**Reminder** – The game starts at 2:30 EST on NBC. “We play in the SEC – I don’t worry about going to South Bend” sayeth Vanderbilt HC Derek Mason. This is Mason’s 2nd year having coached Defense at Stanford so he knows Kelly’s Offensive tendencies. Vandy is 2-0 having defeated: Middle Tenn. State: 35-7 Nevada:
3 Star WR Kendall Abdur-Rahman 6ft 175 from Illinois joins the 2019 Notre Dame Football class. He is an Athletic player with big time speed having 34 HS TD’s. ND is still looking for DL & OL recruits. I think they only have 2-3 openings left. Here is his highlight video:
I’ll bet that any casual observer was strongly rooting for Ball State – I know I was leaning that way. What a sorry excuse ND is for any consideration for elite status this season. One thing we do know is that Brandon Wimbush cannot pass and that Ball State QB Riley Neal can. If either
This game is an excellent opportunity for ND to play a number of 2nd, 3rd teamers and just maybe ND’s freshman QB. This game should get the starters out early and provide much needed actual playing time for I hope many of the backups. Freshman can play in 4 games and it won’t affect their
Let’s start with what Michigan brings to the game. One Jim Harbaugh, who has to be a disappointment so far as his stay has progressed – he was brought in to crush OSU and their corrupted winning coach. With that in mind, this is a must win game for Harbaugh – far more than Brian
Brian Kelly starts off saying that there are no injuries and that they “Don’t have anybody that would not play against Michigan right now”. An intersting point during this press conference was when he was questioned who will be starting at QB. He said Wimbush is definitely starting, but he mentioned that Ian Book will
It’s that time of year when the official 2018 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Shamrock Series Merchandise has been released. This year the Shamrock Series game will feature Notre Dame vs Syracuse at Yankees Stadium. As a result the merchandise designs will have a Yankee Stadium motif with pinstripes. There are many new Shamrock Series products
Brian Kelly meets the press for the weekly conference and so far there are no big injuries. ND will now go the next 2 weeks to prepare for the Michigan game. Here is the Brian Kelly press conference video: Here is the 8/15 practice clip: https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/ndinsider.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/e6/be6fa2a8-d70e-56c4-a99c-b24c3e392698/5b74ba8ce5f1a.video.mp4