Still stinging from its emasculation at the hands of the Michigan Wolverines last Saturday, Notre Dame will try to bounce back at home this week against Virginia Tech (5-2). The Irish offense failed to gain traction in the rain in Ann Arbor, but the fact that their highly regarded defense was absolutely trucked by the…
Notre Dame entered the rain-soaked Big House on Saturday night, fresh from a bye week but lacking a coherent game plan against the inspired Michigan defense. Furthermore, Coach Brian Kelly made no discernible adjustments to account for the fact that the decisive first half was played in a torrential downpour. The Irish inexplicably tried to…
Eighth ranked Notre Dame (5-1) opens the second half of the season on Saturday night with a road trip to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to play the 19th ranked Wolverines. The 5-2 hosts are fresh from a tough road loss to Penn State, while the Fighting Irish had a bye last week after defeating USC on…
Ian Book capped a clutch drive by scoring on a quarterback draw from eight yards out with 3:33 remaining in the game to give Notre Dame a ten point lead, and Brock Wright secured USC’s onside kick with a minute left to secure a hard-fought 30-27 victory over the Trojans. The hosts led by 20-3…
Last November, the Notre Dame faithful expected the undefeated Fighting Irish to storm the Coliseum and obliterate an erratic 5-6 USC team led by a precocious freshman quarterback. The visitors narrowly averted the same disaster that had befallen other unbeaten or highly-rated Irish teams in the last century. Nearly one year later, another talented but…