Category: Practice

Charted below are the dates and times for the Notre Dame Football Spring Practice leading up to the Blue/Gold game: Lots of competition everywhere to get on the 2 deep. The most intriguing is QB–if Golson feels he’s slipping behind Zaire he probably leaves in May. There will be fierce competition along the OL with

ND had Media Day and und.com provides clip. So the shakeout and probable starters are detailed below – I’ll skip the DB’s for now outside of Riggs, Redfield and Collingsworth penned to start. The OL: Stanley (78) Hegarty (77) Martin (72) Lombard (74) Elmer (79) The DL : Rochell (90) Jones (94) Day (91) Trumbetti

Kelly has named Golson the starting QB and he will not have a package for Zaire. He hinted Zaire will get in the game if it is blowout or if Golson gets hurt. I think this is a mistake. He’s got to get Zaire on the field early and often in my opinion. The staff

Practice was a little bit more aggressive in the morning workout. There is really not a lot to see and I guess it would help if I knew all players numbers. Again, not much to see and some of these guys are huge. Kelly meets the press and wishes the reporters had a better mike.

Watch ND provides a good clip of team in pads from the August 8th, 2014 practice. This Saturday the team is set for full contact—no injuries please. Here is the practice video clip:

UND.COM once again provides clips but to me it’s just guys running around and passing the ball. Can’t really tell much of anything and that’s just about the way it will play out rest of the way until game time. Day 2 helmets – no pads.

Watch ND provides video clips of Kelly’s after practice comments and clip of some actual practice footage. Not much I can add, but the team did seem to be in shape and excited. No pads, just helmets so it’s difficult to determine how frosh will do until full pads are banging. I Just hope no

Brian Kelly addresses issues going into the start of camp on Aug. 4th. DL Tony Springmann’s career is over. He unfortunately just could not overcome back problems. Ben Councell is cleared and ready to go. Jarrett Grace, surprisingly should be ready for Rice. TE Durham Smythe – Kelly really likes this kid. OL freshman Quenton

This was so vanilla on both sides of the ball that the really big news is that Field Turf will be installed following May graduation. According to Jack Swarbrick, it was just not feasible to continue with a grass playing surface. In addition, the condition of the field yesterday should have made all the old