By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly isn’t big on excuses so it’s no surprise he wants to hear nothing about his team’s long trip home from Ireland Saturday and the short turnaround to get ready for visiting Purdue a week later. The Irish left Dublin immediately following their 50-10 walloping of […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Corrrespondent Notre Dame’s offense was supposed to be shorthanded against Navy in the season opener, but looked anything but. Even without suspended running back Cierre Wood, the Irish rolled over the Midshipmen 50-10 Saturday in Dublin, Ireland. The Irish offense amassed 490 total yards, including 293 on the ground and surprisingly […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Eastern Kentucky 7, Kansas State 0. That was the score at the end of the third quarter of the Colonels’ season opener in Manhattan, Kan. last year. The mere mention of it sent Purdue coach Danny Hope rustling through his papers during his weekly teleconference. Kansas […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Don’t tell Brian Kelly his Notre Dame Fighting Irish manhandled Navy last season because he probably won’t listen. Sure, he’s well aware his team sank Navy 56-14 in South Bend last season. However, this is a new year, as they say. Indeed, the Irish team that takes the Aviva Stadium […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Former Irish great and current Notre Dame radio color analyst Allen Pinkett’s comments on a Chicago radio station early Wednesday have certainly ‘awakened the echoes,’ you might say. The two-time All-American running back, who has worked as Notre Dame’s radio analyst since 2001, didn’t hold back when talking about what he […]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Notre Dame Football: A Navy Perspective Each and every week during the Irish football season, IndySportsLegends.com will interview Notre Dame’s upcoming opponent’s radio play-by-play announcer. This week, IndySportsLegends.com spoke with Bob Socci, who is entering his 15th season as the Voice of the Midshipmen. Following is what Socci had to […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor I’m starting to believe this is the year for Purdue to do something special. I want to make this clear. I am not a fan. I did not attend Purdue. I have covered the Boilermakers in an unbiased manner for the past seven years. I have watched several promising seasons […]
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