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Observer Sports Staff | Friday, May 1, 2020
Although we are months away from the college football season kicking off, the Observer Sports Department has previewed each and every game for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in 2020. While the season may be pushed back due to uncertainties surrounding COVID-19, we operated under the assumption that the season would go on as planned.
Observer Sports Staff | Wednesday, April 1, 2020
If our prayers are answered and the 2020 college football season starts on time, Notre Dame should enter this clash against the Demon Deacons 3-0. Many Irish fans will view this game at the home of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers as a tune-up for the following week’s Lambeau showdown vs. Wisconsin. Wake Forest’s recent surge
Jack Concannon | Wednesday, March 20, 2019
The Irish continued their lengthy stretch of early-season road games over spring break, traveling to the Carolinas for seven games in 10 days. Over the course of the road trip, the Irish (8-10, 4-2 ACC) opened conference play and clinched two series against ACC opponents. Notre Dame opened the break with a trip to Wake
Ryan Kolakowski | Thursday, March 7, 2019
On Friday night, the Notre Dame baseball team will match up against Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, North Carolina for its first of seven games over spring break. The Irish (4-7) are coming off a weekend in which they swept Charleston Southern and got swept by Ball State in South Carolina. The team will return to
Joe Everett | Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Coming off a closer-than-expected loss against Virginia over the weekend, Notre Dame failed to build off its positive performance and instead took a step back Tuesday night inside Purcell Pavilion, falling to ACC bottom-feeder Wake Forest 75-68. “I was hoping we could go three steps forward, but this group’s never really been able to do
Charlotte Edmonds | Wednesday, January 16, 2019
After recording wins over Pittsburgh and Georgia Tech, head coach Muffet McGraw and the top-ranked Irish proved they’re still the team to beat by defeating their toughest conference rival — Louisville. This time last year, the Irish returned from the KFC Yum! Center defeated, having been routed 100-67 by the Cardinals. One year later, Notre
Observer Sports Staff | Tuesday, October 9, 2018
After almost three weeks of having to play on the road, Notre Dame returned home to open up the home portion of its conference schedule against Wake Forest last Friday. The opening set saw some early back and forth action before the Irish (10-6, 4-2 ACC) began to pull away from the Demon Deacons (6-12,
Observer Sports Staff | Tuesday, October 2, 2018
After defeating Clemson 3-0 and Georgia Tech 3-2 last weekend in a weekend road trip, the Irish will return home this weekend to square up against Wake Forest on Friday and Duke on Sunday at Purcell Pavilion. Notre Dame (9-5, 3-1 ACC) currently sits in fourth place in the ACC, coming in behind No. 8
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, September 21, 2018
On Thursday, Notre Dame looked to end its three-game losing streak against Louisville on the road. Though the Irish (4-5-0, 0-1-0 ACC) created a number of opportunities throughout the course of the game, they were unable to put any into the back of the net, falling to the Cardinals (8-1-0, 2-0-0 ACC) by a score
Charlotte Edmonds | Friday, September 21, 2018
Wake Forest’s head coach Dave Clawson’s mentality heading into the game against the Irish on Saturday is simple — realistic. In his third face-off against the Notre Dame — both of which has been double digit wins for the Irish — Clawson is aware of the prestige Notre Dame carries but is undaunted, confident his