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…
The football team may take a week off, but the juggernaut that is the Irish Blogger Gathering never lowers its guard for a moment, lest beings of a lesser quality attempt to sap and impurify our precious bodily fluids. But a bye week is like the boss being on vacation — you’re working, but you’re…