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Aidan Thomas | Wednesday, March 8, 2023
The NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament is generally less prone to upsets than the men’s tournament. But as the depth and talent in the field increase the parity of the event, upsets are beginning to happen with more frequency. Just last year, four teams sitting on the 11 and 12-seed lines won their opening game. Two
Joseph Tunney | Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Last weekend was a great weekend for college football. Besides Georgia’s annihilation of Oregon, most of the games that received media attention answered the bell. Week 2 presents an interesting slate of games, as some teams begin conference play. Many other Power 5 teams have tune-up games against lesser programs. Without further ado, here are
Matthew Crow | Tuesday, September 6, 2022
After a far-too-long offseason (and a smattering of Week 0 matchups), college football is back, and with its triumphant return came everything we have come to know and love about the sport. A wild opening weekend featured upsets, dominating performances, nail-biting finishes, and several teams finding bizarre ways to win. Here are five of the
Sam Ouhaj, J.J. Post, Thomas Zwiller, Jamison Cook, Matt Smith and John Stolmeier | Thursday, December 2, 2021
Conference Championship week is here! The following matchups have huge implications for the playoffs going forward and, with all top five teams playing this weekend, someone is bound to drop out of the playoff race. It is set to be an exciting weekend and we cannot be more excited here at The Observer’s Roundtable! NCAA
Sam Ouhaj, Thomas Zwiller, Jamison Cook and Nate Moller | Thursday, October 7, 2021
Between the Red River Showdown and Iowa vs. Penn State, there are insane matchups across the board this week in college football. After some massive upsets, college football feels like it can be anyone’s season this year. Another Roundtable starts now! NCAA Games of the Week No. 6 Oklahoma @ No. 21 Texas No. 4
Observer Sports Staff | Tuesday, April 7, 2020
The first half of our Sweet 16 featured two No. 6 seeds that pulled out surprises in the Round of 32, but advancing to the Elite Eight would require another upset. Will it be chalk, or will we see some underdog magic No. 1 Kansas def. No. 4 Wisconsin 80-72 Wisconsin boasts a lot of
Blake Ziegler | Wednesday, February 12, 2020
You know what really irks me? When people call the United States a democracy. Sure, our nation may have some democratic elements, but our government is not a democracy. Our government is not a majority-wins-all system where the minority is ignored. In fact, the Founders actually feared this democratic form of government. James Madison laments
Gary Caruso | Thursday, November 14, 2019
For politically minded Notre Dame students — regardless of party affiliation, personal presidential candidate preference or self-identified issue purity — a lifetime opportunity has thrust itself upon you. Call it the luck of the Irish or the planets perfectly aligning, but your neighbor is running for the presidency and needs a legion of volunteers. South
Meagan Bens | Wednesday, February 1, 2017
The Irish bounced back from the Notre Dame Invitational and returned home with four individual victories after the Black & Gold Premier at the University of Iowa. After the two-day competition, Notre Dame had first-place finishes from junior Jess Harris in the 800-meter with a 2:07, sophomore Matthew Birzer in the high jump with 2.31
Brenna Moxley | Tuesday, December 6, 2016
During winter break, the Irish will host Iowa and Illinois at Rolfs Aquatic Center on Jan. 12 and 13. The following afternoon, the squad will travel to Evanston, Illinois, to take on Northwestern. Notre Dame is coming off the mid-November Greensboro Invitational, in which the team raced North Carolina State, North Carolina and Duke. The season has