Notre Dame plays its first home game of the season on Saturday against traditional intrastate rival Purdue. Each team won its opener by steamrolling weak opposition with impressive offensive firepower and would like to carry forward that momentum this week. Boilermaker head coach Danny Hope is in his fourth season, and recorded his first winning…
A win over Navy is seldom reason to cheer, though back to back wins over Navy by 40 points hasn’t been accomplished since Ara Parseghian. But Saturday’s win left Irish fans, hungry for the toughness Kelly promised, with at least the taste of old Irish fight. Unlike last year’s blowout which was accomplished largely through…
Notre Dame unveiled a powerful running attack and used its size and speed advantage to crush Navy by 50-10 on Saturday in Dublin, Ireland. The Irish rolled up nearly 500 yards of offense – almost 300 of it on the ground – as quarterback Everett Golson engineered a balanced and efficient game plan. Theo Riddick…
The Heisman Criteria: The outstanding college football player whose performance best exhibits the pursuit of excellence with integrity. Big Game Performance Manti Te’o: 1st (at any position) in interceptions against currently ranked teams, 1st against winning teams, 1st against BCS teams 3-0 vs Top 20 Best statistical games against Stanford, Oklahoma and Michigan Johnny Manziel: 1-2 vs top…
Notre Dame opens its 2012 football season in Ireland on Saturday with a game against the Naval Academy. Coach Brian Kelly, now in his third season after consecutive 8-5 campaigns, has anointed untested but talented sophomore Everett Golson as his quarterback. The Irish return a veteran offensive line and defensive front seven, but Golson and…