notre dame

The Catholic university in South Bend, Indiana is a fine academic institution, but when most people talk about Notre Dame in the blogosphere they're referring to the university's Fighting Irish sports teams, especially their football team. Iconic names and figures like Knute Rockne, George "The Gipper" Gipp, Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger, Touchdown Jesus, and The Leprechaun make the team stand out like a sore green thumb.

The team also stands out in that it's the only major football program that does not belong to a conference. (All other athletics are aligned with the Big East Conference.) Furthermore, Irish football has an exclusive TV network deal with NBC that will last at least through 2015. What other team could pull that off?

While the football team has a national fanbase, some around the country are less than impressed with their scheduling habits, their recent record in bowl games, and believe they are no longer a national powerhouse. But everyone mired in this perpetual debate can probably agree that their signature gold helmet is one of the classiest looks in the game.

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• Notre Dame Would Be the Best Fit in Terms of Big Ten Expansion

  
  Bleacher Report — Authority: 779
  By now most of us have heard about Big Ten officials looking intently at expanding the conference from 11 teams to 12.   Big-time Big Ten figures like Penn State coach Joe Paterno and Wisconsin’s athletic director Barry Alvarez have been at the forefront of proposing discussions regarding adding another team.   ...
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• When is the Appropriate Time to Hire Another Colleges Football Coach?

  
  Bleacher Report — Authority: 779
  This past week college football has been dominated by the Heisman Trophy selection, bowl talk, and Notre Dames hire of Brian Kelly as its next coach. The hire of Kelly garnished the most attention partly because its Notre Dame, and because Kelly left the undefeated Cincinnati Bearcats to assume his new title, while ...
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• The Eight Improvements That Will Return Notre Dame To Glory

  
  Bleacher Report — Authority: 779
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• Why It is So Difficult to Recruit at Notre Dame

  
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• Cheap Seats Daily: Charlie Weis? No! Marty Schottenheimer? Yes!

  
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• Elks Sign Norton

  
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• NBE BIG EAST POWER POLL (12/14/2009) & NOTES

  
  NBE Basketball Report — Authority: 501
  It was a very up and down week for the Big East conference last week. While Syracuse and West Virginia continue to roll, Georgetown also proved they will be a force to be reckoned with this year. Seton Hall remained undefeated, but outside of those four, the results were very mixed for the [...]
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• Notre Dame Football: Brian Kellys Second Day on the Job

  
  Bleacher Report — Authority: 779
  Dec. 15, 2009, 8:30 AM, the phone rings in the Notre Dame Athletic Office Donna:  Good morning, athletic office, Donna speaking. BK:  Donna, its Coach Kelly, can you come into my office please? Donna:  Yes, Coach Kelly.   Donna enters Coach Kellys Office BK:  Donna, whats this on my wall? Donna:  Which ...
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• Brian Kelly the Right Fit for Notre Dame? An Interview with Anthony Pilcher

  
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  Clashmore Mike staff writer Anthony Pilcher was interviewed Saturday on the Joe O. & Rock show on 670 The Score regarding the hiring of Brian Kelly as head coach at Notre Dame. What follows are some further responses and elaboration on questions from the interview. The audio of the interview itself can be ...
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• Notre Dame vs Texas

  
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  New Irish coach Brian Kelly might like to schedule Texas . “When you look at the teams that carry the same mission [as Notre Dame], Texas does that obviously,” he said. “Those kinds of schools really are attractive to me. “[Athletic director] Jack Swarbrick and I will sit down and look at our schedule as ...
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• Brian Kelly Faces First Test at Notre Dame: Finishing Weis Recruiting Big Board

  
  Bleacher Report — Authority: 779
  Now that the phones have been hung up, the pens set down, and the papers filed away, Brian Kelly was able to sit down in his new office and do what he does best-be a head football coach. Kelly got his dream. Now, he must somehow turn that dream back into an elite football program. On Sunday, Kelly took his first dip ...
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• LEADERSHIP = SALESMANSHIP

  
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• Memo to Networks: Please Edit Out Jesus Soundbites

  
  Bleacher Report — Authority: 779
  Dear University of(Insert any SEC School), President: I have conferred with God and he has asked that your football players no longer invoke the name of your son during the post game interviews.  His son has more important things to do on weekends than to worry about your pompous ass players. But seriously ...
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• Rant Time: Coaches That Make the Jump

  
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• BIG EAST NEWS & NOTES (12/14/2009)

  
  NBE Basketball Report — Authority: 501
  *********Follow NBE Sports on Twitter: http://twitter.com/NBESports*****Many schools around the country are beginning final exams for the first semester today, so the schedule is light this week in college hoops. The Big East has no games on the schedule for Monday, Thursday and Friday and just one game Tuesday and ...
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• Notre Dames new football coach pulls out the oldest trick in the playbook

  
  Writing Boots — Authority: 127
  "My media consultant had all these notes for me," said Notre Dames new football coach Brian Kelly near the beginning of his press-conference speech Friday. "And I’m supposed to pay attention to all these notes that were drawn up for me. But one thing that has driven me through my career is that I speak from my ...
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• FSU’s Jimbo Fisher is Stud of the Week; Rashard Lewis, NFL TV policy are Duds

  
  Open Mike — Authority: 521
  Time once again for our Monday morning game show here on our wildly popular Open Mike blog and interactive extravaganza. It’s called “Studs and Duds” and it’s your chance to sound off and identify the best and worst sports performances of the weekend and beyond. By now, you know the drill. I’ll give you ...
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• For my Notre Dame football fans out there

  
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• Cincinnati fans let Brian Kelly know what they think of him leaving for Notre Dame

  
  College Gridiron 365 Blog — Authority: 561
  Some Cincinnati Bearcats fans are still a little upset with Brian Kelly leaving for Notre Dame. Here is a screen grab from Kelly’s Twitter account detailing his house getting egged and signs left in his yard. Here’s the full story . Stay classy Cincinnati fans. Screen grab of Brian Kellys Twitter site.
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• Big Ten Looking to Expand

  
  The Bucky Channel - The World of Sports from Wisconsin's Perspective. — Authority: 135
  Okay, we all know that Im not very good with photoshop, but this wasnt too bad of an effort, was it? Yeah, alright, its pretty poor. But you get the point, as the conference with eleven members is looking to expand to twelve, all while keeping the Big Ten moniker in tact of course.These plans are coming to light in ...
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