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“But leave me to my own absurdity, leave me to suffer this - dreadful thing. I will suffer nothing as great as death without glory.” Antigone by Sophocles of Athens 0-10. That’s the losing streak for Notre Dame in Major/Alliance/Coalition/BCS/New Years Six Bowl Games. It’s been over thirty years. This streak has been an albatross around the neck/monkey on the back/snake … [Read more...] about Antigone or The Absurdity And Suffering of Big Postseason Games the Past 3 Decades

The man of the hour | Matt Cashore-Imagn Images A complete effort from the Irish builds confidence before resuming league play The Notre Dame Fighting Irish had their only game over a 19-day span tonight with the Le Moyne (English: “The Moyne”) Dolphins in town for a Sunday night tilt. All indications were that Le Moyne probably represented a similar caliber opponent to … [Read more...] about Notre Dame 91, Le Moyne 62: Imes and Roper combined for 19

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Line got bigger The Notre Dame Fighting Irish dominated the Indiana Hoosiers in the first round of the College Football Playoff, and have earned the right to advance to the quarterfinal game in the Sugar Bowl against the Georgia Bulldogs — the SEC Champions. Georgia is the #2 seed in the playoff, but they did suffer two … [Read more...] about Irish open up as underdogs to Georgia in Sugar Bowl

Courtesy of Notre Dame Easy like Sunday out of conference action The Notre Dame Women’s Basketball team notched another win to its record as the #3 team in the country. This time it was Loyola Maryland — the final out of conference game of the year. The Irish dominated the game from start to finish with Hannah Hidalgo and Olivia Miles leading the way for a 97-54 … [Read more...] about Irish dominate Loyola Maryland for 97-45 victory

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Irish have their first ever College Football Playoff win, but does it hold the same weight? Not to dredge up the past, but I was irritated by the discourse after Notre Dame’s 2023 football season about whether it was successful (it wasn’t, in my opinion, because Sam Hartman should have at least gotten you to a New Year’s Six Bowl … [Read more...] about Is Notre Dame’s 2024 Football Season Already a Success?