In their first season in the conference, the #3 Irish hockey team completed the Big Ten Tournament and regular season sweep after beating #4 Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship. Cam Morrison scored nine minutes into the overtime period on a pass from Jake Evans to clinch the title for ND. The win earns [...]
Notre Dame mens' lacrosse (3-1, #4/#4/#4) will face Virginia (6-1, #9/#7/#8) on St. Patrick's Day, 6:00 pm at Arlotta Stadium, ESPNU Another day, another top-10 matchup. The Fighting Irish have won the last five games in this series. The last two have been epic overtime wins that qualify as two of the most exciting finishes [...]
It wasn't supposed to be like this. This was the Golden Era of Irish Basketball. The run of success that started in 2015 would continue. Last year, the Irish were a mis-timed rolled ankle from hanging another ACC banner and deep NCAA run. This year, they returned the rightful ACC player of the year and [...]
The boys did it! Notre Dame (3-1) finally took down the Denver Pioneers (4-2), 11-9 on a cold but sunny afternoon in South Bend. The Irish jumped out to a 6-1 lead in the first, and let the defense control the action the rest of the way. The Denver six game streak is finally over! [...]
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2-1, #8/#10/#11) host the Denver Pioneers (4-1, #4/#5/#4) this Saturday at Arlotta Stadium, 2:30 pm EST, ESPNU. Of all the games on the schedule, we consider this game the litmus test for the Irish. The Western Rivalry The Irish and Pios were for years the distant western outposts for [...]
The story line leading into this year's ACC Tournament was Notre Dame's shot to get revenge on the Louisville team that embarrassed them on national television earlier this season, but the happy ending was not to be. After defeating Virginia in the quarterfinal and Florida State in the semifinal, the Irish couldn't quite pull off [...]
Saturday marked the end of Notre Dame's fifth ACC regular season. In a hard-fought battle, Mike Brey's squad attempted to claw to 9-9 in the league. Sadly, the Irish fell short and top-ranked Virginia prevailed 62-57. In only his second game back from injury, Bonzie Colson put up another heroic performance. In the end, Notre [...]
Notre Dame (2-1) lost Saturday to Maryland (5-0) in College Park. It was a difficult game for the Irish, with many positives to take from the game, but also a handful of challenges to address. The Scoring This game will be remembered for 3 goal 7 assist performance by Maryland's Connor Kelly. More on this [...]
The Irish won games against Virginia Tech and North Carolina State this week to finish out the regular season. This brought them to a 15-1 conference record and a tie with Louisville for the regular season ACC title. Since joining the conference, the Irish have won five consecutive regular season titles, four consecutive ACC Tournaments, [...]
My impetus to begin writing about Irish football was pretty simple. What pushed me over the edge was wondering, "Why did 2007 happen?" The 2010 Michigan game doesn't get talked about enough for how weird it was, maybe not the weirdest of the Kelly era (2011 USF take a bow) but super strange in so [...]
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1-0, #5/#7/#8) will take on the Richmond Spiders (2-1) Saturday at Arlotta Stadium, WatchESPN. Gametime has been moved to noon, and it is expected to be cold and raining. The Opposition Richmond is playing in only their 5th season at the Division I level, and play in the SoCon. [...]
Let me begin by confessing that I am obsessed with the Olympics. Winter, summer, any of the sports – I love it all. However, I took breaks from my very busy schedule of Olympics-viewing for the two women's games this week, even venturing away from the TV long enough to attend the game at Boston [...]
After a well-deserved bye on Thursday, the Irish returned to action when they hosted Georgia Tech on Sunday. Notre Dame came away with a comfortable win over the Yellow Jackets. The Irish will play two games on the road this week. Game 1: Georgia Tech at #5 ND Sunday's game against Georgia Tech did not [...]
The #5 Irish continued their win streak this week with victories over North Carolina and #19 Duke. They will have their bye this Thursday before hosting Georgia Tech on Sunday. It is good to see them continue to improve and play well. While the chain of comfortable wins does make these posts feel a bit [...]
The latest edition of 5WF contemplates the lack of hype around the upcoming Olympics, why Alex Trebek is an absolute treasure, and Super Bowl prop bets. 1 The XXIII edition of the Winter Olympics kicks off in one week. Where are we with the far less popular Winter Games compared to its more famous Summer [...]
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