http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/NCAA+Football IrishCentral NCAA Football en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/from-the-bleachers/the-nebraska-cornhuskers-and-7-year-old-jack-hoffman---a-moment-of-true-class-video-202185651.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/from-the-bleachers/the-nebraska-cornhuskers-and-7-year-old-jack-hoffman---a-moment-of-true-class-video-202185651.html Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:02:53 PDT
The Nebraska Cornhuskers will be getting all sorts of Karma points for this classy act, where they organised for 7 year old cancer patient Jack Hoffman to score a touchdown in their spring training gameJack Hoffman takes the field with the Nebraska football teamThe Nebraska Cornhuskers turned a regular spring training game into something special, with a classy act that deserves every second of the positive exposure and discussion it is getting  By now over 4 million people have viewed the incident on YouTube and 7-year-old Jack Hoffman has become a household nameLate in the spring game, the Nebraska coach called a timeout, and out onto the field trotted little Jack wearing adorable, tiny football pads and a miniature No 22 jersey READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/from-the-bleachers/manti-teo-probably-not-the-worlds-greatest-ever-boyfriend-187576221.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/from-the-bleachers/manti-teo-probably-not-the-worlds-greatest-ever-boyfriend-187576221.html Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:45:54 PST
For the love of God, please, someone take the shovel off of Manti Te'o This hole he is digging is getting so deep there is no way he is going to be able to climb back out of it You are probably following Te'o attempts to clear his sullied, muddied name by staging bizarre ESPN 'interviews' (they would appear to be 'interviews' along the same lines as a Kim Jong-il Press Release) where no real questions are asked while Manti finds new and interesting ways of making his whole story more confusing We will leave you to trawl through the facts and fiction and instead point you in the direction of one pretty damning comment on the unfortunate young man's part READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/from-the-bleachers/the-curious-case-of-manti-teo-and-lennay-kekua-a-few-questions-for-mr-teo-187323571.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/from-the-bleachers/the-curious-case-of-manti-teo-and-lennay-kekua-a-few-questions-for-mr-teo-187323571.html Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:15:53 PST
So first things first, we have to clear a little business out of the way Regular readers of this column will recall a certain Heisman trophy winner being dragged through the mud for basically being of apparent poor character Well now, Johnny Football doesn’t come across too bad now, does he?! It takes a big man to say sorry, and, Johnny Football, I am sorry You are definitely not the least reputable character amongst that Heisman class READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/from-the-bleachers/objectification-of-katherine-webb-shows-just-how-far-behind-the-times-us-sporting-media-has-fallen-186150731.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/from-the-bleachers/objectification-of-katherine-webb-shows-just-how-far-behind-the-times-us-sporting-media-has-fallen-186150731.html Wed, 09 Jan 2013 04:46:03 PST
The BCS bowl game Monday night sadly was not what you would call compelling viewing For Notre Dame fans the writing must have been on the wall as the teams came out of the tunnel, and they suffered that scary moment of realisation that hits all teams from high school up through college ‘Damn, those guys are huge!’The game was such a non-contest that the commentary team’s minds and mouths wandered READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/from-the-bleachers/kentucky-interim-coach-lance-guidry-blows-his-kids-chance-to-win-bowl-game-but-makes-great-pre-game-speech-184916681.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/from-the-bleachers/kentucky-interim-coach-lance-guidry-blows-his-kids-chance-to-win-bowl-game-but-makes-great-pre-game-speech-184916681.html Thu, 27 Dec 2012 04:15:24 PST
If you simply read the vanilla flavour game reports on last night's Bowl game between Western Kentucky and Central Michigan you would think the underdogs from Michigan survived a dramatic late decision by Kentucky to go for it on fourth down to win the game Basically that was it That's certainly how it is being presentedHowever, if you actually watched the game, there was a number of aspects that didn't sit well after the fact READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/from-the-bleachers/scooby-doo-johnny-manziel-wins-the-heisman-trophy-182732361.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/from-the-bleachers/scooby-doo-johnny-manziel-wins-the-heisman-trophy-182732361.html Sun, 09 Dec 2012 08:31:33 PST
And so it has come to this Scooby Doo has won the Heisman Trophy By Scooby Doo we of course mean Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel, the diminutive QB who will, let's face it, have a very hard time making at the next level Despite losing twice in the NCAA football season READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/from-the-bleachers/barkley-injury-opens-the-door-for-the-fighting-irish-179961881.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/from-the-bleachers/barkley-injury-opens-the-door-for-the-fighting-irish-179961881.html Mon, 19 Nov 2012 08:01:17 PST
With another dominant win, this time blasting past over-matched Wake Forest, Notre Dame marched a little closer towards its first National title since 1988 With some dramatic news following USC’s capitulation to UCLA, that march became a full on charge Word has come out that USC Quarterback Matt Barkley will not be able to face The Fighting Irish after injuring his shoulder against UCLA The injury is being reported as a sprained AC joint in his right shoulder and is serious enough that Trojans coach Lane Kiffin has already ruled him out of the game against Notre Dame READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/from-the-bleachers/can-manti-teo-win-the-heisman--176441251.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/from-the-bleachers/can-manti-teo-win-the-heisman--176441251.html Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:46:27 PDT
Just a handful of weeks ago a big, popular website scoffed openly at the potential of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o winning the Heisman Trophy, deriding the journalist who dared to suggest the possibility Well, now that same website looks (even more so than usual) pretty stupid, as all the biggest sporting sites are openly discussing and indeed suggesting the validity of the young man’s candidacyWhisper it quietly, but Manti Te'o could just very well become the first defensive player to win the Heisman trophy since Charles Woodson Manti’s play speaks for itself, as do his defensive statistics READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/from-the-bleachers/notre-dame-go-to-8-0-but-is-it-all-in-vain-176162301.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/from-the-bleachers/notre-dame-go-to-8-0-but-is-it-all-in-vain-176162301.html Sun, 28 Oct 2012 06:00:47 PDT
Notre Dame appear to have something cooking this season Defying pre-season expectations they have beaten all comers culminating in an impressive 30-13 win over Oklahoma last night, on the road, no less Everett Golson threw for 177 yards and dove for the decisive 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter They got some serious help on the defensive side too READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/from-the-bleachers/skeletons-coming-out-of-the-closet-latest-in-the-bobby-petrino-posse-alison-melder-147309095.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/from-the-bleachers/skeletons-coming-out-of-the-closet-latest-in-the-bobby-petrino-posse-alison-melder-147309095.html Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:15:08 PDT
Alison Melder and Bobby PetrinoIsn’t this whole Bobby Petrino thing starting to feel a little Tiger-Woodsish?Move over Jessica Dorrell, there's a new mistress in town! Up to now the focus on former Arkansas Razorbacks coach Bobby Petrino's "illicit" relationship has been Jessica Dorrell, however the exposure of Petrino's phone records via the Freedom of Information Act has moved attention to another potentially inappropriate dallianceModern technology, isn’t it great? The content of Petrino's text messages, still available on his business cellphone, were obtained by the Associated Press, through a Freedom of Information Act request Several websites have taken the time to trawl through the entire record and pick out the juicer elements One of the repeat phone numbers in the list was that of model Alison Melder READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/from-the-bleachers/wexford-notre-dame-fan-shows-his-pride-with-irish-tattoo-143335066.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/from-the-bleachers/wexford-notre-dame-fan-shows-his-pride-with-irish-tattoo-143335066.html Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:00:12 PDT
With Notre Dame coming over to play Navy in Dublin, Ireland this summer, there will be plenty of Irish fans making the trip over Funny thing is, there are plenty of them here already They are a pretty passionate bunch tooTake for example 37 year old father of five Michael Kavanagh from Wexford READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/from-the-bleachers/penn-state-affair-massive-failure-all-round-while-espn-still-throws-bouquets-at-paterno-133517573.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/from-the-bleachers/penn-state-affair-massive-failure-all-round-while-espn-still-throws-bouquets-at-paterno-133517573.html Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:00:15 PST
I am sorry, but let's just come out and ask it, why are the biggest sporting websites still talking about Joe Paterno in terms of adoration? Weeks after the allegations have sprung that Paterno and others turned a blind eye to a Penn State coach abusing young boys, hours after calls for Peterno's head started, ESPN amongst others are publishing soft-focus, slush pieces on the Penn State head-coach Check out this rubbish from ESPN You can almost hear the PGA Tour soft-core porn music humming in the background as you read the below''The love was evident as several hundred students crowded around Paterno's house - The 84-year-old coach looked happier than any senior citizen ever to have kids trample his lawn READ MORE ]]>