Jerome Bettis

Notre Dame's Equanimeous St. Brown (6) falls into the end zone for a touchdown over Texas' Dylan Haines (14) during the Notre Dame-Texas NCAA college football game on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. South Bend Tribune Photo/ROBERT FRANKLIN

Morning Roundup: Sept. 7, 2016

September 7, 2016 by andrewwinn

Brian Kelly meets with the media. The Texas game is further dissected. The Irish drop to #18 in the AP poll and #21 in the coaches' poll. This news and all others about Notre Dame football from the past 24 hours is below. ...

Film Session: Notre Dame vs. Miami, 1990

April 25, 2016 by Jimmy Grant

The Miami-Notre Dame series, while largely dominated by Notre Dame, was full of excitement in the late 1980s. Whether it was the unforgivable 58-7 humiliation that was Gerry Faust’s last game or the near riot prior to the 1988 thriller, the games were hard-hitting, emotion-fueled, big-play dramas. While games in both 1988 and 1989 largely decided the national championship, the 1990 game was actually ranked #3 by fans for the best games in Notre Dame Stadium in a 2005 poll. It also played a ...

Morning Roundup: Feb. 17, 2015

February 17, 2015 by andrewwinn

Good morning! Here are your headlines: PODCASTS Irish Sports Daily: 2-16-15 Power Hour (1:06:27) RECRUITING Irish Sports Daily: In the film room: Donnie Corley Irish Illustrated: Irish offer 2017 four-star (Maleik Gray) Bleacher Report (Monaco): Notre Dame football recruiting offers of the week (Cary Angeline, Maleik Gray and E.J. Price) UW Dawg Pound: 2016 UW football recruiting: The rest of the West (Devin Duvernay, Byron Murphy and Chase Lucas) USA Today: Nation's No. 3 ...

The Michigan Wolverines defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Saturday night, 41-30 — and then celebrated by playing some polka. Here, the Irish's Chris Brown is tackled by Michigan's Delonte Hollowell after making a catch. (Photo:vGregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Morning Roundup: Feb. 13, 2015

February 13, 2015 by andrewwinn

Good morning! Here are your headlines: FROM OUR SITE Friday roundup: The "safety transfer" edition PODCAST TNNDN: ND Fan Radio: Vol. 36 - Notre Dame coaching carousel - Part 1 (2:02:38) COACHING 247 Sports: Hawkins: Sanford would be 'lights-out' hire at Notre Dame Rant Sports: Mike Sanford makes Notre Dame a New Year's Six bowl contender 7KTVB (Idaho): Already time for the next big Harsin hire (Mike Sanford) Anchor of Gold: Report: Stanford assistant Marc Mattioli to ...

The Wait Is Over: Tim Brown & Jerome Bettis in Hall of Fame

February 2, 2015 by Ryan Ritter

The annual tradition of scratching our heads on the repeated snubs of Tim Brown and Jerome Bettis in the NFL Hall of Fame has finally come a welcome end. Both men have been elected as two of the eight members in the Hall of Fame class of 2015, the largest ever. Bettis, the former Notre Dame running back, finished his NFL career as the 5th leading rusher of all time with 13,662 yards. After becoming a six time all-pro and having 50 games of 100 rushing yards or more (a Steelers franchise ...

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Where Are They Now? Timothy Klusas

October 2, 2013 by Lisa

We’ve all read about the favorite experiences of Notre Dame scholarship student-athletes. The famous “Play Like a Champion Today” sign and the rituals of touching it on your way out of the locker room. The first time running out of the tunnel and into Notre Dame Stadium. That moment when your cleats hit the cushion and you look up to see the thousands of cheering fans. We’ve heard lots of stories about top players coming in and loving these moments, but what about those other guys that put in ...