Phil’s Features

Tom Clements refers to it as “the pass”, but Robin Weber calls it “the catch”. Whatever your perspective, if you are a Notre Dame fan you know that Robin Weber…

(Photo by Roy K. Miller/Icon Sportswire) Ranked 9th in the preseason polls and with a playoff appearance in 2018, hopes were high that in 2019 Notre Dame football would reload,…

By: Phil Houk of Fighting Irish Preview (South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame) Renowned for hard work, attention to detail and innovation, Frank Leahy is a football coaching legend. He…

(Photo: Icon/Sportswire) Notre Dame and Navy have been “friends” now for 92 consecutive years, and the series operates under a gentleman’s agreement that it will go on indefinitely. The two…

By Phil Houk of Irish 101 and Fighting Irish Preview (Photo by Michael Berg/Icon Sportswire) The last time ND and Duke played was in 2016, when Duke, led By NFL…

Harry Oliver kicked 26 field goals in his ND career. (Photo: Notre Dame Athletics) The Notre Dame -Michigan rivalry has produced some great memories, and one of those has to…

Chuck Lennon 1938-2019 (Photo: University of Notre Dame) Notre Dame lost a giant recently, I lost a Little League coach. Chuck Lennon, a man as known as "Mr. Notre Dame",…

It has now been three springs since Ian Book burst on the Fighting Irish quarterback scene. And in three springs time, a portrait of a talented and confident QB has…

1. Sugar Bowl, ND v. LSU. 1-3-07 2. BCS Championship, ND v. Alabama 1-7-13 3. Cotton Bowl/CFP Semi, ND v. Clemson 12-29-18 There have been 3 "benchmark" games along the…

By: Phil Houk of Fighting Irish Preview Brian Kelly leads the Irish on to the field in his first game as head coach of the Irish, September 4, 2010. (Photo…