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Orange is the New Season Opener

Notre Dame opens its 2015 season on Saturday night by hosting the Texas Longhorns. The Irish carry high expectations into this campaign, and Coach Brian Kelly has called this year’s edition of the blue and gold his deepest and most talented team. Meanwhile, the Longhorns are coming off a humbling 6-7 year and are still…

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2015 NDNation Probability Poll Results

For the 9th year the NDNation Probability Poll is in and 2015 checks in with tepid expectations heading into Brian Kelly’s sixth season. The probability concept puts a little more thought around predictions than just ” is ND better than X”? We ask every fan to estimate the probability of the Irish winning each game…

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Help Our HOFer

This weekend, Tim Brown will receive his overdue recognition by the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton, OH, when he and his fellow Irish alum Jerome Bettis are inducted. With good old #81 in the spotlight, we at NDN felt it was time to let you know about an off-the-field endeavor of TB’s just as…

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2015 NDN Probability Poll

The 9th NDNation Probability Poll is underway. In theory, the probability concept puts a little more thought around predictions than just “ND is favored over X!” We ask every fan to estimate the probability of the Irish winning each game and use that to calculate expectations (last year’s was a bit gummed up by the…

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Back to the Future

Regardless of what the calendar said, I always knew college football season was coming when the preview magazines hit the shelves. If we were up at the lake, I’d duck in to the drugstore to grab them all off the shelf and spend glorious hours pouring over them on the porch. Prior to the days…

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