At this time last season, making the NCAA Tournament was the goal of Notre Dame basketball fans. The Irish had a rare losing 2013-14 season. Jerian Grant was back and playing very well, but the team was just starting to play to his extraordinary skills. There was a nice overtime victory at home vs Michigan…
Ohio State jumped to a quick 14-0 lead and rolled to a 44-28 victory over Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona. Ezekiel Elliott ended his college career with 149 yards rushing and four touchdowns, including a 47-yard burst in the third quarter that smothered a brief comeback attempt by the Irish. The…
Notre Dame and Ohio State will clash on New Year’s Day in the Fiesta Bowl, in a game that is essentially a consolation prize for two teams that narrowly missed out on the college football playoff. The Irish and Buckeyes last met in this desert venue ten years ago in a game won by the…
Nine games into the 2015-16 basketball season with a 7-2 record, I still don’t know what kind of a season to expect. The losses aren’t egregiously bad, but both were winnable games that slipped through Notre Dame’s fingers when they had chances to win. It’s hard to tell if this is simply last year’s team…
The Fiesta Bowl confirmed today that eighth ranked Notre Dame (10-2) and seventh ranked Ohio State (11-1) will square off at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona on Friday, January 1, 2016. The teams last met a decade ago at the Fiesta Bowl played in Tempe, where the Buckeyes defeated the Fighting Irish by…