Published on: 8th September, 2009
One hundred years ago an experienced Notre Dame team traveled to Ann Arbor under a national spotlight due to both teams' strong performances thus far that season. Chicago Tribune news writers attended as well as Walter Camp, Yale's legendary coach, and other Eastern football experts. The 1909 Notre Dame-Michigan Game Though Michigan ...Published on: 31st August, 2009
Most everyone here at Bleachers is civil, respectful of differences of opinion, and open to a little healthy debate. That’s the basis of the Community established at Bleachers. Gray Ghost put it best in describing his rules for his family’s dinner table discussions in an article that’s an all-time favorite ...Published on: 21st August, 2009
August is the cruelest month for football fans. Heat, humidity and sweat sweep over the dead land in two-a-days, catching us between memory and desire, mingling historical ghosts and anticipatory future greatness with the specters of past failed expectations lingering over our shoulders. We can begin to see the sprouts that ...Published on: 19th August, 2009
Syracuse University Director of Athletics Dr. Daryl Gross and CEO of New Meadowlands Stadium Company Mark Lamping announced yesterday that Syracuse will play the University of Notre Dame twice at the New Meadowlands, including September 27, 2014 and September 3, 2016, and USC on September 8, 2012. The Orange ...Published on: 5th August, 2009
Some great regional rivalries form some of the history and intensity that vibrates through college football, often determining conference champions: Texas-Texas A&M (115 years), Auburn-Georgia (112)—"The Oldest Rivalry in the Deep South," Ohio State-Michigan (105), Texas-Oklahoma (103), Nebraska-Oklahoma (82), USC-UCLA (78), Auburn-Alabama (73), LSU-Arkansas (54). Navy-Army (109) transcends regions. Miami-Florida State ...Published on: 18th July, 2009
We've all been exposed to the propaganda from Notre Dame football-crazed fans and Notre Dame-controlled media that the Irish will be renewing one of the historic rivalries of 20th century college football: Army vs. Notre Dame in Yankee Stadium. Yes, yes, Notre Dame and Army will play the first football game ...Published on: 2nd July, 2009
With Independence Day upon us, some college football fans have difficulty in swallowing an independent Notre Dame. The cartel that is the BCS—a conglomeration of the biggest bowls and the biggest conferences—succeeds in siphoning more money into their teams’ coffers. Meanwhile, some delusional non-Irish fans think that somehow, someway Notre Dame ...