knute-rockne Stories - Maize n Brew
Mary, Mary, Where You Goin’ To?
There's a well-known business book called "Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies." The general thesis is that the truly great organizations that thrive over a century have a well-defined set of core values that guide them and unite them -- from the chief executive on down to the...
Book Review: Notre Dame and the Game that Changed Football
We interrupt this annual recruiting bonanza for a look back into history. Enjoy! I received this book for Christmas and it is a recommended read if you: A. Want to learn more about the early history of college football B. Discover the brilliance of Jesse Harper C. Love Notre Dame The book’s full...
Army Preview: Let's Get Ready for a Boogie Down Bronx Battle
Army (+8) at Notre Dame Pick: Notre Dame The Irish preview gets its own post this week. Horray! Here are some of the things I’ll be watching for in this game: 1.) What will the defensive game plan look like? We’ve already gone over how horrible the game plan was against Navy, so what kind of...
Notre Dame – Army: The Unbearable Lightness of Tradition
How you respond to losing is as at least important as forging a winning attitude. Earlier this year the Black Knights had a tough overtime loss to Rutgers, who came back in the fourth quarter from fourteen point deficit in the fourth quarter. Fullback Jared Hassin, who had gained 117 yards...
Note to Notre Dame Fans: Embrace the Green Jerseys
"The green is cursed!" "They are bad luck!" "They should only be worn when the Irish are dominant." "The green should only be worn for big games." "They cease to be special if they are worn all the time." "The green uniforms are just a gimmick." If I could live the rest of my life without hearing...
The 1925 Rose Bowl - Notre Dame vs. Stanford
How would you like to see a matchup between the coach with the highest win percentage against the coach with the second most wins in a career? Would you like to see the most storied backfields in history against a player rated as one of the twenty-five all-time great players? The Rose Bowl in...
The Notre Dame - Michigan Rivalry - "To Hell With Notre Dame"
You'd think that the Notre Dame-Michigan rivalry would be a natural - strong feelings, near in distance, competing for the same players, families with students in both schools, the top two schools in winning percentage and mutual admiration for each other's achievements on and off the field. Mike...
Wallace Wade: Demoralizing the Opposition with the Second Team
Yesterday we took a look at Coach Saban's philosophy toward the game and found the boldness within his method arises from the philosophy of domination in his overall approach. "Create a nightmare for your opponent," is the credo he preaches to his team and then creates a system to allow them to...
A Georgia Bulldogs Fan Assesses Urban Meyer's Tenure with the Florida Gators and Adjusts to Life Without "Corch"
All the federales say They could have had him any day They only let him slip away Out of kindness, I suppose Townes Van Zandt, "Pancho and Lefty" That's why we took the damn field. Now if you want to crown them, then crown their ass! But they are who we thought they were! And we let 'em off the...
Today in Sports History: March 31st
(The aftermath of Rockne's fatal crash) 3/31/1931 - The Gipper dies in plane crash A verdant pasture near Cottonwood Falls, Kansas was the site of college football's first and arguably biggest tragedy. TWA Flight 599, carrying Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne, crashed there when one of its wings...
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