By Chris Schumerth | @ChrisSchumerth Sports Capital Journalism Program NEW ORLEANS – The 54 seconds that changed the postseason perception of Notre Dame football Thursday in the Allstate Sugar Bowl was orchestrated by players in each phase of the game that began their college careers on other campuses. A series of sudden, decisive moments separated …
Read MoreBy Cort Street Sports Capital Journalism Program | @cort_street NEW ORLEANS – Decades of postseason disappointment had become synonymous with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football program. Nearly a decade of championship culture was the identity of the Georgia Bulldogs. But under the lights of the Caesars Superdome in the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at …
Read MoreBy Chris Schumerth | @ChrisSchumerth Sports Capital Journalism Program NEW ORLEANS – For all the crushing disappointment that Nicole Massier and her husband Mark experienced when they had to leave town before Notre Dame met Georgia in the Allstate Sugar Bowl, there was the surprising discovery that they were not alone. Herschel Walker was on …
Read MoreThe future is uncertain. One by one, Notre Dame football players said those words as I slipped in and out of different conversations on Media Day, preparing for the now-postponed Allstate Sugar Bowl, the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal between the Fighting Irish and the Georgia Bulldogs. They shared a belief the team, led by coach …
Read MoreBy Cort Street | @cort_street Sports Capital Journalism Program NEW ORLEANS – The 91st Allstate Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame was postponed until 3 p.m. Central time on Thursday after an attack in the French Quarter that killed 14 people and injured 30 early Wednesday morning. The FBI said the attack was being …
Read More(Editor’s Note: Sports Capital Journalism Program graduate students Cort Street and Chris Schumerth are covering the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl after covering Notre Dame’s first-round victory over Indiana. Here are their predictions.) When watching the film on Georgia and Notre Dame over the course of the 2024 season, one word …
Read MoreBy Chris Schumerth | @ChrisSchumerth Sports Capital Journalism Program NEW ORLEANS – Not too long ago the prospect of Notre Dame playing in a College Football Playoff Quarterfinal appeared to be the stuff of fantasy. Look no further than the Week 2 loss at home to Northern Illinois and the role played by quarterback Riley …
Read MoreBy Cort Street | @cort_street Sports Capital Journalism Program NEW ORLEANS – A lot has changed in college football since Georgia head coach Kirby Smart last lifted the national championship trophy in California following the Bulldogs’ undefeated 2022 season. The transfer portal has created a type of free agency for athletes in college football; Name, …
Read MoreBy Chris Schumerth Sports Capital Journalism Program NEW ORLEANS—Injuries and their consequences are a fact of football. But not all injuries are created equal. So far during the 2024 season, Notre Dame—and especially its defense—has been a model for the mantra “Next Man Up.” Even so, the Fighting Irish will enter their College Football Playoff …
Read MoreBy Cort Street | @cort_street Sports Capital Journalism Program NEW ORLEANS — Gunner Stockton was all smiles as he faced the media before the Bulldogs’ College Football Playoff Quarterfinal in the Allstate Sugar Bowl. To the onlooker, it would be easy to assume he did not have a care in the world, that he was …
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