By BROCK SANDERS ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – Sometimes, a moral victory just isn’t enough to satisfy a hungry team searching for its third win in two years. Although Purdue had its best game of the season and arguably of the past two seasons, it wasn’t enough to beat eleventh-ranked Notre Dame. The overmatched Boilers took […]
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By PAUL SIEGFRIED ISL Correspondent Several players from Indiana colleges may hear their names called over the three days of the National Football League draft that begins with Thursday’s first round in New York. The draft continues with the second and third rounds on Friday and the final four rounds of the seven-round draft on […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor In Notre Dame football fans’ minds, for all practical purposes the 2013 season is over just five games into it. Why? Because Brian Kelly’s Fighting Irish have failed their only two matchups against top-25 teams. As a result, Notre Dame won’t be playing for a national championship this season […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor/The Sports XChange WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Heavily favored Notre Dame found itself in a battle with Purdue before DaVaris Daniels took over. The junior caught two fourth-quarter touchdown passes, including an 82-yarder, to help the 21st-ranked Irish rally for a 31-24 victory over the Boilermakers on Saturday night. Daniels had […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Having had plenty of time to digest and analyze Notre Dame’s first regular-season loss since 2011, I’ve come to some conclusions. Before I dive into those, let me reassure Irish Nation that the sky isn’t falling and Notre Dame’s program isn’t slipping after Saturday night’s 41-30 defeat Saturday night […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The way Notre Dame started its season opener you thought they would cover the spread in the first half. The first two times the Fighting Irish touched the ball against visiting Temple, they found the end zone, and for all practical purposes the game was […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor SOUTH BEND, Ind. — We are a week away from Notre Dame kicking off the 2013 season when it hosts Temple. On paper, the Owls aren’t much of a test for the 14th-ranked Fighting Irish. After all, Temple is coming off a 4-7 season a year ago, including 2-5 […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor There is a good chance the next Heisman Trophy winner will stop through Ross-Ade Stadium this season before claiming the hardware. Because of the backlash against last year’s winner, Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel, I don’t think he’ll win it this year no matter what he does. That opens the door […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor When Brian Kelly held his first formal press conference of the 2013 season, it was blatantly obvious just how confident the fourth-year Fighting Irish boss was. Shouldn’t he be? After all, he has re-energized a program that saw its usual sky-high confidence brought down to earth before his arrival […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Brian Kelly’s Fighting Irish have been tabbed a preseason top-10 team by some heading into the 2013 campaign, but those lofty expectations may be way out of whack now that starting quarterback Everett Golson is in exile after being suspended from the university. In the latter part of May, the […]
By PAUL SIEGFRIED ISL Correspondent A total of seven college players from the state of Indiana were chosen in the 2013 NFL Draft, which concluded Saturday with the final four rounds of the seven-round draft. Notre Dame had six of those players drafted, led by tight end Tyler Eifert, chosen 21st overall by the Cincinnati […]
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