Notre Dame hosts Syracuse on Saturday in the final home game of the regular season. The Fighting Irish will honor the graduating seniors and their families in a pregame ceremony. Coach Marcus Freeman’s ninth-ranked squad stands at 8-2 and is closing in on a spot in the playoffs. Meanwhile, the Orange are struggling, having lost…
Notre Dame had intercepted only one pass this season until the light went on Saturday in the JMA Wireless Dome. The Fighting Irish started the day with a pick-six by Brandon Joseph and demoralized the Orange in the fourth quarter with a diving grab by linebacker Marist Liufau. The latter play put a fork in…
A three touchdown explosion just before halftime propelled Notre Dame to a 45-21 victory over an inspired but outmanned Syracuse team on Saturday. The Fighting Irish trailed by 7-3 with five minutes remaining in the second quarter, and seemed to be sleep walking through the sunny afternoon. Then lightning struck. The victory lifted the second-ranked…
An orange-clad ACC football team is set to invade Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday, but that is the only similarity between this week’s opponent, Syracuse, and the Clemson Tigers. The Fighting Irish (9-0) will close out the regular season with a low-key Senior Day celebration, but the game itself against the 1-9 Orange appears to…
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…