Football

Deacons Hope to Ambush Irish

Notre Dame travels to Wake Forest on Saturday night for the first football game between these two programs. Both teams are 5-3 this season with sophomore quarterbacks at the helm. The Irish are trying to position themselves for a bowl bid now that the BCS is out of the question, and fans are hoping for…

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Notre Dame Overwhelms Navy

At the end of a week of internal squabbling that embarrassingly leaked into the public domain, Notre Dame buried the hatchet during Friday’s pregame meeting and proceeded to bury Navy on Saturday by 56-14. Seven rushing touchdowns powered the Fighting Irish, who raced to an early 14-0 lead and stretched it to 35-7 at halftime. Bob Diaco’s defense, which was…

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Let’s Talk About Navy

Notre Dame will try to get back on a winning track by hosting the Naval Academy on Saturday in an afternoon contest. The Midshipmen have been victorious in their last two visits to South Bend but have struggled this season with five consecutive losses coming into this contest. Coach Ken Niumatalolo’s rushing attack ranks third…

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Quiet Dignity and Grace

As folks may or may not be aware, we here at NDN made a decision last year to stop linking articles from the Chicago Tribune in our headlines and on our message boards.  We felt the yellow journalism displayed in reporting some ND-related stories ran counter to our mission in getting news out to folks,…

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Ozzie and Kelly

(Notre Dame Football News | The Rock Report) – All aboard! Ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaa! Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay.  I woke up at 6am with that awful song still on the brain the Sunday morning after the debacle in South Bend making the drive back to Chicago even more…

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