"Yeah," Strickler interjected after hearing yet another Grantland Rice mention of Notre Dame's backfield foursome. "They're just like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse!" 'Dad, I need four horses ...

Outlined against a blue, gray October sky the Four Horsemen rode again ... That 1924 team went on to win Notre Dame’s first national championship. A hundred years later, the Irish play at ...

Advertisement Thus, 100 years ago this month -- thanks to the eloquence of a great sportswriter -- an American football legend was born: the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame. And then, thanks to the ...