By Cort Street | @cort_street Sports Capital Journalism ATLANTA – A sideline of scarlet and gray erupted with ecstasy as Jack Sawyer raced down the field late in Ohio State’s thrilling 28-14 College Football Playoff Semifinal victory at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic over the Texas Longhorns, his game-sealing touchdown securing a spot in the… Read more »
Month: January 2025
Notre Dame’s Resilience Produces a Comeback for the Ages
By Jeffery Green | @Jeffery_Agreen Sports Capital Journalism Program MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – As soon as the football was somehow extended beyond the goal line, the unforgettable two yards of Jeremiyah Love — relentless, determined and inspired – immediately came to represent the resolve that would eventually carry the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to the… Read more »
Notre Dame Advances to College Football Playoff Championship
By Cort Street | @cort_street Sports Capital Journalism MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – On an everlasting night that had seemed unreachable in late summer, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish fans in Hard Rock Stadium shared in the ecstasy of a program that had anticipated this return to glory for so long — and had so consistently… Read more »
Postcards From Miami Gardens: Orange Bowl Predictions
(Editor’s Note: Sports Capital Journalism Program graduate students Jeffery Green and Cort Street are covering the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl between Penn State and Notre Dame. Here are their predictions.) These teams are very similar in a lot of ways. In the 91st Capital One Orange Bowl, we will… Read more »
Franklin, Freeman Lead Their Teams to a Playoff Semifinal: ‘This is Historic’
By Cort Street | @cort_street Sports Capital Journalism Program DANIA BEACH, Fla. – In a college football season that has become synonymous with uncertainty and change, the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl has provided a matchup that is rooted in history. The Penn State Nittany Lions and the Notre Dame… Read more »
Penn State, Notre Dame Prepare for Playoff Semifinal, Adapt to the Longest Season
By Jeffery Green | @Jeffery_AGreen Sports Capital Journalism Program DANIA BEACH, Fla. — “Nobody feels 100% right now,” Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman said Wednesday morning, describing the state of his players near the end of the longest season. Heading into the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl, Notre Dame and… Read more »
The 54 Seconds That Sent Notre Dame To The College Football Playoff Semifinals
By Chris Schumerth | @ChrisSchumerth Sports Capital Journalism Program NEW ORLEANS – The 54 seconds that changed the postseason perception of Notre Dame football Thursday in the Allstate Sugar Bowl was orchestrated by players in each phase of the game that began their college careers on other campuses. A series of sudden, decisive moments separated… Read more »
Notre Dame Overpowers Georgia, 23-10, to Reach College Football Playoff Semifinal
By Cort Street Sports Capital Journalism Program | @cort_street NEW ORLEANS – Decades of postseason disappointment had become synonymous with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football program. Nearly a decade of championship culture was the identity of the Georgia Bulldogs. But under the lights of the Caesars Superdome in the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at… Read more »
More Than 11,000 Fans Could Not Stay To Watch The Sugar Bowl. Herschel Walker Was One Of Them.
By Chris Schumerth | @ChrisSchumerth Sports Capital Journalism Program NEW ORLEANS – For all the crushing disappointment that Nicole Massier and her husband Mark experienced when they had to leave town before Notre Dame met Georgia in the Allstate Sugar Bowl, there was the surprising discovery that they were not alone. Herschel Walker was on… Read more »
Postcard From New Orleans: The Night After My Walk On Bourbon Street
The future is uncertain. One by one, Notre Dame football players said those words as I slipped in and out of different conversations on Media Day, preparing for the now-postponed Allstate Sugar Bowl, the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal between the Fighting Irish and the Georgia Bulldogs. They shared a belief the team, led by coach… Read more »