Fighting Irish 101

(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…

48 year coaching veteran Mack Brown’s North Carolina squad is 4-3 and like half the teams on Notre Dame’s schedule they have had 2 weeks to prepare for the Irish. …

(Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire) Like the Irish, the 3-3 Trojans were idle last week. In their last action they lost at home to Utah 42-26. They own wins over…

(Photo by Lee Coleman/Icon Sportswire) Virginia Tech is 3-1.  Like half the teams on Notre Dame’s schedule, the Hokies had last week off to help prepare.  They own a win…