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The Observer’s Roundtable Week 4: Sooners look to hold position, Gators pressure Crimson Tide

Sam Ouhaj, Jamison Cook, Nate Moller, Thomas Zwiller, Mannion McGinley and John Stolmeier | Thursday, September 16, 2021

After an action-packed first week of college football full of upsets and comeback wins, fans across the globe are now gearing up for an even more intense second week. We at The Observer have all the coverage you need of some of the biggest games this week so let’s get right to it. NCAA Games

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Carson: Deregulate conference championship games

Alex Carson | Monday, December 5, 2016

The committee got it right. If Penn State fans should have a complaint, it shouldn’t be that their team was left out — it should be about the opponent their team played in the Big Ten’s championship game Saturday. Two teams finished with 8-1 records this year in the Big Ten: Ohio State and Penn State. Logic

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2016 Election Observer: Election Night Edition

Rachel O'Grady | Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Updated at 2:22 a.m. Editor’s Note: Throughout the 2016 presidential campaign, The Observer sat down with Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s experts to break down the election and its importance to students. In its final installment, Associate News Editor Rachel O’Grady asked a variety of Notre Dame professors about their opinions on the projected winners of the race

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Monaghan, Lawson fall in semifinal round of doubles championship

Observer Sports Staff | Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Notre Dame concluded its fall season this weekend as two seniors competed in the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships while eight more team members played in the Bulldog Scramble. For the Indoor Championships, the Irish sent senior Quentin Monaghan, who is ranked No. 5 nationally, to compete in the singles tournament and senior Alex Lawson to compete

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Carson: November slate will clear uncertainty

Alex Carson | Monday, November 2, 2015

I’m going to start my column like you might expect an eighth-grade term paper to start: F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of one of the greatest books of all time, once said, “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain

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Doping in college football?

Daniel O'Boyle | Tuesday, October 13, 2015

To say that this college football season has had a few surprises so far is an understatement. Major upsets and countless near-upsets have left us without a clear front-runner for the national title and a wide-open playoff hunt. Off-the-field stories at Rutgers and USC have only added to the shocks. But yesterday, we may have

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Carson: If polls were legitimate

Alex Carson | Monday, October 12, 2015

For some weird reason, Ohio State is the No. 1 team in the country on polls conducted during the 2015 season. Why? The Buckeyes were very good last year, yes, but they haven’t done much of anything yet this season. Their best win? Indiana, who got knocked around pretty well by Penn State on Saturday.

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Irish sweep No. 8 Seminoles with strong pitching

Mary Green | Monday, April 13, 2015

Notre Dame faced a jam in the top of the ninth Sunday, with two Florida State runners on base and just one out. A sweep of the nation’s No. 8 team was on the line, but Mik Aoki wasn’t nervous. “I think I’m beyond that with this group,” the Notre Dame head coach said. “I just

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ND travels to face top-flight field

Andrew Robinson | Thursday, January 29, 2015

Preparing for what could potentially be a season-defining performance, Notre Dame is set to travel to Fayetteville, Arkansas this weekend, where it will face a daunting field in the Razorback Invitational. The Irish has faced increasingly stiff competition as its season progressed, and the upcoming Invitational is posed to continue this trend. The meet boasts a field

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Cody Riggs: A Natural Fit

Isaac Lorton | Thursday, September 25, 2014

A fiery red-headed boy, dressed in Notre Dame gear ran up to Cody Riggs outside the Main Building on Wednesday afternoon and yelled, “High five!” With his hand extended above his head, he leapt to meet the hand of the chuckling graduate student cornerback. “It’s a lot of fun,” Riggs said. “So many young fans

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