Friday, August 29, 2014

Empty Student Section at Michigan Stadium?


Word on the street is Michigan Stadium will see a significant drop in student attendance at football games -- look how bad it might be...

LINK:  ATTENDANCE DOWN

Severe Weather Plan for Notre Dame Stadium


A Notre Dame official spoke with the local media today about plans in place should severe weather come to campus during tomorrow's game between Rice and the Fighting Irish.

LINK:  EVACUATION PLANS

Chargers Excited About Watt's Possibilities...


Former Notre Dame student-athlete Chris Watt '13, earned some high praise from the San Diego Chargers head coach Mike McCoy.  The Bolts are thrilled with Watt's smarts and ability to play three positions on their offensive line -- very well.

LINK:  POSITION FLEXIBILITY

Photo of ND Football Motorcade to South Bend


After this evening's Pep Rally the Fighting Irish jumped aboard three buses for their trip downtown to the Double Tree Hotel -- their Friday night headquarters...  Note the police escort.

Photos From Tonight's Notre Dame Pep Rally


Here's the view of tonight's Pep Rally in South Quad -- note the new Under Armour gear for the Notre Dame cheerleaders.

LINK:  VIDEO

Houston Chronicle Coverage of Rice Owls FB


Took a visit to the Houston Chronicle site to see what they're reporting about their "home team" Rice Owls and their game with our Fighting Irish tomorrow -- here's what I found:

LINK:  HOUSTON CHRONICLE

LINK:  HOUSTON CHRONICLE

Forecast: Can the New Field Turf Handle Rain?


We're going to learn tomorrow if Notre Dame Stadium's new Field Turf surface can handle rain -- maybe lots of it...

Rice vs. Notre Dame is scheduled to kick-off at 3:42 PM ET.

Here's the latest forecast -- click on the link below:

LINK:  RADAR

OT: Under Armour Did the Naval Academy Right


I really like this helmet, uniform combination created by Under Armour for the Naval Academy. 

Notice the player's rank on the shoulder boards and pants (bars).

SHARP!

LINK:  UNDER ARMOUR & NAVY