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Weekend events at and around Notre Dame
South Bend Tribune — Purdue is in town to play Notre Dame on Saturday. Here are events scheduled on and around campus this weekend.
2 hours agoNotre Dame football: Fast tempo won't shock Purdue
South Bend Tribune — LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Gary Emanuel has witnessed Brian Kelly's offense up close.
10 hours agoND coach Kelly on outlook: 'You can't please everybody'
Chicago Tribune — But in 2 decades of success coaching, he never has dealt with expectation and scrutiny that will follow him nowSOUTH BEND, Ind. — A week before he would coach his first game at Notre Dame, before the runaway optimism commingled with actual results, Brian Kelly stood in his stadium and sensed that anticipation was squeezing the oxygen out of his team.
17 hours agoNotre Dame football: Seeing is believing when it comes to ND kicking game
South Bend Tribune — Big-picture question: Does Notre Dame have a kicking game?
17 hours agoNotre Dame football: Kelly's advice to Crist: Be patient
South Bend Tribune — SOUTH BEND - In the final, fleeting conversation Saturday before Dayne Crist steps into his first Notre Dame moment, Irish head coach Brian Kelly will bring up college's football's highest individual honor.
17 hours agoWith late push, Ruffer wins ND kicking job
Notre Dame Blog | Chicago Breaking Sports — By Brian HamiltonNot 48 hours before the season opener, Notre Dame has a new kicker.David Ruffer will handle placekicking and kickoff duties on Saturday against Purdue, Irish coach Brian Kelly announced Thursday -- when sophomore Nick Tausch was listed as the No. 1 kicker on a depth chart released just this past Monday."Ruffer we felt had a great week, ball comes off his foot really well, he's earned that starting position," Kelly said. Ruffer, who joined the team as a walk-on in 2008, went 5-for-5 on field goals and hit 9 of 10 extra points in 2009, replacing the injured Tausch for the...
19 hours agoCampus Calendar: Weekend events at and around Notre Dame
South Bend Tribune — Purdue is in town to play Notre Dame on Saturday. Here are events scheduled on and around campus this weekend.
21 hours agoPurdue's Gaston ready for Notre Dame
Chicago Colleges Blog | ESPN Chicago — Had big Bruce Gaston chosen Notre Dame over Purdue, it's unlikely the defensive tackle would have been this charged up for Saturday's season opener in South Bend. Landing with the Boilermakers presented the true freshman from St. Rita an opportunity to push his weight around immediately. "I can't stress how happy I am to play [Notre Dame]," said the 6-foot-2, 300-pounder, who made ESPNChicago.com's All-Chicago Area Team as a senior after recording 16 sacks and 99 tackles. "We're so hyped for this game." Gaston, heavily recruited by Purdue, ND, Boston College, Michigan State and Wisco...
22 hours agoListen: Notre Dame starting left tackle Zack Martin visits with SportsBeat
South Bend Tribune — Notre Dame starting left tackle Zack Martin talks about his rise on the depth chart and the Irish season opener with Purdue on Weekday SportsBeat with Darin Pritchett (WSBT 960 AM and wsbtradio.com).
September 2, 2010Listen: Coaching legend Ara Parseghian visits with SportsBeat
South Bend Tribune — Notre Dame coaching legend Ara Parseghian visits with Darin Pritchett on Weekday SportsBeat (WSBT 960 AM and wsbtradio.com).
September 2, 2010
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- Former UC basketball coach dies Cincinnati Enquirer Former UC women's basketball coach J. Kelley Hall passed away Thursday of an apparent heart attack at his home in Myrtle Beach, S.C., according to the Lafayette Daily Advertiser.
- After a busy and trying summer for PC basketball, newcomers arrive on campus Providence Journal
- Video: Five newcomers to watch for USF The Bulletin | St. Petersburg Times So I've resorted to all the cliche telltale signs of modern-day journalists doing video for their blogs -- I've embraced the tiny little tripod, I'm using the little remote control, and (shame) I've lined myself up in some random corner of my house. Anyway, here's a look at five newcomers to watch in Saturday's opener against Stony Brook -- really could have done 10, but they want to keep these videos short, just so we don't destroy Youtube's servers and keep my kids from enjoying the Geico little-pig-goes-weeeee commercial over and over again.
- Big East Football Links: Rutgers 'unimpressive' in win Orange Football Blog | Post-Standard The latest news from around the Big East: » Rutgers unimpressive despite rout of Norfolk State [Philly.com] » UConn vs. Michigan: Who's got the edge? [Connecticut Post] » Cincinnati’s no-senior defense gets first test [Associated Press] » No. 1...
- Live SU football updates and fan Q&A: Syracuse at Akron Orange Football Blog | Post-Standard In-game updates and scores from The Post-Standard's Nolan Weidner and Dave Rahme, and live Q&A; with Donnie Webb.