Updated: 11:51 PM Brian Kelly isn’t worried about his players being distracted by College Gameday or any of the outside noise this week due to Notre Dame’s 5-0 start and #7 ranking. Why? The Irish are playing Stanford.
Updated: 1:06 PM Benched to start the game due to a minor violation of team rules for being late for a team meeting, the Irish rookie quarterback replaced Tommy Rees midway thru the opening series and played his best game of his young ND career.
Posted: 10:15 PM Notre Dame fans who weren’t able to make it to the Oct. 6 matchup against the Miami Hurricanes flocked to local restaurants and bars to watch the game.
Updated: 3:14 AM Cierre Wood and George Atkinson III gave Notre Dame its first 100-yard rushing duo in a decade, and Everett Golson came off the bench to lead the No. 9 Irish to a 41-3 victory over Miami on Saturday night in what was a very tame sequel to the famed "Catholics vs. Convicts" rivalry.
Posted: 10:14 PM The history of this Notre Dame - Miami rivalry is ferocious, but a couple of fans set aside their differences Saturday.
Updated: 5:16 AM 1953 Heisman trophy winner Johnny Lattner joined Jeff Jeffers on Newscenter 16's Countdown to Kickoff prior to Notre Dame ‘s clash with Miami on Soldier Field. Lattner is a graduate of Fenwick High School in Chicago. He flipped the coin before the game and was honored. Click on the video above to see the interview.
Updated: 3:11 AM 2009 Notre Dame graduate Mike Lee joined Angelo on Countdown to Kick Off to talk about his professional boxing career. The Chicago native is 11 and 0 and just won a fight on pay-per-view in Las Vegas. He will next fight on September 15 in Miami. Click the video link above to see the interview.
Posted: 3:28 AM One of the most heated rivalries in college football of the 1980's and 90's is renewed Saturday when Notre Dame hosts Miami at Chicago's Soldier Field.
Updated: 4:26 PM The Irish take on the Miami Hurricanes at Soldier Field this weekend, and the South Shore Line is preparing for the crowds on board to the game
Updated: 11:56 PM Notre Dame will sport dark blue jerseys with the numbers in gold in the middle. The helmet is a radical change, half sparkling gold and half dark blue with a giant Irish leprechaun on the blue side.
Updated: 11:46 PM Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly says he sees quarterback Everett Golson developing in practice every day.
Updated: 11:58 PM Notre Dame and the Kelly Cares Foundation has created a 125th Anniversary football.
Updated: 9:53 PM Manti Te'o has been incredible in his way to stay strong the last three weeks after the deaths of his girlfriend and grandmother.
Updated: 7:00 PM The Irish are off to their best start since 2002 when they were 8-0 to begin the year. Coming off a win at night over Michigan and heading into the bye, there's been plenty of hype with the Irish ranked 9th in the country and playing in Chicago this week vs Miami.
Updated: 7:02 PM Irish coach Brian Kelly feels sometimes the Heisman is too defined as a quarterback or offensive player award. If the Heisman goes to the best player who impacts the overall team, Kelly feels Irish linebacker Manti Te'o is that guy.
Posted: 8:23 AM Notre Dame is the only Division I team left in the country who has yet to trail in a game.
Posted: 5:10 PM Stephen Morris threw for a school-record 566 yards and five touchdowns, the last of those a 62-yard strike to Phillip Dorsett with 19 seconds left, and Miami beat North Carolina State 44-37 Saturday for the Hurricanes' first three-game winning streak since 2009.
Posted: 1:47 PM This is what it used to feel like at Notre Dame. The exhilaration, the hope — days likes these once were a regular part of fall on campus as much as the annual burst of colors on the main quad.
Updated: 7:06 PM Notre Dame Defensive Coordinator Bob Diaco didn't address Manti Te'o's mounting Heisman hype, but the coach's description of the linebacker could double as a letter of recommendation to the Heisman Electorate.
Posted: 11:53 AM Notre Dame and Manti Te’o are the regional cover for this week’s issue of Sports Illustrated.
Updated: 6:50 PM Notre Dame is opting out of its series with Michigan, meaning the last scheduled game between college football's winningest programs will take place in 2014.
Posted: 2:58 PM Wide Receiver Tori Hunter Jr, the son of Angels outfielder Tori Hunter, committed to Notre Dame to play both football and baseball on Sunday, a day after being in attendance for the Irish victory over the Wolverines.
Posted: 2:45 PM Kelly said Sunday he has no intentions of rotating Rees and Golson and that the plan moving forward is for Golson to be the guy to start and finish each game.
Posted: 10:03 AM For one father and son, Saturday’s Notre Dame vs. Michigan game was especially heated. That's because Dad is a Notre Dame fan and his son roots for Michigan.
Updated: 6:54 PM Manti Te'o had two interceptions as No. 11 Notre Dame picked off five Michigan passes and backup quarterback Tommy Rees sparked the Fighting Irish offense in a 13-6 win over the 18th-ranked Wolverines Saturday night.
