Notre Dame (2-0) will take on intrastate rival Purdue (1-1) on Saturday evening in a Shamrock Series contest to be played at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Coach Darrell Hazell is in his second year at Purdue and is definitely still in a rebuilding mode at 2-12 overall. These teams have played each other 85…
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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…
New Player App Available
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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,…
Irish Skunk Wolverines
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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…
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…