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Matthew Crow | Wednesday, October 5, 2022
The cost of firing a head coach in today’s college football landscape is higher than ever. Massive buyout payments that come with the early termination of a contract means that schools pay millions of dollars just to get their coaches to leave. After his exit in 2021, former LSU coach Ed Orgeron received a buyout
Joseph Tunney | Friday, September 16, 2022
Last week was another amazing week of college football full of upsets and extremely fun matchups. Texas gave Alabama a big run for their money. BYU got a marquee win over Baylor. Washington State got a shocking upset in Big 10 country against Wisconsin. Nebraska lost to Georgia Southern, resulting in the firing of head
José Sánchez Córdova | Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Notre Dame baseball fell 5-1 to Texas A&M at the College World Series, ending their season and phenomenal postseason run. Ultimately, a career-defining performance from the Aggies’ starter and some unforced errors doomed the Irish in Omaha. It was a great starting frame for junior pitcher Liam Simon on the mound, as he struck out
José Sánchez Córdova | Thursday, June 16, 2022
Notre Dame baseball is headed to the College World Series for the third time in program history and the first time since 2002. It is the culmination of a remarkable resurgence for the Irish baseball program since head coach Link Jarrett arrived ahead of the 2020 season. Since then, Notre Dame has the second-best winning
Aidan Thomas | Thursday, June 16, 2022
The eight teams in the College World Series, aren‘t the same teams originally seeded in the top-8 spots — the Irish made sure at least one would be different. Considering their regional and super regional performances, these are the College World Series teams reseeded with players to watch, strengths and weaknesses. Arkansas Out of the
Nate Moller | Thursday, September 23, 2021
Three weeks into the college football season, the College Football Playoff is already starting to take shape. Here I will list out the different tiers of teams. The Top Contenders Alabama: The Crimson Tide are no strangers to being the top contender for the playoffs, and they are looking the part of a contender this
Sam Ouhaj, Jamison Cook, Nate Moller, Thomas Zwiller, Luke Thompson and Matt Smith | Thursday, September 23, 2021
After a college football week that held many exciting matchups, this week takes a break on the gas. Outside of a only few games, there are few intriguing matchups to watch this weekend. While it will not be another Alabama vs. Florida matchup, this is fine because it lets us here at The Roundtable shine
Nate Moller | Monday, August 30, 2021
With week one of college football less than a week away, it’s time to look at the different tiers of contenders for the upcoming season. Tier 1: The contenders Alabama: The Crimson Tide are going to be in tier 1 of college football every year. The talent that they possess on both sides of the
Elizabeth Greason | Monday, April 1, 2019
CHICAGO — It’s a remark the Irish coaching staff has dropped a number of times to compliment Jessica Shepard: “We don’t win the national championship without Jess.” And now they can amend that statement slightly: We don’t get past Texas A&M this year without Jess — and Arike. The first half of the game was all
Daniel O'Boyle | Monday, April 2, 2018
COLUMBUS, Ohio — From junior forward Jessica Shepard’s layup to make the game 12-6 and her score to make it 24-16, 10 minutes and 36 seconds of basketball were played. Junior guard Marina Mabrey made a layup. Mabrey missed a layup. Junior guard Arike Ogunbowale missed a jumper. Mabrey missed a jumper. Ogunbowale missed another