For one former mascot, it marked the beginning of an extraordinary journey that led him from the sidelines to the altar.
The endless hours of sitting around the team hotel waiting to play. Something should’ve thrown Notre Dame football off course. Not this Notre Dame team. Not this Notre Dame season.
Quarterback Riley Leonard was getting set to snap the ball and caught a few Georgia players jumping offside as the play clock was nearing zero. That penalty gave Notre Dame a first down ...
Notre Dame is one step closer to appearing in a national championship game for the first time since 1988. The Fighting Irish claimed a 23-10 win over Georgia in Thursday night's Sugar Bowl to earn ...
Marcus Freeman savored the moment, but he knows what looms for Notre Dame: a Penn State team that would make Georgia look meek. In 'heavyweight fight' of Notre Dame vs. Georgia, Irish landed ...
7:19 p.m.: On another 3rd-and-long, Leonard takes a design run for the first down, and Notre Dame is firmly in control of the clock. 7:16 p.m.: Notre Dame chooses a little trickery on fourth down.
Notre Dame football’s win over Georgia in the Sugar Bowl sets it up with a CFP Semifinals matchup against the Penn State Nittany Lions in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 9. Penn State earned a 31-14 win ...
That first down extended Notre Dame's drive, and the Irish nearly never relinquished the ball, controlling it for an incredible 7:36. They burned the clock, driving to midfield before punting the ...
NEW ORLEANS — Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman and the Fighting ... Georgia raced to match up and then jumped offside as the play clock ticked down, giving the Irish a clock-sapping first down ...
Not only was Freeman’s move a gutsy and unexpected one, Notre Dame ended up taking over five minutes off the clock after the new set of downs. Talk about a brilliant play call to confuse Georgia ...
It was a rough start for Notre Dame in its College Football Playoff quarterfinal game against Georgia Thursday. The Fighting Irish began the Sugar Bowl with back-to-back penalties on defense and ...