Football

Fourth Quarter Meltdown Dooms Irish

Notre Dame took a precarious 20-17 lead into the final period against Stanford on Saturday night, but the Cardinal scored three touchdowns in the next five minutes with help from multiple Irish turnovers to post a 38-20 win. The loss ended the regular season for the 9-3 visitors and will knock them out of the…

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Irish Seek Elusive Win in Palo Alto

Notre Dame will travel to the West Coast to battle Stanford on Saturday in pursuit of its tenth victory of the season and first in Palo Alto since 2007. The 8-3 Cardinal have won six of the previous eight contests between these schools. Stanford Coach David Shaw has won five consecutive home games against teams…

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Wonder, Think & Know: Thanksgiving edition

Even if Mike Royko had said “Some things you wonder, some things you think, and some things you just know”, there’s no way he would have said it about Thanksgiving.  Everyone knows what they’re thankful for today, and that includes yours truly.  So allow me to lay a little protocol on you, my audience, regarding…

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Time to Answer the Door

This started out as a WT&K column, but I found myself gravitating towards the same subject over and over and figured I may as well just write about it.  So those of you still unsure about what Mike Royko said will have to wait another week. When looking at the 2017 season so far, it’s…

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Stepherson Rescues Irish

Kevin Stepherson caught two second half touchdown passes that spelled the difference in a tight, hard-fought contest as Notre Dame held off Navy by 24-17 on Senior Day. Navy broke a 10-10 halftime tie with an eight minute scoring march at the outset of the third quarter, but the Irish responded with a few strong…

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