Notre Dame Insider

2 weeks ago | ndinsider.com | Mike Berardino

SOUTH BEND —Making the transition from the college game to the NFL should be a chance to celebrate. Former Notre Dame football cornerback Benjamin Morrison certainly showed his emotions when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers called him with news of his second-round selection on the night of April 25. Yet all situations are hardly equal when it comes to the rookie life in the NFL.

4 weeks ago | ndinsider.com | Tom Noie

SOUTH BEND – It opened with an apology, the conversation that offered a window into the world of Notre Dame basketball graduate transfer power forward Carson Towt. “Sorry, but I’m on a field in Flagstaff, man, getting a little sun and chilling,” Towt said from somewhere on the Northern Arizona University campus. Noie: Notre Dame athletics may not see another like this track and field standout for a long timeNoie: How did one group of Notre Dame football fans plan to spend a spring game Saturday?

1 month ago | ndinsider.com | Tom Noie

SOUTH BEND ― Living her best life as a Notre Dame track and field athlete – the busier, the better – keeps Jadin O’Brien from dwelling on one day. The day she knows is coming. The day when everything changes. Forever. Noie: How did one group of Notre Dame football fans plan to spend a spring game Saturday? The day she takes one last look around Loftus Center and remembers all the struggles, all the successes, all the tears of joy and the tears of pain and the sacrifices made over the last five years.

1 month ago | ndinsider.com | Tom Noie

SOUTH BEND – On a crisp, clear Saturday morning, five hours before the annual Blue-Gold game, a rickety red and white school bus in an empty parking lot stood out like, well, a rickety red and white school bus in an empty parking lot. Three cases of Natural Light beer sat outside near the rear of the vehicle. Next to it were three cases of Busch Light. For some reason, a two-liter bottle of Sprite sat alone on a table. Just because.

1 month ago | ndinsider.com | Mike Berardino

Notre Dame walk-on turned scholarship player Luke Talich expresses concern over proposed roster limitations impacting future walk-on opportunities. The proposed NCAA settlement could limit FBS rosters to 105 players, potentially eliminating spots for walk-ons at Notre Dame. Talich and current Notre Dame walk-ons worry about the impact on athletes from smaller communities who rely on walk-on opportunities to play at larger programs.