# **Touchdown in the Spotlight: Why the Notre Dame Football Schedule is the World’s Newest Obsession** In a world where memes, TikTok dances, and the latest K-pop sensation usually dominate the global trending charts, something unexpected has stolen the spotlight: the Notre Dame football schedule. Yes, you read that right. The Fighting Irish’s gridiron itinerary…
Marcus Freeman’s Sideline Swagger: How an Irish-American Coach Became the Accidental Face of Soft-Power Diplomacy Paris, 28 November – Somewhere between the Seine’s grey drizzle and the perpetual gridlock on the Boulevard Périphérique, a curious diplomatic cable landed on the desk of a junior attaché at the Quai d’Orsay. Subject line: “Freeman, Marcus – possible…
The Vatican has popes, Brussels has bureaucrats, and South Bend, Indiana—population 103,000, soy-to-human ratio still disputed—has a football coach. When Notre Dame promoted defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman to the throne formerly warmed by Brian Kelly’s hyperactive headset, the global reaction was swift, breathless, and completely disproportionate to any measurable impact on, say, grain futures in…
