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Notre Dame's Season Ends Not with a Bang, but with a Whimper

While the crowd cheered when the Irish scored and made noise for UConn on third down, it was hollow. For this Fighting Irishman, who attended his first Notre Dame football game at the age of ...

Written by Clashmore Mike about 7 days ago 349 reads 14 comments
Heartbroken Notre Dame: Coach Charlie Weis to Blame?

Well, what's left to say after the disaster at Pittsburgh? To call this a disappointing season is perhaps the most banal understatement you could come up with...

Written by Clashmore Mike about 15 days ago 1,068 reads 21 comments
Notre Dame: Three Down, Nine to Go

The 2009 season is well under way, and with one quarter of the schedule in the record books, I thought I’d share my impressions about the three games so far. As a self-confessed Notre Dame partisan, I’ll work hard to stay objective...

Written by Clashmore Mike about 2 months ago 555 reads 19 comments
Notre Dame Crushes Nevada: Turns Sights on Wolverines

I deliberately waited a couple of days so that the euphoria of a near-perfect Notre Dame win over Nevada wouldn't tempt me to write things I might regret later...

Written by Clashmore Mike about 2 months ago 245 reads 6 comments
Charlie Weis' Fork in the Road: How Will History Repeat Itself?

The summer-long conversation regarding the fate of Notre Dame head coach will soon be over. Unfortunately, most of the discussion on this subject, from the television sports channels to internet bloggers, has offered more heat than light...

Written by Clashmore Mike about 3 months ago 77 reads 6 comments
The Calm Before the Storm

It is the last week of July. For football fans, this is the deep breath before the plunge. All across the country training camps are getting ready to open...soon, but not just yet. The Irish report in 10 days...

Written by Clashmore Mike about 4 months ago 253 reads 6 comments
Irish Improvement Is Golden in Blue & Gold Game

I decided to wait a bit before I recorded my thoughts about the Blue & Gold Game. I thought surely the beautiful weather, the friendly fans, and the festive atmosphere would color my perceptions on the field...

Written by Clashmore Mike about 7 months ago 553 reads 8 comments
So Far So Good for Charlie Weis, Notre Dame This Offseason

Weis gets it. He really does. Amid the wreckage of the end of the 2008 season (Hawaii Bowl notwithstanding), there was fear and trepidation for the future of the most storied program in College Football history...

Written by Clashmore Mike about 9 months ago 605 reads 16 comments
Notre Dame's House Cleaning Has Begun

Fighting Irish faithful greet the new year with relief. The bitter disappointment of 2008, which had many of us ready to throw Charlie Weis under the bus (your correspondent included) has, with both time and recent events begun to fade...

Written by Clashmore Mike about 10 months ago 239 reads 11 comments
Open Letter to Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick

To Jack Swarbrick: Notre Dame was just completely dismantled by USC. Did you watch this? Sir, its over. You know what you have to do...

Written by Clashmore Mike about about 1 year ago 464 reads 1 comments
Notre Dame Loses More Than a Game to Syracuse

I can barely bring myself to sit at this keyboard and comment on what I witnessed yesterday. I can say that my family has a devotion to the University of Notre Dame that goes back to my father ...

Written by Clashmore Mike about about 1 year ago 648 reads 0 comments
Notre Dame's Sixth Straight BC Loss Shakes The Faith; Weis' Countdown Begins

This was the loss that did it. The countdown clock on Charlie Weis’ tenure as head coach at Notre Dame started when the fourth quarter ended. That’s not to say that it can’t be reversed, or stopped again...

Written by Clashmore Mike about about 1 year ago 1,318 reads 49 comments
Chris Marinelli Eats His Words as Notre Dame Defeats Stanford

Are you watching? No, I mean, are you really paying attention? If not, let me spell it out for you: Notre Dame’s quarterback is turning into a superstar. Outlined against a bright blue October sky, Jimmy Clausen had another career-best day...

Written by Clashmore Mike about about 1 year ago 1,410 reads 25 comments
Irish Rising: Notre Dame 2007 Season Laid to Rest in Blowout Over Purdue

“There are three kinds of people in this world…those that make things happen, those that watch things happen, and those that ask ‘what just happened?’ Tomorrow this team is gonna make things happen...

Written by Clashmore Mike about about 1 year ago 667 reads 27 comments
Notre Dame's Victory Over Michigan Shows the Party Is Over for the Irish Haters

For a Notre Damer, it doesn’t get any better than this just-completed weekend. Whenever the Michigan Wolverines and their fans bus into South Bend, it is an event. No matter the records or rankings, neither team wants to lose to the other...

Written by Clashmore Mike about about 1 year ago 1,126 reads 77 comments

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Clashmore Mike Article Archive

Notre Dame's Season Ends Not with a Bang, but with a Whimper

Heartbroken Notre Dame: Coach Charlie Weis to Blame?

Notre Dame: Three Down, Nine to Go

Notre Dame Crushes Nevada: Turns Sights on Wolverines

Charlie Weis' Fork in the Road: How Will History Repeat Itself?

The Calm Before the Storm

Irish Improvement Is Golden in Blue & Gold Game

So Far So Good for Charlie Weis, Notre Dame This Offseason

Notre Dame's House Cleaning Has Begun

Open Letter to Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick

Notre Dame Loses More Than a Game to Syracuse

Notre Dame's Sixth Straight BC Loss Shakes The Faith; Weis' Countdown Begins

Chris Marinelli Eats His Words as Notre Dame Defeats Stanford

Irish Rising: Notre Dame 2007 Season Laid to Rest in Blowout Over Purdue

Notre Dame's Victory Over Michigan Shows the Party Is Over for the Irish Haters

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