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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 Video Review

(Notre Dame Football Recruiting News) – See also: Recruiting, Stars and RKGs Here are the videos of the 2010 recruiting class with a couple of useless comments to leave or leave as you see fit. Andrew Hendrix Useless comment: Great arm strength, great size, surprising speed, unpolished. Urban wanted him, so did Ohio State. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8m1uW8jjgs]…

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Ben Koyack – TE – 6’5″, 225 – Oil City, PA

(Notre Dame Football Recruiting News) – Ben Koyack | TE ESPN Grade 81 | Scout: ***** | Rivals: **** Top 100 Hometown: Oil City, PA| Oil City High School Height 6’5″ | Weight 225 lbs. Under Armour: Koyack outperformed the number one rated TE in the country, Jay Rome and was a force all week.  Runs great routes,…

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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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