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Exactly where and how Notre Dame's athletic nickname, "Fighting Irish," originated never has been perfectly explained.

One story suggests the moniker was born in 1899 with Notre Dame leading Northwestern 5-0 at halftime of a game in Evanston, Ill. The Wildcat fans supposedly began to chant, "Kill the Fighting Irish, kill the Fighting Irish," as the second half opened.

Another tale has the nickname originating at halftime of the Notre Dame-Michigan game in 1909. With his team trailing, one Notre Dame player yelled to his teammates - who happened to have names like Dolan, Kelly, Glynn, Duffy and Ryan - "What's the matter with you guys? You're all Irish and you're not fighting worth a lick."

Notre Dame came back to win the game and press, after overhearing the remark, reported the game as a victory for the "Fighting Irish". The most generally accepted explanation is that the press coined the nickname as a characterization of Notre Dame athletic teams, their never-say-die fighting spirit and the Irish qualities of grit, determination and tenacity".

 

 2008 Notre Dame Commitments
courtesy of blueandgold.com

                                   Position      Ht/Wt
Blanton, Robert           CB             6-1/177 
Cave, Braxston             C                6-4/295 
Clelland, Lane             OT             6-5/265 
Crist, Dayne                 QB             6-5/228 
Cwynar, Sean             DE             6-4/284 
Fauria, Joseph             TE             6-8/250 
Filer, Steve                  ILB            6-3/220 
Fleming, Darius          OLB          6-3/230 
Floyd, Michael            WR            6-3/200 
Golic, Mike                   C               6-5/260 
Goodman, John           WR           6-4/192 
Gray, Jonas                 RB            5-9/206 
Hunter, Omar              DT            6-1/295 
Johnson, Ethan            DE            6-4/265 
McCarthy, Dan             S               6-2/190 
McDonald, Anthony    ILB           6-3/220 
Newman, Brandon       DT           6-1/305 
Posluszny, David         ILB           6-0/206 
Rudolph, Kyle             TE            6-7/220 
Slaughter, Jamoris     CB           6-1/185 
Williams, Hafis            DT            6-3/295

 
Notre Dame Schedule
  2008 Schedule
  SD STATE Sept. 6
  MICHIGAN Sept. 13
  @ MICH ST Sept. 20
  PURDUE Sept. 27
  STANFORD Oct. 4
  @ NC Oct. 11
  @ WASH Oct. 25
  PITTSBURGH Nov. 1
  @ BC Nov. 8
  @ NAVY Nov. 15
  SYRACUSE Nov. 22
  @ USC Nov. 29
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