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-Liam Coolican | Monday, November 30, 2020
After a long offseason, and four COVID-19 tests leading up to the game, including one mere hours before tipoff, the Notre Dame men’s basketball team was simply “thrilled to get the game in,” according to head coach Mike Brey. The Irish (0-1) already had to find a way to replace the production and leadership of
Aidan Thomas, Patrick Gallagher, Nate Moller, Liam Coolican and Dominic Gibson | Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Well, here we are: the last Observer Roundtable picks for college and pro football. But don’t cry because it’s over; smile because it happened. And smile even wider because we’re doing special “future picks.” For college football we have the Power 5 Conference Championships (1 point for each correctly picked participant, plus 1 for picking
Nate Moller, Patrick Gallagher, Aidan Thomas, Liam Coolican and Dominic Gibson | Friday, November 6, 2020
Last week saw a lot of blowouts, and as such, upset picks were difficult to come by. None of our writers successfully notched an upset prediction, leading to a low scoring week. For the second straight week, Nate Moller was our highest scorer, collecting nine of 12 possible points outside the upset prediction. He’s challenging
Liam Coolican | Wednesday, November 4, 2020
On a cold, windy afternoon Monday at Alumni Stadium, the Notre Dame men’s soccer team fell to Virginia Tech 1-0. Head coach Chad Riley described the result as “frustrating.” Notre Dame (3-3, 2-2 ACC) began the game on the attack, dominating the possession in the opening 20 minutes. Notre Dame had two great chances in
Liam Coolican | Monday, November 2, 2020
Throughout the years, and particularly this season, Notre Dame’s offensive line has gotten much praise, and deservedly so. They are a dominant unit, ranked as the top offensive line in college football by Pro Football Focus. However, their counterparts on the defensive side of the ball have quietly been putting together a fantastic season. One
Liam Coolican | Monday, November 2, 2020
It’s rare for a coach to publicly admit that they are looking ahead on the schedule, but that is what Brian Kelly has done these past few weeks. Kelly said after the Pittsburgh game that his team was “looking ahead a little bit,” adding that the team needed to elevate their competition level before the
Liam Coolican | Monday, November 2, 2020
Billy Beane once famously told “Moneyball” author Michael Lewis, “My s— doesn’t work in the playoffs. My job is to get us to the playoffs. Whatever happens after that is f—ing luck.” Beane, who is well known for both his profanity-laced diatribes and his cost-cutting, inefficiency-finding moves as the general manager of the Oakland A’s,
Liam Coolican, Nate Moller and Patrick Gallagher | Friday, October 30, 2020
Well it finally happened. After six straight upset picks, Patrick Gallagher finally missed on one, giving everyone else a chance to catch up. Unfortunately, only Nate Moller notched a correct upset call last week, correctly nailing the Wake Forest over Virginia Tech result. As such, Patrick maintains a 16-point advantage in this week’s leaderboard, while
Liam Coolican | Friday, October 23, 2020
The Notre Dame men’s soccer team had already travelled to Blacksburg, Va. last weekend, prepared to face Virginia Tech in a Sunday morning match. Instead, they received the news early Sunday that the game would be rescheduled in a “mutually agreed upon postponement,” according to head coach Chad Riley. Riley confirmed the game was postponed
Aidan Thomas, Patrick Gallagher, Liam Coolican, Nate Moller and Dominic Gibson | Friday, October 23, 2020
Notre Dame is a Catholic university. But if there’s ever a time to believe in the football gods, it’s right now. Last week, sportswriter Patrick Gallagher hit on his fifth straight upset pick (underdogs of at least 7 points), with yet another double-digit underdog pulling through, as he continues to expand his lead on his