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Navy-Notre Dame game moved from Dublin to Annapolis for 1st time in rivalry history

Observer Sports Staff | Tuesday, June 2, 2020

A large bubble of uncertainty looms over college and professional athletics, but Notre Dame football and director of athletics Jack Swarbick are finding answers to some difficult questions at this time. On Tuesday morning it was announced that for the first time in the history of the longest-continuous-intersectional rivalry in college football between Notre Dame

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Notre Dame football: All our way-too-early previews and predictions

Observer Sports Staff | Friday, May 1, 2020

Although we are months away from the college football season kicking off, the Observer Sports Department has previewed each and every game for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in 2020. While the season may be pushed back due to uncertainties surrounding COVID-19, we operated under the assumption that the season would go on as planned.

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We asked, you voted: Notre Dame’s top football rivalries

Aidan Thomas | Friday, April 24, 2020

The Observer sports department conducted a poll of Notre Dame students to gauge popular opinion of who the Fighting Irish’s biggest rivals are on the gridiron. Of the 274 respondents, 126 identified as freshmen, 63 as sophomores, 43 as juniors and 24 as seniors. Here what they decided: THE TOP 6 These six teams separated

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Mulvena: Let’s be honest

Connor Mulvena | Friday, November 22, 2019

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a column about Notre Dame’s football program after the Irish were embarrassed in Ann Arbor. Admittedly, it was an intense reaction to what I thought, and still think, is a telling loss, but I stand by the heart of its message nonetheless. In the days following the column’s

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Kelly discusses Senior Day, final stretch of season

Hayden Adams | Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly addressed the media Monday to recap the team’s dominant 52-20 win over Navy and preview their upcoming senior day matchup with Boston College. He began by giving his analysis of the Boston College program this season. “Boston College will be our seventh team that had the week off

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DelVecchio: Notre Dame-Navy ‘rivalry’ needs to come to an end

Grant DelVecchio | Saturday, November 16, 2019

Tradition is everything at Notre Dame. From academics to residence hall life to faith-building to athletics, there is little that goes on at Our Lady’s University that isn’t deeply rooted in tradition. Because of this, branching away from the way things have “always been done” and moving on from the old days is hard to

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Notre Dame, Navy students to contest universal basic income in inaugural debate

Alysa Guffey | Friday, November 15, 2019

Notre Dame and Navy will meet for the 93rd annual year on the football field Saturday. Friday afternoon, an entirely new rivalry between the two schools will begin in Hesburgh Library. Sponsored by the department of Film, Television and Theatre, the inaugural Notre Dame-Navy debate will take place from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in

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Adams: If you want Navy off the schedule, get over yourself

Hayden Adams | Friday, November 15, 2019

Every Notre Dame football season features a few matchups between the Irish and their rivals. Whenever those games rear their heads, it brings to mind memories of games and seasons gone by. Whenever the Irish gear up for archrival USC, the older generation may remember when the Trojans spoiled Notre Dame’s title hopes in 1964

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Irish pitch recruits as missing links to success

Hayden Adams | Friday, November 15, 2019

With the regular season winding down and only three games left on Notre Dame’s schedule, thoughts of the 2020 recruiting class become more prevalent. The Irish have struggled this season on the offensive side of the ball against premier competition, a fact that can be cause for concern with how much more offensive-minded college football

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MBA student, Navy veteran shares passion for painting

Zixu Wang | Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Jacob Mazurek, a second year Mendoza MBA student, stands out among his peers not only as a Navy veteran of 23 years, but also as a devoted and accomplished painter. Students may recognize him from around campus, where he can often be found painting in public spaces. His favorite spots, he said, include Modern Market

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