From Notre Dame Athletics NOTRE DAME, Ind. – University of Notre Dame running back Cierre Wood announced today he will forgo his final season of athletic eligibility and submit his name for the 2013 NFL Draft. Wood leaves Notre Dame as the seventh-leading rusher in school history, having gained 2,447 yards on 450 career carries. […]
From Notre Dame Athletics: Brian Kelly, who led his third Irish team to the Bowl Championship Series title game on Monday, will remain as the head football coach at the University of Notre Dame. “This week, I had an incredible opportunity to speak with one of the premier organizations in sports about becoming their head […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor This week has gone from bad to worse for Fighting Irish football fans. After getting shellacked by Alabama in the BCS National Championship Game by Monday night, Brian Kelly was interviewed by the Philadelphia Eagles for their head coaching position. A source with very close ties to Notre Dame […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Everett Golson is soaking it all in as he should be. The Notre Dame freshman quarterback is enjoying all the attention he and his Fighting Irish teammates are receiving as they prep for the BCS National Championship Game on Monday night. Golson has led Notre Dame to a 12-0 […]
From Notre Dame Athletics The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award will be presented to Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly as a part of The Home Depot College Football Awards on Thursday, Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m. ET, on ESPN. Kelly was named the recipient in 2009 coaching for Cincinnati and is the first two-time […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor It was a foregone conclusion after the SEC Championship Game on Saturday, but it became official Sunday night as No. 1 Notre Dame will meet No. 2 Alabama for the BCS National Championship Game Jan. 7, 2013, at Miami’s Sun Life Stadium. Brian Kelly’s 12-0 Irish will be a decided underdog […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Notre Dame did what no one thought it could. It finished the football season undefeated thanks to a 22-13 win at USC Saturday night. Yes, the top-ranked Irish, who began the season unranked and ended it 12-0 for the first time since 1988, are relevant once again. So relevant […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Many college football aficionados doubted whether Notre Dame would ever be relevant again on the national stage. The school’s academic standards were too high, higher than when the Irish last won a national title more than two decades ago. High enough in fact that star players from that 1988 […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Finally the Irish resembled a top five team at home, hammering Wake Forest 38-0 Saturday in Notre Dame Stadium. The third-ranked Irish’s previous five home games were all decided by a touchdown or less, but this one was over in a hurry. Notre Dame scored […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Emotions will be running high when the third-ranked Irish run out of the Notre Dame Stadium tunnel for the final time Saturday. Seniors like all-everything Manti Te’o and Tyler Eifert will be playing their final game in front of their home fans. Those same fans will be saluting Te’o, […]