Welcome to Round 3 of a scheduled 5 between Team Rees, represented by Tyler Moorehead, and Team Golson , represented by Steve Herring. Learn a little more about Tyler in Sunday’s Press Release. Our names link to Twitter accounts … so go follow us. Basic Rules: Tommy is eligible for all games in 2012. It’s boxing themed so this series will feature two men in the ring (sorry Hendrix & Kiel fans, but it’s a long summer and we haven’t forgotten … READ MORE
Welcome to Round 2 of a scheduled 5 between Team Rees, represented by Tyler Moorehead, and Team Golson , represented by me, Steve Herring. Learn a little more about Tyler and the Debate Rules in Sunday’s Press Release. Our names link to Twitter accounts … so go follow us. QUESTION #3: Are we looking to “win now” or making the best choice for the program in terms of pursuing a NC. Can those ideas conflate? Tyler Moorehead (Team Rees): Those ideas definitely conflate. Certainly, the goal … READ MORE
Fight Fans! Irish Fans! Irish Fans That Like Fighting! Welcome to Round 1 of a scheduled 5 between Team Rees, represented by Tyler Moorehead, and Team Golson , represented by me, Steve Herring. Learn a little more about Tyler in Sunday’s Press Release. Our names link to Twitter accounts … so go follow us. Basic Rules: Tommy is eligible for all games in 2012. It’s boxing themed so this series will feature two men in the ring (sorry Hendrix & Kiel fans, but it’s … READ MORE
PRESS RELEASE: Starting Monday, June 4th, HerringBoneSports.com is hosting a 5 round debate about Notre Dame’s starting quarterback in 2012 with Editor-in-Chief Steve Herring (Team Everett Golson) & Tyler Moorehead (Team Tommy Rees). Two burning questions surrounding the decision will be covered daily. We encourage readers and Irish fans to act as the bout judges below. Yes, as Irish bloggers we are both well aware that Andrew Hendrix is prominently involved in this position battle and Gunner Kiel’s blue-chips are pushed all in. We’re … READ MORE
(SOP) Standard Operating Procedure is the only way to describe Notre Dame’s 2012 football schedule. In spite of reading like a death march into another barren winter of discontent, it’s actually quite typical in its structure. Who the Irish have lined up has become the hot topic of late, so if we want to talk about preseason projections, we’ll talk about preseason projections. Bruce Feldman just ranked the Irish schedule the hardest in the country. The basic scoring system gives the Irish bonus points for lacking FCS foes … READ MORE
Where is Davonte Neal going to see opportunities in the fall of 2012? Welcome to Part III of a series on the incoming freshman football players on the Notre Dame Football team. The basis of the Herring Bone analysis is to move away from Signing Day, where we spend time projecting careers from 5 years out, and rather get a realistic take on where they might fit into the depth chart in the upcoming season. While blue-chip recruits Gunner Kiel and Elijiah … READ MORE
If you missed us talking about the offensive freshmen contributors for Notre Dame in 2012, you can find it HERE or read my article about them HERE. This site has also discussed guys who could see the field as freshmen on defense HERE. This video is a clip from this week’s Down the Line on TNNDN Network. This show is available below. Full shows available HERE or on iTunes under “TNNDN” Listen to internet radio with TNNDN Network on Blog Talk Radio t
I joined TNNDN Network’s student run show, Lep Legion, this week to talk about the incoming freshmen players and delve into recruiting. I didn’t put too much time into editing this video, but I’m pretty excited about how it ended up with me talking about WR Chris Brown’s deep ball skills as he rips down a Hail Mary touchdown on the tape. In case you missed, I wrote about Brown’s possible ascension up the depth chart in fall camp due to … READ MORE
Where will the opportunity meet the preparation? ” “Opportunity” is the operative word when projecting contributions from incoming freshmen players. Who among the 2012 recruiting class is actually going to get a look outside of the special teams units? Which positions on the depth chart are inexperienced or lacking in production heading into fall camp? Which are manned by injury prone players? By the time this series is over I’ll have projected 2-3 athletes who might not end up with the best careers in blue … READ MORE
Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation. ” Gerome Sapp (ND ’99-02) mentioned on Down the Line two weeks ago how comical it is to project any recruit into the lineup for Week 1. Most freshmen haven’t adjusted to the speed of college practice or digested the calls by the time the ball kicks off in September, much less pushed veterans for their spot on the depth chart. No matter the number of stars on their high school rating, the transition is tough and completely lacking familiarity. Enrolling … READ MORE
If you missed Part I, which covered game notes from my time in South Bend, read it HERE. I don’t care if it was a glorified scrimmage. Witnessing the Fighting Irish in action inside the hallowed walls that Rock built was a very special experience. Having said that, I remain full bore ahead with modern amenities. Notre Dame Stadium needs a JumboTron (or two). Times have changed. Taking in a live sporting event in 2012 with no immediate clarification to what … READ MORE
Adventures in Advertising Joe Theismann made his name playing for Notre Dame and then the Washington Redskins in the NFL. Super Beta Prostate wasn’t ponying up to the Fighting Irish or the NFL for copyright fees, so they did the obvious by tossing a maroon jersey with green trim on the wall. Joe double checked that his payment had cleared and proceeded to peddle their prostate booster to the nostalgic masses. That Arena League looking jersey with “THEISMANN” clearly emblazoned across the back would suffice … READ MORE
I finally made the long-awaited trek to South Bend, Indiana and took in this Fighting Irish team in its natural setting. My father and I sat amongst the Fighting Irish faithful that attempted to gauge and overanalyze the small sample size of what will be a much bigger process, most of which we’ll have little privy to. If you want to make your personal quarterback preference from the couch at home based off Saturday’s snapshot, then by all means go ahead. It’s your God-given, United States Constitutionally guaranteed right. It’s wrong, but it’s your … READ MORE
Editor’s Note: In no way shape or form am I attempting to claim the situation described below is identical or even close to what Aaron Lynch has dealt with in the past 15 months in South Bend. As details unfolded on Lynch’s story, I couldn’t help but recall myself in an interesting situation in regards to my football career at what was nearly an identical time in my life. Aaron Lynch has formally left the University of Notre Dame football program with the intentions … READ MORE
Your weekly update from the world of The New ND Nation Show & Podcast. The links to the show are conveniently located to the right side of this page. Just hit that arrow button under “blogtalkradio” and our most recent show will start rolling. If you’re looking for a specific show or guest click the “TNNDNRadio” link and it will take you to our official page. For you Mac and iTunes crowd just click the iPod link and you’ll be whisked away … READ MORE
Hey Harry. What do you think of the Fighting Irish??” “Sounds like a Caray family reunion!!” - from Harry Caray interview on TNNDN Show & Podcast A little late , I know, but here are some of the highlights from our time at The New ND Nation Show & Podcast with some awesome guests. Former star Notre Dame Football players Chris Stewart (OL Class of 2010) and Gerome Sapp (DB Class of 2003) gave us some great stuff. We were also joined by … READ MORE
Steve Herring is the Editor-in-Chief of HerringBoneSports.com & Co-Host of The New ND Nation Radio Show. Steve has worked in broadcasting at Madison Square Garden Media and the Arena Football League. You can find all his articles and radio show links on this site. E-mail him questions/suggestions at HerringBoneSports@gmail.com
It’s the story of the spring, the summer, fall camp, and likely every snap on Saturdays until the University of Notre Dame Football team is undefeated in late October … and also have a Heisman candidate at the position: What’s going on with those quarterbacks?? The position battle highlights from this video doesn’t exactly evoke Ali-Frazier 4 “Scintillating in South Bend” , but it’s nice to see and hear from the four incredibly different horsemen. I’ve got some notes, but nothing mind-blowing from … READ MORE
Do you remember when Brian Kelly announced the changes in his new coaching staff back in February? (Video) Between the Deontay’s and Davonte’s, the Kiel’s and Carlisle’s, heck even the Crist’s and Weis’s - the announcement got tagged with a casual “Wait & See” label while we focused on counting our recruiting winnings (and licking the recruiting wounds). We don’t have to wait any longer Irish fans (Jack Nolan voice) because we’ve got a hot off the presses video to guide us (below). I’d like … READ MORE
On February 1st, 2012 The New ND Nation Radio Show Did A Two Hour Recruiting Special. Below You Can Listen, While Watching Highlights of the 2012 Notre Dame Football Recruiting Class. Our Great Guests: The Special Guest in our 1st hour was former ND player (Class of 2011) and current Atlanta Falcons CB Darrin Walls. The last question of the interview was, “What would you tell the current recruits, of which 5 will likely play defensive back, to prepare for … READ MORE