By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Before the season started who thought Notre Dame would be undefeated hosting Michigan? Outside of Irish die-hards, not many who follow college football liked Notre Dame’s chances of being 3-0. Yet that’s exactly where the Irish stand after beating Navy, Purdue and No. 10 Michigan State. Saturday’s victory in Spartan […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Andrew Luck is ahead of Peyton Manning on points. Luck, the rookie prodigy, directed a game-winning drive in just his second game to lead the Indianapolis Colts past the Minnesota Vikings 23-20 on Sunday. Manning didn’t even win until Week 5 of his rookie year back in 1998. Luck threw for 309 […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly has already heard how his program is off to its best start in a decade and knows that all week, his players will be told how good they are. Such is expected, considering the Irish just knocked off a top-10 team in Michigan State on its […]
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Here are Ben Fahrbach’s best shots from Saturday’s 54-16 win over Eastern Michigan. See also: Purdue runs wild in 54-16 win over Eastern Michigan See also: Notre Dame knocks off Michigan State
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Most everybody in Indiana knows about the state’s legendary old single-class state tournament in basketball. You know, the one that spawned the movie Hoosiers and was dismantled in the 1990s, leading to heated debates about tradition vs. fairness to small schools ever since. I’d love to see that one-class system in football this year. […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Before the Notre Dame-Michigan State game Saturday night, Irish coach Brian Kelly said we would learn a lot about quarterback Everett Golson. We did, but we also learned that the Irish have a pretty darn good defense that is quicker and more talented than it has been in a while. […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — That’s more like it, Purdue. After fiddling around with the passing game for a while, the Boilermakers dropped the hammer on Eastern Michigan, dominating the Eagles on the ground in a 54-16 win on Saturday afternoon. The Boilermakers passed on their first six plays against a defense that ranked […]
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By SEAN GARRETT ISL Correspondent Fishers Tigers defeated West Lafayette Harrison with shutdown defense and a rushing attack that totaled 303 yards and eight TDs in a 66-0 victory. Early on, penalties took yards and touchdowns away from the Tigers. A failed fake punt on Fishers’ first drive actually gave Harrison a momentary glimmer of hope, but […]
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By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent The final score was 63-0; most would look at such a score and think blowout. ..the game wasn’t even that close. Zach Woods took the opening kickoff 75 yards to the end zone to give the 5A number one Carmel Greyhounds the lead before Lawrence North knew what hit it. […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Notre Dame is riding high after its 2-0 start, thanks to its thrilling last-minute victory over Purdue. The Irish know that feeling could come crashing down Saturday night after a visit to No. 10 Michigan State at 8 p.m. on ABC. Michigan State, 2-0 after wins over nationally ranked Boise State […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent It’s time for Big Ten teams to regroup. Last week, the conference posted a dismal 6-6 record, which included nationally ranked Nebraska and Wisconsin both falling on the road to unranked teams. The Cornhuskers’ defense is a mess after allowing 653 yards to UCLA – the second-highest total permitted in […]
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