Football

Pitt Awaits Fuming Irish

Reeling and squabbling after a devastating loss to Navy, the Notre Dame football team heads to Pittsburgh to take on the ninth-ranked Panthers on Saturday night. Dave Wannstedt’s team is 8-1 on the season after easily dispatching Syracuse, but there is no chance they will take the Irish lightly. Led by Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, the…

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The Weis Fact Sheet

Regretfully, we’re assembling another fact sheet. Something we could have easily done a year ago, but we waited until the end was beyond doubt. Please email us with any factual errors. Under .500 over the last 3 seasons Against teams with winning records: Weis 8-19 (.296) Faust 12-23 (.343) Willingham 12-15 (.444) Davie 18-22 (.450)…

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On-the-Job Training is Over

posted by The Rock (The Rock Report) – Here’s how I started last year’s column, On-The Job-Training: “At this point it’s hard to understand how a realistic fan could have confidence that Notre Dame will improve to championship caliber under Weis.” This article is mostly a rehash – different year, same problem. Here we sit,…

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Navy Humbles Inept Irish

Navy raced out to a 14-0 halftime lead against an unprepared and utterly befuddled Notre Dame team on Saturday, then relied on a strong red zone defense to thwart an Irish comeback. The 23-21 upset win is the second for the Midshipmen in the last three years after 43 consecutive losses to Notre Dame, and…

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Navy Ready to Battle Irish

Notre Dame hosts Navy on Saturday in the 83rd meeting between these friendly rivals. Both teams have six wins this year and are building their respective resumes as bowl season approaches. The Irish are hoping to erase memories of a disastrous 1-4 November in 2008 by finishing the regular season with a six game winning…

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