Phil Houk

The Notre Dame media family unexpectedly lost a great one last week. Lou Somogyi has written for Blue and Gold Illustrated since 1984. He was a terrific writer with encyclopedia…

By: Phil Houk of Fighting Irish Preview William “Red” Mack started his football career when a Sister Madeline at an orphanage where he was raised in Pittsburgh, pushed him to…

By: Phil Houk of Fighting Irish Preview Notre Dame has had 12 head coaches in the history of the football program who lasted for 5 or more years. None lasted…

By: Phil Houk of Fighting Irish Preview Welcome to South Bend, Marcus Freeman. You bring a stellar reputation as an innovative defensive football mind and you are known for being…

How Good was George Gipp?By: Phil Houk of Fighting Irish Preview (Photo: Nick Houk) When Notre Dame was forced to cancel spring football after just one practice last March, the…

By Phil Houk of Fighting Irish Preview When Najee Harris faced a certain tackle at the hands of Nick McCloud after a gain of a couple yards in the first…

By: Phil Houk of Fighting Irish Preview After the 1924 season Knute Rockne convinced Notre Dame officials that a trip out West to play in a Bowl would be lucrative…

(Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire) By: Phil Houk of Fighting Irish Preview The final home game, Senior Day at Notre Dame, legacy and legends come to mind. One last time to run…

By: Phil Houk of Fighting Irish Preview “Never get married in the morning, because you never know who you might meet that night.” -Paul Hornung Paul Hornung, “The Golden Boy”…

A Poem by the Fighting Irish Preview Poet. 2020 the year of Covid We’ve loved our Irish and we vo-ted. A bye week ranked #2 at 8-0, Let’s review and…