One Foot Down

Photo by CFP/Getty Images WIN AND ADVANCE It’s finally time for the semifinals of the College Football Playoff. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are set to take on the Penn State Nittany Lions in the Orange Bowl for the right to advance to the National Championship. There is a lot of confidence within this Irish team and around this Irish team. While injuries continue to … [Read more...] about Staff Picks for Notre Dame VS Penn State in the Orange Bowl

Jaylynn Nash-Imagn Images The Irish let a winnable conference road game slip away The Notre Dame Fighting Irish went into Raleigh Wednesday evening looking for a much-needed win against N.C. State to even up their ACC record. Conference road wins are gold, and the Irish had a seven point lead with under four minutes to play, but offensive execution dwindled down the … [Read more...] about N.C. State 66, Notre Dame 65: Closing woes persist

Whether he was knocking or not... he was knocking You kind of forget about the circus of the big bowl games a little bit as the college football regular season wound down and the 12 team playoff system started up for the first time. And so, here we are at the Orange Bowl between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Penn State Nittany Lions — and the main discourse the day … [Read more...] about The absurdity of James Franklin’s comments about Notre Dame

Rick Mirer #3, Quarterback for the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish in motion as snow falls during the NCAA Independent college football game against the Penn State Nittany Lions on 14th November 1992 at the Notre Dame Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States. Notre Dame won the game 17 - 16. | Photo by Rick Stewart/Allsport/Getty Images Another classic … [Read more...] about Looking back at Notre Dame’s 1992 win over Penn State in the Snow Bowl

Will Another Unsung Hero Make a Splash? How’d We Do Last Week? Most Interesting Notre Dame’s Riley Leonard made, “the play” to end the game by out-racing 2 SEC defenders to the edge and jumping over an All-American safety. He will do whatever it takes to win a game, and I expect him to put his body on the line against PSU. The last time someone made “the play” I was Book’s … [Read more...] about Hot and Cold Takes for Notre Dame VS Penn State in the Orange Bowl