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As any sports fan can attest, rivalries are one of the absolute best part of sports. If your team is having a horrific year? It can still almost be salvaged by beating your rival, which is especially true in collegiate sports. So why in the world have the University of Southern California and the University of Notre Dame decided to toss their historic rivalry to the wayside? It’s a question that has legendary former USC wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson furious with his alma mater. And he took to social media to air his grievances: "Okay, we’ve got people in there...

Notre Dame and BYU, the top two at-large teams left out of this year's College Football Playoff field, have agreed to a home-and-home series beginning next season, which marks a halt in the Fighting Irish's longtime annual series with rival USC for the foreseeable future. The 2026 game in Provo, Utah, is filling the final spot on Notre Dame's schedule, as the other 11 games have been announced. Notre Dame and USC have said they want to continue their cherished rivalry, which began in 1926. But USC has expressed concern about the timing of the game, wanting it to be...

I’ve learned that Notre Dame has decided to opt out of any post-season bowl games this year. They finished the season with a 10-2 record, losing to Miami and Texas A&M. I know they are an independent program/not a part of any conference. Is this a reasonable decision? Unreasonable? If they played a strong schedule or have a record of beating teams that made it to the 12-team cut-off, I can see understand their POV. (Not saying it’s right. Just that I understand it.)

The Fighting Irish may be tearing it up on the football field (and once again toying with major dad's emotions as they head into the college playoffs), but back at the auld sod from whence the football team springs - the CATHOLIC University in South Bend, Indiana - there has been some verbal artillery flying and battles fought of their own since the 10th of November. That was the day the University announced a set of 'refreshed staff values' as part of a fall staff town hall.University leaders discussed Notre Dame’s response to the changing higher education environment, academic updates,...

The University of Notre Dame has ixnayed and expunged the school’s historic Catholic mission from its staff values and instead chosen to adopt a “refreshed” set of generic concepts like “community.”According to the Daily Caller:The University of Notre Dame has dropped the school’s historic Catholic mission from its staff values and adopted a “refreshed” set of generic concepts like “community” instead, though it will still identify as a “Catholic research university.”The Catholic school’s list of staff values previously included requiring that one “Understands, accepts, and supports the Catholic mission of the university and fosters values consistent with that mission.” Now,...

On Sept. 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk was shot in the neck at Utah Valley University during the first stop of his “American Comeback” tour. I was in my audition seminar class when I absentmindedly checked my phone and audibly gasped as my eyes glanced over the Washington Post notification. I followed the story into my next class, refreshing my laptop for updates and texting my friends. I was vaguely familiar with Kirk for his controversial right-wing extremist takes, and his murder came as a shock to me and many others, most likely because we tend to view public figures as...

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are one of the most iconic and legendary teams in the history of college football. However, it looks like one of the team's iconic logos will look a little bit different this season. Notre Dame has two primary logos. The primary logo is its "ND" wordmark, which features an "N" layered on top of a "D," which obviously stands for Notre Dame. The secondary logo has long been a cartoon Leprechaun with its fist up, appearing ready for a fight. Ahead of the 2025 college football season, Notre Dame is making a significant change to...

The Irish Rover, a student-run Catholic newspaper at the University of Notre Dame, has won a major legal victory after the Indiana Supreme Court declined to hear a defamation case brought by Professor Tamara Kay. The court’s June 18 decision ends a multi-year legal effort by Kay to challenge the paper’s reporting on her pro-abortion activism — leaving intact lower court rulings that found the Rover’s coverage was accurate and protected under Indiana law, the Irish Rover reported. Kay sued the newspaper in 2023 over two articles she claimed were defamatory. The first, published in the fall of 2022, cited...

CV NEWS FEED // Melinda French Gates said she experienced “almost a crisis of faith” before embracing a pro-contraception stance, citing a “very liberal” priest as a key influence in her decision to diverge from Catholic teaching. In an April 17 interview on The Jamie Kern Lima Show, the philanthropist and co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation described how her travels to underserved areas exposed her to families living without contraceptives, People reported. Gates recounted hearing from women who experienced pregnancies in rapid succession — some of which led to the loss of a child or even the...

[Catholic Caucus] Why the Walls of Notre-Dame de Paris Are GroaningThe new Notre-Dame de Paris would shock the saints and holy doctors who prayed within its hallowed columns and vaulted ceiling. But today its walls moan as they are compelled to embrace the hellscape of liturgical innovation.Some things are worse than a devastating fire. Notre-Dame de Paris proves the point. While its façade, walls, and roof have been restored to a pristine perfection, its interior liturgical appointments tell another story. The altar has become a bathtub; the pulpit, a highway barrier; the sedilia a Star Wars prop; and the reliquary...

While meritocracy may be embodied on the field, it frequently isn’t on the sideline. Marcus Freeman is an exception.When Notre Dame takes the field for its college football championship game against Ohio State in Atlanta on Monday, its 39-year-old coach will make history. Marcus Freeman will become the first Black head coach in a national championship game at the Football Bowl Subdivision level. For Freeman, it’s a career-defining moment. When he was promoted at 35 to be Notre Dame’s head coach after the 2021 season, questions arose about whether he was ready for the job. He had been defensive coordinator...

Marcus Freeman kicked woke sports talk in the a** with a postgame speech for the ages. Notre Dame's win on Thursday night against Penn St. featured several incredible moments. But Freeman stole the spotlight after the game, giving a sharp response to what sounded like a pointed question by ESPN. ESPN has been known to make some out-of-touch commentary and nudge folks into discussing race during interviews. It's a bold direction for the sports network. Interviewing Marcus Freeman after the win, ESPN reporter Molly McGrath asked the Fighting Irish coach to give his thoughts on becoming the first African-American coach...

Former NFL player Antonio Brown has come under fire after branding Notre Dame football player Charles Du a 'ch**k'. Du went viral on Thursday as the Fighting Irish secured an emotional Sugar Bowl win over Georgia in the wake of the deadly New Orleans terror attack. The cornerback, a walk-on from Beijing who went to high school in California, had his name written in Chinese text on the back of his jersey. A clip of Du was posted by ESPN ahead of Thursday's game and, at the time of writing, had been viewed more than 2million times on X. Former...

Sources confirm to WDSU that the Sugar Bowl has been postponed to Thursday after a terror attack happened in the New Orleans French Quarter. As tourists descended on New Orleans to attend the Sugar Bowl at Caesars Superdome New Year's Day, police swarmed Bourbon Street. At least ten people were killed and 26 injured when a pickup truck "intentionally" plowed into a crowd. The FBI is calling it an act of terrorism. NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said she wanted the community and visitors to "continue enjoying" New Orleans, despite the tragedy. Officials with the Sugar Bowl issued the following statement...

[Catholic Caucus] Chief architect of Notre Dame reveals devotion to Our Lady inspired him to rebuild her cathedral'I spent five years saying nothing about this because I'm a civilian, serving in a secular republic,' chief architect Philippe Villeneuve revealed. 'But now I have to reveal that yes, I have a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary.'PARIS (LifeSiteNews) — The chief architect of Notre Dame Cathedral revealed that he has a special devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.In a December 9 interview with the Eternal Word Television Network’s (EWTN) Colm Flynn, Philippe Villeneuve, the chief architect charged with rebuilding Notre Dame...

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According to an ARTNews report, archaeologists have uncovered some 1,035 fragments of historic artworks beneath Notre Dame Cathedral, which was engulfed in flames and nearly destroyed in spring of 2019. The five-year reconstruction process following the conflagration, however, has given archaeologists a unique and unprecedented opportunity to dig underneath the church, which was built beginning in 1163. Beginning in February of 2022, a team from the French National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research were given permission to excavate only 16 inches beneath the nearly 900-year-old cathedral's stone floor—the same depth as the foundations for scaffolding required for construction work. The...

President-elect Trump attended the reopening ceremony of the Notre Dame Cathedral alongside First Lady Jill Biden and several other prominent world leaders. Notre Dame was reopened on Saturday, five years after a fire caused serious damage to the landmark Gothic cathedral. Trump was seated between French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, during the ceremony, which was also attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prince William. Also in the same row as Trump was First Lady Jill Biden, who attended the event with her daughter, Ashley. President Joe Biden was not present.

One by one, world leaders rise to greet President Trump. This is what respect for our President and country looks like.

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