Football

Golson Rescues Ailing Irish

Everett Golson passed for two touchdowns and rushed for another, accounting for 315 of Notre Dame’s 398 total yards in a hard fought 30-14 win over Purdue. The senior quarterback connected on 25 of 40 throws for 259 yards with no interceptions and 56 rushing yards as he willed a sputtering offense down the field….

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Rolling Irish Meet Purdue in Indy

Notre Dame (2-0) will take on intrastate rival Purdue (1-1) on Saturday evening in a Shamrock Series contest to be played at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Coach Darrell Hazell is in his second year at Purdue and is definitely still in a rebuilding mode at 2-12 overall. These teams have played each other 85…

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IBG: Someone Pass Me the Golden Girl

Boy, I could watch that ND/Michigan video all night. But the team has moved on, and so must we, to embrace Boiler Nation as only we can. Thus the Irish Blogger Gathering reconvenes to ponder the great questions of the day … well, four of them at least. As last week, to read the answers…

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New Player App Available

The folks at TopFan have released a new app called the Irish Player Community, featuring former Notre Dame student athletes.  Users can keep up on the players’ organizations and efforts from portable Apple or Android devices.  See charitable groups, Facebook posts, and much more. Current and planned participants include Rick Mirer, Ara Parseghian, Ruth Riley,…

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Irish Skunk Wolverines

Notre Dame’s restructured defense made a giant leap forward on Saturday night as it dominated a surprisingly hapless Michigan squad by 31-0. The Irish forced four turnovers and came within a questionable referee’s call of scoring a touchdown on the last play of the game on an interception return by Elijah Shumate. The Wolverines also…

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