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Ishaq Williams is Irish

Notre Dame took a giant step toward building a dominant defense with the surprise commitment of outside linebacker Ishaq Williams to join Stephon Tuitt in what is turning into a top 10 and possibly a top 5 recruiting class. Williams was rated as the East team’s third best performer at the Army All-American team and…

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Floyd Returns to Irish

By returning for his senior season, Michael Floyd will likely go down as the most productive receiver in Notre Dame history.  He already holds the Notre Dame record for most touchdown receptions, he’s second in most receptions and third in receiving yards.  He accomplished all of that in three injury shortened seasons.  Barring an injury…

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Comparing Coaches – Reprise

(Notre Dame Football News | The Rock Report) – As mentioned in part one, don’t go betting your lunch money on Kelly’s success based on what follows.  Instead, think of this exercise as akin to a blood pressure check, meaning passing simply shows there are no obvious signs of ill-health.  Remember that Weis and Willingham…

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Comparing Coaches

(Notre Dame Football News | The Rock Report) – The 2010 regular season is in the books and, as is the norm for most first year coaches, it was a roller coaster ride.  If we’ve learned anything about first years, as Vannie pointed out in Patience and Measuring Success, they’re more about changing the team…

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DaVaris Daniels Commits

(Notre Dame Football Recruiting News) – The team may be struggling on the field, but Notre Dame recruiting just moved into the top 5 on both Rivals and Scout with the addition of  DaVaris Daniels, a big and dangerous wide receiver out of Illinois.  With Atkinson and Daniels, Kelly now has two big play-makers on…

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