The last time Notre Dame won a National Championship, they had an athlete from Wilkes-Barre, PA blazing the path.
Woodland's Trey Bennett, Collinsville's Drake DeVore and Broken Arrow's Colby Crosby are among the players scheduled to participate.
Smart made sure to shout out Rocket Ismail, a player who gave him the "wow" factor from the 1988-90 Notre Dame teams. The Georgia coach used to watch him and the Fighting Irish when he was young.
That 1998 visit to Indianapolis ended up as a victorious one for Carolina. The Panthers—powered by a pair of 100-yard performances from running back Tim Biakabutuka and wide receiver Raghib “Rocket” ...
Georgia coach Kirby Smart says he grew up watching Fighting Irish football. He cites Rocket Ismail as someone who gave him the "wow" factor at an impressionable age. "Notre Dame was, and has been ...