A Notre Dame Football Blog
Notre Dame is the only university in America that has had two very popular and flattering major motion pictures made about it: “Kunte Rockne, All American” and “Rudy.” As a general rule, you don’t want a movie film made about your college, unless you hated it and want to join other people in laughing at it. Interestingly enough, “Rudy” had its world premier in South Bend exactly 25 years ago this month. That season, the Fighting Irish went into the last game of the year, at home, undefeated ...
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Last week, Notre Dame announced it had extended the contract of head football coach Brian Kelly through 2021. Kelly already has 55 wins at Notre Dame and has the most career victories of any coach currently coaching a FBS subdivision program (226). If he stays for the entirety of his contract*, it's likely he could eclipse Lou Holtz for games coached (132) and Knute Rockne for wins (105). But there will be no Brian Kelly statue erected outside Notre Dame Stadium when the coach ...
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Brian Kelly is, by my amateur analysis, the worst coach Notre Dame has ever allowed to oversee its football team for at least 65 games. It’s completely unfair to compare coaches from different eras because of the college game has evolved in the past 80 seasons. There's also several issues that are beyond the head coaches' control: academic issues, injuries and transfers to name a few. However, I’m going to do it to provide an additional perspective on Brian Kelly’s tenure (Bayou Irish ...
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It was the best of seasons, it was the worst of seasons; it was a game of touchdowns, it was a game of turnovers; it was the inspiration for belief, it was the cause of incredulity; it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness; it was the autumn of hope, it was the winter of despair; we had a playoff berth before us, we had a second-tier bowl before us; we were in Heaven on earth, we were in a cold, wet Stadium of defeat. Since 1887, we’ve had worse seasons, but few as ...
Welcome back to my series on beloved Notre Dame “parody” twitter accounts. This week I had a chance to sit down and talk with DaGhostOfKnute. "Coach" Rockne tells us about the inspiration for the forward pass, his favorite player to coach and his predictions for the Notre Dame football season ahead. And without further ado... Lisa: Today I have the honor of speaking with Notre Dame’s very own football legend, “Knute Rockne” @DaGhostOfKnute. Thanks for stopping by and spending some time with ...
It’s important to remember that all of our greatest football coaches kept their most precious players at home…literally. Each man who has led the Fighting Irish to first place in the rankings has been a father first and foremost. I don’t mean to suggest any element of competition, but no one beats Frank Leahy and his brood of eight, though Dan Devine’s clan comes close at seven. Knute Rockne and Lou Holtz had something in common besides winning a National Championship – both men fathered ...