Notre Dame Spring Football: 20 Big Questions for 20 Key Players

Published on: 12th March, 2011

In less than two weeks, the pads will be cracking again in South Bend and the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame will be beginning spring practice.After ending the season on a dramatic high note, there is plenty of optimism flowing as expectations for the future begin to rise.After a prolonged ...

Notre Dame Football: The Five Biggest Stars From ND’s Win Over USC

Published on: 30th November, 2010

After eight torturous losses in a row at the hands of an archrival, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish finally found a way to defeat the Southern Cal Trojans last Saturday night in the LA Coliseum. In heart-stopping fashion the Irish pieced together a beautiful drive to reclaim the lead with ...

Shocking Agent Revelations In SI: Why College Players Should Not Be Paid

Published on: 15th October, 2010

Our culture has a tendency to blur the line between rights and privileges. Playing college football—or any collegiate sport for that matter—very clearly falls under the latter category. The purpose of college is to educate. The fact that sports like football are peripherally contested is an added bonus to the ...

Notre Dame Football Unranked In Preseason Polls: Right or Wrong?

Published on: 23rd August, 2010

The Preseason AP Poll is out and for the third time in four years the Irish find themselves on the outside looking in. The writers have Notre Dame pegged at No. 32 with 31 total votes, placing them a spot above Missouri and one below Randy Edsall's ...

Five Burning Questions for the 2010 Fighting Irish Season

Published on: 21st August, 2010

It's the dawn of a new era in Notre Dame Football and there are legions of Irish faithful who want nothing more than a real, Ara Parseghian-style return to glory this fall. While it's not out of the realm of possibility, there are hurdles that must be overcome before those ...

Notre Dame Conference Membership Inevitable? I’ll Call That Bluff

Published on: 28th April, 2010

Over the last couple months there has been quite a bit of chatter regarding Notre Dame possibly joining a conference for football. This new wave of speculation has been driven by the Big Ten's renewed desire to expand in order to put on a conference championship game ...