Notre Dame Is 3-0. Enjoy It
Yeah, yeah, yeah. The running game hasn’t been good enough. Where are the explosive plays? Aneyas Williams, where are you? And why does Notre Dame seem to spend part of…
Notre Dame-Michigan State: 60 Years, Two Generations, One Rivalry
Artistic rendering of the end of the 1966 Notre Dame-Michigan State “Game of the Century,” which ended in a 10-10 tie. The Notre Dame players represented are Alan Page (#81),…
Beyond the Scoreboard: Ara Parseghian, Father Hesburgh, and the Soul of Notre Dame
(Photo: Joe Weiser) Long before diversity and inclusion became part of the national conversation, Notre Dame—and the remarkable partnership between Father Theodore Hesburgh and Ara Parseghian—was quietly helping shape one…
Notre Dame’s Blue-Gold Game Has Long History—And a Way of Telling the Future
(Photo: Chad Ryan) When the Notre Dame Fighting Irish take the field Saturday for the 95th Blue-Gold Game, it will feel familiar in all the right ways—and different in one…
God, Country, Notre Dame—and Marcus Freeman
(Photo: Chad Ryan) Rockne and Leahy defined it.Ara expanded it.And Lou Holtz—laid to rest this week in Cedar Grove Cemetery—lived it in a way that earned him a statue, a…
Nick Eddy (1944-2026)-All-time Irish Hero
(Photo: Fighting Irish Media) Nick Eddy, a cornerstone of Notre Dame football’s golden era and a central figure on the Irish’s 1966 national championship team, passed away this week at…
FIP All-Time Irish Hero: Pat O’Dea, ND’s Original Aussie Connection
Long before Notre Dame was a national brand—long before Knute Rockne, the Four Horsemen, or packed Saturdays in South Bend—the Irish found legitimacy through an unlikely pioneer from Australia. More…
Fighting Irish Preview All-Time Irish Hero: Joe Montana
(Photo: AJ Houk) Joe Montana came to Notre Dame out of Monongahela, Pennsylvania, in 1974. At the time, Ara Parseghian was still the head man in South Bend, and was…
All-Time Irish Hero: Dave Casper
(Photo: WikiCommons) Dave Casper’s path to greatness was anything but ordinary. A high school star in Elgin, Illinois, and later Chilton, Wisconsin, he was a member of the 1969 Chilton…
Coley O’Brien (1948-2025): All-Time Irish Hero
Coley O’Brien, best remembered for stepping in at quarterback to help Notre Dame secure the 1966 national championship, passed away recently at the age of 76. A native of McLean,…