by Leprechaun Express & Steve Welsh
So how is Navy this good? … More depth means injuries are less devastating. … particularly … when a team loses a quarterback …. Luckily for Navy, Will Worth was ready to step in. In his limited work, the senior has won four games and amassed 1,187 total yards and 15 touchdowns. … more of a power rusher, while Reynolds
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Nothing has gone according to plan for Notre Dame (3-5) this season, but they managed to find themselves celebrating a win despite blowing a 20-0 lead at home …. Notre Dame saw a 20-0 lead turn into a 27-20 deficit against Miami (4-4, 1-3 ACC) in the fourth quarter, but … responded with a 10-point run to come away with
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Notre Dame blew a 20-point lead but recovered to beat Miami 30-27 on kicker Justin Yoon’s third field goal of the game, a 23-yarder with 31 seconds left … DeShone Kizer passed for 263 yards and two touchdowns as the Fighting Irish (3-5) overcame two muffed punts, a successful onside kick by Miami and a partially blocked punt to win
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“By The Numbers … 1-9 Record by Miami in Notre Dame Stadium, with the first visit by the Hurricanes coming back in 1972. Their lone victory occurred in 1984 (31-13), the season after winning their first of five national titles from 1983-2001. … 4 Straight victories by the Fighting Irish against Miami, dating back to 1990, and thereby extending their
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What happened Saturday night would’ve been unbelievable if this wasn’t Notre Dame football in 2016. Notre Dame 30, Miami 27 fit the theme almost perfectly. A chaotic afternoon saw the Fighting Irish dominate its way to an early 20-point lead only to allow 27 straight points. The difference Saturday was the way Notre Dame finally finished, something that’s eluded them
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… Notre Dame sophomore receiver C.J. Sanders fumbled a Miami punt with 6:49 left, and the Hurricanes recovered for a touchdown. Notre Dame then responded with a quick 75-yard drive, capped by a 41-yard TD run by Adams. ….
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Irish blow another big lead …. Defensive front controls line of scrimmage …. Special teams miscues sting Irish …..
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“Justin Yoon connected on a 24-yard field goal with 30 seconds left in the game to end the #NotreDame football team’s (3-5) … frustration on the final drive. Yoon’s kick gave the Irish a 30-27 victory over Miami (4-4), which suffered its fourth straight loss. Before the game-winning boot, the Irish came close to a grave mistake. …”
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The University of Notre Dame football team (3-5) responded to adversity in the final minutes of the fourth quarter to earn a 30-27 come-from-behind victory over Miami (4-4) in front of 80,795 spectators at Notre Dame Stadium. Justin Yoon’s 23-yard field goal with 30 seconds remaining proved to be the game winner, following Josh Adams 41-yard rushing touchdown at 5:53
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“Quarterback Bad Kaaya and his Miami Hurricanes found their offense in the second half Saturday against #NotreDame. But the Fighting Irish had one last answer. …”
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#NotreDame leads the all-time series with Miami, 17-7-1, including an 8-1-0 mark at Notre Dame Stadium
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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish take on the Miami Hurricanes this Saturday in The House That Rockne Built. 3:40 p.m. ET; Saturday, Oct. 22; Notre Dame Stadium (80,795); Notre Dame Ind. … NBC national telecast … IMG College Sports … Irish football radio broadcasts … broadcast to 117 affiliates … SiriusXM Satellite Radio (channel 129). … preceded by a one
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Some of what we’re hearing inside the UM football program: There’s not great optimism about this offensive line improving dramatically because they’re not athletic enough against athletic defensive fronts that can run around them and not strong maulers against big teams that can wear them down… Even beyond the porous protection, receivers aren’t getting open enough and the skill position
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COACH KELLY: Obviously playing a very talented team in Miami. Outstanding athleticism. Mark Richt, I think we all know the respect for Mark and what he’s accomplished in his career. … another challenge that we’re going to have to face in terms of an offense that has some very productive players. Kaaya leads Miami in a lot of categories. But
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Running back Christian McCaffrey will not play on Saturday night against Notre Dame, coach David Shaw confirmed … Last year’s Heisman Trophy runner-up did not play most of the second half of last Saturday’s 42-16 loss to Washington State. … After rushing for 436 yards over his first three games, all victories, the junior has been limited to 84 total rushing yards
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… when the Irish and Cardinal have met in each of the last five seasons, both teams have been nationally ranked — with Notre Dame three of the last four seasons ranked ninth or higher. Stanford has played in the Rose Bowl three of the last four years (winning two of those), while Notre Dame appeared in the Bowl Championship
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Even if Notre Dame (2-4) does not end up crossing the 6-6 threshold, if the Irish can muster three more wins, they might be able to invoke their high graduation rate to go to a bowl game with a 5-7 record. (From NCAA.com, June 29, 2016:) … all bowl-eligible teams with 6-6 records must be selected for a bowl game
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“Insufficient Number of Deserving Teams … if an insufficient number of institutions meet the definition of a “deserving team” to participate in postseason bowl games in a particular year, an institution that meets a condition set forth below shall be eligible to be selected to participate in such a bowl game. …. 5. An institution that finished its season with
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“… 1,196 Junior QB DeShone Kizer has thrown for 1,196 yards over the last three games, second-most in school history over any three-game stretch. 471 Junior QB DeShone Kizer threw for 471 yards vs. Syracuse, the most ever by a Notre Dame quarterback in a victory. 18 The Irish scored the first points of the game vs. Syracuse in just
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Leading up to Notre Dame’s game at North Carolina State, video from Brian Kelly’s weekly radio show, also featuring Jack Nolan, Notre Dame players, and some game highlights.
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“NC STATE, NOTRE DAME TIES – There are several individuals who have played big roles in the history of the NC State and Notre Dame football programs. The most obvious is Lou Holtz, who led both programs to great heights. Holtz coached the Pack to a 33-12-3 record between 1972-75, with NC State finshing in the top 20 in three
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Approaching the halfway mark for Brian Kelly’s seventh season at the helm, Notre Dame still has a losing record, even after a seemingly improved performance in a 50-33 neutral site win over Syracuse in East Rutherford. With Brian Kelly entering his second game running the Irish defense – with vaguely detailed help from Greg Hudson – the Irish have a
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Brian Kelly met with reporters on Thursday heading into Notre Dame’s road game at North Carolina State.
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After a 33-16 victory over previously unbeaten Wake Forest last Saturday, NC State is now 3-1. The Week 2 loss to East Carolina is in the past and the Wolfpack have built some momentum. … Three Things to Watch … 1. Turnovers … 2. … Boise State graduate transfer Ryan Finley has taken hold of the [quarterback] position … complet[ing]
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Brian Kelly met with reporters on Tuesday heading into Notre Dame’s upcoming game at North Carolina State. [click here for transcript] … So a lot to play for, a lot in front of us, a lot of challenges, but more importantly a group that I feel is really excited about the direction that we’re going in particular on defense. We
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The Raleigh News & Observer reports on ABC’s decision to have Notre Dame’s game at North Carolina State kick off at 12 noon, for national broadcast on ABC itself (rather than, for example, ABC Sports’ cable affiliate, ESPN). N.C. State’s home game with Notre Dame on Saturday will kick off at noon and be televised nationally on ABC …. Predictably,
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… 42YD PUNT Down & Distance: 1st & 10 Ball On: Syr 1YD Tyler Newsome punt 42 yards to the Syr1. …
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Notre Dame Passing C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT DeShone Kizer 4/4 170 42.5 2 0 TEAM 4/4 170 42.5 2 0 Syracuse Passing C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT Eric Dungey 7/9 127 14.1 1 0 TEAM 7/9 127 14.1 1 0 Notre Dame Rushing CAR YDS AVG TD LONG Josh Adams 6 28 4.7 0 11 TEAM 6 28 4.7
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… the fast-paced Orange offense ranks seventh nationally (and leads the Atlantic Coast Conference) in averaging 371.8 passing yards per game (and also averages 496.5 yards in total offense per week). … [the] new Irish defensive coordinator is Greg Hudson. … Bank on plenty of eyeballs being affixed to the action at MetLife when the Irish defense takes the field.
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All-Time: Notre Dame leads 4-3 … Under Brian Kelly: Notre Dame leads 1-0 … Last Five Games: Syracuse leads 3-2 … At Neutral Sites: Tied 1-1 … In East Rutherford, N.J.: Notre Dame leads 1-0 … First Meeting: ND 20, Syracuse 0 at SU in 1914 … Last Meeting: #8 ND 31, Syracuse 15 in East Rutherford, N.J., in 2014
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Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly should know that his stated intent to act out more on the sideline has raised eyebrows among those above him …. Notre Dame sources have told 670 The Score that some university officials have long been embarrassed by Kelly’s purple-faced ranting at his players, assistants and officials, considering it unbecoming of the position and
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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will attempt to salvage a disappointing 2016 campaign when they challenge the Syracuse Orange in a neutral-site tilt …at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Syracuse’s (2-2) uptempo offense poses a legitimate threat to a team that just fired its defensive coordinator. Earning a victory would jump-start Dino Babers’ rebuild at the school. Click
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This season, Syracuse is running plays at the fastest clip in FBS, averaging 93 plays a game through three weeks, which is predicated on better conditioned players. … Sophomore quarterback Eric Dungey — a 6-foot-3, 207-pound native of Lake Oswego, Ore. — leads the speed-based attack. His top target has been … [r]edshirt-senior Amba Etta-Tawo, a graduate transfer from Maryland
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A look at #NotreDame’s loss to Duke and looking ahead to Syracuse; featuring Brian Kelly, Jack Nolan and Notre Dame players.
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Brian Kelly meets with the media on the Tuesday leading up to Notre Dame’s 2016 game with Syracuse. click here for transcript
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Video Live Stream: Brian Kelly Tuesday Press Conference 9.27.16, previewing Notre Dame vs. Syracuse
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Brian Kelly talks with reporters in anticipation of Notre Dame’s 2016 game vs. Duke. The Fighting Irish take on the Blue Devils in The House That Rockne Built on Saturday, Sept. 24, at 3:30pm ET, nationally broadcast on NBC and IMG Notre Dame Football radio.
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There’s really no defense for this. #NotreDame began the college football season ranked No. 10 in The Associated Press poll, and after just three games the Fighting Irish are more likely to end the year in the Quick Lane Bowl than the College Football Playoff.
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Notre Dame Saturday in prime time played the second contest in a three-game home stand against a Michigan State team that qualified for the College Football Playoff a year ago. Here are some Irish takeaways from their 36-28 loss to the eighth-rated Spartans: 1. Turnovers against good teams are lethal. Notre Dame after three games ranks 48th in turnovers, after
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… No. 12 Michigan State took advantage of mistakes by No. 18 Notre Dame and held on for a 36-28 victory …. The Spartans (2-0) turned what had been a close game at halftime into a 29-point lead with three third-quarter touchdowns. But Notre Dame made it close as DeShone Kizer threw for two touchdowns and ran for another and
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… Notre Dame … (1-2) fell behind by 29 points in the second half, rallied with three consecutive touchdowns but eventually fell to Michigan State (2-0), 36-28, in front of a sellout crowd of 80,795 at Notre Dame Stadium Saturday night. The Spartans took control of the game with three straight rushing touchdowns in the third quarter, establishing a 36-7
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Brian Kelly met with reporters on Tuesday to preview Notre Dame’s upcoming game with Michigan State. The Fighting Irish take on the Spartans in The House That Rockne Built on Saturday, Sept. 17, at 7:30pm, broadcast nationally on NBC and IMG Notre Dame football radio …. [Click here for transcript]
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#IRISH VIDEO NEWSLINK: Live Stream: Brian Kelly Tuesday Press Conference – Notre Dame vs. Michigan State Preview
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Breaking in new starters and dealing with the on-field growing pains of relying on less-experienced players is reality these days for Michigan State. … the Spartans spent their bye week trying to clean up some of the mistakes – 10 penalties being chief among them – and getting ready to jump onto the big stage with Saturday’s trip to Notre
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Notre Dame’s home opener went the way you’d want. An easy victory, a ton of young players getting experience, and a team back on track with Michigan State coming to town next weekend.
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… 1. St. Brown emerges as go-to target in Hunter’s absence: A different wide receiver steps up every year. T.J. Jones transformed into the go-to target in 2013, Will Fuller had a breakout season the following year and he delivered the same kind of production in 2015. Senior Torii Hunter Jr. was expected to lead an inexperienced group of wide
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Penalties gummed up drives for both squads in the first period, Irish cornerback Shaun Crawford left the field on crutches … and with 3:26 to go the Irish had nearly as many penalty yards (40) as total yards (44). … The second period changed the mood: …. Kizer-to-…St. Brown connection for 49 yards … set up the Irish at the
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For a majority of the second half, Notre Dame junior quarterback DeShone Kizer stood on the sideline without his helmet and wearing a red visor. No, the Toledo, Ohio, did not struggle and get the hook from coach Brian Kelly. The Irish avoided a Week 2 quarterback controversy, starting Kizer and letting him captain Notre Dame to a big first
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… DeShone Kizer completed 15 of 18 passes for 156 yards and two touchdowns … No. 18 Notre Dame cruised to a 39-10 win over Nevada …. Running back Josh Adams finished with 106 rushing yards to lead the Fighting Irish. Kizer also rushed for 35 yards and a touchdown before giving way to backup quarterback Malik Zaire late in
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An easy victory, a ton of young players getting experience, and a team back on track with Michigan State coming to town next …. It wasn’t all easy. The Irish offense was slow out of the gate. The defense struggled on their opening series, but made some game-changing plays and held Nevada to just 300 yards. … after a first
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Good … but not quite totally convincing. … Saturday’s lopsided 39-10 Irish (1-1) win over talent-starved Nevada (1-1) Saturday was an opportunity to shake off a little frustration and get ready for Michigan State … The Irish, who appeared to rectify a few of their defensive shortcomings from a week ago, will likely have to go into the rest of
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DeShone Kizer threw two touchdown passes and ran for another … Josh Adams rushed for 106 yards and Notre Dame’s defense rebounded … to help the 18th-ranked Fighting Irish beat Nevada 39-10 …. After being held scoreless in the first quarter by Nevada (1-1), the Irish (1-1) took control with a 25-point second quarter — the most points in the
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On Thursday night heading into the Notre Dame-Nevada game, Head Football Coach Brian Kelly hosts his weekly radio show with Jack Nolan, joined by some Notre Dame players and a live crowd.
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… five things to watch: 1.The Notre Dame quarterback situation * * * 2. Early season improvement There’s an old saying … that a team makes its greatest improvement from the first game to the second. Brian Kelly … put seven first-time starters on the field at Texas, and … there are 10 players missing from last year’s team who
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Notre Dame Head Coach Brian Kelly and Jack Nolan cover some of the latest developments with Notre Dame football, including recapping the Texas game and looking ahead to Nevada. Nolan also sits down with Irish defensive back Shaun Crawford.
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TIME, DATE AND PLACE 3:30 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 Notre Dame Stadium (80,795); Notre Dame, Ind. TELEVISION NBC national telecast …. * * * SERIES INFO Notre Dame leads the series 1-0, a 35-0 Irish win on Sept. 5, 2009, at Notre Dame Stadium. THE COACHES Notre Dame: Brian Kelly, 55-24 at Notre Dame (7th year), 226-81-2 overall (26th
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Brian Kelly meets with the press after Notre Dame’s season-opening 2OT loss at Texas. Click here for Notre Dame post-game quotes.
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The Irish allowed 517 yards, an average of 6 per play. Its secondary was beat time and again. … a Notre Dame Kelly-coached team lost for the first time to an unranked team while in the top 10 in 21 opportunities. … a freshman quarterback, Shane Buechele … torch[ed] them for 280 yards and two touchdowns. They couldn’t tackle …
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… Texas safety DeShon Elliott delivered a blow to [Torii Hunter, Jr.’s] head as Hunter tried to haul in a DeShone Kizer pass in the end zone. … More stunning than the hit may have been the lack of replay from the officiating crew. Even though a targeting penalty wasn’t initially called on the field, the replay official could have overruled officials on the
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The 10th-ranked University of Notre Dame football team (0-1) rallied from a second-half 17-point deficit, but fell in double overtime to Texas (1-0), 50-47…. a back and forth battle all evening in front of a Texas record crowd of 102,315. … The Irish will return home to face Nevada in Notre Dame Stadium … Sept. 10, 2016 at 3:30 p.m.
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Notre Dame fights back to tie the score 14-14 at Texas late in the first half, with an electric, acrobatic 30-yard touchdown pass from DeShone Kizer to Equanimeous St. Brown, their second of the game, with 3:44 to go in the half. Kizer hits St. Brown in mid-stride around the Texas 4, with St. Brown flying forward off a hit
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Notre Dame gets on the board 7-0 in their first offensive drive at Texas, with a 13-yard touchdown pass from DeShone Kizer to Equanimeous St. Brown. Kizer lofts a well-placed pass to the outside shoulder of a leaping St. Brown near the left sideline, five yards deep in the end zone. The Texas defender had decent height, at 6-2, yet
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Only one of Notre Dame’s first three opponents is ranked, while Notre Dame enjoys an arguably inflated top-10 ranking. Even so, the Irish face a curious gauntlet their first three weeks, with a huge asterisk next to each game. They could set the tone for a curious season. With vastly inflated expectations, and Notre Dame having a big pendulum swing
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Brian Kelly had his first radio show of 2016 leading up to Notre Dame’s season-opener against Texas. The Fighting Irish and the Longhorns meet in Austin on Sunday night, Sept. 4, at 6:30 p.m. CT (7:30 p.m. ET).
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Brian Kelly spoke to the media on Thursday, Sept. 1, leading up to Notre Dame’s season-opener against Texas. The Fighting Irish and the Longhorns meet in Austin on Sunday night, Sept. 4, at 6:30 p.m. CT (7:30 p.m. ET).
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Not only can there be a dramatic change in a team’s personality/demeanor after just one year, it can happen in just one week …. Adding to the degree of difficulty is the home field. … the Longhorns, who finished 5-7 last year, are only 3.5-point underdogs at home after losing by 35 at Notre Dame in 2015 …. other factors
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… Brian Kelly says he has been preparing both quarterbacks to play …. ‘Malik will go in for one play and DeShone will go in for 6, and then Malik will go in for 5 plays and then DeShone will go in for 3. So, the net is that they get the same amount of reps but they’re not tempoed
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Neither program plans to reveal its starting quarterback until their respective units take the field …. The Fighting Irish also will be debuting a new receiving corps and rebuilt offensive line. … How will three new Irish starters in the secondary, and a new middle linebacker, hold up against the fast-break [Texas] attack? … For the Longhorns, how motivated are
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Notre Dame introduced their customized uniforms for this year’s Shamrock Series game in this July video. The 2016 Shamrock Series game, broadcast by NBC, will pit Notre Dame against Army at the Alamodome in San Antonio on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, at 2:30 p.m. CT (3:30 p.m. ET) You’ve seen the #ShamrockSeries uniform — now take a closer look at
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The individual on Texas’ offense who could trouble Notre Dame the most … may not be one of its quarterbacks or either of its 250-pound running backs. … [but rather] first-year offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert’s up-tempo system. Gilbert, a co-offensive coordinator at Tulsa last season, helped direct a Golden Hurricane offense that averaged 36 points, more than 500 yards of
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7:30 p.m. ET; Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016 Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium (100,119); Austin, Texas … ABC national telecast … SERIES INFO Notre Dame leads the series with Texas, 9-2, including a 4-0 record in Austin. This is the first meeting between the #Irish and #Longhorns in Texas since a 27-24 Notre Dame victory on Sept. 21, 1996, in Austin,
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DEPTH CHART NOTES • Sixth-year senior Avery Sebastian is starting ahead of freshman Devin Studstill at free safety. Freshman Jalen Elliott is behind Drue Tranquill at strong safety. • Notre Dame’s starter at weakside defensive end is listed as Andrew Trumbetti. That is followed by Daelin Hayes OR Jay Hayes. • Starting quarterback? Well, there we no surprises Tuesday. Notre
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