Irish Hope To Start Strong At Home

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

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

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?

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 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

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’

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