Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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UNDER THE DOME Early Bird Special Notre Dame has had earlier season openers than this year's Sept. 1 game with Navy in Dublin, Ireland, but it has never had an opener that started earlier. Because of the five-hour time dif- ference, the kickoff time for the Notre Dame-Navy game in the United States will be 9 a.m. ET, which means 8 a.m. in the Central Time zone and 6 a.m. Pacific Time. The game will be telecast by CBS. 2012 NOTRE DAME Date Opponent (TV) Sept. 1 Sept. 8 Sept. 15 at Michigan State (TBD) Sept. 22 Michigan (NBC) Oct. 6 Purdue (NBC) Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 vs. Miami (NBC) Stanford (NBC) Nov. 10 Brigham Young (NBC) at Oklahoma (TBD) Pittsburgh (NBC) Nov. 17 Wake Forest (NBC) Nov. 24 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE vs. Navy (CBS) Time (ET) 9 a.m. 3:30 p.m. TBD 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. TBD at Boston College (TBD) at USC (TBD) 3:30 p.m. TBD 3:30 p.m. TBD Former Notre Dame offensive coordina- tor Charley Molnar is the head coach at Massachusetts, which will play the Fighting Irish in 2015. PHOTO BY JOE RAYMOND According to a report in the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Notre Dame and the University of Massachusetts will meet on the football field for the first time when the Irish play host to the Minutemen dur- ing the 2015 season. Last December, UMass hired Charley Molnar as head coach. Molnar had been Brian Kelly's offensive coordinator/ quarterbacks coach at Notre Dame in 2010-11, and had been on Kelly's staff since 2006. It is the first meeting between the two NOTRE DAME WILL FACE UMASS IN 2015 programs, and it will be a one-game con- tract, according to the Gazette. UMass is making the jump from the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) to the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) this fall and will play in the Mid-American Conference. Notre Dame, USC and UCLA are the (Sept. 5), at Michigan (Sept. 12), at Purdue (Sept. 19) and Temple (Sept. 26). Among the potential dates for the UMass game are Oct. 3 and Oct. 24. The NEW Story of Notre Dame FROM CHAPTER 8: THE HEAVE ON THE EVE Twas the Night before New Year's, and in South Louziana The Irish arrived to defeat Alabama Some Catholics were hung in the late afternoon When they got too rowdy in a Cajun Saloon And then for a hundred Alfonse danced, dodged and juked While up in the booth, Bud Wilkinson puked When Conflict Began, the Fans seemed all Tide Then Irish Appeared all on the Victory's Side that Potempa'd get in there and kill Richard Todd Who threw to a receiver, who then threw it back, and it seemed so unfair in the score we did lack And in every quarter, we all prayed to God As that wonderful time when the Judge passed the Bar But the Irish undaunted marched back down the field But the Crimson Tide defense would not totally yield Then the Judge came through, but needed some luck He got us three points, though his kick really sucked Now that kick is known near and afar Purchase at 1-888-795-4274 or www.thenewstoryofnotredame.com $12.99 plus S/H He could not stop the rain, but he did stem the Tide. For it was His Mother who called the last heave Then on all shoulders our Ara did ride Then 'Bama came back, but stopped at midfield Red kicked to our one, the game's fate unsealed Not even God knew what was up Ara's sleeve www.BLUEANDGOLD.com only schools in the FBS never to play an FCS (formerly Division I-AA) team. Notre Dame has not released any full- season football schedules beyond 2012. The Irish tentatively are scheduled to begin September 2015 with Texas MAY 2012 15