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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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Hardnose

(The Rock Report) – Sports Illustrated described Parseghian thusly, “Ara is an impatient, determined man, convinced he can return Notre Dame to a position of dominance in college football, and this he undoubtably will do one day – but not in 1964.” Sports Illustrated was wrong.(see this Time Magazine article for a great story on…

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A Community of Electrons

As I said on “Dome and Domer” the other day, if you want a good look at how crazy situations can get, run a website with a message board on it for a while. You’re simultaneously hit with both the best and the worst the electronic ether can offer. And if the last couple days…

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Build Like a Champion

(The Rock Report) – Charlie Weis and Tyrone Willingham both had strong first years at Notre Dame; as it turns out both were mirages that masked mismanagement underneath.  Sustainable success involves a long-term commitment to doing all of the small things right on a consistent basis, which is why Kelly’s mantra “you can’t start winning…

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It’s Gru … er, Jackson

One of the very few downsides of ND’s football resurgence is it’s pushed the concept of multi-tasking to new boundaries for us. I certainly didn’t mean to give short shrift to Demetrius Jackson’s commitment to ND two weeks ago. For those of us watching the improvement in basketball recruiting in the wake of the renewed…

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