SOUTH BEND — After watching Notre Dame football dismantle Georgia’s budding dynasty in the Sugar Bowl, Northern Illinois coach Thomas Hammock found himself offering the enthusiastic praise the Irish ...

There’s Coach Thomas Hammock, delighting at the TV mentions ... players lurk in more burgs than people care to realize, Notre Dame’s 15-game slog through a heady season has gone spotless ...

On Thursday night, Northern Illinois football coach Thomas Hammock was in Orlando ... As the season progressed and Notre Dame continued to win, Hammock couldn’t help but be aware of the streak.

And yet, Thomas Hammock’s team figured out Notre Dame just enough. The Northern Illinois coach and his Huskies beat the Irish 16-14 in one of the most stunning upsets of the season.

No matter where one looks, former Baltimore Ravens coaches are everywhere. Not just in the NFL, but in the college ranks as well. In fact, one of said coaches r ...

Some will say that it was the stunning adversity of a 16-14 loss to Thomas Hammock and Northern Illinois — 29½-point underdogs — at Notre Dame Stadium last September that has greatly helped ...

Notre Dame's Mitch Jeter (98 ... By the way, the folks in South Bend might want to send Huskies coach Thomas Hammock a truckload of his favorite beverage, which I assume might be Gatorade.

Thomas Hammock led Northern Illinois to a stunning victory in South Bend in September, and the legend has only grown as the Fighting Irish advanced toward Monday’s national championship game.