What makes college football so special for so many is the sense of history and tradition that permeates the game – its rivalries, its pageantry, all the touchstones which keep its adherents coming back to campus year after year. No other sport, I would contend, retains such enduring loyalty and connection. No matter how the Read Full Post
ND vs. Navy: Respect. Honor. Tradition.
October 8, 2015 by
By Jim Lefebvre When Notre Dame and Navy meet for the 89th time Saturday afternoon at Notre Dame Stadium, there will be a special recognition of the unique relationship between the two schools. Both are now outfitted by UnderArmour, which has designed special wear for this game. Here is how the company describes it: “For Read Full Post
Dublin Trip A ‘Once in a Lifetime’ Experience
August 30, 2012 by
In a Chicago apartment earlier this week, a group of young Notre Dame alums gathered to “send off” a lucky few among them who were headed to Dublin for Saturday’s Emerald Isle Classic between ND and Navy. In the streets of London, Paris and Rome walked more senior Notre Dame alums fortunate enough to be Read Full Post
Notre Dame vs. Navy: History Renewed
August 27, 2012 by
The longest uninterrupted intersectional rivalry in college football is renewed for the 86th time Saturday in Dublin, Ireland, when Notre Dame and Navy kick off at 9 a.m. ET (1 p.m. local time) in the Emerald Isle Classic at Aviva Stadium. Aviva becomes the 13th different stadium – and second in Dublin — to host Read Full Post
New ‘Rip Miller Trophy’: Honoring Navy, Notre Dame Football is Unveiled
February 20, 2011 by
The Notre Dame Club of Maryland and the Baltimore Chapter of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association held a joint luncheon in Baltimore on Friday, February 18, to formally unveil the new Notre Dame–Navy football trophy. The trophy is named in honor of Edgar “Rip” Miller, one of Notre Dame’s famed “Seven Mules,” who served Read Full Post
Notre Dame vs. Navy: America’s Rivalry
October 19, 2010 by
Notre Dame’s annual clash with Navy is the longest uninterrupted intersectional rivalry in college football. The Irish and Midshipmen meet for the 84th time in a series that began in 1927 with a 19-6 victory by Knute Rockne’s squad. Saturday’s game at the new Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, will mark the 12th Read Full Post
Esther Miller, 103, of Annapolis: Living Link to Notre Dame’s Four Horsemen, Seven Mules
November 9, 2009 by
Edgar “Rip” Miller was a standout student and football player at Notre Dame in the early 1920s, when he was asked by teammate Russ Arndt to come along on a short trip to nearby Elkhart, Indiana. Arndt was dating Miss Phyllis Templin, who said she had a younger sister who wanted to meet a Notre Read Full Post
ND-Navy Event in Baltimore Honors A Special Couple
November 18, 2008 by
When Notre Dame met Navy last weekend in Baltimore, a man who made his mark at both schools was properly remembered. Edgar “Rip” Miller came out of the football hotbed of Canton, Ohio, in 1921, after captaining his McKinley High School football team to an undefeated season in 1920. He was planning on attending Grove Read Full Post
