A recent news story on the CBS website talked about Steve Boda and his Notre Dame statistical collection. The long-time statistics maven had died this past November, and his extensive collection of Notre Dame data, which he’d hoped to donate to the school, was in limbo due to him contracting for its sale with a…
Users of our site are well familiar with the story of Easter Heathman, the long-time tender of the memorial at the site where Knute Rockne’s plane crashed. His daughter, Sue Ann Heathman Brown, now heads fundraising for the Chase County Historical Society & Museum, which helps to keep the history of that area alive. Recently,…
No one’s going to look at Notre Dame’s 2015 recruiting class and immediately think “National Championship”. The Irish landed top players at quarterback, tight-end, center and kicker as well a slew of promising players at other positions, but the Irish came up short (or at least questionable) at a number of key positions. Less of…
I make neither secret of or apology for my years spent marching with the Band of the Fighting Irish. It was one of my favorite experiences during four of the best years of my life. I made life-long friends (including my wife) and got paid to attend New Years Day bowl games (including a National…
Kyle Brindza’s 32-yard field goal as time expired gave Notre Dame a well-earned 31-28 upset victory over the LSU Tigers in the Music City Bowl on Tuesday. Quarterback Malik Zaire got the start and played very well for the Irish, who stuck to a ball control strategy with numerous runs and short passes. Notre Dame…