Football

IBG: Someone Pass Me the Golden Girl

Boy, I could watch that ND/Michigan video all night. But the team has moved on, and so must we, to embrace Boiler Nation as only we can. Thus the Irish Blogger Gathering reconvenes to ponder the great questions of the day … well, four of them at least. As last week, to read the answers…

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New Player App Available

The folks at TopFan have released a new app called the Irish Player Community, featuring former Notre Dame student athletes.  Users can keep up on the players’ organizations and efforts from portable Apple or Android devices.  See charitable groups, Facebook posts, and much more. Current and planned participants include Rick Mirer, Ara Parseghian, Ruth Riley,…

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Irish Skunk Wolverines

Notre Dame’s restructured defense made a giant leap forward on Saturday night as it dominated a surprisingly hapless Michigan squad by 31-0. The Irish forced four turnovers and came within a questionable referee’s call of scoring a touchdown on the last play of the game on an interception return by Elijah Shumate. The Wolverines also…

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Wonder, Think & Know: Pure Michigan Edition

At some point in his life, Mike Royko probably thought “Some things you wonder, some things you think, and some things you just know”, even though he never said it. But he definitely never thought “leaders and best” about anything originating from Ann Arbor. Wolverine tears heal Chuck Norris. Although I’ll spend some time during…

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Irish Battle Michigan for Bragging Rights

The on again, off again rivalry between Notre Dame and Michigan is scheduled to shut down for an indefinite period, but not before the two perennial football powers clash once more on Saturday night in South Bend. Both teams breezed to easy victories in their respective season openers, scoring a combined 100 points and racking…

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