Inside Denbrock’s Offense Part 3: Sail, Cross & Yankee

In this third part article previewing Mike Denbrock’s offense, I will describe the two main “flood” zone-killing plays: Sail and Cross. These are basically either a weak side or strong side stress of the defense. These plays seek to overload the defense with too many receivers near the same zones in order to create a [...]

By |2024-04-07T14:28:04-04:00April 9th, 2024|Film Room, Football|2 Comments

Scholarship Update: A Lack of High School Recruiting Significance

It's been a while since we provided a scholarship update for Fighting Irish football and as the weeks pass plenty of things keep evolving and changing in college football recruiting. Sometimes it's hard to keep up. Just 7 years after the December early signing period was created (and will now be moved up to the [...]

By |2024-04-07T14:27:25-04:00April 7th, 2024|Football, Recruiting|16 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Blucifer Demanded Changes

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame cornerback Clarence Lewis has entered the transfer portal. According to reports, in-house NIL from universities will be a part of new revised legislation in front of the D1-Council this month. Memphis head coach Ryan Silverfield has signed a new contract [...]

By |2024-04-04T18:53:35-04:00April 4th, 2024|18S Reads|41 Comments

The Top 50 Iconic Uniforms in Sports: #26

Welcome to this website’s off-season sports sartorial content. We are counting down the world’s top 50 most iconic sports uniforms. Only current uniforms apply, we are not including one-off or alternate uniforms. Let’s stick to the basics. #26 St. Louis Cardinals I would argue that the St. Louis Cardinals uniforms shouldn't work. And yet, they [...]

By |2024-04-03T18:11:07-04:00April 3rd, 2024|18S Reads|16 Comments

Lacrosse: #1 Irish enjoy fresh squeezed Orange juice

Our #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse (6-1, 1-0 ACC) sent the visiting #4 Syracuse Orangemen (9-3, 1-1 ACC) home with a 14-12 loss. 5000 fans filled Arlotta to watch the #1 men's and now #1 women's teams play! The Plot We apologize that this week's recap is shorter than the game deserves. We [...]

By |2024-04-02T14:20:16-04:00April 2nd, 2024|18S Reads, Lacrosse|6 Comments

Inside Denbrock’s Offense Part 2: Shallow, Drive & Dagger

In this article, I will break down how Mike Denbrock has used several similar passing concepts successfully. These concepts have traces to the West Coast offense and Air Raid offense and are popularized by nearly every college and NFL team. But first, I would like to share this youtube video and site I found where [...]

By |2024-04-01T18:36:42-04:00April 2nd, 2024|Film Room, Football|7 Comments

Lacrosse: Irish to host Syracuse in Top 5 matchup

Our #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse (5-1, 0-0 ACC) open ACC play welcoming the #3 Syracuse Orangemen (9-2, 1-0 ACC) to Arlotta Stadium on Saturday at 2:00 (ACCN). The Irish hope to continue their great success against the Orange and avoid the top-rank curse that has plagued teams all season, including the Irish [...]

By |2024-03-29T08:45:33-04:00March 29th, 2024|18S Reads, Lacrosse|2 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: The Switch to Color

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard had ankle surgery and is expected to miss the rest of spring practice. All-American cornerback Ben Morrison also had shoulder surgery and will be out through spring and beyond. Pete Bevacqua's tenure as Notre Dame athletic director [...]

By |2024-03-28T12:54:47-04:00March 28th, 2024|18S Reads|36 Comments

NFL Draft Scouting Report: Javontae Jean-Baptiste

We are breaking down the Notre Dame prospects hoping to hear their names called in the upcoming NFL Draft being held in Detroit from April 25th through the 27th. Today, we'll focus on a graduate transfer who came over from Ohio State last off-season and made a big impact in South Bend while clearly improving [...]

By |2024-03-28T08:04:21-04:00March 28th, 2024|Football|1 Comment
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