Particularly not this week, with Golden back in South Florida for the Orange Bowl and facing sixth-seeded Penn State on ... the "Godfather” nickname was mentioned. “I don’t think Al has any Italian in ...

Golden is a vortex around which this Orange Bowl will swirl narratively ... Notre Dame DC and former Penn State tight end Al Golden was asked about the biggest lesson he learned from Joe Paterno.

Al Golden, Notre Dame football's defensive coordinator and the ... “It was just so disturbing,” Golden said Tuesday at Orange Bowl media day. “Not being able to leave the hotel and worried about ...

− Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden is doing his best, he said here, to push his intertwined football past aside with this opponent, with this town. This College Football Playoff semifinal in ...

(WHTM) – Penn State’s high-flying offense will have a major test on Thursday night against Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl thanks in ... s defensive coordinator Al Golden. A tight end on the ...

Notre Dame enters the Orange Bowl as one of the best defenses in college ... third-down attempts against Notre Dame. “When I hired Al Golden three years ago, it was for two reasons,” Notre ...

January 8 - This week's trip to South Florida isn't the first homecoming for Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden ... in the Capital One Orange Bowl this Thursday night with a chance ...

REQUIRED READING:Al Golden's journey: From starring for Penn State football to trying, once more, to beat it The stadium in which he’ll be coaching won’t be the only thing at the Orange Bowl ...

FORT LAUDERDALE | In the Notre Dame locker room last week, players passed around some ancient videos of defensive coordinator Al Golden ... Golden said two days before the Orange Bowl, as everyone ...

In an instant classic that featured three ties and as many lead changes, Notre Dame football pulled out a 27-24 win over Penn State in the Orange Bowl semifinal of ... Broyles Award finalist Al Golden ...

DANIA BEACH — Al Golden will be familiar with his surroundings ... leads one of the nation’s elite defenses into the Orange Bowl — which is doubling as a semifinal in the College Football ...