Football

Injured Book Will Sit vs. Seminoles

Notre Dame (9-0) plays its only home game of the second half of the season on Saturday evening as the Fighting Irish battle Florida State (4-5). This Senior Day affair will be the final performance on home turf for veterans such as Jerry Tillery, TeVon Coney, Drue Tranquill, Dexter Williams, Justin Yoon and Tyler Newsome….

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140 Chances to Make a Difference

A couple weeks back, I wrote about Darrell “Flash” Gordon and his efforts at Wernle Youth & Family Treatment Center.  Wernle has been Flash’s passion for coming up on 20 years now, and he’s focused that passion into helping a lot of neglected kids and their families. Now you have a chance to help Flash…

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Irish Overcome Mistakes to Beat Cats

Ian Book faked a handoff and ran untouched around left end for the clinching touchdown with 2:45 remaining to secure a hard fought 31-21 victory for undefeated (9-0) Notre Dame. Book’s 23-yard score on a third down play removed the possibility of any last minute drama, as the Irish were nursing a three point lead…

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Wildcats Lie in Wait for Irish

Notre Dame (8-0) will attempt to maintain its tenuous hold on a postseason playoff spot on Saturday evening as the Fighting Irish battle Northwestern (5-3). Despite being ranked third in the AP and Coaches polls, the playoff committee saw fit to place them in the fourth position earlier this week when the initial rankings were…

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Notes From the Geetar: 37,000 foot edition

The Wi-Fi up here leaves a bit to be desired, but that’s not stopping me from typing away in my SWA seat wearing my ND football jersey.  All I would need is a hat to prompt a Crossian aneurysm, but alas, I lost it somewhere along the way on game day.  Things are not always…

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