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Annika Herko | Monday, August 28, 2023
It’s a Notre Dame running back’s world and we’re just living in it. Audric Estime: 95 yards on 16 attempts, with 1 touchdown and 26 receiving yards Jeremiyah Love: 40 yards on 4 attempts Gi’Bran Payne: 31 yards on 6 attempts Jadarian Price: 25 yards on 4 attempts, with 1 touchdown Absolutely dominant.
Annika Herko | Saturday, August 26, 2023
The No. 13 Notre Dame football team made an impressive opening statement in their season-opener Saturday afternoon. The Irish throttled Navy at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, beating up on the Midshipmen. Here are some of the most important developments from the most lopsided game of the Marcus Freeman era. 1. Irish set the tone
Madeline Ladd | Friday, May 19, 2023
The 2022-2023 Notre Dame football season began with a mixture of excited expectations tempered with quiet concern. Many questions swirled as Marcus Freeman began his debut season as the 30th head coach in Notre Dame history, taking over after the shocking exit of Brian Kelly to LSU. Freeman had previously served as one of the
J.J. Post | Monday, April 24, 2023
Heading into the 2023 Blue and Gold game, Notre Dame needed a breakout at the wide receiver position. Simply put, the Irish have a numbers problem at wide receiver. Graduate transfer Kaleb Smith, generally assumed to be an addition that would add a consistent veteran hand to the room, medically retired a week prior. Lorenzo
J.J. Post | Saturday, April 22, 2023
Notre Dame football hosted its 92nd annual Blue-Gold Game Saturday, with team Gold handily winning the open scrimmage 24-0. Though a combination of blustery South Bend spring weather whipping through Notre Dame Stadium and copious amount of depth chart rotation ensured play was far from consistently excellent, here are the five key moments that defined
Gabriel Zarazua | Wednesday, November 2, 2022
I have the weirdest hobbies sometimes; one of them is looking at past events for sports teams. Particularly where simple plays become pivotal moments in a team’s future, years beyond the game’s end. A lot of them are reaches for sure, but it’s always interesting to think about what would have happened if things went
Colin Capece | Thursday, January 6, 2022
Marcus Freeman is who I said he was. But maybe he’s not who I thought he could be just yet. I said Freeman would bring the kind of energy and mentality that would have Notre Dame ready to play in these big bowl games that have been their nemesis since 1993. The Fiesta Bowl was
Mannion McGinley | Tuesday, January 4, 2022
While Drew White has not yet made a decision in terms of his future with the Irish, he played in Saturday’s game as though it was his last appearance in the blue and gold. Although the Irish fell to the Oklahoma State Cowboys, 37-35, White played a role in most of the defensive successes on
Colin Capece | Friday, December 31, 2021
The emergence of the College Football Playoff has no doubt diminished some of the shine that bowl season used to have. Everyone knew during the BCS era that only one game really mattered, but supplementary bowls still felt like they had a purpose. Fans still cared about the traditional conference matchups in the Rose Bowl
Aidan Thomas | Tuesday, December 7, 2021
If nothing else, the chaotic happenings within the Notre Dame football program over the past week, made it clear that the Irish are built from a culture. And as athletic director Jack Swarbrick said at the introductory press conference for new head coach Marcus Freeman, it was his job “not to screw it up.” Swarbrick