Fighting Irish 101

(Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire) USC is 10-1, they were 1-point losers in week seven to 20th ranked Utah.  Last week they outlasted #16 UCLA 48-45.  4-8 a year ago,…

(Photo by Malcolm Hope/Icon Sportswire) Boston College is 3-7, they upset No.17 North Carolina State 21-20 last week with a 2-yard touchdown pass with 14 seconds remaining.  The Irish and…

(Photo by Ken Murray/Icon Sportswire) Navy is 3-6, they lost last week, in a relatively close game to 18 1/2 point favorite Cincinnati, 20-10. In two of their three victories,…

(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…