Tony Rice

Notre Dame quarterback Rick Mirer scores a touchdown against the defense of Michigan's David Key (26) and Chris Hutchinson (97) at Notre Dame Stadium on Sept. 15, 1990. (Getty Images / John Biever)

Who Was The Greatest Irish Signal Caller In Modern History?

April 5, 2016 by Jimmy Grant

Ask 10 Notre Dame fans and you might get 10 different answers. Their opinion may be influenced by the player’s NFL performance or penalized for not living up to expectations. I’ve developed a simple and easy formula to determine who was the greatest quarterback in Notre Dame history (minimum 10 starts). I measure a quarterback by his completion percentage, his total yards, his yards per attempt, his touchdown percentage, his interception percentage and the number of fourth quarter ...

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Morning Roundup: May 2, 2015

May 2, 2015 by andrewwinn

Good morning! Boy, the authors at Her Loyal Sons - myself included - have really fallen in love with the "roundup," eh? I named this daily feature (available most days by 8 a.m. - tell your friends!) "Morning Roundup" because I am unoriginal. I wish there were a better story. I suppose I could call it "Morning Hot Links" or something. If someone has a great name idea, put it in the comments. Without further delay, here are your headlines: FROM OUR SITE Friday Roundup (NDTex): Episode ...

Lou Holtz & Tony Rice Podcast!

September 9, 2014 by ManCaveQB

Note: This podcast was recorded on Tuesday, August 19, 2014. You can listen right now below, download in iTunes, or even load an mp3 on our BlogTalkRadio site. Enjoy! Check Out Sports Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with TNNDN on BlogTalkRadio Who better than Lou Holtz to tell us how Notre Dame put a whipping on Michigan this past Saturday?!? Before Notre Dame's 38-0 31-0 dismantling of the Wolverines in South Bend, Coach Holtz told the Pep Rally attendees that "this Notre Dame team is ...

Where Are They Now? Pat Eilers

January 16, 2014 by Lisa

At Notre Dame, the improbable is done on a daily basis. There are student-athletes at Notre Dame and then there is Pat Eilers. Notre Dame did not offer a bio-medical engineering program at the time, so Pat instead graduated with degrees in both Biology (pre-med) (’89) and Mechanical Engineering (’90). On top of that he played both football (a member of the 1988 national championship team) and baseball. He went on to play in the NFL for the Minnesota Vikings, Washington Redskins, and Chicago ...

Notre Dame Fighting Irish wide receiver T.J. Jones (7) celebrates scoring the winning touchdown against the Stanford Cardinal at Notre Dame Stadium. Notre Dame defeats Stanford in overtime 20-13. October 13, 2012. (Photo: Brian Spurlock /US PRESSWIRE)

TJ Jones, Notre Dame Legacy – Thank You

November 21, 2013 by Lisa

When your father is a Notre Dame legend, played on the '88 championship team, and went on to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Detroit Lions and Winnipeg Blue Bombers; your path goes one of two ways. You follow in your father's footsteps and join the tradition and family that is Notre Dame, or you run screaming and chart your own path. TJ Jones decided to follow in his father's footsteps and play football at his dad's alma mater, and four years later it is going to be very difficult for the ...

Tabling the Issue: How Does Everett Golson Do?

March 13, 2013 by Bayou Irish

One of the things I wanted to do this off season is see where Everett Golson fits in among his peers, and, thanks to the statistics nerds at www.und.com, I was able to pull all the data I needed (except for 1998) (WTH?) from the source, as it were. So, with a data-set of 21 years, I looked at each QB's Total Passing Yards (TPY), Attempts (Atts), Completions (Comps), Completion Percentage (%), Touchdowns (TD's) and Interceptions (INT's). To qualify, a quarterback had to start four games in a ...

Friday Roundup: The “Our AD Is Better Than Your AD” Edition

June 29, 2012 by Ryan Ritter

The playoff discussions really could have been a day of reckoning for Notre Dame. If ever there was a time to attack Irish Independence, it would've been this summer. Just think about it, Notre Dame had two flash-in-the-pan BCS seasons that resulted in bowl losses to superior opponents, and beyond that, it's been a mix of mediocrity, seasons that make you drink to forget, and some slight hope that things just might be getting better. But a serious power in college football? Far from it. At ...