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Name: Tom Shanahan
Date registered: April 8, 2018
URL: http://shanahanreport.com

Latest posts

  1. Here is the unromantic Alabama Rose Bowl story the media won’t tell you — December 27, 2023
  2. My Michigan State history lesson for UNC Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz — December 11, 2023
  3. Antonio Gates on his fatherly advice for his namesake and Nick Saban’s advice he ignored — September 22, 2023
  4. Another round of realignment brings up folly of adopting legends — September 7, 2023
  5. Air Coryell, the offense that changed football, lands in Canton — August 6, 2023

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  1. Pat Narduzzi rebuilt Pitt with model his old boss used to close in on Duffy — 3 comments
  2. Duke football isn’t one of Kirk Herbstreit’s white flag teams — 2 comments
  3. Brian Kelly says Notre Dame QB competition is closer but better — 2 comments
  4. Ian Book’s play answering questions why Notre Dame recruited him — 1 comment
  5. Don Coryell’s Hall-of-Fame case supported by Pro Bowl record — 1 comment

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Oct
29
2018

Here’s how Coach K created DII circles buzz with Duke invitations

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DURHAM, N.C. – Mike Krzyzewski’s post-game concerns ranged beyond grading his No. 4-ranked basketball team’s performance as the Blue Devils prepared for their season opener with Kentucky on Nov. 6 in the Champions Classic. The venerable Coach K wanted to know if the Bulldogs, his invited guests as the reigning NCAA Division II champions, enjoyed …

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Oct
26
2018

Navy-Notre Dame is San Diego homecoming for Chris Gesell

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As homecomings go, Navy football player Chris Gesell touches all the bases, including jumping with two feet on his metaphorical home plate, San Diego. Aside from using a baseball metaphor for a football game, that’s quite a story and lifetime memory. Gesell grew up in San Diego before he left for the Naval Academy in …

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Oct
26
2018

C.J. Bryce shows his ACC talent that Kevin Keatts first saw in summer of 2014

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CHARLOTTE — N.C. State coach Kevin Keatts grinned a cunning smile when asked if C.J. Bryce, an All-Colonial Athletic Association first-team pick for him at UNC-Wilmington, was an overlooked ACC player coming out of high school or one that has blossomed. Keatts, seated at a table in the Spectrum Center at the Atlantic Coast Conference …

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Oct
25
2018

Navy-Notre Dame V-12 history mixed with my family history

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Navy-Notre Dame is a time-honored college football tradition with continuity strengthened through American history. The specific epochal period was World War II. It’s the reason the rivalry, renewed for the 92nd time Saturday night in San Diego, remains the nation’s longest uninterrupted intersectional series. It dates to 1927, despite playing out as one-sided affairs many …

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Oct
18
2018

Joe Giles-Harris and Ben Humphreys combine as Duke’s 1-2 punch

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If it seemed like Joe Giles-Harris and Ben Humphreys were joined at the hip throughout last week’s win at Georgia Tech, look no further the defensive statistics. Together, Duke’s inside linebackers combined for 26 tackles. Giles-Harris, a 6-foot-2, 240-pounder, led the Blue Devils with five solo tackles and 15 assisted for a 15 total. Humphreys, …

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Oct
17
2018

James Nachtigal took a familiar path to West Point commitment

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James Nachtigal explained how he surprised himself ending up at West Point. It’s unique to him, but Army players have told similar tales throughout Tucker Waugh 17 seasons pounding the recruiting trail as a Black Knights assistant coach. “Coach Waugh showed up at my school one day,” said Nachtigal, Army’s leading tackler as a senior …

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Oct
12
2018

Triple-option offense running through dire predictions

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The option is still revered at certain high schools, but – despite the zeal of some coaches – the once venerated scheme has been languishing at the college level for years. Now rule changes may doom it there too.” – Sports Illustrated, Oct. 8, 2018 issue. By Tom Shanahan The option offense is entrenched as …

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Oct
11
2018

Duke’s Daniel Jones recovering with help of walk-ons and 3-D technology

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DURHAM, N.C. — These days, college football verbiage often turns to claims the billion-dollar industry exploits athletes. Once in awhile, though, we’re reminded of the sport’s innocent roots before money hardened the game. They grew when some Princeton and Rutgers students challenged each other to the first college football game played, in 1869. For some …

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Oct
09
2018

Alex Spanos dies with a muddled NFL legacy

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Alex Spanos died Tuesday at age 95 and reports across the nation identified him as owner of the Los Angeles Chargers. What a complicated yet fittingly sterile final chapter to his legacy as a National Football League owner of franchise storied for its San Diego years. Upon hearing the news my first memory, as a …

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Oct
07
2018

Ian Book’s play answering questions why Notre Dame recruited him

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Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly no longer has to explain away speculation he settled for Ian Book as a Plan B recruit. Not after Book’s third-straight win as a starter that has lifted the Irish into the College Football Playoff picture. The stars have finally aligned for Notre Dame now that he has switched from …

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Oct
02
2018

Air Force and Navy open Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy series

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The Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy series begins this week, although most of America thinks it starts and finishes with the Army-Navy Game that is annually staged as college football’s final regular season date. That egregiously overlooks the round-robin series involving Air Force along with Army and Navy. In fact, in 20 of the past 21 years the …

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Sep
28
2018

Virginia Tech is sliding down while Duke is rising up

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Virginia Tech-Duke suddenly turned into a key ACC Coastal Division game. You can tell by the ESPN-dictated starting time: 7 p.m. Saturday at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham. Virginia Tech was a preseason Coastal favorite, along with Miami, despite the Hokies’ off-season losses on defense due to injuries, academics and transfers. Meanwhile, Duke had a …

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Sep
28
2018

What would Michigan State Hall of Famer George Webster have said about Jon Reschke?

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What would George say? How might the late George Webster, a Michigan State College Football Hall of Fame linebacker/safety on the 1965 and 1966 national championship teams, have viewed Jon Reschke re-joining the Spartans following a racially charged text? Michigan State’s pioneering Underground Railroad teams established a history for recruiting the segregated South and leading …

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Sep
25
2018

Jimmy Raye ended black QB debate on way to Michigan State Hall of Fame

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Social progress and sports are indelibly intertwined with American history. It’s why Jackie Robinson, who broke Major League Baseball’s color line in 1947, remains an iconic figure that transcends athletics. Pioneers open closed roads and minds. Their ground-breaking efforts, through meritocracy, spur momentum. We’re reminded of this – at least in our Big Ten corner …

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Sep
24
2018

In college QB game of musical chairs, Chris Katrenick has seat at Duke

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If you think N.C. Central felt frustrated when Duke third-team quarterback Chris Katrenick directed three second-half scoring drives, imagine the second-guessing of highly recruited QBs still seeking playing time across the nation. Katrenick made his college debut when he came off the bench for injured Quentin Harris, who was making his second start in place …

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Sep
22
2018

Another Duke quarterback injury, but still a fourth victory

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DURHAM, N.C. – Duke’s “next man up” mantra that now extends to quarterbacks remains perfect to the tune of a 4-0 start. Backup quarterback Quentin Harris was on his way to leading the Blue Devils to their second straight win in his second start since third-year starter Daniel Jones suffered a broken collar bone two …

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