Football beat picks: Notre Dame vs. Navy
Noah Cahill
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Noah Cahill
From Nov. 3-7, the Office for Student Enrichment hosted FLI Week on campus, a chance to celebrate students who are the first in their families to attend college or come from low-income households.
The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Keough School of Global Affairs hosted a panel about the ceasefire in Gaza on Thursday in the Hesburgh Center for International Studies. During the panel, professors Mkhaimar Abusada, Laurie Nathan and Atalia Omer examined the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, primarily focusing on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the uncertainty surrounding the region’s future.
Last Saturday, Nov. 1, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish emerged victorious in a rivalry football game against the Boston College Eagles. The Irish won 25-10, keeping their playoff hopes alive.
It’s an unfortunate fact that many of us have lost faith in politicians. Even the word “politician” now pejoratively carries connotations of duplicity, shallowness, wealth and manipulation. I am not here to convince you to view politicians in a favorable light; that is a task which I find myself inadequate, as well as unwilling, to undertake. I do wish, however, to point out a recent moment that reminded me of the potential value of a true American politician.
It’s easy to write about the despondency of Camden. A deindustrialized city of 72,000 with poverty and violent crime rates far above the national average, public officials have found it increasingly convenient over the last several decades to turn their backs on the city, leaving it to a steady population and economic decline, comparable to that of Detroit. So why did one priest from Ireland stick around for nearly 50 years in this same city, in the same parish?
Since Notre Dame sent safety Xavier Watts to the NFL to play for the Atlanta Falcons, a new, up-and-coming star for the Notre Dame defense has emerged. He is from Irvington, New Jersey, and his name is Adon Shuler.
On Saturday night, No. 10 Notre Dame will match up against Navy for the 98th time. And while the Irish have won six in a row this season and seven consecutive games in the Navy series, they cannot overlook an always-pesky Midshipmen team. Navy checks into the weekend at 7-1 and carries the best in-conference record in the American Athletic Conference.
Accompanying all the online tension and discourse surrounding Notre Dame’s independent status is the question of which opponents, and specifically which rivals, are most important to Notre Dame. The potential end of the historical intersectional series with USC has sparked debate over whether the annual showdown is more important to the Irish or Trojans. Even fans of universities within the super-conferences of the Big Ten and SEC have decried Notre Dame’s “privileged” status as college football’s lone relevant (sorry, UConn) independent. The fact of the matter is that if any school could survive as an independent as Notre Dame has for over a century, they would choose that route instantly. The Irish possess immense monetary, branding and scheduling power due to their independence, playing out in one way through the importance of preserving rivalries. And the University’s most important rival, regardless of what the talking heads from La La Land say, is the United States Naval Academy.
Notre Dame vs. Navy was the longest uninterrupted intersectional rivalry in college football from 1927 to 2019, until the COVID-19 pandemic caused a cancellation in 2020. It also holds up as the third-longest uninterrupted college football rivalry overall. With this history, fans have been privy to historic games over the years. This season sets up the 6-2, No. 10 Irish against the 7-1, unranked Midshipmen in South Bend for the first night game in this series’ history.
Each semester, students from Ireland swap their universities in Galway and Dublin for a semester in South Bend at Notre Dame. Through their home universities’ exchange program, they experience American college life — from dorm living and classroom participation to game-day traditions.
Following a 40-point win over Miami on Feb. 20, Notre Dame looked poised to make a run in the 2025 NCAA Tournament. The Irish had earned a record of 24-2 with key wins over USC, Texas and UConn. The team boasted a four-headed monster with the likes of sophomore guard Hannah Hidalgo, graduate guard Olivia Miles, 6-foot-1 senior Sonia Citron and graduate forward Liatu King. When it was all said and done, all four of these stars averaged double-digit points.
Max McLean played C.S. Lewis in a production of “C.S. Lewis On Stage: Further Up & Further In,” written by McLean, at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center on Nov. 5. The real C.S. Lewis died on Nov. 22, 1963 and is well known for his writings on faith and his fictional series “The Chronicles of Narnia.” This production was a cross between impersonation, stand-up comedy and theater that depicted the life of C.S. Lewis through a series of monologues, revealing his journey of grappling with faith and sharing his understanding of faith with others.
To the Notre Dame family,
On Wednesday night, Dahnke Ballroom hosted the quarterfinals of the 23rd annual Baraka Bouts. Four semifinal and two showcase bouts also took place between the quarter-final bouts. Here’s how each of the contests played out.
The last time Notre Dame hockey traveled to Minneapolis, they pulled off a surprise.
More than a season, autumn marks the arrival of the fall aesthetic. Yes, I think we all know what that means. Whether it’s rewatching “Harry Potter” or “Gilmore Girls,” ordering a pumpkin spiced latte or switching up your wardrobe for cozy hues of orange, tan and brown, most of us — myself included — have been, in one way or another, participants in this unspoken ritual.
Spooky season is officially over, and I’ve spent the first five days of November mourning the fact that it's no longer socially acceptable to be constantly eating candy. Gone are the times when I filled awkward silences by asking people what they’re dressing up as for Halloween, so be prepared to tell me what you’re thankful for instead. Major props to anyone who made it out of Halloweekend alive. But that being said, there were still some clear winners and losers from this holiday.
Holy Cross College cruised to a 2-0 start to the season and was looking to extend its winning streak in a matchup with Bethel University. For Bethel, they were looking for a win to build momentum in its first game of the season and to hand Holy Cross its first loss.
On Tuesday, the Holy Cross women’s basketball team lost to Grace College by a score of 98-88. The Saints have now started the regular season with three straight losses, all of which they have allowed over 90 points to the opponent. Holy Cross now looks to get back on track this Saturday with another home game against Michigan-Dearborn.