The 85-scholarship limit the NCAA imposes sometimes leads to more than its fair share of brinksmanship. Players chose to leave for whatever reason, recruits do or don’t make their grades, spring football results in injuries, etc. etc. No matter what happens, when the whistle blows this fall, you only can have 85 football players signed…
Yes yes, we’re the meanies again. Same as it ever was. Folks are now getting upset because people on our restricted football board, Rock’s House, are discussing the possible connections between Notre Dame Director of Athletics Jack Swarbrick and the scandal currently overwhelming the United States Gymnastics program and its tolerance of a serial sexual…
With two minutes remaining in a soggy Citrus Bowl, LSU seemed to have things well in hand. They had overcome multiple special teams gaffes to take a three-point lead on kicker Jack Gonsoulin’s first made field goal of the game, Notre Dame’s offense had looked better stopping itself than accomplishing much, and the defense needed…
Kabong steps in for Vannie, who is taking some time off. Only four times in the last 20 years have the Fighting Irish managed to complete a season with a win total in the double digits. Brian Kelly and his charges will attempt to make it five on New Years Day when they take on…
In her first book three years ago, Lisa Kelly shared the thoughts and memories of Notre Dame football alums and and how the Notre Dame experience helped guide them through the shoals of life to satisfaction and success. Now she goes further in her new installment, The Men We Became: More Echoes from the End…