By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Brian Kelly’s Fighting Irish don’t lack confidence, nor should they. Coming off last year’s 12-1 season that included a trip to the BCS National Championship Game, Kelly entered spring drills wanting his team to develop an identity. It did just that, says the fourth-year Irish […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT and DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Editors INDIANAPOLIS — Colts coach Chuck Pagano talked to the media on Friday about his health, the state of the team and his thoughts on Bruce Arians getting hired in Arizona. Here is a 6-minute video of his time at the podium during the NFL Scouting Combine. ELWAY […]
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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 […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Once again IndySportsLegends.com provides you a scouting report of Notre Dame’s upcoming opponent through the eyes of the radio play-by-play announcer. This week we spoke with Pete Arbogast, the Voice of the Trojans. Needless to say, USC has had an extremely disappointing season. After being tabbed the No. 1 […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Over the next few weeks, Notre Dame and its massive fan base will likely don the colors of Baylor, Texas, Stanford and Oregon State. OK, maybe they won’t go that far, but you know they’ll be the biggest fans of those four teams you’ll find across the country. As […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent After such a close call against unranked Pitt, you would think 2-7 Boston College has Notre Dame’s undivided attention. There’s no questioning that the fourth-ranked Irish (9-0 overall) weren’t as sharp in a 29-26 triple overtime win over the Panthers last Saturday as they were in winning in convincing fashion […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Notre Dame has been playing with fire in its home games and after a triple overtime win over Pitt Saturday, the Irish finally got burned. No, they didn’t see their undefeated season go up in smoke, but rather another close home victory cost them a spot in the ever-important BCS […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent NOTRE DAME, Ind. — If you didn’t believe Notre Dame is a team of destiny before Saturday, you probably do now. The fourth-ranked Irish’s 29-26 triple overtime win over Pitt was nothing short of miraculous. Notre Dame snatched a victory from the jaws of defeat not once but a couple […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Beating a top-10 team on the road is never easy, especially when you’re a double-digit underdog, but Notre Dame made it look about as easy as possible Saturday night when it handled Oklahoma with relative ease, beating the Sooners by 17 points. As they have all season long, the Irish […]
Continue ReadingBy 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 […]
Continue ReadingBy 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 […]
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