By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Notre Dame is for real. If there was any doubt, Brian Kelly’s fifth-ranked Irish silenced the critics with an extremely impressive 30-13 win at No. 8 Oklahoma. Go ahead start the national championship talk because it’s warranted. Barring something out of the ordinary, Notre Dame will be 11-0 when it […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent We’re about to find out if Notre Dame is worthy of its top-five national ranking. So far it has taken care of business, beating every team on its schedule to date, and that’s all anyone could ask. Entering the season, we thought the Irish schedule was one of the nation’s […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent NOTRE DAME, Ind. ” It wasn’t easy, but the Irish will gladly take their hard-fought 17-14 win over feisty BYU in Notre Dame Stadium. The victory improves No. 5 Notre Dame’s record to 7-0 on the season and sets up a huge showdown next Saturday with 10th-ranked Oklahoma in Norman. […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent I just got done methodically watching my DVR copy of Notre Dame’s win over Miami (Fla.), and upon further review, there’s no doubt the Irish got plenty of lucky breaks against the Hurricanes, which definitely led to the lopsided final score. For instance, take the first play from scrimmage. Miami […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Notre Dame continued to show the college football world it’s back and relevant again by pounding Miami (Fla.) 41-3 Saturday night in Chicago’s Soldier Field. As a result, the Irish moved to 5-0 on the season and will be thrust even more into the national spotlight as ESPN College Gameday […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Each and every week during the Irish football season, IndySportsLegends.com interviews Notre Dame’s upcoming opponent’s radio play-by-play announcer. This week IndySportsLegends.com spoke with Frank Beckmann, the long-time Voice of the Wolverines. Following is what Beckmann had to say about Michigan, who is 2-1 following a 63-13 pasting of FCS foe […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor I’m starting to believe this is the year for Purdue to do something special. I want to make this clear. I am not a fan. I did not attend Purdue. I have covered the Boilermakers in an unbiased manner for the past seven years. I have watched several promising seasons […]
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