Football

Hanging Out with Jack

The Google Hangout with Jack Swarbrick came off well last night, with five participants (including yours truly) providing the conversational fodder for ND’s AD. My questions weren’t as edgy as the last time around, but the purpose is to get good answers, and I think all the panelists accomplished that. You can watch the broadcast…

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The Hangout Part Deux

Technical glitches aside, the Google+ Hangout Jack Swarbrick did back in July was very successful, and gave the electronic community a chance to interact with the ND administration at an unprecedented level. So the hope is if once was good, twice should be even better. Jack Swarbrick will reprise his hangout role this Wednesday, September…

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Irish Defense Smothers Michigan

Notre Dame’s swarming defense forced six Michigan turnovers and quarterback Tommy Rees came on in relief to engineer enough offense to give the 4-0 Irish a 13-6 victory over the Wolverines on Saturday. Both defenses dominated play, and each team frittered away scoring chances with costly turnovers in the red zone. Notre Dame nursed a narrow lead…

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Michigan to Test Rejuvenated Irish

Notre Dame completes the Big-10 portion of its schedule on Saturday with a home game against the University of Michigan. The 3-0 Irish and the 2-1 Wolverines are idle next week, and both want to declare September a success by ending on a positive note against a traditional rival. The game will be played at…

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What’s all this “Process” talk about?

(The Rock Report | Notre Dame Football News) – Seemingly every word out of Kelly’s mouth is about “The Process”. “Trust the process. “ “It’s about the Process”. “We’ve got to avoid the noise and stay disciplined on the process.” Let’s get this out of consultant-speak for a second (which can be tough for, uh…

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