from the Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway Watching another season submerge into the long Notre Dame offseason ... try to figure out who is the Junior Jabbie winner. All of this is ...

"Learning about their great academics,” Dickson emphasized.

Notre Dame hosted some of their top targets for the Junior Day weekend. One prospect that the staff is evaluating is Dakota Dickson, a 6-4, 270-pound defensive lineman out of Danville (Calif.) ...

Team 118 had a unique aura surrounding them, leading to lingering questions about whether Notre Dame can quickly return to the National Championship. There was a palpable "if not now, when?" ...

Kirk Herbstreit believes the first quarter is supremely important for Notre Dame football on Monday night. The ESPN college football analyst said pregame on the field that the Irish can't let Ohio ...

Notre Dame football then almost pulled off a comeback for the ages. Eventually, Ohio State (14-2) made enough plays to hang on for a 34-23 victory, the first CFP champion in the 12-team format era.

The Notre Dame Fighting ... nation's top prospects for junior day, including four-star running back and top-100 national prospect Jonaz Walton of Georgia. Get more Notre Dame football roster ...

For years, college football personality Paul Finebaum hasn't had a whole lot of good things to say about Notre Dame football. SEC this, Roll Tide that, Georgia Dawgs, and a yadda yadda yadda.

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