Author: Mike Coffey

Marching for Dollars

The ND band has entered a contest sponsored by CBS where the marching band that receives the most votes gets a $25,000 prize.

Irish Host Purdue in Kelly’s Debut

by John Vannie (Notre Dame Football News) – Notre Dame kicks off the Brian Kelly era on Saturday as the Irish play host to Purdue. The Boilermakers are led by second year coach Danny Hope, who managed to defeat Ohio State and Michigan last season while suffering a narrow defeat to the Irish. Wishful thinking…

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Snow Globes

Hailing from an old Irish family, I had no shortage of old Irish great-aunts growing up. And like so many old Irish great-aunts, mine were into snow globes. Every couple weeks when we’d pile into the station wagon and head over to Canaryville to “make the rounds”, I’d see dozens and dozens of them gathering…

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No Means No

My mother is one of those social souls for whom exiting a party is three times the effort of entering. She’ll say she’s leaving, then run into someone on the way to the door. 10 minutes later, the process repeats. Eventually she finds her way out, but it usually involves half a tank of gas…

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Cowardice and Greed

I’ve had some time to reflect on Saturday night and what it meant to Notre Dame both on and off the field. No doubt there were benefits derived from our game against Washington State. I certainly enjoyed seeing us run roughshod over an opponent for a change, although that had more to do with the…

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