Notre Dame will officially be exiting the Big East and joining the ACC on July 1st, as announced on UND.com today. Just as NDtex hypothesized as one of Notre Dame's options last week, the Irish athletic program came to an agreement with the Big East to allow a separation earlier than the 27-month timetable that had been laid out when Notre Dame announced the change in conference affiliation last September. While most believed the Irish would join the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2014 at the ...
Notre Dame at the NFL Combine
Eight players from national runner-up Notre Dame's 2012 squad will be participating in this weekend's NFL Scouting Combine. Potential first rounders Manti Te'o and Tyler Eifert are joined by Braxston Cave, Kapron Lewis-Moore, Zeke Motta, Theo Riddick, Cierre Wood and Jamoris Slaughter. ...
Title Game Review…With No Mention of the Score
Now that over a week has passed since the-game-that-will-never-ever-be-watched-again, I thought it was stomachable to look back at what was otherwise (you know, other than that whole football thing) a glorious celebration of Notre Dame, its alumni, its students and its fans. Some of my thoughts from my time in Miami and my day at Sun Life Stadium are below. Please share your thoughts about the experience in the comment section following the post. ...
Reality Check – ND Closer Than Many Say
While we walked out of Sun Life Stadium late Monday night, my fiancee suggested that I stay away from Twitter, ESPN and the ND blogosphere until the weekend passed and the sporting world moved on from Alabama's dominance and started refocusing on the NFL playoffs. Of course I should have listened, but I didn't. There has been an extremely broad array of reactions from the unrealistic "the refs screwed us" knee jerk, to the "I still love thee Notre Dame" goodwill following the worst beating ...
Bold Predictions for the BCS Championship Game
If you are like me, you have spent the majority of your time since Notre Dame beat Southern Cal on November 24th thinking about the National Championship Game. During that time I have thought out every possible scenario that may unfold and have come up with these 12 bold predictions that will without a doubt be 100% accurate. ...
Double Butkus
A big congratulations is due to Manti Te'o who started out his long week on the awards circuit by winning the Butkus Award, which is given to the country's top linebacker. Manti's week, during which he is sure to keep piling up hardware (do they FedEx these things home or is he checking them in his suitcase?) will now officially end at the Heisman Trophy presentation in New York as Te'o was announced as one of three finalists alongside Texas A&M's Johnny "Scooby Doo" Manziel and Kansas ...
Strength of Schedule: Notre Dame vs. the SEC
We goin' to the shipppppp! Whew, that felt good. After Oregon and Kansas State lost a week and a half ago we no longer needed to argue that the Irish had a stronger resume than one of those two teams - it was a simply a win and you're in scenario for ND and the Irish took care of business against USC. Regardless of whether it is Alabama or Georgia that wins the 1-game playoff (aka SEC Championship) to face Notre Dame in the BCS National Championship, SEC homers will undoubtedly spend the ...
Don’t Forget: One More Game
Grantland-X is already set on booking his ticket to Miami. The Twitter world is overwhelmed by fans so sure the Irish will blow by USC that they are already researching hotels near Sun Life Stadium. Quite honestly, I find myself doing the same thing – and it is terrifying. Time for a reality check. Unfortunately it is not a win over Boston College or Navy or Wake Forest that stands between Notre Dame and its first trip to a BCS National Championship Game. It is the USC Trojans. A team that ...
5 Games: 1 Loss Needed
First thing is first: Notre Dame MUST beat Wake Forest and Southern Cal. If either of those games are losses there will have been no point to arguing that ND was unfairly ranked behind Oregon and Kansas State. Buuuuuuut while the team focuses on the Demon Deacons, as fans we can afford to look ahead. IF the Irish are able to take care of business, it looks like the only hope for a national championship birth would include a loss by either the Ducks or the Wildcats. With a combined 5 games ...
Marquee Matchup Week 11: #15 Texas A&M at #1 Alabama
#15 Texas A&M at #1 Alabama Where: Bryant-Denney Stadium, Tuscaloosa When: Saturday at 3:30 PM ET on CBS Last time they met: Alabama won 30-10 in 1988 It has really become my Wednesday ritual to sit down with the weekend’s college football schedule and search for a Marquee Matchup that doesn’t involve two SEC teams. Sadly, once again there is just no way around it. While I certainly plan on flipping back and forth to check on the Oregon State vs. Stanford game (hoping the Cardinal can ...