(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 … Full Notre Dame News Story

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 Leo … Full Notre Dame News Story

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 … Full Notre Dame News Story

(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, … Full Notre Dame News Story

We here at NDN would like to wish all our users great and small the happiest of Thanksgivings. While we’re thankful for the fantastic season the Fighting Irish are having on the gridiron, we’re even more thankful for the users who make all this possible and who have made said fantastic season all the more … Full Notre Dame News Story