Notre Dame’s heroic attempt at a game-winning drive in the final seconds came up empty when an apparent touchdown by Corey Robinson was negated by offensive pass interference, and the Irish fell by 31-27 to Florida State in a hard fought contest on Saturday night. The Seminoles had staged their own comeback in the second…
Notre Dame and Florida State, two undefeated teams ranked in the top five, square off on Saturday night in Tallahassee with a spot in this year’s college football playoff possibly at stake. The Seminoles are the defending national champions, and are led by the talented but controversial quarterback Jameis Winston. Despite the legal troubles, rumors…
I know Mike Royko never said, “Some things you wonder, some things you think, and some things you just know”, but did he ever say, “It’s cold enough to freeze the balls off Santa Claus”? When you have Irish-7 and Stanford-4 in a multi-game squares pool that will pay you a cool grand, 61 seconds…
Mike Royko used to host a ribs contest every year. As I participated in a local parish one on Saturday, I realized that while he never said, “Some things you wonder, some things you think, and some things you just know”, he probably would have liked my ribs. Too bad the judges didn’t. Saturday was…
We all know the NCAA loves to rank things. This time, though, their rankings have a distinctively Irish feel to them. Last week, the organization released a video of the five best college football statues. Two of the five chosen represented Notre Dame people, both created by legendary Irish sculptor Jerry McKenna, including the one…