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 »
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POSTCARDS FROM NEW ORLEANS: SUGAR BOWL PREDICTIONS
(Editor’s Note: Sports Capital Journalism Program graduate students Cort Street and Chris Schumerth are covering the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl after covering Notre Dame’s first-round victory over Indiana. Here are their predictions.) When watching the film on Georgia and Notre Dame over the course of the 2024 season, one word… Read more »
Notre Dame’s ‘Constant Improvement’ Leads to a Quarterfinal Playoff Appearance
By Chris Schumerth | @ChrisSchumerth Sports Capital Journalism Program NEW ORLEANS – Not too long ago the prospect of Notre Dame playing in a College Football Playoff Quarterfinal appeared to be the stuff of fantasy. Look no further than the Week 2 loss at home to Northern Illinois and the role played by quarterback Riley… Read more »
Replacing Injured Mills The Stiffest Test Yet For Notre Dame’s Defense
By Chris Schumerth Sports Capital Journalism Program NEW ORLEANS—Injuries and their consequences are a fact of football. But not all injuries are created equal. So far during the 2024 season, Notre Dame—and especially its defense—has been a model for the mantra “Next Man Up.” Even so, the Fighting Irish will enter their College Football Playoff… Read more »
How Notre Dame’s Defense Helped the Irish Advance to the Sugar Bowl
By Chris Schumerth Sports Capital Journalism Program It will be easy to forget that it was the Indiana Hoosiers that had the first opportunity to take control of the first 12-team College Football Playoff game ever played. A team that had scored more than 30 points in all but two previous games this season started… Read more »
Jeremiyah Love Runs Into College Football Playoff History
By Chris Schumerth Sports Capital Journalism Program SOUTH BEND – It did not seem like an accident that Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard appeared at the post-game press conference in a Jeremiyah Love T-shirt after the Irish beat an upstart Indiana team, 27-17, in the inaugural first-round game of the expanded College Football Playoff. “I’ve… Read more »
Notre Dame Stifles Indiana, Advances to College Football Playoff Quarterfinal
By Cort Street | @cort_street Sports Capital Journalism Program SOUTH BEND – No other result would have been sufficient. There was no arrogance to the processional as the No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish trotted off the field following a 27-17 victory over the No. 10 Indiana Hoosiers. There was, more noticeably, an air of… Read more »