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ND Lands Matt Hegarty

(Notre Dame Football Recruiting News) – Notre Dame received a second straight commitment from an elite player late Wednesday when offensive tackle prospect Matt Hegerty committed to Brian Kelly and the Irish. Hegarty is considered one of the best offensive line prospects in the nation with offers from USC, LSU, Texas and Michigan. His commitment…

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Kelly and the Running Game

*These are several posts from suave_andrew that I combined together. Probably no other aspect of Brian Kelly’s offense will receive more attention than how the run game performs. This is due mainly for two reasons: 1) Charlie Weis’s inability to establish the run at Notre Dame played a large role in his downfall and 2)…

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Recruiting, Stars and RKGs

(Notre Dame Football Recruiting News) – See also: Recruiting Video Review (The Rock Report) – The bottom line on this recruiting class, as new head Coach Brian Kelly readily acknowledges, is that it’s not good enough for Notre Dame and coming after last year’s disappointing class, Kelly has his work cut out for him in…

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Kelly and Leadership, Part II: Coaching the Coaches

See also: Kelly and Leadership, Part I: Developing Players from the Inside-out See also: Will Kelly’s Offense Work at ND? See also: Brian Kelly and the Secret Sauce (The Rock Report) – When Brian Kelly announced his assistants he said he was looking for “great teachers, great educators, great communicators,” but he also highlighted what…

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The Invincible Invisibles?

Coach Kelly is certainly following through on his stated recruiting strategy of going after big skill players who can play a number of positions. Here’s what Kelly told Irish Eyes: “Big skill is profiling out, if I could take 20 guys who are tough gentlemen who fit the profile at Notre Dame academically and were…

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