Tag: The Echoes

Mick Asaf Leaving Irish, Football to Pursue Gaming Business Full-Time

Notre Dame senior running back Mick Assaf announced Friday that he is leaving football.

Notre Dame senior running back Mick Assaf announced Friday that he is leaving football. He will not play for the Irish this season so that he can focus completely on YOKE, his video gaming business. He released the following statement:

Asaf played in all 13 games for the Irish in 2019 and won the season’s Walk-On Players Union Player of the Year Award at the Echoes. He carried the ball from scrimmage nine times for 34 yards, giving him an average of 3.8 yards a carry. His best game came against Bowling Green, when he gained 15 yards on four carries.

A product of the Mendoza College of Business, Asaf has majored in marketing and minored in innovation and entrepreneurship. Now, the Atlanta native will use all of that to try and make his mark on the gaming industry. As one era in his life draws to a close, he can be enthusiastic about his new one. Best of luck to him going forward.

Notre Dame Football: Praise For the Alma Mater

Anyone who attends a game at Notre Dame Stadium knows all the pageantry that goes with it. To that end, it’s hard to imagine a game ending without the players and fans joining arms and singing “Notre Dame, Our Mother.” And when we see it sung …

Anyone who attends a game at Notre Dame Stadium knows all the pageantry that goes with it. To that end, it’s hard to imagine a game ending without the players and fans joining arms and singing “Notre Dame, Our Mother.” And when we see it sung elsewhere, as it was during Friday’s Echoes, we’re reminded that the song can be equally impressive on smaller scales.

I’ve been to exactly one Irish game in my life, and that was the 2012 game against Michigan. After Notre Dame was finished beating the Wolverines that night, I looked forward to singing the alma mater with my dad. Not only was it a beautiful song to sing along with, but I sang it to honor my late grandfather who was very proud of his connection to the university. Somehow, I believe he and all Notre Dam alumni who have passed on descend from Heaven onto Notre Dame Stadium to join everyone even though we can’t see them.

Is it a schmaltzy thought? Probably, but how could you not think otherwise whenever that lovely song rings through your ears?