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 If you’re not one of the lucky 82,112 to be in attendance Saturday night in Norman, Okla., you’ll probably be glued to your television watching what will be the biggest game of this college football season so far. Without question, it doesn’t get any bigger than No. 5 Notre Dame […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Irish coach Brian Kelly made it very clear that he wants the success Notre Dame is currently enjoying to be a common occurrence and not just a one-year wonder. Appearing on ESPN’s The Herd with Colin Cowherd Wednesday morning, Brian Kelly said, We’re trying to be a consistent program. We […]
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 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, ISL spoke with Toby Rowland, the Voice of the Sooners. Rowland went to high school in New Castle, Ind., and played basketball for the Trojans. Following is what Rowland had to say […]
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 The fifth-ranked Irish have faced some good defenses this season, but none may be better than the one it will face at 3:40 p.m. Saturday in Notre Dame Stadium. BYU, 4-3 overall, comes to town with an impressive defensive unit. The Cougars currently rank fifth nationally in total defense, allowing […]
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 Greg Wrubell, the Voice of the Cougars. Following is what Wrubell had to say about BYU, who has a 4-3 record this season following a 42-24 home […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Things happened so fast Saturday evening in Notre Dame Stadium. First, some of us in the press box, including myself were beginning to think the Irish were on the verge of suffering their first loss of the season. Then we thought they were going to pull […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Notre Dame’s magical season got even more magical on Saturday evening thanks to a thrilling 20-13 overtime win over No. 17 Stanford in Notre Dame Stadium. The story was once again the Irish defense. It’s a defense that prior to the Stanford game was considered one […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Notre Dame and Stanford are as good as it gets when talking about successful football programs that graduate their players. Saturday’s meeting between the Irish and Cardinal will mark the first time that schools ranked in the top 20 in the Associated Press football poll and on the U.S. News […]
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