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2013 U.S. Army All-American Bowl Winners and Losers

Notre Dame Fighting Irish For the 13th year in a row, some the best and brightest future stars of the college football gridiron came together in San Antonio for the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. Each year dozens of elite pro...

19 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Pac 12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Louisville Cardinals, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oregon Ducks

Notre Dame's Hottest Fan: Leslie

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Name: Leslie Nelson Favorite Team: Notre Dame Fighting Irish Fun Fact: She's not actually Irish Meet Leslie. She's a Notre Dame football fan, who will be cheering or sobbing her eyes out a...

19 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Overtime, Notre Dame, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Hottest Fans

How Alabama's 2012 Championship Team Ranked as High School Recruits

Notre Dame Fighting Irish The merits of recruiting rankings are debated in every sports bar and around every water cooler in the nation. Athlon continues its look back at recruiting rankings by comparing the starting line-u...

20 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Notre Dame Fighting Irish

How Notre Dame's 2012 Championship Team Ranked as High School Recruits

20 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Independents, Alabama Crimson Tide, Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Alabama and Notre Dame: A position-by-position historic comparison

Notre Dame Fighting Irish There are few programs in the history of college football that have experienced as much success as Alabama and Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish are fourth all-time with 865 wins and no team in t...

20 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Independents, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Betting Against the Spread: Rose, Sugar, BCS Title and More

Notre Dame Fighting Irish For entertainment purposes only, Athlon brings you the top college football picks against the spread. It does not condone, approve or encourage gambling on sports in any way. But if you are a ...

20 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Pac 12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Florida Gators, Louisville Cardinal, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Wisconsin Badgers

Top 10 Worst BCS Bowl Performances

Notre Dame Fighting Irish With the 15th season of BCS bowl action just about ready to kickoff, Athlon reviewed the tapes of the four (now five) biggest bowl games in college football. Since 1998, teams have been fighting to...

The Nicest Athletes In Sports

Notre Dame Fighting Irish With the holiday season upon us, we started thinking: If Santa can make a list, why can’t Athlon? So we asked dozens of athletes, agents, coaches, journalists and other experts to identify the ni...

21 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Football, NFL, NBA, NASCAR, Monthly, Alabama Crimson Tide, Kansas State Wildcats, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Los Angeles Clippers, Arizona Cardinals, St. Louis Rams

15 Weird, Wild and Bizarre Facts about College Football's Best Bowls

Notre Dame Fighting Irish The 35-ring circus of bowl season is full of sideshows, freak shows, split stats and split personalities. And the biggest and best bowls have the most exciting high-wire acts, thanks to their award...

College Basketball's Early Conference Review: Big East

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Aside from the turmoil caused by conference realignment, the Big East has continued some familiar trends: Syracuse continues to be among the national elite with a bench player taking his turn in th...

23 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, DePaul Blue Demons, Georgetown Hoyas, Louisville Cardinals, Marquette Golden Eagles, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Pittsburgh Panthers, Providence Friars, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Seton Hall Pirates, St. John's Red Storm, Syracuse Orange, USF Bulls, Villanova Wildcats

College Football 2012 All-America Team As Recruits

Notre Dame Fighting Irish The merits of recruiting rankings are debated in every sports bar and around every water cooler in the nation. But one quick look at the 2012 Associated Press All-America team, and it is hard to ar...

Top 10 Individual Performances in College Football 2012

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Johnny Manziel’s Heisman coronation capped a wild year of college football in 2012 filled with twists, turns and unexpected results. Perhaps we should have known 2012 would be different from...

23 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC, WAC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arizona Wildcats, Clemson Tigers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oregon Ducks, South Carolina Gamecocks, Temple Owls, Texas A&M Aggies, USC Trojans, West Virginia Mountaineers

Manziel, Mariota Highlight Best Redshirt Freshman QB Class Ever

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Technically, Johnny Manziel is a sophomore. So are Notre Dame’s Everett Golson and Oregon’s Marcus Mariota. Manziel, like Mariota and Golson, has been a student-athlete for two football sea...

23 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oregon Ducks, Stanford Cardinal, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas A&M Aggies, UCLA Bruins, Wisconsin Badgers

A Very Early College Football Top 25 for 2013

Notre Dame Fighting Irish With the 2012 season officially in the books, it’s time to take an early look at college football’s top 25 teams for 2013. Alabama will be losing a few key players from its national championshi...

23 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, LSU Tigers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners, Oregon Ducks, Texas A&M Aggies

College Football's Top 10 Must-See Matchups of the 2012 Bowl Season

Notre Dame Fighting Irish College football’s 2012-2013 bowl season kicks off in Albuquerque on Dec. 15 and ends on Jan. 7 with the BCS National Championship in Miami. With 35 games, there’s a lot of college football to ...

23 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, MAC, Pac 12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Clemson Tigers, Kansas State Wildcats, LSU Tigers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oregon Ducks

Heisman Milestones and Firsts Through the Years

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy on Friday, adding another milestone to one of the most storied awards in sports. From the first African-Ame...

23 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC, Army Black Knights, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Michigan Wolverines, Navy Midshipmen, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oklahoma Sooners, Oregon State Beavers, Syracuse Orange, Texas A&M Aggies, USC Trojans

College Football's Top 10 Surprises of 2012

Notre Dame Fighting Irish With college football’s 2012 regular season in the books, it’s time to take a look back at the highlights and lowlights from this year. There were plenty of surprises in college football this s...

24 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Pac 12, SEC, Florida Gators, Kansas State Wildcats, Notre Dame Fighting Irish

What if the Heisman was awarded after the National Championship?

Notre Dame Fighting Irish The Heisman Trophy is an inherently flawed award. That’s the bad news. The great news is we the fans have the power to change it. Just six years ago, underclassmen weren’t really considered...

24 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac 12, SEC, Florida Gators, Kansas State Wildcats, Miami Hurricanes, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oklahoma Sooners, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Virginia Tech Hokies

College Football 2012 Awards Roundtable

Notre Dame Fighting Irish The Heisman remains college football’s biggest prize, but players from every position will walk away with hardware Thursday night as part of the college football awards show (ESPN, 7:30 p.m. East...

24 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Kansas State Wildcats, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oregon Ducks, Penn State Nittany Lions, Texas A&M Aggies, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Wisconsin Badgers

College Football's 2012 Postseason Awards and Recap

Notre Dame Fighting Irish With all of the BCS conferences finished with regular season play, it's time to take a look at the 2012 college football season and hand out some hardware. At the midpoint of 2012, all signs pointe...

24 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Texas A&M Aggies

20 Most Amazing College Football Stats of 2012

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Single-game, single-season and career records. School, conference and national benchmarks. Remarkable performances and embarrassing moments. The good, bad and ugly makes college football the great ...

2012 Heisman Trophy Final Voting: Our winner is...

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Each week, the Athlon editors and others who closely follow college football vote on the most prestigious award in the sport. A 13-man conglomerate of college football gurus from Athlon Sports and ...

24 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Independent, Pac 12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Kansas State Wildcats, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oregon Ducks, Texas A&M Aggies, USC Trojans

College Football's 2012 Postseason All-America Team

Notre Dame Fighting Irish College football's 2012 regular season is over, which means it's time to hand out the hardware. It's never easy compiling a postseason All-America team, especially after watching several players ha...

24 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Pac 12, SEC, Florida State Seminoles, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Texas A&M Aggies, USC Trojans

5 Reasons Why Notre Dame Will Beat Alabama for the National Title

Notre Dame Fighting Irish After struggling to find success under Tyrone Willingham, Bob Davie and Charlie Weis, Brian Kelly has led Notre Dame back to promience. The Fighting Irish are playing in their first BCS bowl since ...

24 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Independents, SEC, Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Ranking All 35 College Football Bowls for 2012: From Must-See to Must-Miss

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Which bowls should you tune into? Athlon ranks and previews all of the matchups from the must-see to the ones you can avoid. Although Alabama and Notre Dame is clearly the biggest bowl game, with 3...

24 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona Wildcats, Baylor Bears, Boise State Broncos, BYU Cougars, Cincinnati Bearcats, Clemson Tigers, Duke Blue Devils, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Bulldogs, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas State Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, LSU Tigers, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Mississippi State Bulldogs, NC State Wolfpack, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Ole Miss Rebels, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers, Pittsburgh Panthers, Purdue Boilermakers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, South Carolina Gamecocks, Stanford Cardinal, Syracuse Orange, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Vanderbilt Commodores, Virginia Tech Hokies, Washington Huskies, West Virginia Mountaineers, Wisconsin Badgers

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