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Notre Dame’s Irish Cleats Bring Tradition Alive in Dublin
The University Notre Dame is a one of the most storied college football programs in the country. Their traditional ways hold no bounds when it comes to uniforms… until now. When the Fighting Irish take on Navy on September 1st, they will be rocking these fancy new cleats, which are based off of Ireland’s national [...]
Notre Dame QB Tommy Rees Arrested After Confrontation with Police
According to multiple reports, Notre Dame sophomore quarterback Tommy Rees was arrested overnight Thursday and charged with resisting law enforcement, battery to a law enforcement officer, minor consumption, and public intoxication following a confrontation with police in South Bend, Indiana. Rees and linebacker Carlo Calabrese were allegedly involved in a scuffle with South Bend police, [...]
Notre Dame and Navy to Open 2012 College Football Season in Dublin
One of the longest-running rivalries in college football will take on a new twist this year, as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Navy Midshipmen will square off on the gridiron in the Emerald Isle Classic in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday, September 1st. It’s not the first time Notre Dame and Navy have played in [...]
Notre Dame Grabs 23rd Spot in ESPN’s ‘Way Too Early’ Rankings for 2012 Season
If ESPN has anything to do with it, Notre Dame will be in the Top 25 to start the 2012 season in September. On their web site, the network put the Irish as the 23rd best team in the country heading into next year in their annual ‘Way Too Early’ rankings on Tuesday. Here is [...]
Notre Dame Football: Brian Kelly Gets Two-Year Contract Extension
Coming off back-to-back 8-5 seasons, Brian Kelly received a two-year contract extension from Notre Dame on Tuesday afternoon in announcement made by the university. The decisions means that Kelly’s contract will run through the 2016 season. Here is the following statement that was released from athletic director Jack Swarbrick. “While Coach Kelly and I are [...]
Notre Dame’s Defense Improved, But Still Way Behind SEC’s Best
When watching last night’s BCS National Championship Game, I came away amazed by how great and how well coached Alabama’s defense is. Their stats throughout the entire 2011 season can attest to that fact. Over the course of 13 games, Bama allowed only nine touchdowns. Yes, that it is not a typo. NINE TOUCHDOWNS. Didn’t [...]
Notre Dame Football: Long Time Recruit Ronald Darby Decommits from Irish
This past weekend was a terrific three days for Notre Dame’s sports programs. The football program got a commit from Elijah Shumate at the Army All-American Bowl and they also got a transfer Amir Carlisle from hated rival school USC. The mens and womens basketball teams knocked off ranked opponents in impressive fashion as well. [...]
USC Running Back Amir Carlisle to Transfer to Notre Dame
Earlier in the day, the Irish got a commitment from safety prospect Elijah Shumate at the Army All-American Bowl. Saturday got even better for Brian Kelly and his coaching staff when the South Bend Tribune revealed that running back Amir Carlisle plans to transfer from USC to Notre Dame. Here are the details of the [...]
Notre Dame Football: Elijah Shumate Picks Irish at Army All-American Game
Elijah Shumate, a safety prospect out of Don Bosco Prep School in Ramsey, New Jersey, announced his intentions to play football at Notre Dame just a short time ago in the Army All-American Game on NBC. The two other schools that were finalists for Shumate were Rutgers and South Carolina, but the soon to be [...]
Notre Dame Tight End Tyler Eifert to Return for Senior Season
Notre Dame Nation can breathe a sigh of relief. Irish Illustrated broke the news on its Twitter account on Friday afternoon that Tyler Eifert will skip April’s NFL Draft and will return to South Bend in order to play his senior season. This couldn’t be better news for Irish fans. Early on in the process [...]