Notre Dame travels to the New Jersey Meadowlands on Saturday for a neutral site game against Navy in a brand new stadium. Ken Niumatalolo’s team is 4-2 on the season after erasing a 14-point halftime deficit in last week’s win over SMU. The Midshipmen have beaten the Irish in two of the last three contests,…
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Bronco Busters
Notre Dame combined big plays by the offense with a defense that forced four turnovers by Western Michigan to dominate the Broncos 44-20 on Saturday. Michael Floyd had three touchdown receptions and sophomores Tyler Eifert and Cierre Wood each scored from 39 yards to fuel the Irish attack. The win elevated Notre Dame to 4-3…
Irish Host Western Michigan
Notre Dame will play a football game against Western Michigan for the first time in 90 years on Saturday. The Broncos are 2-3 on the season and 1-1 in the Mid-American Conference. Michigan State is the only common opponent between these teams, and the Spartans defeated WMU by 38-14 in the season opener. The 3-3…
“You can’t W.I.N. unless you run”
(The Rock Report | Notre Dame Football News) – W.I.N. (What’s Important Now) was Holtz’s mantra when he came to Notre Dame. Holtz didn’t play for the future, he played to win immediately. What’s frustrating is that the Irish could be looking at a BCS game this year, but for a seeming mismatch between Kelly’s…
Special Delivery
Notre Dame defeated Pittsburgh 23-17 on Saturday in a game where the offense looked good early, the defense stood tall late and special teams were the difference makers throughout. David Ruffer kicked three field goals, including a 50-yard howitzer shot, Barry Gallup foiled a fake punt by the Panthers and Ben Turk dropped two Irish…