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Notre Dame projected as College Football Playoff quarterfinalist

Minds are starting to change about the Irish.

For much of the time after Notre Dame lost to Northern Illinois, the Action Network’s Brett McMurphy was not empathetic. He consistently had the Irish in the Pop-Tarts Bowl, thus rendering their first season in the expanded College Football Playoff era a failure.

McMurphy has changed his tune about the Irish however. A week ago, he projected the Irish as the No. 10 seed in the playoff. While he had them losing to Penn State, it still was a sign of progress.

Now, McMurphy has flipped the seeds for the Irish and Nittany Lions, meaning the Irish now would host the first-round game. What’s more, he has the Irish winning the game, which would give them a New Year’s Day date with Georgia at the Sugar Bowl. Regrettably, that’s where he has the Irish’s run ending, but this still is a nice projection.

A lot has to go right for the Irish to get as far as McMurphy thinks they will, but that he even made this projection shows how much the narrative surrounding the Irish has changed for the better.

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Notre Dame projected to make College Football Playoff, go to Rose Bowl

That’s more like it.

It’s funny how one quality road victory by Notre Dame can change people’s opinions.

Before the Irish beat Texas A&M in their season opener, many college football experts had them on the outside looking in when it came to the College Football Playoff. Brett McMurphy of The Action Network was one of them.

After the Irish’s victory though, McMurphy has jumped into the Irish believers camp. He released his latest bowl projections, and it’s definitely an improvements from his previous projection of Notre Dame playing in the Holiday Bowl.

McMurphy not only has the Irish making the playoff as the eighth seed, but he sees them making the trip to Pasadena on New Year’s Day:

https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1830679017466536206

Losing to the top seed in the bracket would be nothing to be ashamed of and a positive step toward the future. If the Irish take care of business throughout the regular season though, we could be looking at even grander predictions for them.

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ACC men’s basketball leaders as of Dec. 31

No Notre Dame players.

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Here are the ACC’s major statistical leaders as we begin 2024:

Notre Dame crushes Boston College in New Year’s Day matinee

Can’t play much better than that.

SOUTH BEND — Notre Dame is on a mission in 2023, so it only made sense to start the New Year off right. A decent-sized crowd came out to Purcell Pavilion to see what the Irish could do against a talented Boston College team. What they did was run the Eagles out of the building. This one never was in doubt as the Irish won, 85-48.

The Irish (12-1, 3-0) led wire-to-wire and proved that the talent the Eagles (11-5, 1-2) have just can’t compete with their depth and well-oiled machine. They outhustled, outdefended and outplayed the Eagles throughout. Even the stats showed dominance as the Irish enjoyed sizable leads in points in the paint (56-36), fast-break points (19-9), bench scoring (36-9) and steals (15-8). The Eagles had a decent third quarter with a 19-12 scoring advantage, but other than that, they weren’t able to do much.

[autotag]KK Bransford[/autotag] came off the bench to set a new scoring high for her freshman year with 17 points. [autotag]Olivia Miles[/autotag] was terrific all-around, also scoring 17 to go with six rebounds and five assists. [autotag]Sonia Citron[/autotag] had a similar line of 15 points, six rebounds and four assists. [autotag]Cassandre Prosper[/autotag] also made an impact in her home debut, scoring seven points and grabbing a game-high nine boards.

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Notre Dame readies to face Boston College on New Year’s Day

For your early New Year’s viewing.

Notre Dame won’t have much if any time to celebrate on New Year’s Eve. That’s because a game is scheduled for noon EST on New Year’s Day. The Irish will welcome Boston College to Purcell Pavilion. If you’re a fan of players really making noise in the ACC, this is the game for you.

This contest will feature the ACC’s top two assist leaders in the Irish’s [autotag]Olivia Miles[/autotag] (7.8) and Eagles freshman Phenom Taina Mair (7.5), who also is the conference’s minutes leader (37.1). The Irish also will have to deal with Dontavia Waggoner, who leads the conference in steals. You better believe [autotag]Niele Ivey[/autotag] will have her team ready for both players.

Since losing a heartbreaker at the buzzer to Maryland, the Irish have won five straight. They will look to continue that streak as ACC play began in earnest with Thursday’s win at Miami. If you want to see if they can, come out to Purcell Pavilion like we will be doing. Otherwise, you can watch on the ACC Network.

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10 days of winter workouts: Kettle bell swings

This full-body kettle bell swing exercise will help with the strength and stability of your golf swing.

The countdown is on to set New Year’s resolutions. Golfweek is here to broaden your fitness knowledge and give you some golf-specific exercises with “10 days of winter workouts.”

Averee Dovsek is in the gym demonstrating a full-body kettle bell swing exercise that will help with the strength and stability of your golf swing.

This exercise activates a variety of muscles and helps with endurance. The kettle bell swing is a hip-hinge movement that targets the glutes, hamstrings, abdominals, quadriceps, lats, adductors and diaphragm.

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10 days of winter workouts: Full-body power movement

Averee Dovsek is in the gym demonstrating a full-body power movement known as a deadlift to rotational landmine press.

The holidays are here and many people are setting New Year’s resolutions. Golfweek is here to broaden your fitness knowledge and give you some golf-specific exercises with, “10 days of winter workouts.”

Averee Dovsek is in the gym demonstrating a full-body power movement known as a deadlift to rotational landmine press.

This explosive movement targets the quadriceps, gluteus maximus and anterior deltoids all while focusing on balance and power. This exercise contains unilateral movements, full-body coordination and works out your upper and lower body.

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Holiday sports TV guide: Trojan football, bowl games, World Cup, USC basketball, NFL

There are two huge sports weekends coming up in the next month, with #USC being part of them. We’ll help you plan your schedule.

The holidays are a time for celebrating and feasting, for taking some time to enjoy life at the end of a difficult year in a generally difficult time. Christmas and New Year’s Day are painful times for some, but if at all possible, it’s good to get away from the grind and recharge before the new year. The week between Dec. 25 and Jan. 1 is the one week of the year when the days of the week blur together. Wednesday doesn’t feel like Wednesday, Monday doesn’t feel like Monday. It’s holiday time and a chance to hopefully take a break.

There’s lots of sports on TV this December, with the World Cup adding an ingredient to the mix. Christmas Day is a Sunday, which means the NFL plays most of its games on Saturday, Dec. 24, this year. There’s also a plot twist involving the big bowl games on Jan. 2. (The big bowls are that day because Jan. 1 is an NFL Sunday.)

USC Athletics is part of this feast of sports on TV. Let’s help you plan your schedule so that you can do other holiday activities in certain time slots:

Notre Dame releases ACC schedule for 2022-23 season

Which game excites you the most?

We now have Notre Dame’s full schedule for the 2022-23 season. We’ve known about the nonconference schedule for a month now. Now, we get to talk about the games that really count. These really will determine whether the Irish return to the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year.

The Irish will play two nonconsecutive ACC games in December before going to a full-time conference schedule right before New Year’s Day. They will have home-and-homes with six conference opponents and single games with the remaining eight. So it’s nothing atypical with how the ACC schedule works.

As this schedule has just come out, no times or TV networks are out for these games yet. Regardless of what they are, the Irish will be ready to play in their season-long quest to build on the successful 2021-22 season. If you’re planning to go to Purcell Pavilion or even check out another ACC venue, here’s what to mark on your calendar: