Articles Tagged with Lou Holtz
Miscellany, Off-Season »
![A Clashmore Mike Roundtable: Critical Elements to Irish Success In 2009](http://www.clashmoremike.com/wp-content/themes/tipperaryterrence/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://clashmoremike.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/3221358918_6ed7d7eeea.jpg&w=150&h=150&zc=1&q=100)
Notre Dame’s season opener against Nevada is right around the corner and a seemingly eternal off-season can’t end soon enough. Fans seem tired of attempting to produce logical explanations for the last two years: a disastrous 2007 season and an underachieving 2008 campaign. Head coach Charlie Weis’ said it best at Notre Dame’s media day, […]
Miscellany, Off-Season »
![Notre Dame Run Blocking: Positives and Negatives of the Zone Blocking Scheme](http://www.clashmoremike.com/wp-content/themes/tipperaryterrence/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://clashmoremike.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/zone_blocking.jpg&w=150&h=150&zc=1&q=100)
As discussed before, three topics contributing to the success and demise of the 2008 Irish offense will be discussed this off-season. The first installment, Part 1, detailed the positives and negatives of head coach Charlie Weis’ offensive philosophy and play-calling approach. The second installment consists of three segments detailing Notre Dame’s struggles running the football. […]
Miscellany, Personnel, Recruiting, Staff »
![The Great Weis Failure Theory](http://www.clashmoremike.com/wp-content/themes/tipperaryterrence/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://clashmoremike.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/weis1.jpg&w=150&h=150&zc=1&q=100)
The Fighting Irish limped through their season finale against USC last Saturday. The game proved to be a resounding exclamation point to a dismal second-half season and sparked a frenzy of conjecture over the future of embattled head coach Charlie Weis. Media pundits, Irish haters, and loyal fans all have opinions. The pundits compare his […]
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![Injecting Emotion Into an Emotionless Program](http://www.clashmoremike.com/wp-content/themes/tipperaryterrence/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://clashmoremike.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/ndhorseman.jpg&w=150&h=150&zc=1&q=100)
It wasn’t quite the Miami/Florida International brawl. However, anyone who went to the 2008 Blue-Gold Game remembers the scuffle that occurred when Harrison Smith intercepted a Jimmy Clausen pass and ran it into the end zone for a touchdown. What we saw that day was what had been brewing since December. This past off-season, Charlie […]