Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Brian Kelly said his team will learn from the loss.
Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Brian Kelly said his team had a lot to learn from Alabama.
After an overtime victory against Stanford on Saturday, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish found themselves ranked No. 5 in the BCS standings.
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Te'o rose to national prominence leading Notre Dame's Fighting Irish to an undefeated regular season.
Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Louisville are bolting for the Atlantic Coast Conference, as is Notre Dame basketball (Fighting Irish football is independent), and Rutgers is moving to the Big 10.
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Te'o quickly became the media focal point for Notre Dame as the Fighting Irish pulled off an unexpected 12-0 regular season, finally losing in the BCS championship to Alabama, 42-14.
Meanwhile, the ACC enjoys a major boost in their conference branding initiatives by adding Notre Dame and ensuring that the Fighting Irish play 5 ACC teams per year despite not being a conference member in football.
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In fact, I recently found myself rooting around the web just trying to find out how Notre Dame first got its sobriquet the Fighting Irish.
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Back in January, with the whole country watching, this team lined up against the number-one ranked, undefeated Fighting Irish of Notre Dame, and dominated from the first possession.
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All that said, Notre Dame has rekindled some of the romanticism associated with Fighting Irish football.
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The heart and soul of a Notre Dame team returned to glory, he led the Fighting Irish onto the gridiron in a quest to recapture the days of old.
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Pat Connaughton scored 18 points on six 3-pointers and Jack Cooley had two big offensive rebounds in Notre Dame's game-changing run as the Fighting Irish advanced to the Big East tournament semifinals for the fourth straight year.
When Louisville played at Notre Dame a month ago it took five overtimes before the Fighting Irish won 104-101 in the longest regular-season game in Big East history.
Firing Weis allowed Notre Dame to bring in Brian Kelly, who has led the Fighting Irish to a 10-0 record this season.
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The most interesting name available in the draft is Notre Dame's Manti Te'o, who led the Fighting Irish to the national championship game.
Pat Connaughton scored 18 points on six 3-pointers and Jack Cooley had two big offensive rebounds in Notre Dame's game-changing run as the 24th-ranked Fighting Irish beat No. 12 Marquette 73-65 on Thursday night to reach the Big East tournament semifinals for the fourth straight year.
Pat Connaughton scored a season-high 21 points and led Notre Dame's impressive show from 3-point range as the 24th-ranked Fighting Irish beat Rutgers 69-61 on Wednesday night in the second round of the Big East tournament.
Notre Dame is among the quintessential brands in college sports, and my previous article emphasizing the student in Fighting Irish student-athletes is part of the story.
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The University of Notre Dame defeated the University of Michigan 13-6 at South Bend Indiana last night, taking the Fighting Irish to 4-0 for the first time in a decade.
Notre Dame and the ACC crept up on the world and screamed in its ear Wednesday, announcing that the Fighting Irish will join the conference for every sport except for football and hockey.
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The Notre Dame fan base is a proud though sensitive lot that clearly would take offense to anyone suggesting that the Fighting Irish lower its moral and ethical standards just for the shear enhancement of pigskin glory.
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