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A Question of Priorities

Like most of you, the announcement yesterday of potential expansion / upgrade plans for Notre Dame Stadium caught me a bit by surprise. Given the efforts of our own NDRoman21 to do the same thing, it certainly wasn’t a foreign concept, but the desire to do something concrete certainly came out of the blue. There’s…

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IBG: Spring Hath Sprungeth

The folks who put together the Irish Blogger Gathering were kind enough to invite me to participate for the upcoming season, and I thank them and will do so with gusto. I got the opportunity to ask five … er, three questions of Keith Arnold over at Inside the Irish, who provided his responses below….

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The Rock Report: ND and the “Football Arms Race”

Given that the NCAA has taken the reins off recruiting to a great extent, schools will have to make some choices about how they’re going to compete in the new wild west.  Responses vary, the Big 10 is very concerned about the new rules  B10 ADs, Coaches Worry About Easing Recruit Rules reigning champion Alabama…

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Wonder, Think & Know: Manti Te’o Edition

As the late great Mike Royko once said, some things you wonder, some things you think, and some things you just know. But this time, gentle readers, I’m going to stick with what I know. I know the Internet brings out the weird in droves. There’s a reason I don’t give my children’s school permission…

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The Brian Kelly Spectrum

This originally was a post on Rock’s House, but I figured the more info the better. First, let’s establish where you were on Monday night before all this happened: (a) I liked Brian Kelly as a hire originally and still like him (b) I liked Brian Kelly as a hire originally but now have my…

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