A Notre Dame Football Blog
There are 53 days left until Notre Dame faces Temple in the home opener (yes, I am counting!), and I'm starting to feel the need for football to return. Sooner rather than later. Hockey is over, basketball is over, and baseball is, well, slow. Today I have a guest post for you from a Notre Dame legacy, George Bashura. I hope you enjoy it! Cheers! The End of an Era The view of our Lady on top of The Dome and Notre Dame Stadium has transformed once again. At one time prior to the Notre Dame ...
It's been a little over a week since the spring game, and I've had some time to mull over the game and Coach Kelly's commentary. Here are my thoughts on the Irish and what we have to look forward to (dread?) this fall. Blue-Gold Game 2017 I know it's difficult to really see how good we are from a spring game. Yes, Wimbush looked good, but was I blown away? No. Maybe my expectations were too high? He looked good, but at the same time, he didn't blow my socks off. Was I impressed with his ...
Photo: University of Notre Dame Archives
Billy Hackett was born in Boston, Mass., where he spent the first half of his childhood, and where his love of sports began. As a child, Billy’s life was all about sports. “My mom and dad were both coaches, and I played on the tennis and soccer teams. My dad coached the boys soccer team, and my mom coached the girls team. When I was going into middle school, my father decided he was ready to leave the financial industry in Boston and embark upon a new career, and so he relocated the family to ...
Braxston Banks
There are some people who you meet, who carry with them such a warmth, who always have a smile and an infectious laugh for you, and instantly become someone who changes you, who you’ll never forget. Braxston Banks was just such a person. You may have heard, the Notre Dame community has lost yet another one of its gentle warriors, Braxston Banks. Braxston was a star running back at the University of Notre Dame and played on the 1988 National Championship team. He had no idea that he had heart ...
Devon McDonald, president of SportsWorld Ministries, driving the mission to encourage positive choices while challenging today's youth with the message of hope.
This past Saturday night I had the great privilege of attending the 2017 SportsWorld Ministries Choose To Win Banquet in Indianapolis. The president is none other than former Notre Dame football player, Devon McDonald; and the keynote speaker this year was former Notre Dame football player, Jerome Bettis. We spent a delightful evening learning more about the ministries of SportsWorld, and the impressive impact that they are having on the youth of our country. I'd love to share with you the ...
Three generations…Papa Jack, Stephanie and tiny Raquel…
Strong of Heart, Profiles of Notre Dame Athletes (written by Randy Covitz, courtesy of Stephanie Snow Gebel) Jack snow’s daughter Stephanie pleaded and finally persuaded him to be in the birthing room when she was about to deliver her daughter Raquel. Tears filled Snow’s eyes when he held Raquel, his seventh grandchild, with the steady hands that caught 60 passes as an All-America wide receiver at Notre Dame in 1964 and 340 more passes and 45 touchdowns in an 11-year National Football League ...
'Tis the season... For our annual 'Shop With a Player' outing with local kids in the community. (Photo via @NDfootball on Twitter)
Once again, it's that time of year for the annual "Shop With a Player" shopping event. As a mom and a Notre Dame fan, this is one of my favorite events that the team participates in. This past Sunday, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players teamed up with children from the New Prairie school district and took them on a 100 dollar shopping trip. Ranelle was one of the kids lucky enough to go on Sunday's shopping spree. She got to shop with Notre Dame safety, Drew Recker, and the two ...
Former Notre Dame wide receiver, Clint Johnson. (Photo: Orlando Sentinel)
On Thanksgiving evening, Clint Johnson, former University of Notre Dame wide receiver, was offered the head coaching position at Oak Ridge High School, in Orlando, Fla. Johnson takes over as head coach for Kenard Lang, who stepped down from his post on November 7th, due to chronic back problems following a 3-7 season. I had the chance to catch up with Clint Johnson last week to talk about his journey from pickup football games in Paducah, Kentucky, to a head coaching job in Orlando, Florida. ...
Well, it wasn't exactly the year that the Notre Dame faithful were hoping for, but there is always next year, right? Let's take a look back at the year that was 2016. Notre Dame finished with a final record of 4-8. Seven of the eight losses were lost by a margin of 8 points or less. Texas 50-47 MSU 36-28 Duke 38-35 NC State 10-3 Stanford 17-10 Navy 28-27 VT 34-31 This year's Shamrock Series was against Army, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, and Notre Dame won by a ...
Virginia Tech's Cam Phillips runs in a touchdown in front of Notre Dame defender Julian Love. (Photo: SBT Robert Franklin)
It was a bittersweet senior day in which it kind of felt like Groundhog Day. It seems as though we've seen this game formula too many times this season ... go up big in the first half, trip up on a mistake or two, team falls apart, and then the game is lost by a narrow margin. We saw it against Stanford, Navy, and again this weekend against Virginia Tech. You know it's bad when Coach Kelly comes into the press conference and doesn't even make any comments; just starts out asking for questions. ...