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-Dominic Gibson | Friday, October 23, 2020
When most people think about ice hockey, they think about cities like Montreal, Boston, Chicago and Detroit. They think about places where there is true winter, snow and bitter cold being the norms. They think about the numerous city rinks, where tournaments and leagues are played nearly every other day. But what about hockey in
Dominic Gibson, Liam Coolican, Nate Moller, Patrick Gallagher and Aidan Thomas | Friday, October 16, 2020
Patrick Gallagher – 68 points (14) Liam Coolican – 57 points (16) Dominic Gibson – 44 points (INACTIVE) Nate Moller – 44 points (12) Aidan Thomas – 41 points (5) NCAAF #3 Georgia @ #2 Alabama (-5.0) Boston College @ #23 Virginia Tech (-11.0) UCF (-3.0) @ Memphis NFL Chicago Bears @ Carolina
Aidan Thomas, Dominic Gibson, Liam Coolican, Nate Moller and Patrick Gallagher | Friday, October 2, 2020
Consistency is key, and sportswriter Patrick Gallagher proved it last week, putting up 18 (out of a possible 24) points for the second consecutive week, to claim a 7-point lead in the overall leaderboard heading into the third week of the roundtable. Patrick’s big week was fueled by his massive upset call, as he picked
Patrick Gallagher, Aidan Thomas, Liam Coolican, Nate Moller and Dominic Gibson | Friday, September 25, 2020
We’ll start this week’s roundtable out with a shoutout to last week’s top performers in our weekly predictions. Leading the way was Dominic Gibson, who was simply on fire. He came away with 20 points out of a possible 24 points, nailing all six game predictions and four of six spreads. He rallied into the
Dominic Gibson, Nate Moller, Liam Coolican, Aidan Thomas and Patrick Gallagher | Friday, September 18, 2020
The Observer Roundtable is back for its second season. With our college football season preview out of the way, we are returning to our normal format of predictions for three NCAA and NFL games per week, plus an upset pick from each of our writers. Without further ado, let’s get on with the show.
Hayden Adams, David Kramer, Nate Moller, Liam Coolican, Patrick Gallagher, Aidan Thomas and Dominic Gibson | Friday, September 4, 2020
With every day we get closer to a college football season, we grow ever more hopeful that we will see it through to fruition. In that spirit, we continue our Observer Roundtable 2020 season preview with picks for the New Year’s Six bowl games. In this rendition of our season preview, we will take the
Hayden Adams, David Kramer, Nate Moller, Liam Coolican, Patrick Gallagher, Aidan Thomas and Dominic Gibson | Wednesday, September 2, 2020
After a brief hiatus, the Observer Roundtable will be continuing our coverage of the presumptive 2020 college football season with Power 5 conference championship picks. Much as we did with our top-25 teams and top-10 quarterbacks, we are including the Big Ten and Pac-12 in our selections, regardless of whether Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields’
Hayden Adams, Aidan Thomas, Patrick Gallagher, Liam Coolican, David Kramer, Inigo Yturralde, Dominic Gibson and Nate Moller | Wednesday, August 12, 2020
The Observer Roundtable is back with part one of our college football preview. Now, evidently, the season is completely up in the air at the moment. The Big Ten and Pac-12 announced Tuesday they will not be playing this fall, and it is unclear if the remaining Power Five conferences will follow their lead and,
Dominic Gibson | Friday, May 15, 2020
Despite a slow start to the spring season, the Notre Dame men’s tennis team looked poised to have a strong end of the year and a better second stanza before all matches were canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation. The men sat at a 6-7 record overall with a 2-1 conference record, having played
Dominic Gibson | Friday, May 15, 2020
The Holy Cross men’s golf team looked poised for another successful run at the CCAC Conference championship and a chance for a trip to the NAIA national tournament. The Saints have made the national tournament each of the last two years and were CCAC conference champions last year. However, due to COVID-19 pandemic, the team was