up 576 yards of total offense under the direction of Golson, who recorded 295 passing yards in three quarters of action. The…

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Depleted Irish Open Against Rice

Notre Dame kicks off its 2014 college football season on Saturday by hosting the defending Conference USA champion Rice Owls. Head Coach Brian Kelly (37-15) enters his fifth year for the Irish, who hold a 4-0 advantage in the series. The teams last played during Notre Dame’s 1988 national championship season. David Bailiff, who owns…

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