As the late great Mike Royko once said, some things you wonder, some things you think, and some things you just know. Given ND’s history against Kentucky, winning by the third-biggest margin ever against a defending national champion is cause for the good hard liquor to be brought out. Not that run-it-through-the-Britta-five-times stuff. Those uniforms…
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The Heisman Case for Manti over Manziel
The Heisman Criteria: The Heisman Memorial Trophy annually recognizes the outstanding college football player whose performance best exhibits the pursuit of excellence with integrity. Big Game Performance: Manti Te’o had is biggest games against the best opponents on the schedule with key interceptions and stops against Stanford, USC, Oklahoma, Michigan State and Michigan, in the…
No More Excuses
As we shiver in the cold, we now enter the 40 days of waiting, at the end of which will be a glorious day of resurrection. While it’s not the usual one Catholic folks expect, the 19 years between national title attempts certainly has been more excruciating than the worst Lent I can remember, so…
Fight Until You Die
(The Rock Report) – 2012 will go down as a season with some of the ugliest scores since the 60s. 20-17, 13-6, 20-13(ot), 17-14, 29-26(ot), 22-13… wretchedly ugly when viewed on a schedule, but so, so beautiful when you also see the heart behind the score. During this unbeaten run it seemed as if a…
Wonder, Think & Know: Just Enough Field Goals Edition
As the late great Mike Royko once said, some things you wonder, some things you think, and some things you just know. And I know I haven’t been this happy about ND football since I was swimming in the pool at the Tempe Embassy Suites in 1989. When the defense carries the team the entire…
