Notre Dame unveiled a powerful running attack and used its size and speed advantage to crush Navy by 50-10 on Saturday in Dublin, Ireland. The Irish rolled up nearly 500 yards of offense – almost 300 of it on the ground – as quarterback Everett Golson engineered a balanced and efficient game plan. Theo Riddick…
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Manti Te’o, Johnny Manziel Fact Sheet
The Heisman Criteria: The outstanding college football player whose performance best exhibits the pursuit of excellence with integrity. Big Game Performance Manti Te’o: 1st (at any position) in interceptions against currently ranked teams, 1st against winning teams, 1st against BCS teams 3-0 vs Top 20 Best statistical games against Stanford, Oklahoma and Michigan Johnny Manziel: 1-2 vs top…
Irish Open Against Navy in Dublin
Notre Dame opens its 2012 football season in Ireland on Saturday with a game against the Naval Academy. Coach Brian Kelly, now in his third season after consecutive 8-5 campaigns, has anointed untested but talented sophomore Everett Golson as his quarterback. The Irish return a veteran offensive line and defensive front seven, but Golson and…
2012 Probability Poll Results
(Notre Dame Football News | The Rock Report) – For the 6th year the NDNation Probability Poll is in and 2012 looks more pessimistic than 2011 to the fans: 7.6 wins and a so-so bowl. The probability concept puts a little more thought around predictions than just, is ND better than X? We ask every…
Gathering of Champions
As we stand on the cusp of the 125th season of Notre Dame football, we’re a little over a month before the 1988 national champions gather to remember the biggest victory of that championship season. You have a chance to share in those memories with them … along with, possibly, a special guest. On October…