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Irish ride rollercoaster in Freeman’s first season

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

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Early-enrollee wide receiver Greathouse shines in Gold team rout

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

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Five key moments from the 2023 Blue-Gold Game

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

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Zarazua: Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014, the game that could have changed it all

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

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Capece: “The honeymoon stage is over”

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

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Drew White embodies Notre Dame captainship, will pass torch after Fiesta Bowl

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

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Capece: Fiesta Bowl is Notre Dame’s most important game in recent memory

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

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‘You are my why’: Freeman thanks family, players, Notre Dame culture

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

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Dear Marcus,

Colin Capece | Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Dear Marcus, I was down so bad until you came along. Feeling confused after the news that broke last Monday night out of nowhere, angry about the fire Notre Dame players, coaches and fans were thrown into and most of all, completely on edge for the next big story. I was waiting for the next

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Dear Brian,

Colin Capece | Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Dear Brian, I was having such a great evening until you showed up. Feeling fully rested and recovered after a wonderful Thanksgiving break with family and friends, ready for the last sprint of the semester before final exams, knowing that Notre Dame is likely to make a New Year’s Six bowl game when the dust

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This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bou This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bouts will begin its preliminary rounds. A men’s boxing tournament that benefits the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh, Bengal Bouts seems to perfectly combine two integral aspects of Notre Dame’s identity: a passion for sports and a commitment to social impact.

This week, From the Archives takes a long overdue look at the history of Bengal Bouts. While this tournament predates the Observer by nearly four decades, we uncovered a selection of stories that capture at least a part of the rich history of this Notre Dame tradition.

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At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Ch At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Chappell, director of gender relations and LGBTQ+ advocacy, highlighted plans to edit the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum to promote values of diversity, equity and inclusion in her report on LGBTQ+ advocacy at Notre Dame this year.

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We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department and you responded with the request: “Northwestern @ Notre Dame 2014 Football Breakdown”. That game was a heartbreaking loss for a Notre Dame team that had started 6-0 before stumbling down the stretch to a 7-5 record. A bowl game win over LSU salvaged some optimism for the program’s future, but that loss to Northwestern was a shocking result that contributed to one of the more appalling stretches of Irish football in the Brian Kelly era.

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Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore s Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.”

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Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are seeking to build stronger connections between the student body and student government if elected student body president and vice president, respectively. 

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Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung an Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung and Aidan Rezner from the student government Instagram page, but the two sophomores are ready to take the next big step to represent the student body.

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