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-21 posts tagged "rankings"
Thomas Zwiller | Thursday, November 17, 2022
I will come right out and say it: This week of college football is boring. Of the top-25 teams playing on Saturday, the average point spread is 14.7. That feels like Vegas telling you that you can turn your TV off and go for a walk. Do not get me wrong, there are good games.
Matthew Crow | Friday, November 11, 2022
With just three weeks remaining in college football’s regular season, a chaotic race for the College Football Playoff has become clearer, and the number of teams with hopes of reaching the final four has dwindled. After eight seasons with the current playoff system in place, there is an unofficial hierarchy of qualifications that shape the
J.J. Post | Monday, September 19, 2022
Notre Dame women’s soccer dropped their first contest of the season, falling on the road to Clemson 2-0 on Thursday. Proving conference play is always a different beast, the Tigers threw down the gauntlet for Notre Dame early. Just twenty minutes into the match, Sami Meredith got into transition and slotted home the opening goal
Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Notre Dame was ranked No. 18 in the U.S. News & World Report best national university rankings released Monday. The list, which ranks 443 U.S. colleges and universities, ranks Notre Dame as tied for No. 18 with Columbia University. Notre Dame was ranked a spot below at No. 19 in last year’s rankings. Columbia University
Letter to the Editor | Monday, November 15, 2021
1. “You Belong With Me” She wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts, Taylor wrote an absolute banger, and we want to see this in concert. This song is absolutely iconic, from the music video, to sing-along lyrics, to the controversy it caused with Kanye, to so much more. It encapsulates everything that we love about
Allison Thornton | Wednesday, September 15, 2021
This weekend I went to Cedar Point for the first time. And before you ask, of course I got the “First Visit” button. Who do you think I am? It was the best part of my outfit that day. I went to the park with my volleyball team from Saint Mary’s and we fit six
Colin Capece | Friday, August 27, 2021
For a long time now, I’ve been wanting to rank something in The Observer. Since the day I discovered in these pages the introspective yet comedic brilliance of master ranker and former Dunne Hall RA Davis Gonsalves, I was inspired to invoke the kind of spicy verbal mudslinging amongst the Notre Dame student body and
Davis Gonsalves | Wednesday, March 20, 2019
As my time as a columnist (and a student) draws to a close, I have started to reflect on my time at Notre Dame. Of course, there are the interhall sports moments, the passions of the Grotto and the charm of dances. These are great and integral to my Notre Dame experience, but my favorite
Davis Gonsalves | Wednesday, February 27, 2019
The countdown begins. After this column, I only have four more to write before I graduate. Fortunately, I have planned the last four in sequence. That means this will be the last chance to rank the things I either never had a chance to rank, or that would simply not be worthy of an entire
Davis Gonsalves | Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Notre Dame is unique in many ways. Our relationships with varying groups on campus set us apart from other schools. However, the relationships within the school are hardly unique among students, and I am attempting to rank these to bring them out to fruition. 11. Traveler and Coach USA attendant The worst relationship at Notre