Author: John Vannie

Irish Skunk Wolverines

Notre Dame’s restructured defense made a giant leap forward on Saturday night as it dominated a surprisingly hapless Michigan squad by 31-0. The Irish forced four turnovers and came within a questionable referee’s call of scoring a touchdown on the last play of the game on an interception return by Elijah Shumate. The Wolverines also…

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Irish Battle Michigan for Bragging Rights

The on again, off again rivalry between Notre Dame and Michigan is scheduled to shut down for an indefinite period, but not before the two perennial football powers clash once more on Saturday night in South Bend. Both teams breezed to easy victories in their respective season openers, scoring a combined 100 points and racking…

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Golson Leads Irish Romp Over Rice

Everett Golson threw two long touchdown passes and ran for three more scores to lead Notre Dame to an easy 48-17 victory over the Rice Owls in the season opener. The Irish rolled up 576 yards of total offense under the direction of Golson, who recorded 295 passing yards in three quarters of action. The…

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Depleted Irish Open Against Rice

Notre Dame kicks off its 2014 college football season on Saturday by hosting the defending Conference USA champion Rice Owls. Head Coach Brian Kelly (37-15) enters his fifth year for the Irish, who hold a 4-0 advantage in the series. The teams last played during Notre Dame’s 1988 national championship season. David Bailiff, who owns…

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A (Cross) Road Not Taken

Notre Dame recently announced the Crossroads Project, a combination of Stadium enhancement and academic building expansion initiative, but long time NDNation contributor Tim Kress (aka NDRoman21) has a better approach. Here’s his story. A little over four years ago, when the discussions of a JumboTron in Notre Dame Stadium were gaining steam, I put together…

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