January 2008 Entries
I'm busy working on a story about the Jon Tenuta hire (what, you didn't hear?), so I'm going to make tonight's basketball prediction brief and ask you to trust my judgment.Notre Dame 81, Providence 70.
I'm busy working on a story about the Jon Tenuta hire (what, you didn't hear?), so I'm going to make tonight's basketball prediction brief and ask you to trust my judgment.Notre Dame 81, Providence 70.
I remember asking Ryan Grant before the 2004 Insight Bowl if he had spoken recently with Julius Jones, the former Notre Dame running back who was by then in the NFL. Grant said he talked to Jones all the time and that he hoped to join him in the pros soon.It was easy to doubt that claim. Grant was a solid if unspectacular running back at Notre Dame — he rushed for more than 2,200 yards in his career with the Irish, but you won't find his name in the rushing records section of the Notre Dame media guide —...
I remember asking Ryan Grant before the 2004 Insight Bowl if he had spoken recently with Julius Jones, the former Notre Dame running back who was by then in the NFL. Grant said he talked to Jones all the time and that he hoped to join him in the pros soon.It was easy to doubt that claim. Grant was a solid if unspectacular running back at Notre Dame — he rushed for more than 2,200 yards in his career with the Irish, but you won't find his name in the rushing records section of the Notre Dame media guide —...
We've been having some technical issues with the blog, but we're back with a prediction for tonight's game at the Joyce Center between the Irish and the surprisingly frisky Cincinnati Bearcats. (I'll be honest here: I would have picked against Notre Dame against West Virginia, UConn and Marquette, so that makes me 1-2 in the last three games.)I know a little more about Cincinnati than I probably should, because the Bearcats are my alma mater's chief rival. They're a little short-handed, talent-wise, but are one of the scrappiest teams I've ever seen and get to just about every loose...
We've been having some technical issues with the blog, but we're back with a prediction for tonight's game at the Joyce Center between the Irish and the surprisingly frisky Cincinnati Bearcats. (I'll be honest here: I would have picked against Notre Dame against West Virginia, UConn and Marquette, so that makes me 1-2 in the last three games.)I know a little more about Cincinnati than I probably should, because the Bearcats are my alma mater's chief rival. They're a little short-handed, talent-wise, but are one of the scrappiest teams I've ever seen and get to just about every loose...