Notre Dame University
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Independent streak helped build Notre Dame into football’s historic and now modern behemothJan 11, 2025 10:00 am - It was some combination of religion, a grudge involving Knute Rockne and a rival, and maybe the simple time-honored notion that some people just don't like Notre Dame. Back in the 1920s, the Fighting Irish made what might have been their biggest push to join what would become the Big Ten but the athletic director at Michigan blocked it.
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Jim O’Donnell: Freeman, Irish need a chunk o’ Northern Illinois at the CFP title gameJan 11, 2025 10:00 am - EVERYTHING'S COMING UP IRISH for Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame in the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff. Still, that shamrock quake leaves no one backing off fro...
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How a loss to Northern Illinois set the table for Notre Dame’s run to the CFP title gameJan 10, 2025 5:40 pm - The toughest game Notre Dame will play this season is Jan. 20, the College Football Playoff national championship game against either Ohio State or Texas.
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Notre Dame gets late pick and field goal to make title game with 27-24 win over Penn StateJan 09, 2025 10:34 pm - A diving interception off an ill-advised pass set up Notre Dame's trip to play for the program's 12th national title after a thrill-a-minute 27-24 victory over Penn State on Thursday night in the semifinal at the Orange Bowl.
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Depleted Notre Dame defense hopes to make an impact against Georgia in CFP quarterfinalsDec 27, 2024 5:10 pm - Seventh-seeded Notre Dame faces the task of replacing another key defensive player as it prepares for second-seeded Georgia and a Bulldogs' quarterback the Fighting Irish know little about. Notre Dame (12-1) takes on Georgia (11-2) in the CFP quarterfinals at the Sugar Bowl.
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Notre Dame and Indiana get 1st taste of playoff football under the Friday night lights
Dec 18, 2024 6:42 pm - Marcus Freeman spent his first two seasons as the Notre Dame coach chasing the playoff dream. This year, he's living it — at home. After closing the regular season on a 1...
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Notre Dame gives coach Marcus Freeman contract extension as playoff week begins
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Jim O’Donnell: Now with an Ivy League finish, Zbikowski still dreams of sweet home ChicagoDec 07, 2024 10:47 am - FINDING TOMMY ZBIKOWSKI WASN'T all that hard. It was the routing that surprised a bit — head east from the Chicago Fire Department and pull over at the Ivy League. That's...
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No. 5 Notre Dame punches CFP ticket with 2 late pick-6s to beat USC 49-35Nov 30, 2024 8:08 pm - LOS ANGELES — Notre Dame's defense was backed up almost to its goal line while protecting a 7-point lead in the final minutes when Southern California's Jayden Maiava fir...
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O’Donnell: Novak happy to cheer, cheer for Hammock and old NIUSep 11, 2024 6:00 am - Jim O’Donnell: Joe Novak is happy to cheer, cheer for Thomas Hammock and old NIU.