By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Win and you’re in. That’s Notre Dame’s mindset as it braces for its regular-season finale against rival USC Saturday night. The 11-0 and No. 1-ranked Irish know if they beat the Trojans they’ll be playing in the BCS National Championship Game Jan. 7 in Miami. While Notre Dame has […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Purdue’s football program has a ton of uncertainty surrounding it entering the final weekend of the regular season. Boilermaker fans know if the Old Gold and Black beats IU in the Old Oaken Bucket battle Saturday in Ross-Ade Stadium, they’ll go to their second straight bowl game. However, Purdue […]
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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 […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor There’s plenty to be determined as we enter the final weekend of regular season Big Ten play. We don’t know who is going to represent the Legends Division in the Big Ten Championship Game or if five, six or seven teams from the league are going bowling. On Friday, […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Each game the Irish seem to be led by a different player. If it’s not forward Jack Cooley, it’s Jerian Grant. If it’s neither one of those two, it’s Garrick Sherman. That trend continued Wednesday night as Notre Dame got a game-high 18 points in as many minutes from […]
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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 […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor I’ve seen a lot in my eight years of covering the Indiana Pacers, but nothing like what I witnessed on Wednesday night. Paul George dropped nine 3-pointers after halftime to help the Pacers beat the New Orleans Hornets 115-107 in overtime. He broke Reggie Miller’s team record for threes in a […]
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By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent First of all, thanks to all who have followed my prognostications throughout this high school football season. I have really enjoyed doing them, and whether you look to my picks for insight as you prepare for the upcoming games, or you are waiting for me to make my next blunder, […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Purdue coach Danny Hope was very open during today’s press conference today. Two of his responses to questions jumped out at me the most. First, his quote about Robert Marve: “He’s playing really well. Playing very, very well. He has taken his game in spite, of the injuries and all the things […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Survivor Series was quite a bit better than I expected on Sunday night. I thought the card had potential, but the execution of the matches surprised me. First of all, CM Punk held on to his WWE title against Ryback and John Cena. The match had everything. Ryback was a […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor It’s official Notre Dame is No. 1. For the first time in the history of the BCS Rankings’ 14-year history, the Irish are the top-rated team. So the 11-0 Irish, the only remaining undefeated team eligible for the post-season, will head to Southern California this weekend knowing if they […]
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