Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Feb 1, 2012, 6:36 pm
Notre Dame fans have become accustomed to not receiving a lot of good news on Signing Days over the years save for a few surprises here and there, but on National Signing Day Irish fans were hit with one of the most shocking and disappointing pieces of news they’ve ever received on Signing Day...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Jan 16, 2012, 11:29 pm
After a few weeks without much positive news on the recruiting front for Notre Dame, the Irish may have pulled off the coup of the recruiting year.  According to multiple reports, Rivals.com’s #1 rated quarterback, Gunner Kiel, is set to enroll at Notre Dame tomorrow after being committed to LSU ...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Dec 20, 2011, 1:44 am
Notre Dame received a little bit of more good recruiting news on Monday when running back Keivarae Russell whittled his list of schools down to two with the Irish being one of his finalists along with his home state Washington according to ESPN’s Greg Biggins. Here’s an excerpt from the free por...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Dec 19, 2011, 1:50 am
Over the weekend we took a look at what the numbers game looked like for Notre Dame as it enters the final stretch of recruiting for this year’s class and who was left on the offensive side of the ball.  Today we take a look at the defensive side of the ball. Defensive Line Arik
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Dec 17, 2011, 6:02 pm
After two and a half months without any commitments, Notre Dame picked up a pick one yesterday from offensive lineman Ronnie Stanley.  Will Stanley’s commitment be what gets the ball rolling towards a strong finish?  We Notre Dame fans can only hope. With Stanley on board, numbers are getting lo...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Dec 17, 2011, 11:55 am
With the commitment of Ronnie Stanley to Notre Dame earlier this week, the question of how many remaining spots Notre Dame has left has come up.  Here’s a run down of how many scholarships Notre Dame has committed for 2012 and how many are remaining. To do this, we’ll take a look at  the retur...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Dec 16, 2011, 12:41 am
Notre Dame picked up a much needed verbal commitment on Thursday when four star offensive tackle Ronnie Stanley selected Notre Dame over Arkansas and Nebraska. Stanley, Rivals’ #19 offensive tackle and #170 overall rated recruit, became Notre Dame’s first verbal commitment since Will Mahone pick...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Dec 12, 2011, 1:59 am
Christmas Day is still two weeks away, but Notre Dame fans were treated to an early Christmas present on Sunday when junior linebacker Manti Te’o announced he would be returning to Notre Dame for his senior season instead of entering the 2012 NFL Draft. Earlier this week it was reported that Te’...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Dec 5, 2011, 1:56 am
After the Stanford game, the Notre Dame message boards understandably lit up with talk of Andrew Hendrix. Some were quick to anoint him the Second Coming. Others did their best Lee Corso impersonation (albeit minus the tight-lip cussing) and said, “Not so fast, my friend.”  The rest pretty much...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Nov 25, 2011, 9:35 am
Notre Dame heads to the west coast this week to take on the 4th ranked Cardinal from Stanford.  In preparation for this year’s huge season finale, we exchanged Q&A’s with the Stanford blog Rule of Tree. 1. Andrew Luck is completing over 70% of his passes and has thrown at least 2 TDs in every
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Nov 18, 2011, 2:04 am
This week’s Irish Blog Gathering is brought to us by the guys over at Her Loyal Sons. Having actually seen the uniforms in the wild on Saturday night, what are your final thoughts regarding them? Does Ronald Darby stating that he liked them change your views on trying out the different uniforms fo...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Oct 28, 2011, 1:09 am
This week’s edition of the Irish Blog Gathering is hosted by One Foot Down and asks us to ponder if we should be satisfied with any win over Navy.  After back to back losses, we say just win baby. 1.) Coach Kelly refused to fall on the proverbial sword after USC. He felt that some
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Oct 27, 2011, 7:00 am
Former Notre Dame great Aaron Taylor gave a passionate rundown of what he feels is wrong with the current Fighting Irish.  Taylor, one of the all time greats for Notre Dame, specifically called on the Irish seniors to step up and salvage the 2011 season. It’s hard to argue with anything Taylor sa...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Oct 24, 2011, 12:06 am
All weekend long I had this seeping suspicion we were going to be in for a letdown and the reason I felt this way was simple.  Every time over the last decade or so when it has appeared as though Notre Dame was about to turn the corner and get this program back on track,
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Oct 23, 2011, 7:42 pm
It only took Brian Kelly a half of football this season to decide he needed to make a quarterback change and while Notre Dame’s 2nd year head coach hasn’t given any indication he is even considering another one, questions still surround the position for the Irish after starting the second half o...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Oct 23, 2011, 2:43 pm
A weekend with such potential for a classic Notre Dame moment turned into a weekend that has become all too familiar and more typical of many recent Notre Dame moments.  Notre Dame stared a golden opportunity in the face and literally fumbled it away. Here are some initial thoughts from the game. O...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Oct 19, 2011, 9:49 pm
The gold and paint on the Notre Dame helmets has been a topic of debate on all of the Notre Dame forums for the last several years.  Apparently the Notre Dame athletic department took notice and today they introduced new helmets that the Irish will wear for the first time this weekend. Here are som...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Oct 18, 2011, 11:47 pm
Hey there.  Why does it always seem that life/work get to be the busiest at the worst times for blogging purposes?  With some free time this week I wanted to make sure to get back on track with this being USC week.   With that said, here is my response to this week’s Irish Blog Gathering.
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Sep 28, 2011, 8:00 am
Intro Justin Tuck career summary text Why Justin Tuck is on the countdown text Notable performances, records & awards at Notre Dame Consensus All American in 2002 Post Notre Dame career
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Sep 23, 2011, 9:46 pm
I’m not just saying this because I’m a bitter Colts fan, but leave it to a Steel Town sportswriter to be a total freaking idiot. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist Ron Cook recently took issue with Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick calling out Pitt chancellor Mark Nordenberg and athleti...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Sep 19, 2011, 11:46 pm
This weekend I had to catch the Irish using the NBC Notre Dame central app while at a wedding making any comments regarding the Irish and their performance a little difficult.  A day after making the long trip home I was able to catch the full game replay courtesy of NBCSports.com and have some imp...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Sep 10, 2011, 12:48 am
Her Loyal Sons hosted this week’s Irish Blog Gathering.  HLS has a special disdain for Michigan and I think you’ll see it come out in their questions.  Not that there’s anything wrong with that.  Head over there and check out all of the other responses when you’re done here. 1) Well that ...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Sep 9, 2011, 5:25 pm
Labeled “Under the Lights” the game between Notre Dame and Michigan will be the first night game ever at Michigan Stadium. It’s still hard to believe “The Big House” has never had a game started after sunset but then again it’s hard to believe Michigan has only won one National Champions...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Sep 9, 2011, 7:00 am
Notre Dame didn’t open its season they way they, or any of us fans, had hoped by dropping an ugly game to South Florida last week, but last is last week.  In about 36 hours Notre Dame will march into the Big House for the first night game in the stadium’s history looking to get
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Sep 9, 2011, 2:27 am
After a disappointing loss to USF, Notre Dame coaches, players and fans turn their attention towards rival Michigan, and the first-ever night game in Big House history. Notre Dame must continue to build and improve upon its promising second-half performance in order to be victorious. Eliminate Menta...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Sep 6, 2011, 11:26 pm
Earlier today Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly confirmed what many had speculated since Saturday night’s season opening loss to South Florida when he named sophomore Tommy Rees his starting quarterback for this weekend’s showdown with Michigan. “We’re going to start Tommy Rees against Michi...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Sep 6, 2011, 4:15 pm
When Brian Kelly named Dayne Crist the starting quarterback for the 2011 season, he said that he expected Crist to start all 13 games.  Well, heading into game number two, Kelly has already made the change to Tommy Rees after the sophomore came off the bench last weekend and nearly rallied the Iris...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Sep 5, 2011, 10:19 pm
Brian Kelly said on Sunday that he can the staff would evaluate film and come to a decision on who would be the starting quarterback on Monday.  If that decision has been made it hasn’t been announced yet as the only news to come out from Notre Dame on the quarterback front Monday was the
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Sep 5, 2011, 4:39 pm
In the aftermath of Saturday’s extremely disappointing season opening loss to South Florida, one of the popular topics on the message boards since then is idea of moving Theo Riddick back to running back after his underwhelming performance. While Riddick’s performance certainly left a lot to be ...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Sep 5, 2011, 3:46 pm
Brian Kelly spoke with the media yesterday to recap the South Florida loss.  Here are some notes from what Kelly had to say related to, among other things, the starting QB spot, the punting game, and the punt returner. Kelly didn’t have a decision on who would start at quarterback as of yesterday...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Sep 5, 2011, 11:01 am
It’s been about 36 hours since Notre Dame’s season opener ended with a thud and while the loss still stings it’s time to move on and start looking towards where the Irish go from here.  With that in mind, here are several positive performances and bright spots in an otherwise disappointing di...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Sep 4, 2011, 1:26 am
Tommy Rees may not look like a typical starting college quarterback when you see him without a football uniform on, but on Saturday afternoon he certainly looked like Notre Dame’s starting quarterback during the 2nd half of Notre Dame’s season opening loss to South Florida. Ress lost the startin...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Sep 3, 2011, 11:47 pm
Yikes.  What an ugly way to start a season that 24 hours ago appeared to have so much potential.  Notre Dame stumbled out of the starting block today with one of the sloppiest performances we’ve seen (outside the 2007 season) in a long time. I’ll have more on this game – especially at the qu...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Sep 2, 2011, 12:41 pm
The long, long off-season is almost behind us and we are now just counting down the hours until Dayne Crist leads the 2011 Fighting Irish onto the field as Notre Dame plays host to South Florida and Matt from SportsCrack.com was kind enough to provide us with a preview of tomorrow’s season opener....
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Sep 2, 2011, 8:00 am
We are bringing back an old column that fell by the waste side a little bit last season under a new name in 2011. For the last few years we ran Friday morning posts with videos to get everyone fired up for the weekend under the name Friday Morning Flicks, but we were never really
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Sep 1, 2011, 11:51 pm
I’ve been wanting to do a pre-season prediction post for a while now and with one day left before the season starts, I was just about out of time so here goes a quick game by game prediction. South Florida – WIN - South Florida is a quality team and a tough week 1 opponent,
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Sep 1, 2011, 1:52 am
With just over two days remaining until the 2011 season kicks off for Notre Dame, we take a look at our yearly pre-season list of the most indispensable players on the Irish roster. I started this column last year and unfortunately Notre Dame lost four of the ten players I listed for a substantial a...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Aug 30, 2011, 12:29 am
Last week Her Loyal Sons gave us a strong start to the 2011 Irish Blogger Gathering with the pre-season edition.  This week we here at UHND host the season opener edition and with now less than five days remaining until the Irish kick-off the 2011 season, it’s safe to say everybody is ready for a
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Aug 29, 2011, 11:30 pm
Notre Dame picked up a little bit of recruiting momentum as we enter the last week of the off-season on Monday with literally a huge commitment from defensive lineman Jarron Jones.  Jones, a massive defensive end prospect, likely caps Notre Dame’s defensive line recruiting to give the Irish a ban...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Aug 24, 2011, 1:26 am
After declaring the quarterback race was too close to call just a little over a week ago, Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly named senior Dayne Crist his starting quarterback for the 2011 season after a quarterback battle between Crist and sophomore Tommy Rees that started in spring ball. “We named...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Aug 24, 2011, 12:40 am
The big news of the day was obviously the naming of Dayne Crist as the starting quarterback for the 2011 season (more on that later), but the results of other key position battles were also announced with a few surprise winners in the mix. We’ll start with the biggest surprise of the day.  Junior...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Aug 16, 2011, 12:57 am
When Drew Mitchell (ND ’01) returned to South Bend in 2006 for business school, he had a large number of friends begging to stay with him during Notre Dame Football games because all the hotel rooms in South Bend booked up a year in advance.  In talking to many other alumni who attended ND footb...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Aug 14, 2011, 11:02 pm
The Irish Blog Gathering returns for the 2011 with the first installment for the new season. For those of you unfamiliar with the IBG, each week a Notre Dame blog comes up with a set of questions and a panel of esteemed Irish bloggers answers them on their individual websites.  The IBG is entering ...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Aug 14, 2011, 9:56 pm
Brian Kelly spoke with the media on Saturday after Notre Dame’s 9th practice of the season.  Here’s the full video courtesy of the University’s YouTube channel and then some notes for those who don’t have time to watch the entire thing. Notre Dame scrimmaged with the younger players –
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Aug 12, 2011, 12:07 am
Notre Dame finds itself in a very unfamiliar position as they progress into fall camp this year. For the first time in a very long time, the Irish are loaded with talent and depth along the defensive line – a position that has been a source of frustration for many years. It was just six
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Aug 10, 2011, 11:29 pm
Brian Kelly addressed the media for about 15 minutes on Wednesday and thanks to the University’s YouTube channel, we have video of all 15 minutes of it. For those of you at work or who don’t have 15 minutes to watch, we have the Cliff’s Notes edition as well. First off, we’ll start with the
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Aug 10, 2011, 10:22 pm
Today was the first day Notre Dame could practice with full contact and thanks to the University’s YouTube channel, we have some video the look at including some great shots of the “rodeo drill” (formerly referred to as the Irish Eyes drill under Weis). I’d like to preface this by saying it�...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Aug 10, 2011, 10:58 am
Fall camp is still in its early stages with the first day of full contact coming today, but its never too early to look at some questions Notre Dame needs to answer before September 3 when South Florida comes to town. Who is the Starting QB? This one almost goes without saying and has been
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Aug 10, 2011, 1:44 am
And now we can add seniors Ethan Johnson and Kapron Lewis-Moore to the growing list of Notre Dame players on pre-season award watch lists after the defensive end classmates were both placed on the Hendrick Award watch list on Tuesday. Awarded annually for the last 10 years, the Ted Hendricks Award i...
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Frank V. posted an article on UHND.com - Aug 10, 2011, 1:31 am
Notre Dame junior running back Cierre Wood was the latest Notre Dame player to be named to a pre-season award watch list on Tuesday when he was placed on the watch list for the Paul Hornung Award. The Paul Hornung Award is given annually to the most versatile player in college football by the Louisv...
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