Fighting Irish 101-Toledo
This week the Irish match up for the first time in their history against Toledo, one of the favorites to this year win the Mid-American Conference. ND is 5-0 in…
Game Day in South Bend: This is What We Live For
For 22 months the greatest of all College football weekends have been on hiatus in South Bend Indiana. This weekend it is BACK! And just in case your memory has…
ND 41 FSU 38: Five Observations
(AP Photo/Phil Sears) Repeat after me..."a win is a WIN!" But of course there is a lot to say about it. Pre game we wrote about "5 Things to Watch…
ND at Florida State: 5 things to Watch and 5 Predictions
As ND kicks off season 134 tonight, 5 storylines are dancing in my head. Here’s what they are and here is what I predict will happen. 1. Notre Dame debuts…
Lou Somogyi 1962-2021
The Notre Dame media family unexpectedly lost a great one last week. Lou Somogyi has written for Blue and Gold Illustrated since 1984. He was a terrific writer with encyclopedia…
Red Mack: The Toughest Notre Dame Player You Never Heard of, and My Coach
By: Phil Houk of Fighting Irish Preview William “Red” Mack started his football career when a Sister Madeline at an orphanage where he was raised in Pittsburgh, pushed him to…
Marcus Freeman: You Had Me at “Hello”
By: Phil Houk of Fighting Irish Preview Welcome to South Bend, Marcus Freeman. You bring a stellar reputation as an innovative defensive football mind and you are known for being…
In Search of George Gipp: Epilogue
How Good was George Gipp?By: Phil Houk of Fighting Irish Preview (Photo: Nick Houk) When Notre Dame was forced to cancel spring football after just one practice last March, the…
Has Notre Dame Narrowed the Talent Gap?
By Phil Houk of Fighting Irish Preview When Najee Harris faced a certain tackle at the hands of Nick McCloud after a gain of a couple yards in the first…
Money and Media: Why Notre Dame Went to the 1925 Rose Bowl
By: Phil Houk of Fighting Irish Preview After the 1924 season Knute Rockne convinced Notre Dame officials that a trip out West to play in a Bowl would be lucrative…