Fighting Irish 101

(Photo by John Byrum/Icon Sportswire) Clemson head coach Dabo Sweeny, now in his 15th season has his team ranked #4 in the first CFP and undefeated at 8-0. Idle a…

(Photo by Williams Paul/Icon Sportswire) Head Coach Dino Babers is in his 7th seson leading #16 Syracuse. The Orange is  6-1. Last week they suffered their first loss to #5…

(Photo: John Rivera/Icon Sportswire) UNLV is 4-3, they have lost two in a row,  Air Force last week 42-7 and two weeks ago to San Jose St, 40-7.  In week…

(Photo by Brian Murphy/Icon Sportswire) Stanford is 1-4. On opening day they defeated Colgate.  Since then they have fallen to three ranked teams:  USC, Washington, Oregon and then last week to Oregon…

(Photo by Rich Von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire) North Carolina is led by 34-year veteran head coach Mac Brown.  They are 3-0, and in typical ACC scheduling protocol the week before you…

(Photo by Brian Utesch/Icon Sportswire) The Irish and Bears have matched up just four times in history, and Notre Dame has won them all. The last match-up was in 1967…

(Photo: Icon/Sportswire) A first time ever opponent for the Fighting Irish, Marshall was 7-6 a year ago.  Among their wins was a 49-7 romp over common opponent Navy. Last week…

(Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire) Ryan Day is now in his 4th full season leading Ohio State and has amassed an impressive overall record of 34-4.  Last season State was…

OSU running back Dezmon Jackson came up inches short on the last and decisive play against Baylor in the Big 12 Championship game. (Photo by William Purnell/Icon Sportswire) The Fiesta…

By: Len Clark Ph.D (Photo Credit: Chad Ryan) Marcus Freeman becomes the 32nd head coach in Notre Dame history. Freeman, 35, is a native of Huber Heights, Ohio and played…