Irish Football Rant

3 Games For 2020 Are Cancelled – USC, Stanford and Wisconsin

irishranter July 12, 2020 2020 Games Tagged

One of the biggest rivalry games in college football – ND vs USC will not be played this year. The Pac-12 announced today that Pac-12 games would only be played within the Pac-12 conference. This means that the USC and Stanford games will not be played in 2020. In addition, Wisconsin will not be playing

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Joe Alt – Commit Number 12 For 2021 Class

Irish Editor July 7, 2020 Commits 2021 Tagged Joe Alt

3 Star OL Joe Alt 6’7″ 260 lbs from Minnesota and son of NFL player John Alt joined ND over Iowa (where his father went). Currently, he has been playing TE, but he looks to transition to OT at Notre Dame. He will need a couple of years to gain the weight to play OT.

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Ryan Barnes – Commit Number 11 for 2021 Class – 3 Star CB

Irish Editor June 8, 2020 Commits 2021 Tagged Ryan Barnes

Ryan Barnes 6’2″ 180 lbs CB from Maryland commits to ND. Although he is listed as a 3 Star commit, a slew of top programs were after him. In other news, ND football players are expected to start arriving on 6/8 and uncontrolled practices to start 6/22. Here is the Ryan Barnes highlight video:

Jason Onye – Commit Number 10 Class 2021

Irish Editor May 10, 2020 Commits 2021 Tagged Jason Onye

3 Star DE Jason Onye – 6’5″ 245 lbs from RI commits and hereto another that hasn’t visited South Bend. He had lots of other offers including Penn State and Michigan. Here is his highlight video:

Philip Riley – Commit Number 9 – 2021 Class

Irish Editor May 7, 2020 Commits 2021 Tagged Philip Riley

4 Star CB Philip Riley – 6’0 190 lbs out of Florida commits to ND without having visited. He had about 40 offers including Clemson USC And Florida State. This took the sting out of losing out to Clemson for RB Will Shipley. Here is his highlight video:

Just Waiting – 2020 Season

Irish Editor April 18, 2020 2020 Games Tagged

You wait all year to see the annual Blue/Gold game and some jo across the globe starts a worldwide pandemic. With summer approaching there is a slight chance we may still have a 2020 season, if practice can begin July 1st. Let Trump make the call – if so game on. Recruiting is at a

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Notre Dame Cancels All Sports Activity

Irish Editor March 13, 2020 Practice Tagged

Due to the coronavirus all Sporting Activities at Notre Dame have been put on hold including Spring Football as well as the Blue/Gold Game. In addition, all recruiting activity has been put on hold.

Notre Dame Football Spring Practice 3/5/20

Irish Editor March 6, 2020 Practice Tagged

ND opened up spring practice – the 1st day was indoors with a lot of the usual drills. The QB’s all looked good and they all threw deep. Ian Book seems to have gained arm strength. So far this looks like a good start to the football practice season. Here are some practice clips: Check

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Notre Dame Rounds Out Coaching Staff

Irish Editor February 14, 2020 Coaches Tagged John McNulty, Mike Mickens

John McNulty has been selected as the TE coach. He has coached both college and the Pros. His last job was as an analyst at Penn State. Prior to that he was OC at Rutgers. He apparently coached with Rees when he was at the Chargers. CB coach Mike Mickens joins ND from Cinncy. He

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Justin Walters – Commit Number 8 for 2021 Class

Irish Editor February 4, 2020 Commits 2021 Tagged Justin Walters

Notre Dame’s Junior Day provided Safety Commit Justin Walters as a commit. He’s a hard hitting 6’2″ 170 lbs Safety from Illinois. He had offers from Michigan and Wisconsin to name a few. Good pickup for ND as they head into the Spring Season. Here is his highlight video: