Published on: 8th November, 2010
As the season has moved forward, Irish fans have seen the bad things that happen to recruiting when a team fails to perform up to expectations. After a 4-5 record, including a loss to Tulsa, players like Aaron Lynch have decided to open their recruitment back up even though they already ...Published on: 12th October, 2010
Rated as the No. 1 tight end in the 2011 draft class, junior Kyle Rudolph went down with a season-ending injury. This injury is not only devastating to this team, but especially to first-year quarterback, Dayne Crist. In six games this season, Rudolph has grabbed 28 catches for over 300 yards ...Published on: 25th September, 2010
One of the key elements coming into this season for Notre Dame was the play of first year starting quarterback Dayne Crist.Coming into South Bend, Crist was a highly sought after recruit and one of the top quarterbacks in his class.After sitting behind Jimmy Clausen for two years, this season ...Published on: 5th September, 2010
In earlier articles, I talked about how important this week 1 game for Notre Dame would be. In all, it was a very important game.As Brian Kelly and Dayne Crist opened their Irish careers with a victory, there was also a lot of other things that went right for Notre Dame.I've ...Published on: 30th August, 2010
Crazier things have happened. How about George Mason's Final Four run, Butler in the national championship, the Giants beating the Eagles, and even Boise's win over Oklahoma in 2007. There's just something magical about the Boise State Broncos. Even thinking about their win over the Sooners gives me goosebumps; I could ...Published on: 26th August, 2010
Finally, just over a week until kickoff which means that the analyzing and the predicting is over. It's almost time for the players to play it out on the field and the rest is history.Before that happens, however, my job is to make sure that all the Notre Dame fans ...Published on: 24th August, 2010
I realize that every time Notre Dame hires someone new, they are looked upon as the new face of the program and the "Savior" to come save one of the most historic programs in the country from its recent failures. However, the past decade has been full of coaches who didn't ...Published on: 23rd August, 2010
5. Urban Meyer, Florida Maybe this is a stretch because I know that he's been successful before Tebow came, but what if that doesn't continue. The last three seasons, it has almost seemed like Tim Tebow has been running the show rather than Meyer. He did win a national title with ...Published on: 22nd August, 2010
There have been a lot of changes in South Bend this year, the biggest being the hiring of Brian Kelly as the head coach. With his new spread offense, the offense looks to have more firepower with first-year starting quarterback Dayne Crist. This offense will give a lot of receivers more ...Published on: 14th August, 2010
The 2010 football season for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish is going to be a very interesting one. Coming into the season, there are a lot of questions and storylines that fans can not wait to have answered. How will Brian Kelly turn this program around? How successful will his spread ...