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  1. Notre Dame Football: Spring Practice Preview of the Irish's Tight Ends

    In the third installment of an eight-part spring practice series, I'll present a detailed look at Notre Dame's tight ends...

    Connor Killoren Written by Connor Killoren about 1 month ago 2,348 reads 5 comments

  2. Notre Dame Football Junior Day 2013: Recruiting News and Commitment Updates

    The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football program hosted its annual Junior Day event on Saturday, March 23, and the program made a terrific impression on the young men that attended...

    Jesse Reed Written by Jesse Reed about 1 month ago 8,721 reads 19 comments

  3. Notre Dame Football Pre-Spring Opponent Preview: Arizona State

    Notre Dame's Shamrock Series returns to Texas for the first time in four years this fall when the Irish collide with Arizona State at the palatial Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas...

    Matt Smith Written by Matt Smith about 2 months ago 1,506 reads 3 comments

  4. Who Is Most Likely to Be Notre Dame's Next Heisman Candidate?

    Notre Dame has produced seven Heisman Trophy winners over the years, which is the most of any college football team. Manti Te'o had a chance to become the eighth player last season but fell just short to some freshman named Johnny Manziel ...

    Randy Chambers Written by Randy Chambers about 2 months ago 8,809 reads 50 comments

  5. Notre Dame Football: Week 1 Spring Practice Stock Report

    The grotesque memories of the annihilation it received are in the rearview mirror, a fresh page has has been flipped and the identity of a new team has begun to form...

    Connor Killoren Written by Connor Killoren about 2 months ago 4,483 reads 20 comments

  6. Notre Dame Football: Dispatches from the First Day of Spring Practice

    Wednesday morning marked the first day of Notre Dame's spring practice. After a tough loss in the BCS National Championship Game and the perpetually distracting Manti Te'o scandal, ...

    Emily O'Neill Elmer Written by Emily O'Neill Elmer about 2 months ago 1,714 reads 0 comments

  7. How Bob Diaco Has Revolutionized Notre Dame's Defense

    Back in 2009, Notre Dame had a defense that was historically bad. Ranked 86th in college football, the Irish were allowing close to 400 yards per game on average...

    Randy Chambers Written by Randy Chambers about 2 months ago 3,160 reads 13 comments

  8. Top Sports Moments in Notre Dame History

    With a program with as much as history as Notre Dame, choosing the top athletics moments in school history can be rather difficult. Nevertheless, we've pared the list down to 15 moments, spanning 100 years of Fighting Irish lore...

    Matt Smith Written by Matt Smith about 2 months ago 6,526 reads 4 comments

  9. Y. Offensive Coordinator on Defensive

    Provo • BYU football coach Bronco Mendenhall is doing things a bit differently in spring camp as far as interactions with the media is concerned, making himself and new offensive coordinator Robert Anae available just once a week, on different days...

    Jack Dale Written by Jack Dale about 2 months ago 6 reads 0 comments

  10. Spring Football Begins Week Three

    PROVO, Utah - The BYU football team began its third week of spring practice with another outdoor session on Monday afternoon.....

    Jack Dale Written by Jack Dale about 2 months ago 9 reads 0 comments

  11. Notre Dame Football Notebook: Alabama Inspires Special Teams Emphasis

    SOUTH BEND - As agonizing as some of the lessons learned Jan. 7 on college football's grandest stage were that night, Brian Kelly continues to find ways to turn that pain into gain weeks later...

    Nick Yokoyama Written by Nick Yokoyama about 2 months ago 1,188 reads 0 comments

  12. Notre Dame Football: Questions That Still Won't Be Answered in Spring Ball

    Spring football is all about answering questions and getting things figured out before the regular season kicks off...

    Randy Chambers Written by Randy Chambers about 2 months ago 5,341 reads 18 comments

  13. Notre Dame Football: ND's 2013 Spring Football Roster

    Charles Bowman Written by Charles Bowman about 2 months ago 210 reads 0 comments

  14. Navy Football Makes Changes Heading into Spring Session

    In the current era of college football, coaching changes within a program often make national headlines. At most FBS schools, coaches come and go, and the rabid fan bases are fed ...

    Kenny Crute Written by Kenny Crute about 2 months ago 659 reads 0 comments

  15. Notre Dame Football Pre-Spring Opponent Preview: Purdue

    Notre Dame and Purdue have met on the gridiron 84 times. Purdue trails only Navy for the honor of being the Irish's most frequent opponent. More than two-thirds of those meetings have been won by Notre Dame, including each of the past five...

    Matt Smith Written by Matt Smith about 2 months ago 841 reads 2 comments

  16. NC State's Doeren Gets Started with Spring Drills

    Rohit Reddy Written by Rohit Reddy about 2 months ago 29 reads 0 comments

  17. Notre Dame Football: Takeaways from Brian Kelly's Spring Press Conference

    For only the third time this calendar year, Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly met with the media, and this time, valuable information about the formation of the Irish's 2013 squad was revealed by Kelly...

    Connor Killoren Written by Connor Killoren about 2 months ago 4,200 reads 25 comments

  18. Notre Dame Football: Brian Kelly Talks Kiel, Position Battles and More

    With Notre Dame set to begin spring practice on Wednesday, head coach Brian Kelly met with the media on Tuesday to kickoff the ensuing five weeks of practice, leading up to the annual Blue-Gold Game on Apr...

    Matt Smith Written by Matt Smith about 2 months ago 2,376 reads 4 comments

  19. Notre Dame Football: Gunner Kiel's Departure Takes Pressure off Everett Golson

    Now that Gunner Kiel is officially off the Notre Dame football team, the pressure has finally been lifted from Everett Golson ’s shoulders...

    Tyler Brooke Written by Tyler Brooke about 2 months ago 2,580 reads 30 comments

  20. Report: Navy to Retain Rights to Home Games Through '17 in New Big East

    Navy will retain the television rights to its home and selected rivalry games as part of the Big East deal announced formally with ESPN on Tuesday, CBSSports.com has learned...

    Nick Yokoyama Written by Nick Yokoyama about 2 months ago 18 reads 0 comments

  21. Notre Dame Football: Who Will Be the X-Factor on Irish's 2013 Defense?

    Notre Dame finished seventh in the country last year on the defensive side of the ball, and it will need a similar effort if the success if going to carry over to the upcoming season...

    Randy Chambers Written by Randy Chambers about 2 months ago 5,625 reads 11 comments

  22. Brian Kelly: QB Gunner Kiel 'no Longer Part of the Program'

    Gunner Kiel's time at Notre Dame is over. According to Irish coach Brian Kelly, he has been granted his release and is "no longer part of the program...

    Nick Yokoyama Written by Nick Yokoyama about 2 months ago 715 reads 1 comments

  23. Converted BYU Tight End Holt Takes Approach of Former Teammate in Move to DL

    Spring football practices have Austin Holt feeling like everything is backwards. "I changed my number. I changed everything. It's been a good change, though," he said after Monday's BYU football practice, the start of the third week...

    Jack Dale Written by Jack Dale about 2 months ago 14 reads 0 comments

  24. Offense Wants to Go Fast This Year

    PROVO — A lot of the focus on BYU's football team this spring has been on Robert Anae’s offense and what specific changes the new offensive coordinator is making to the unit...

    Jack Dale Written by Jack Dale about 2 months ago 11 reads 0 comments

  25. Notre Dame football: Dissecting epidemic of QB transferitis

    SOUTH BEND -- The surprise for Evan Sharpley wasn't the breaking Notre Dame football news that made his Twitter feed flutter March 7, but that Gunner Kiel ever landed at ND in the first place...

    Charles Bowman Written by Charles Bowman about 2 months ago 109 reads 0 comments