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Give Terry Brennan a Smile

The COVID-19 outbreak has us all in unfamiliar situations, isolated from each other and left to our own devices to keep our spirits up. Some of us are more able than others to react in these situations, and a former ND player and coach could use your help on that score. Terry Brennan, a member…

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The Big Win Tournament — Week Two Round Two

We’ve reached the second round of our Tournament of Big Wins, and you’ve had a chance to express your opinion about the initial eight seeds. You came out strongly in favor of two apparently under-seeded underdogs, were a little more balanced on the third, and really needed time to make up your mind whether or…

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The Big Win Tournament — Week Two Round One

Welcome to the second week of our Big Win Tournament. Today we’ll meet seeds #23 through #29 and see how our Week One winner fares against seven more highly considered (at least by me) contests. For those of you new to the tournament, you can check out the concept and rules here. Before we meet…

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The Big Win Tournament — Week 1 Finals

The most exciting part of the NCAA tournament are the upsets that push favorites to the side and give hope to pool participants everywhere. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like we’ll be able to cite any excitement for our first tournament week, but we still have two strong contenders vying for advancement to the next round….

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The Big Win Tournament — Week 1 Round 2

Welcome to the second round for our first eight seeds. Although we haven’t seen any upsets like you’d usually see in March Madness, the event is young and there’s still plenty of games to consider. Round 1 Review Game 1 [crowdsignal poll=10536924] Certainly no upset in the first game — the win to get Notre…

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