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Jimmy Ward | Friday, October 29, 2021
When you think of college football, it’s hard not to think about tradition. And when you think of Notre Dame football in particular, it’s hard to ignore their fantastic history and tradition. As a result, their fanbase can tend to react rather snobbishly to any sort of altercation or change that they see unfit. But
Hayden Adams | Wednesday, February 17, 2021
NOTRE DAME, Ind. — On Jan. 2, 2021, University of Kentucky redshirt freshman guard Dontaie Allen hit seven three-pointers in a 78-73 overtime win over Mississippi State. No, don’t go anywhere. You’re in the right place (assuming you’re here for a Notre Dame football discussion). The reason I bring up that Kentucky basketball business is
Hayden Adams | Friday, October 23, 2020
Following a 12-7 win over Louisville in which graduate student quarterback Ian Book completed just 11 of 19 passes for 106 yards, Notre Dame’s passing game has become a point of acute scrutiny as it braces for a matchup with perennial defensive power Pittsburgh. While Book perpetually receives his fair share of criticism, the larger
Hayden Adams | Monday, September 28, 2020
I’ve said it a million and one times, but I am from Lexington, Ky., and as such I have a rooting interest in University of Kentucky athletics. The Southeastern Conference kicked off their football season this past Saturday with a full slate of games that included Florida-Ole Miss, LSU-Mississippi State, Georgia-Arkansas and Auburn-Kentucky. That last
Hayden Adams | Friday, September 11, 2020
A football season is made up of moments — moments which stick in the minds of fans and linger with them until they are, usually, consigned to history and replaced by moments of the next year. Some moments get overlooked but are still important for their context within a game, a season or a program
Jimmy Ward | Monday, September 7, 2020
Last Tuesday Notre Dame football head coach Brian Kelly fielded questions from the press via a Zoom call. Then a little less than two weeks away from the upcoming season opener against Duke, he sounded confident after his squad had gotten some live reps inside of Notre Dame Stadium. He was particularly thrilled about seeing
Hayden Adams | Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Editor’s Note: A version of this story was published online June 2. Outrage over the death of George Floyd — an African American man who was killed after a Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes — has spilled over into the sports world. Several prominent athletes and coaches from
Ellen Geyer | Friday, May 15, 2020
The Irish faithful had more to smile about at the beginning of 2020 than they did at the outset of 2019, with the Notre Dame football team using a statement bowl game victory to put an exclamation mark on a 10-win season. Led by the return of senior Ian Book, the first program quarterback to
Observer Sports Staff | Tuesday, April 28, 2020
As the semester comes to close, so do The Observer‘s position breakdowns for the upcoming 2020 football season, though it remains to be seen whether the Irish will be able to take the field in any capacity this fall. Regardless, after going through every position group on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball,
Observer Sports Staff | Sunday, April 26, 2020
Though no current Notre Dame players were taken in the opening round of the unprecedented 2020 “virtual” NFL Draft, six now-former Irish players were selected over seven rounds this weekend. While six more Irish athletes who did not hear their names called have signed with teams in the league, a handful of others are still