Fighting Irish 101

(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…

(Photo by Brian Murphy/Icon Sportswire) Stanford is 3-9.  Five weeks into the season they had the look of a dangerous team after they took out then #3 ranked Oregon, 31-24…

(Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire) Georgia Tech is 3-7.  Last week against Boston College, they took a 21-7 first half lead but BC quarterback and former “Domer”, Phil Jurkovec…

(Photo by Lee Coleman/Icon Sportswire) Virginia is 6-3, and they are the 6th opponent who will have had a bye the week before playing the Irish. In their last game…

(Icon/Sportswire) Navy comes into South Bend at 2-6. They were victors last Friday night over Tulsa by a score of 20-17. Their other victory came in week 4 over Central…