By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Emotions will be running high when the third-ranked Irish run out of the Notre Dame Stadium tunnel for the final time Saturday. Seniors like all-everything Manti Te’o and Tyler Eifert will be playing their final game in front of their home fans. Those same fans will be saluting Te’o, […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor As we enter the home stretch of the regular season in the Big Ten, a few things could be decided on Saturday. A win at Wisconsin would give Ohio State the outright Leaders Division championship. The Buckeyes are guaranteed no worse than a share of the title after Penn […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent It was a solid, if not spectacular, opening week for the Atlantic 10. Twelve of the 16 schools in the conference have won a game, although three teams expected to compete for the league crown – Saint Louis, Virginia Commonwealth and Butler – suffered early disappointments. It’s Friday, which means […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Over the next few weeks, Notre Dame and its massive fan base will likely don the colors of Baylor, Texas, Stanford and Oregon State. OK, maybe they won’t go that far, but you know they’ll be the biggest fans of those four teams you’ll find across the country. As […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Notre Dame is used to signing the nation’s finest football recruiting classes. As for men’s basketball, well that’s a different story. Today though, Irish coach Mike Brey announced the signing of four high school players that give Notre Dame one of the best basketball recruiting classes the nation has […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – The Pacers’ locker room was not the most uplifting place to be late Tuesday evening. Roy Hibbert sat slouched with his head down in the corner, as reporters scurried to find more productive players to speak with. Hibbert had played just 8 minutes in the second half of […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – In need of an 11-point comeback, the Indiana Pacers clamped down like few teams in NBA history. The Toronto Raptors, less than 24 hours removed from a triple-overtime defeat, made one basket and scored five points in the fourth quarter. The Pacers still couldn’t win. DeMar DeRozan had […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor No. 20 Notre Dame got a career night from senior center Garrick Sherman and cruised to an 84-57 victory tonight in Purcell Pavilion. Sherman scored as many points as he had minutes. He finished with 22 points, hitting 8-of-10 shots from the floor, knocked down 6-of-7 free throws and […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Notre Dame got some of the help it needed Saturday night and then went out and took care of business, beating Boston College 21-6. The Irish’s chances at playing in the BCS National Championship Game were greatly enhanced thanks to Texas A&M’s 29-24 upset at Alabama. Notre Dame, who at […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana started the day with dreams of clearing a path to the Rose Bowl. Instead, Wisconsin ran all over those hopes in a historic performance. Montee Ball and James White combined for 359 of Wisconsin’s school-record 564 rushing yards and the Badgers held Indiana to less than […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent NOTRE DAME, Ind. ” Irish coach Mike Brey was pretty pleased with his team’s season-opening 58-49 win over visiting Evansville in the opening round of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic this afternoon in Purcell Pavilion. In fact, the Notre Dame coach called the victory a resume builder come March, saying […]
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