Fighting Irish 101

(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…

By: Phil Houk of Fighting Irish Preview (Photo by Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire) Coming off a bye week, #7 Cincinnati is 3-0. In their last action they defeated power five Indiana…

By: Phil Houk of Fighting Irish Preview (Photo Credit: Bryce Richter) #18 Wisconsin is 1-1, they were idle last week. In their last game they defeated Eastern Michigan 34-7.  In…

Jeff Brohm is in his 5th year leading a Boilermaker squad that finished 2-4 last season. They now stand at 2-0 this year after notching victories over Oregon State 30-21…