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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CFB: Week 13 Preview
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As you settle in for another weekend of college football, Michael Bradley takes you around the country with players, storylines and games to watch.5 hours ago -
Report: Jimmy Clausen To Enter NFL Draft
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Jimmy Clausen, the lone bright spot in a dark year at Notre Dame, has reportedly decided to enter the NFL Draft. According to the often unreliable, Rotoworld.com, Clausen will not be returning for another fall in South Bend. Rotoworld is citing ESPNs Joe Schad who says that Clausen made up his mind as the Fighting ...7 hours ago -
CSI South Bend: Evidence suggests Notre Dame to fire Charlie Weis
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In one of the worst kept secrets of the Coaching Hot Seat Season (coincides with baseball’s Hot Stove), my forensic analysis of media reports and my intuition to tie it all together comes to only one conclusion: "Charlie, if Notre Dame got the wrong guy to go 6-5, do you call yourself an improvement at 6-6?" ...8 hours ago -
Women’s Top 25 Capsules (AP)
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Freshman Skyler Diggins scored 21 points to lead No. 5 Notre Dame to an 84-79 victory over No. 23 San Diego State on Thursday in the Paradise Jam. See the original post here:Â Women’s Top 25 Capsules (AP)9 hours ago -
Watch Northwestern Wildcats vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish live online on pc
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All are most welcome to watch NCAA Basketball Northwestern Wildcats vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish live online on pc. join here watch the most existing game on your pc.9 hours ago -
San Diego St. 79, Notre Dame 84 (AP)
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Skyler Diggins and Brittany Mallory did all they could to help Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw earn her 500th win at Notre Dame. See the original post: San Diego St. 79, Notre Dame 84 (AP)9 hours ago -
Coveted Minnesota Prep Lineman Prepares for Next Big Stage
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by Jim Henry Filed under: Florida , Iowa , Minnesota , Notre Dame , Ohio State , Oklahoma , USC , Recruiting Can Cretin-Derham Hall keep its aerial circus and powerful ground game going for one last game? Seantrel Henderson thinks so. Henderson, the massive senior offensive lineman and top-ranked ...11 hours ago -
Why it went wrong for Charlie Weis at Notre Dame
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With his days numbered as the head coach at Notre Dame its obvious that Charlie Weis is a defeated man. That doesnt mean he is any less of a man than when he got the job. It just means that the job has worn on him and even he can admit that it isnt working out. It hasnt been one game or even a series of games that ...15 hours ago -
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Your Week 13 College Football Scores
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10 am ET: Morning! Happy Thanksgiving! I’m clearly not here, but I will definitely be watching football later tonight. Turns out the Lone Star Showdown is the best game of the day because the NFL scheduler is on crack and decided the Lions and Raiders should get this kind of national exposure. Yeesh. Have a great ...21 hours ago -
Maybe Notre Dame Should Look To The NFL For a Coach
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My father and I were talking last Saturday as we saw the Fighting Irish fall to the Huskers in double overtime.My father questioned why Notre Dame should fire Charlie Weis because to him, it looked like Weis’s players were failing him.I quickly corrected him by telling him how “awesome,” Jimmy Clausen is as a ...1 day ago -
Bowl Projections: Fighting for the Irish
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by Brett McMurphy Filed under: Notre Dame , Big East , Bowl Games "Win one for the Gipper?" How about "Win one to keep the Gipper out of the Gator Bowl?" When Stanford plays host to Notre Dame (6-5) Saturday, the entire Big East Conference will be pulling for the Cardinal to defeat the Fighting Irish. The ...1 day ago -
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Notre Dame at Stanford College Football Odds
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The hot seat couldn’t possibly get much hotter than it is right now for Charlie Weis at Notre Dame, and this could be the team’s last big chance to save his job. The task won’t be easy as they have to travel to Stanford to take on the Cardinal, who are coming off a disappointing loss at home to their rival the ...1 day ago -
Predictions: Big win for Tech, big losses for Georgia, PETA
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A Massachusetts woman this week posted an ad on Craigslist seeking donations so that she could pay for her turkey’s eye surgery, which one of my professors back in Interpretive Journalism would say almost certainly indicates she doesn’t hold stock in Butterball, there’s no government option for poultry either, ...1 day ago -
Daily Domer: Happy Misgivings
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by John Walters Filed under: Notre Dame , Daily Domer SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Schools out. In so many ways. It is a wet and raw and gray Thanksgiving eve day. Classes ended Tuesday for the holiday weekend. The Notre Dame campus is quiet except for the shuffling back and forth by various football players between ...1 day ago -
Another Day, Another Sucker Punch for Notre Dame Fans
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Can we start calling Notre Dame “Sucker Punch U” now? At least for this week? The sucker punching started this past Saturday, when Mike Brey, Tyler Harangody, and the Fighting Irish lost to Jim Calhoun and the UCONN Husk–wait a minute, crap…got that mixed up. Let’s start over. The sucker punching started ...1 day ago -
CHARLIE WEIS: HE’S FIRED, RIGHT?
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I’m getting really uncomfortable with all this “Will Charlie Weis be in South Bend come 2010?” talk. It’s annoying; when nobody was looking it turned into the autumn’s answer to Brett Favre’s “Will he or won’t he?” There’s no new information to throw around. And with the new “controversy” ...1 day ago -
A sign of things to come? ND nixes Weis’ recruiting trip
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Charlie Weis has been informed that his West Coast recruiting trip has been canceled and that he’ll return to South Bend following the Irish’s game with Stanford on Saturday. From FOX Sports.com : Athletic director Jack Swarbrick said Tuesday during a taping of his radio show for WLS Radio 890 in Chicago, ...1 day ago

