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In-State Rivalry Renewed: Week 3 Match Up, # 12 Notre Dame Takes on Purdue

09/17/2021 GTapling IV Comments 0 Comment

While looking at the 2021 Notre Dame schedule before the season started, I did not think the meaningful games would start until week 4 when the Fighting Irish traveled to Chicago to take on Wisconsin. Opening the season on the road vs. Florida State on prime time was a game to worry about, but following up with home games against a MAC team in Toledo and then a bottom half B1G team with Purdue didn’t really get the heart rate…

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What to Expect from 4th and 1rish During the 2021 Notre Dame Football Season

08/31/2021 GTapling IV Comments 0 Comment

I started this blog after the 2020 Notre Dame season had started. I had thought about blogging about the Fighting Irish for a while, and sitting around during Covid gave me the time. So, the 2021 season will be the first full season that the 4th and 1rish blog will be around. I plan on keeping the same type of blogs from last year and adding more as the season goes on. Here is the plan for weekly blogs: We…

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The House that Rockne Built empty no more, Full capacity for upcoming season.

05/26/2021 GTapling IV Comments 0 Comment

Today was my first day back to work in 6 days after getting married, I opened my laptop to over 200 new emails. The day ahead looked like a long grind until I opened twitter and saw the above tweet. WHAT A DAY! Notre Dame Stadium will be full for the home opener on September 11th vs mighty Toledo. In the article full capacity is the only thing that is a go right now, Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick said “In…

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Fighting Irish to take on The Hoosiers…in 2030.

04/19/2021 GTapling IV Comments 0 Comment

News broke today that Notre Dame and Indiana have agreed to an in-state home and home in the future. Which is awesome news…until you find out the dates. The Hoosiers head to South Bend on August 31st, 2030; yup, 9 years away. The Fighting Irish will then travel to Bloomington the following season on September 27th. Notre Dame and Indiana have played each other 25 times, with the recored being 22 and 3 in favor of the Fighting Irish. The…

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4th and 1rish Top 4: Fighting Irish Twitter

03/21/2021 GTapling IV Comments 0 Comment

With the first installment of 4th and 1rish top 4, I am going with the top four Twitter accounts that I go to for all my Irish football needs. These are four very different accounts, some well-known ones and some lesser-known. Again, these are my top four and they very well can differ from any other Irish football fan. My top 4: Pete Sampson @Petesampson_ : Pete Sampson is a Notre Dame beat writer who works for The Athletic. Yes,…

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New Blog Series: Top 4 with 4th and 1rish

03/17/2021 GTapling IV Comments 0 Comment

Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Irish Fans!! 4th and 1rish took a small hiatus after the beat down in Dallas. Good news, I’ve landed a new job with a better work/life balance, which means more time to work on this blog. To get back into the swing of things during the offseason, I came up with the a new blog series, “Top 4 with 4th and 1rish,” where I will pick my top 4 things from any topic regarding Notre Dame…

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Fighting Irish Look to Shock the World in the Rose Bowl

01/01/2021 GTapling IV Comments 0 Comment

As soon as the College Football Playoffs were announced and that #4 Notre Dame would face #1 Alabama in the Rose Bowl, everyone said the game would be a blowout. On paper, the experts are not wrong, as Alabama is hands down the best team this year. Going into the game, Alabama is favored by 19 points, which is the biggest spread in the playoffs history. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t in the group of Irish…

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Fighting Irish Back in the College Football Playoffs, Will Take on the Tide

12/21/2020 GTapling IV Comments 0 Comment

Notre Dame landed a spot in the College Football Playoffs for the second time in 3 years. The Fighting Irish come in as the #4 team and will play #1 Alabama in the Rose Bowl on New Years day, a rematch of the 2013 BCS Championship Game (yes, we don’t need to talk about the outcome of that game). It is a bucket list goal of mine to watch the Irish play in the Rose Bowl, but sadly there are…

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Notre Dame vs Clemson Part 2: Can the Irish Knock Clemson Out of the Playoff Conversation?

12/19/2020 GTapling IV Comments 0 Comment

Very few people outside of South Bend believe that Notre Dame can beat Clemson again on Saturday. Notre Dame for the most part out-played Clemson back in November, but yet the Irish come into the ACC Championship as a 10-point underdog. Yes, Clemson has Trevor Lawrence back, but Clemson still threw the ball at will last time these two teams played, and the Irish still came out with the win. Having Lawrence back for Clemson is huge, there is no…

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National Signing Day: Fighting Irish Land a Top 10 Recruiting Class

12/17/2020 GTapling IV Comments 0 Comment

While planning for the game Saturday vs Clemson, Notre Dame also worked on its future next season. Early signing was this past Wednesday for the 2021 recruiting class, and Notre Dame landed 24 National Letters of Intent. There were no real surprises on Wednesday, and thats a good thing sometimes when it comes to college recruiting. Notre Dame was ranked by ESPN as having the 8th best class currently, and the Irish signed 11 four-star recruits and 14 three-star recruits…

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