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The Observer | Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Tennessee and TCU, both unranked entering the college football season, continued their surprising starts by improving to 7-0 on Saturday. Tennessee did not let up following their thrilling win over Alabama, scoring 52 first-half points and coasting to a 65-24 victory against UT Martin. TCU had a more difficult test in the form of No.
The Observer | Sunday, October 16, 2022
Just when I started to believe in the 2022 Notre Dame football season and Marcus Freeman, Saturday night happened. In the stunning 16-14 loss to Stanford, Notre Dame arguably had its worst performance of the season against an abysmal one-win Cardinal team. There are so many areas of Saturday’s game that I could criticize, but
The Observer | Sunday, October 16, 2022
The first half of the 2022 Notre Dame football season came to a ruinous end Saturday night, as the Stanford Cardinal defeated the Fighting Irish 16-14 at Notre Dame Stadium. With the victory, the Cardinal snapped a three-game losing streak against the Irish and an 11-game losing streak to Power 5 opponents. Meanwhile, Notre Dame’s
The Observer | Sunday, October 16, 2022
Although there weren’t many positives to be had from the Irish’s stunning 16-14 loss to Stanford on Friday night, the defense played well all night, limiting Stanford’s offense and keeping an abysmal Irish offense within striking distance. Junior linebacker J.D. Bertrand led the way for the Irish on defense with 13 total tackles, 6 of
The Observer | Sunday, October 16, 2022
On an unassuming October night in South Bend, the Stanford Cardinal shocked the college football world with a 16-14 victory over Notre Dame. With the loss, the Fighting Irish fell to 3-3 on the season as a daunting second-half schedule beckons. These were the five defining moments in Saturday’s loss. Stanford Capitalizes on Notre Dame’s
The Observer | Friday, October 14, 2022
Commitment, work ethic bring Benjamin Morrison to prominence Harvard transfer Chris Smith prepares for bigger role History of the ND-Stanford rivalry through the eyes of The Observer Keys To Victory versus Stanford Observer Sports Staff predicts ND-Stanford Thomas: Where Morrison ranks among recent Irish recruiting steals
The Observer | Wednesday, October 12, 2022
James Madison and the FCS-FBS jump Just over a month ago, James Madison had never played a game as an FBS program. They have now played five, won each of them, and were rewarded with the No. 25 spot in the AP Poll after a 42-20 victory over Arkansas State this weekend. While their rapid
The Observer | Wednesday, October 12, 2022
In Notre Dame’s two most recent games against North Carolina and BYU, ZeLO had the Irish as an underdog. Obviously, ZeLO got those two games somewhat wrong, as the Irish won comfortably against both squads and are now on a three-game win streak. So, before I go to what is an exciting week of picks,
Mannion McGinley | Friday, October 7, 2022
The linebacker room will be one man short for the first half of this week’s game as J.D. Bertrand got called for targeting again against the Tar Heels two weeks ago. The rest of the squad has practiced filling in for the senior captain, shifting over and running different packages but a lot of those
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, October 7, 2022
Aidan Thomas – Sports Editor After a bye week, I’m trying to control my optimism and remind myself that UNC’s defense is abysmal. But there were a lot of things that looked a whole lot better against the Tar Heels two weeks ago, and with an extra week to make adjustments, I like the Irish’s