Author: John Vannie

Irish Host Wake Forest on Senior Day

Notre Dame will play its final home game of the season on Saturday against Wake Forest. The Senior Day contest will mark the last appearance at the Stadium for seniors such as Manti Te’o, Kapron Lewis-Moore, John Goodman, Braxton Cave, Mike Golic and Theo Riddick. Tyler Eifert is also expected to forgo a final year…

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Irish Sleepwalk Past BC

Everett Golson passed for two touchdowns and ran for another, and the Notre Dame defense made key stops when it needed to as the Irish shook off pesky Boston College by 21-6. The win was the tenth of the season for undefeated Notre Dame, whose hopes for a BCS championship opportunity were bolstered when top-ranked Alabama lost…

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Irish Seek to Ground the Eagles

After working overtime last weekend to keep its unblemished record intact, Notre Dame will travel to the East Coast on Saturday night to play Boston College. The 2-7 Eagles have struggled this season under Coach Frank Spaziani, whose job security is very much in question. Two consecutive losing campaigns have followed a dozen years of…

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Irish Use Nine Lives to go 9-0

Notre Dame stared down certain defeat on multiple occasions, but drew upon a reservoir of gritty play and good fortune to outlast Pittsburgh by 29-26 in triple overtime on Saturday. Everett Golson’s one yard sneak provided the winning margin and the only touchdown scored by either team in the extra sessions. The Irish survived a goal line…

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Irish Wary of Pitt-Fall

Notre Dame returns home on Saturday following its most impressive win of the season to host long time rival Pittsburgh. The 8-0 Irish dispatched Oklahoma in convincing fashion to vault into serious BCS contention, and hope to maintain the focus and momentum that has built steadily during a challenging but successful October. November’s schedule does…

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