Week 10: Boston College
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - An early 95-yard touchdown drive was all No. 4 Notre Dame needed as it beat Boston College 21-6 in front of 44,500 people at Alumni Stadium on Saturday.
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - An early 95-yard touchdown drive was all No. 4 Notre Dame needed as it beat Boston College 21-6 in front of 44,500 people at Alumni Stadium on Saturday.
It was a weekend of ups and downs for the Irish as they followed a triumphant comeback victory over Cincinnati on Friday with a 3-0 loss at Marquette on Sunday in a match that would have given Notre Dame the Big East regular season championship.
From the way Irish coach Randy Waldrum reacted to his team's performance Friday, one would think Notre Dame lost.
Junior Britney Sanders became the two-time reigning Big East Player of the Month last week, but this weekend freshman birthday girl Quinn Gleason also commanded attention as the Irish closed out their fall season.
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - All week they heard the noise, even if they did not listen.
No. 7 Notre Dame faced an unprecedented venue and uncertain weather conditions when it took to the makeshift court on the U.S.S. Yorktown in Charleston, S.C., on Friday to battle No. 19 Ohio State.
After a 1-0 win Friday against No. 8 Connecticut in the Big East semifinals, senior forward Ryan Finley scored a golden goal with one minute remaining in double-overtime in the conference finals against Georgetown. His tally captured the Big East title for the No. 5 Irish in a 3-2 win over the No. 6 Hoyas at PPL Park in Chester, Pa., on Sunday.
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Everett Golson was watching it. Bennett Jackson found out before the game. Theo Riddick said no one knew about it. But Irish coach Brian Kelly and the Notre Dame coaching staff did.
The Irish begin their jam-packed weekend today as they compete in the Tribe Invitational, hosted by William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.
"We're playing with real bullets now."
After a first-round loss in the Big East tournament a season ago, the No. 5 Irish are back in the Big East semifinals for the fifth time in six years with a game Friday night against No. 8 Connecticut.
Just three years ago, then-Bearcats coach Brian Kelly had to fend off BCS hype and keep his 9-0 Cincinnati team focused on the homestretch. In 2012, the Irish coach finds himself in a similar situation with a 9-0 Notre Dame team.