For a program that has posted only a 17-16 home record over the past five seasons, Notre Dame needs to develop some home-game momentum in order to have a successful 2012 season. Recent home openers have tracked with the overall difficulty of the Irish at Notre Dame Stadium. ND has dropped three of its last 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
Fighting Irish Coaching Legends Take Their Place Under the Sun
August 27, 2010 by
Fans attending games at Notre Dame Stadium this fall — or just visiting campus — can’t miss the new locations of the sculptures honoring Fighting Irish coaching legends Knute Rockne, Frank Leahy, Ara Parseghian and Lou Holtz. All have been repositioned, and each has a stadium gate named for him. The changes just make “everything look right,” Read Full Post
Whatever Happened to ND Men Becoming Football Coaches?
November 15, 2009 by
With all the questions swirling around the Notre Dame football program at the moment, one thing is fairly certain: If there is a coaching change, the odds of a former ND player taking the reins are pretty remote. About the only possible candidate from the ranks of former Irish players is Tom Clements, the Green Read Full Post
Rock Revered
October 6, 2009 by
October is the time to remember and celebrate the legacy of Coach Knute Rockne, who is finally honored inside Notre Dame Stadium, and whose greatest team — the Four Horsemen and Seven Mules — is recalled on the 85th anniversity of its 1924 national championsip season. At Notre Dame, honoring its storied past is an Read Full Post
From 1,000 Possibilities, He’s Made His Life Sing
May 14, 2009 by
Peter Schivarelli ’71, former Irish walk-on, has never forgotten the value of his Notre Dame degree As members of the Notre Dame class of 2009 head out into an uncertain world, buoyed by their experiences of the past four years, it may be helpful to look at how another ND grad, from nearly four decades Read Full Post
2008 Season to Honor Five ND Coaches, ‘Victory March’
August 13, 2008 by
The 2008 football season at the University of Notre Dame will recall many of the finest moments in the program’s illustrious history. All five former head coaches who guided the Fighting Irish to consensus national championships will be honored. In addition, the school, its Band and fans will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the writing Read Full Post
