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Aidan Thomas, Jimmy Ward, Colin Capece, Emily DeFazio, Nate Moller and Mannion McGinley | Friday, October 8, 2021
Notre Dame travels to Blacksburg, Virginia to take on the Virginia Tech Hokies in a night game at the always raucous Lane Stadium. The Irish are looking to avoid losing two straight games in the regular season for the first time in five years. The Observer staff – after watching Notre Dame lose at home
Mannion McGinley | Thursday, October 7, 2021
This weekend sucked. I will not lie about that. To be a student on campus when the home streak broke was not easy. Although, I’m sure it couldn’t have been easy to be a player or even a coach. I just don’t know that the team was fully prepared to face a team like Cincinnati
Aidan Thomas | Sunday, October 3, 2021
In the 2020 regular season, sophomore quarterback Drew Pyne, a true freshman at the time, served as the backup for three-year starter Ian Book. Throughout the regular season, he attempted – and completed – just one pass for five yards. But in the Rose Bowl against Alabama, Book briefly went down with an injury and
Aidan Thomas | Saturday, October 2, 2021
Over the first few weeks of the Notre Dame football season, Irish fans were led to believe that of the three quarterbacks competing for playing time, freshman Tyler Buchner was the dual-threat with elite athleticism. Of transfer Jack Coan and sophomore Drew Pyne, the narrative was that the pair were very similar quarterbacks, with the
Madeline Ladd | Saturday, October 2, 2021
It was a new experience in South Bend this Saturday for Irish fans when No. 9 Notre Dame brutally fell to No. 7 Cincinnati 24-13 at home. This marked Notre Dame’s first home game loss since 2017, resetting a 26-win clock and demonstrating the Irish’s dire need for continuity on both sides of the ball.
Mannion McGinley | Wednesday, September 29, 2021
For anyone who has said that defense doesn’t win big games in reference to Notre Dame football: I give you the 2021 Shamrock Series. This current defense could run circles around the Irish defense from week one. I mean, twice now we’ve seen the Irish head into a game that should’ve been the closest game
Mannion McGinley | Saturday, September 25, 2021
The Irish got off to a slow start Saturday, as the the squad stepped out of the tunnel a couple of moments after Leprechaun Pat and the rest of the cheer squad took off with the flag. The momentum progressively picked up, though, as the Irish ran Wisconsin out of Soldier Field in the second
Emily DeFazio | Friday, September 24, 2021
Graduate student quarterback Jack Coan has certainly not had the traditional experience of a Notre Dame quarterback. Between transferring in for his final year of eligibility, battling it out among two other contenders for the top spot and ultimately sharing field time with a true freshman, Coan’s journey has been one of uncertainty and, in
Observer Sports Staff | Saturday, August 14, 2021
Head coach Brian Kelly has named graduate student transfer Jack Coan as the Irish starting quarterback ahead of the upcoming 2021 season. Kelly discussed the reason for going with Coan as the starter instead of sophomore Drew Pyne and freshman Tyler Buchner. “All three quarterbacks distinguished themselves in the spring and preseason camp,” Kelly tweeted
Aidan Thomas | Monday, May 3, 2021
While Ian Book was busy getting drafted in the fourth round of the NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints, his Notre Dame Fighting Irish took the field for their spring game, as the Irish faithful got their first look at what the quarterback position could look like after the Book era, which ended with