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Irish, Buckeyes, Stage a Desert Storm

Notre Dame and Ohio State will clash on New Year’s Day in the Fiesta Bowl, in a game that is essentially a consolation prize for two teams that narrowly missed out on the college football playoff. The Irish and Buckeyes last met in this desert venue ten years ago in a game won by the…

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Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears a Crown

Nine games into the 2015-16 basketball season with a 7-2 record, I still don’t know what kind of a season to expect. The losses aren’t egregiously bad, but both were winnable games that slipped through Notre Dame’s fingers when they had chances to win. It’s hard to tell if this is simply last year’s team…

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Irish To Battle Buckeyes in Fiesta Bowl

The Fiesta Bowl confirmed today that eighth ranked Notre Dame (10-2) and seventh ranked Ohio State (11-1) will square off at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona on Friday, January 1, 2016. The teams last met a decade ago at the Fiesta Bowl played in Tempe, where the Buckeyes defeated the Fighting Irish by…

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Defensive Collapse Renders Mission Impossible

Conrad Ukropina drilled a 45-yard field goal as time expired to give the Stanford Cardinal a 38-36 victory over Notre Dame on Saturday night. The Irish had gone ahead by a point with just 30 seconds remaining on a two yard bootleg by DeShone Kizer, but Brian VanGorder’s defense collapsed by allowing Stanford quarterback Kevin…

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Irish Playoff Road Goes Through Stanford

The Notre Dame football team has departed Boston, celebrated Thanksgiving on campus, and will continue its cross-country journey to Palo Alto, CA to play the Stanford Cardinal in the regular season finale on Saturday evening. The Irish have fallen to sixth in the current playoff rankings by virtue of an unimpressive 19-16 victory over 3-8…

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