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Emily DeFazio | Friday, September 22, 2023
By the time the Friday of a home football weekend rolls around, all thoughts among the student body completely shift to the Saturday festivities. Instead of discussing what homework they had due that day, students begin asking the more important questions: Whose family is hosting this weekend? What time are we planning on heading into
Emily DeFazio | Friday, September 15, 2023
Nothing, not even Mother Nature herself, could stop sophomore running back Audric Estime in Saturday’s game at North Carolina State. For the second consecutive game — and the fifth occasion in his career — Estime clocked over 100 rushing yards, most of which came from his show-stopping 80-yard touchdown effort immediately following a nearly two-hour-long
Emily DeFazio | Friday, September 8, 2023
With two touchdowns in two games, sophomore running back Jadarian Price has already made a name for himself in his debut season for the Irish. It was a debut long anticipated by both him and Irish fans after he arrived in South Bend with promising potential but missed his freshman year due to an achilles
Emily DeFazio | Tuesday, August 29, 2023
With 40,000+ fans flocking to the city, Dublin this weekend felt like South Bend Abroad. On each of my four flights to and from the city, at least 90% of travelers self-identified as Irish fans, sporting everything from baseball caps to full-on shamrock suits in a declaration of their loyalties. While there were a handful of
Andrew McGuinness, Jose Sanchez Cordova, Emily DeFazio, J.J. Post, Madeline Ladd, Matthew Crow and Thomas Zwiller | Friday, August 25, 2023
José Sánchez Córdova, Assistant Managing Editor: This game is a long way from home and I think the travel and jet lag will be a factor. I expect both teams to look somewhat sluggish in the first half. Both these teams want their run game to lead the offense, so I think the clock will
Emily DeFazio | Wednesday, December 28, 2022
With projected first-round NFL Draft pick Michael Mayer officially out of the Irish tight end room, the remaining members of this position group have big shoes to fill in this 6-foot-5 offensive hole. One player shouldering that responsibility is Mitchell Evans, who notched a touchdown for Notre Dame against UNLV earlier this season. The sophomore
Emily DeFazio | Tuesday, September 27, 2022
If there is anything to confirm that there is nothing like a Notre Dame game day, our trip to Chapel Hill is it. Our Friday evening flight was rather empty, which is surprising for a direct flight from South Bend during football season. Aside from the three Observer employees, the rest of the passengers consisted
Emily DeFazio | Saturday, September 24, 2022
Notre Dame emerged victorious against the UNC Tar Heels, notching 45 points in their highest scoring match of the season thus far. This puts the Irish at 2-2 ahead of their bye week. This is the second win for head coach Marcus Freeman, making him 2-3 in his tenure at Notre Dame. Following the game
Emily DeFazio | Saturday, September 24, 2022
Offense and defense struggle through opening drives. The Irish finally won a coin toss, electing to receive at the start of the second half. This put the Notre Dame defense on the field to start, but their performance was not what was expected of the usually-solid unit. The Tar Heels plowed through the line, ending
Emily DeFazio | Monday, September 19, 2022
For the first time since his Netflix documentary, “Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist,” Irish football legend and Heisman Trophy finalist Manti Te’o was back on Notre Dame’s campus. This was Te’o’s fourth visit back to South Bend, and it was a warm homecoming for the former linebacker; when he was announced in Notre Dame