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Yesterday, NBC announced that Dan Hicks was joining the broadcast team for Notre Dame football, taking over the play-by-play duties from veteran Tom Hammond. Hicks, who leads NBC’s golf coverage, has voiced some incredible moments at the Olympics as well, including all 18 of Michael Phelps’ gold medals, during his acclaimed career. He’ll team with…
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Early in the Brian Kelly era at Notre Dame, we spent obsessive amounts of time discussing quarterback performance. After watching Charlie Weis spit out two elite college quarterbacks, the Irish bringing in another “offensive guru” gave Notre Dame fans hopes that their new head coach would continue to develop quarterbacks, even if it was with…
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On Saturday, Notre Dame had their first and only open practice of the spring. (Until the Blue-Gold game, that is.) With Loftus packed to the walls with a thousand high school coaches a a large group of local media getting their looks at an Irish squad three-quarters of the way through spring ball, there was…
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Amidst a thousand high school coaches, Brian Kelly revealed an interesting wrinkle about his own coaching staff this weekend. After being the primary play-caller for the offense in his three seasons at Notre Dame, those duties will be passed on to offensive coordinator Chuck Martin. Martin, who spent last year running the offense after being…
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The Notre Dame coaches clinic is underway, with hundreds of high school coaches from around the country descending on South Bend to hear Brian Kelly and his staff speak. In addition to the Irish coaches, a star-studded list will also be joining the festivities, with current NFL head coaches Marc Trestman, Marvin Lewis and Bill…
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A day after Davonte Neal decided to head home to the University of Arizona, quarterback Gunner Kiel has decided to transfer to Cincinnati. ESPN’s Joe Schad reports that Kiel selected Brian Kelly’s former program after considering Ball State, Miami (Ohio), Kansas State and Mississippi. Schad spoke to Kiel, who provided his rationale: “Cincinnati was the…
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After deciding to walk away from Notre Dame to be closer to his girlfriend and newborn daughter, Davonte Neal will play next season for Rich Rodriguez and Arizona. The 5-foot-9 slot receiver was down to the Irish and Wildcats before dramatically choosing Notre Dame in a whirlwind recruiting process. Now he’ll come home and add…
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As we push closer towards the end of spring practice, one position that deserves the closest look under the microscope is the safety position. With Zeke Motta departed, it’s a fascinating grouping that’s now fully transitioned into Brian Kelly’s personnel. Both Chuck Martin and Bob Elliott have shown the ability to get good football out…
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With the Irish getting some scrimmage time in earlier this week, there’s a very good chance Brian Kelly and his staff are getting to know the type of football team that they have on their hands. In the case of Everett Golson, that might be a player that’s advanced leaps and bounds. While we all…
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With Notre Dame’s football alliance set to start with the ACC in 2014, one of the first big pieces of scheduling news broke today. Rivals’ affiliate Warchant.com reports that Florida State will host the Irish in ’14. Consider this the first of hopefully many announcements for athletic director Jack Swarbrick and ACC commissioner John Swofford,…
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Last season, Stephon Tuitt put himself on the map with a breakout sophomore season. While his numbers tailed off down the stretch, Tuitt was near the top of the NCAA leaders in sacks halfway through the season, en route to a still mighty impressive team leading 12 quarterback take-downs. For a 3-4 defensive end that…
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It’s been a nice run at tight end for Notre Dame over the past decade. The Irish have produced more than their share of early-round NFL tight ends, with Anthony Fasano, John Carlson, and Kyle Rudolph soon to be joined by Tyler Eifert. After learning the position on the fly last season after playing his…
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Last week, Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly was unequivocal in his evaluation of rising senior Louis Nix. “We think he’s the best nose guard in America,” Kelly said. As good as Nix has been as the centerpiece of the Irish’s defensive line, he might be better in front of a microphone. Nix was made…
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With the departure of Justin Ferguson and Davonte Neal, incoming freshman Will Fuller and Torii Hunter Jr. will be given every opportunity to play catch-up this summer. For Fuller, that means a solid summer in the weight room with Paul Longo. For Hunter, it’s not quite as straight-forward. A broken femur in January put the…
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Let’s get back to the over-analysis! As we examine another two minutes of ND football players going through drill work, here are a few things I picked up, from either talking to people close to the program or reading other reports: * It’s interesting to note that a broken collarbone for Amir Carlisle doesn’t mean…
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As our frame-by-frame analysis of practice videos attest to, there’s an appetite for everything football in the spring. Practice footage of one-on-one blocking, seven on seven passing drills or running against a no-touch defense still gives us ammo for our annual rite of spring. Playing the guessing game of how Brian Kelly plans to feature…
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I’m not sure if it’s me slacking or the FIDM team, but it dawned on me that I’m a little behind on the video breakdowns from spring practice. Let’s get right into it and breakdown the past two videos, which featured some interesting looks at the Irish getting physical and some clues as to what…
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There was always going to be a very large hole in the middle of the Irish defense. That’s what the departure of any four-year starter does for you, let alone one of the most highly decorated defenders in college football history. While most of the recent talk of Manti Te’o is focused on his draft…
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The Notre Dame football team took a break from spring drills for Easter, practicing on Wednesday before players took the long weekend to head home to their families or catch up on some rest in South Bend. For Brian Kelly and his staff, the quarter-turn of their fifteen workouts gave an early assessment of the…
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You can hardly blame some Irish fans. Yesterday’s news that Davonte Neal and Justin Ferguson were leaving school was the first sign of the apocalypse. After all, things seemed to be going almost too well for Notre Dame football, a group that at this point should expect a maelstrom every 60 days or so. Most…
