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As we shiver in the cold, we now enter the 40 days of waiting, at the end of which will be a glorious day of resurrection. While it’s not the usual one Catholic folks expect, the 19 years between national title attempts certainly has been more excruciating than the worst Lent I can remember, ...

(The Rock Report) -  2012 will go down as a season with some of the ugliest scores since the 60s. 20-17, 13-6, 20-13(ot), 17-14, 29-26(ot), 22-13… wretchedly ugly when viewed on a schedule, but so, so beautiful when you also see the heart behind the score.

During this unbeaten run it seemed as if a … ...

A coach with tepid support from the Irish fan base and 10 losses over his first two years entered the year with an untested quarterback from South Carolina against an apparently impossible schedule. He completed an undefeated regular season with a physically dominating victory over Southern Cal.

I know, you’ve heard it before. Louis ...

As the late great Mike Royko once said, some things you wonder, some things you think, and some things you just know. And I know I haven’t been this happy about ND football since I was swimming in the pool at the Tempe Embassy Suites in 1989.

When the defense carries the team the entire ...

(The Rock Report) – It is a shame that in the week before Notre Dame plays its most meaningful game in more than a decade that Notre Dame Nation is confronted with a national story that looks to benefit from personal tragedy and “salacionalize” the truth.

After first reading Tim Layden’s Sports Illustrated cover story, … ...