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Greg McKenna | Sunday, December 6, 2020
Over his career for one of college football’s most historic programs, Notre Dame graduate student quarterback Ian Book has amassed 9,998 total yards and 88 total touchdowns — all while throwing just 19 interceptions — but another number dominated the discourse before, during and after the Irish’s senior-day victory over Syracuse. With the 45-21 win
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, December 4, 2020
‘The Silencer’: Kyren Williams puts heart on display as No. 1 running back Liufau’s mentality, physicality exemplify Irish intensity, depth on defense Ward: Take a deep breath before things get crazy again Floundering Orange looking for positive takeaways from trip to South Bend Irish pick up recruits on offense, defense, special teams in ever-growing 2021
Jimmy Ward | Friday, December 4, 2020
I won’t be the first person on planet earth to claim to know anything about how the College Football Playoff committee works. But in my gut I am fairly certain of one thing: Notre Dame makes the playoff no matter how sloppy their loss to Clemson in the ACC Championship. I’ll be ignoring plenty of
Ellen Geyer | Friday, December 4, 2020
The juxtaposition between No. 2 Notre Dame and unranked Syracuse is fairly sharp. The former is a perfect 9-0 (8-0 ACC), while the latter a less-than-ideal 1-9 (1-8). The Orange haven’t won one on the road, and the Irish haven’t lost one at home. Notre Dame’s on a streak of nine wins this season (and
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, December 4, 2020
Observer Sports Editor Hayden Adams is joined by Danny Emerman, Senior Staff Writer at The Daily Orange, to preview Notre Dame’s upcoming matchup with Syracuse on Saturday. The two go over the Dino Babers era in Syracuse, as well as the struggles the Orange have endured this season after posting a 10-win season two years
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, December 4, 2020
Hayden Adams — Sports Editor I don’t really know what to expect from this Notre Dame team on a weekly basis, or at least I didn’t before that North Carolina game. I felt relatively confident after UNC’s first two scores that Clark Lea would make halftime adjustments, but Kyle Hamilton’s ejection made me a lot
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, December 4, 2020
Notre Dame Passing Perhaps the one redeeming quality of this Syracuse defense is their play against the pass. They still give up 251.8 passing yards per contest, 11.4 yards per completion and 7.49 yards per attempt, but they have a couple of standouts in sophomore linebacker Mikel Jones (5 quarterback hurries, 4 interceptions, 3 forced