Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Looks Like Duke FB Needs a Notre Dame Game


Discounting tickets to Saturday's game because of Hurricane Joaquin -- you can't make this up...

LINK:  DUKE CAN'T SELL FB TICKETS

CBS FB Experts Talk Notre Dame vs. Clemson


Clemson Week: Dabo's ESPN Interview


ESPN'S Matich & McShay Pick ND to Win


ESPN's Herbstreit Breaks Down ND / Clemson


Clemson Week: Rolling Out a New Helmet?


This was "tweeted" by a Clemson coach...

Must Read: Dan Wetzel on ND's Independence


You may recall one of the coaches who spoke out about Notre Dame's independence was Clemson's Dabo Swinney...

I hope he reads this story.

LINK:  NOTRE DAME'S INDEPENDENCE

Headed to Clemson? -- Take Your Rain Gear!



Hurricane Joaquin will be lurking off the Atlantic Coast and creating some weather issues for the Carolinas this weekend -- looks like just rain...

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

ICON: Notre Dame's 62 - 27 Win Over UMASS


Clemson Week: Coach Kelly Press Conference


ACC Network: Foster vs. Notre Dame Defense


Clemson Coach: "I Couldn't Get Jesus Tickets"



Clemson Head Coach Dabo Swinney made this remark during his press conference earlier today...

Clemson Week: Tigers' OC Tony Elliott's Story


Brian Kelly on ESPN's SportsCenter With SVP


ESPN Feature: Injuries to Playoff Contenders


Episode 4 Tonight: A Season With ND Football


The show airs tonight at 10 PM ET / PT on Showtime!

Monday, September 28, 2015

The ACC Officiating of Notre Dame FB Games


Here are the facts as we move into YEAR TWO of Notre Dame football using Atlantic Coast Conference officiating crews.

During the 2014 football season -- Notre Dame had ACC officials for nine of their twelve regular season games -- here's the results:

When Notre Dame played an ACC Team -- ACC Officials called:
  • 7.5 penalties for 64.7 penalty yards (per game) on Notre Dame
  • 9.0 penalties for 80.0 penalty yards (per game) for ACC opponent

When Notre Dame payed a non-ACC Team -- ACC Officials called;
  • 2.4 penalties for 20.6 penalty yards per game on Notre Dame

Here's what the 2015 season looks like so far, in ND games officiated by ACC crews:

VIRGINIA GAME - 2015
  • Penalties called on Notre Dame:  4 for 40 yards
  • Penalties called on Virginia:  9 for 55 yards

GEORGIA TECH GAME- 2015
  • Penalties called on Notre Dame:  8 for 55 yards
  • Penalties called on Georgia Tech:  4 for 30 yards

UMASS GAME - 2015
  • Penalties called on Notre Dame:  8 for 75 yards
  • Penalties called on UMASS:  4 for 35 yards

LINK:  2014 OFFICIATING REVIEW OF ND FOOTBALL

How We Will Beat Clemson Saturday Night...


I'm going to share with you my five point plan for beating the Clemson Tigers this Saturday night -- ensuring we score more points than them:
  1. Lead the game at the end of the 1st Quarter -- need to quiet this place down right from the get go.
  2. Don't give up more than three "explosive plays on defense"  -- 20 yards or more.
  3. No turnovers.
  4. Turn Clemson over 2 times.
  5. Rush the ball for more than 250 yards.
Accomplish 3 out of the 5 and we win the game.

Showtime's Look at Jerry Tillery -- A Classic...


Clemson Week: How They Roll at Clemson


Clemson Week: Chris Brown SC's Native Son


Notre Dame wide receiver Chris Brown is the only member of the Fighting Irish who hails from South Carolina -- a local paper interviewed Chris about his return home this Saturday...

LINK:  GOING HOME

Notre Dame vs. Clemson -- ACC's "Hype Video"


Clemson Week: It's Already Getting Chippy


UMASS Week: Inside Notre Dame Football


ESPN: Head Coaches Poll -- ND #1 Job Choice


The folks at ESPN surveyed FBS college football coaches -- not currently at a Power 5 school -- on where they would want to coach if they could pick a Power 5 school to coach at.  Here's their top five coaching destinations:

  1. NOTRE DAME -- 14%
  2. TEXAS -- 11%
  3. STANFORD  -- 8%
  4. ALABAMA -- 7%
  5. GEORGIA -- 7%

LINK:  STORY

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Got To Love Will Fuller's Twitter Page Design!


This is really good!

To enlarge -- just click on the image!

Clemson Week: A Good Look at Clemson FB



This is a comprehensive look at the Clemson Tigers -- including recruiting rankings of their top players...

LINK:  CLEMSON TIGERS

Full Game Replay: Notre Dame 62 - UMASS 27


Here's a replay of the NBC telecast between Notre Dame and UMASS...

LINK:  FULL REPLAY

Notre Dame's Last Trip to "Death Valley" in 1977



AN OMEN?  The Fighting Irish last traveled to Clemson back in 1977 -- a QB named Montana led Notre Dame to the win and a few months later to a National Championship!

Clemson Week: Two Scrimmages & Louisville

The Clemson Tigers have had "two scrimmages" in Death Valley against Wofford College and Appalachian State and they played a 1 - 3 Louisville squad on the road.

Here are the highlights:

Clemson 49 - Wofford 10


Clemson 41 - Appalachian State 10


Clemson 20 - Louisville 17

Clemson Week: Death Valley -- We'll Be Ready!


Notre Dame Remains Top Ten in Both Polls


Here's the latest AP Poll and Coaches Poll...

LINK:  LATEST RANKINGS

WSBT-TV Post Game Report ND 62 vs. UM 27

WNDU-TV Post Game Report ND 62 vs. UM 27


The Four Who Played on Friday's Last Year...

How many FBS teams can boast FOUR FRESHMEN scoring TD's in a single game!

Brandon Wimbush -- Class of 2019 -- TD RUN


Dexter Williams -- Class of 2019 -- TD RUN


C.J. Sanders -- Class of 2019 -- PUNT RETURN TD



I'm still waiting for the film of Josh Adams -- Class of 2019 -- TD RUN

Sgt. Tim McCarthy's "Last Pun" at Notre Dame


Coach Kelly Talks Win Over UMASS Saturday


Friday, September 25, 2015

Barry Toone's Special Gift to Notre Dame


Notre Dame fans will want to read this story...

LINK:  BARRY TOONE

Fr. Jenkins on CNBC's "Squawk Box" Today



Notre Dame president Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., was a guest this morning on CNBC's Squawk Box.

Brian Kelly: "1st Qtr Season Coach of the Year"


Thought you'd like to see what the media thinks of our head football coach Brian Kelly...

LINK:  BRIAN KELLY

Latest Notre Dame "Fighting For" TV Spot



No one tells their story better than Notre Dame...

ND Women's Soccer Beats #1 Ranked Virginia


The Fighting Irish rolled into Virginia for a second time in the month of September -- only this time it was our Women's Soccer Team -- and the results were the same!

Notre Dame beat #1 Virginia 2 - 1 in double-overtime -- ending the Cavaliers 38 game home winning streak! 

A huge win for the Fighting Irish!  Don't you love the GREEN JERSEYS and socks!

LINK:  GAME STORY

UMASS QB -- "I Grew up a Notre Dame Fan"


UMASS' QB Blake Frohnapfel -- grew up in a Catholic household where his Dad was a Notre Dame fan -- the family cheered for the Fighting Irish.

This will be his first ever trip to Notre Dame -- what a special experience for Blake and his family.

LINK:  I GREW UP A NOTRE DAME FAN

Massachusetts Media Talks UMASS vs. ND


Here's what I could find on tomorrow's game between un-ranked UMASS and #6 Notre Dame from the media in Massachusetts ...

LINK:  UMASS HITS THE BIG TIME

LINK:  COACH INTERVIEW

LINK:  UMASS VS. TOP 25 TEAMS

LINK:  LONG ODDS

LINK:  KEYS TO GAME -- SCORE PREDICTION

LINK:  HOPING TO MAKE HISTORY

ND Alum Talks Pope Francis and Capitalism


Dan Hesse, the former CEO of Sprint and a member of Notre Dame's Class of 1975 -- was interviewed by Forbes magazine about the Pope's visit to America...

LINK:  HESSE

Thursday, September 24, 2015

ND's Fr. Jenkins With NBC's Andrea Mitchell



Notre Dame president Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. -- was in Washington D.C. the past two days attending events involving Pope Francis' visit to America.

UMASS vs. Notre Dame -- Game Primer


UMASS Week: Coach Kelly's Last Presser


PGA Tour Star Matt Kuchar Reppin' Notre Dame


It appears the former Georgia Tech All-American lost a bet when the Fighting Irish rolled over his Yellow Jackets last Saturday...

This is a photo of his head cover for the first round of today's Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, GA.

ND Football Assistants -- Back at Wayne State

 

The top photo is of Notre Dame defensive coordinator Brian Van Gorder and the bottom photo is of Notre Dame defensive line coach Keith Gilmore and Notre Dame football's director of strength & conditioning Paul Longo from their playing days at Wayne State University.

I'm sure there are some ND football players having some fun with these...

Former ND Student-Athlete Earns WNBA Honor



Jewell Loyd was just named the WNBA's Rookie of the Year.

LINK:  LOYD

ND Glee Club's CENTENNIAL CONCERT!


The University of Notre Dame's world famous Glee Club will be celebrating their 100th Anniversary next Friday (October 2nd) at South Bend's Morris Performing Arts Center.

More than 500 members (past and present) of the Glee Club will be on stage -- at one time -- performing.  A night like no other!

This will be an event you will not want to miss!

LINK:  PURCHASE TICKETS RIGHT HERE!

CBS Sports: How Notre Dame Stopped GT


An interesting read...

LINK:  GREAT DEFENSIVE EFFORT

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Clemson Head Coach Talking Notre Dame Game

Video


The Clemson Tigers have this weekend off -- as they prepare for #6 Notre Dame coming to town next Saturday night.

Here's what Clemson's head coach Dabo Swinney has to say about our Irish this evening...

LINK:  SWINNEY ON ND

ICON: Notre Dame's Win Over Georgia Tech


Tuesday, September 22, 2015

The #1 TE in Pro Football: Domer Tyler Eifert


He's now rated by Pro Football Focus as the game's #1 tight end...

After just 2 games -- 13 receptions, 153 yards and 3 TD's!

LINK:  TYLER EIFERT

Domer Golden Tate Speaks Out...


The former Notre Dame All-American is becoming a team leader in Detroit --- a team that needs one...

LINK:  TATE

Domer Laimbeer Named WNBA's Top Coach


Former Notre Dame student-athlete Bill Laimbeer was just named the WNBA Coach of the Year for a 2nd time!

LINK:  COACH OF THE YEAR

The Sgt. Tim McCarthy Era Ends Saturday at ND


UMASS Week: Coach Kelly Press Conference


Showtime's ND Show Airs Tonight at 10 PM ET



Just a reminder -- episode #3 of A Season With Notre Dame Football will air tonight on Showtime beginning at 10 PM ET / PT.

A Helmet Design Concept for Notre Dame


The web offers up ideas like this all of the time -- here's a helmet concept for Notre Dame put out online by a designer, that's garnering some reaction...

Monday, September 21, 2015

Georgia Tech: Inside Notre Dame Football


Must Read: Georgia Tech Fans Talk About ND



Thought you'd enjoy seeing what a number of the Georgia Tech fans had to say about their visit to Notre Dame this weekend.  Most were very positive...

The video above was posted by a Georgia Tech fan.

Just click on the link below.

LINK:  GAMEDAY AT NOTRE DAME

Full Game Replay: Notre Dame 30 -- GT 22


Notre Dame Makes Big Announcement Today!


Notre Dame president Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. -- announced this morning that the University intends to reduce its carbon foot-print by 50% over the next fifteen years.  And, will eliminate the use of coal over the next five years...

This is in response to Pope Francis' plea for bold action to reduce climate change...

LINK:  ANNOUNCEMENT




Sunday, September 20, 2015

Notre Dame Moves up to #5 in ESPN Power Poll


The Fighting Irish moved up three spots this week...

LINK:  ESPN POWER RANKINGS

Notre Dame's 8th in the Amway Coaches Poll


The coaches never cut us a break -- they take care of their conference mates first -- even though Notre Dame is the only FBS team to have 3 wins over teams from Power Five conferences.

LINK:  AMWAY COACHES POLL

Notre Dame Moves up to #6 in Latest AP Poll


Just keep winning...

LINK:  AP POLL

OT: Fair Catch Snap -- TD Pass Against Bama



The craziest play of the 2015 college football season -- so far...

Joe Theismann's "Heisman House" TV Spot



The former Notre Dame All-American and Heisman "runner-up" -- makes a cameo appearance on the popular HEISMAN HOUSE TV ad campaign for Nissan.

LINK:  STORY

Remember Coach Diaco?


The Band of the Fighting Irish's Halftime Show!


Thought you'd want to see this...

LINK:  HALFTIME SHOW

Malik Zaire On Field For Pre-Game Warm Up


Joe Schmidt On-Field Interview After Game


Fox 28 TV Coverage -- ND Over GT

WSBT-TV Coverage of ND Over GT

Rocket Ismail On WNDU Pre-Game Show


WNDU-TV Coverage -- ND Over GT


Sneak Peek: ICON / Georgia Tech vs. ND


Saturday, September 19, 2015

Atlanta Media's Reaction to GT's Loss to ND


Here's what a couple of writers in Atlanta had to say after Notre Dame's convincing win over Georgia Tech...

LINK:  ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION #1

LINK:  ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION #2

Stanley's #409 of the Last 411 at Notre Dame!


Can you believe it -- Stanley Weber attended his 409th game today at Notre Dame Stadium out of the last 411 -- over the last 74 seasons!

Stanley brought his ticket scrap book for me to see -- every one of the 408 tickets -- prior to today, are showcased in this scrap book!!!

The top photo shows his ticket from GAME #1 -- it was the USC game in 1941 and his ticket price was $2.00 plus 30 cents tax!  The #4 ranked Irish beat USC that day 20 - 18.


Game Highlights -- ND 30 - Georgia Tech 22


Coach Kelly Post Game Presser After GT Win


Quick Media Reaction to ND 30 -- GT 22


Here's what the media is saying right after #8 Notre Dame's win over #14 Georgia Tech...

LINK:  NBC SPORTS

LINK:  SPORTING NEWS

LINK:  FOX SPORTS

LINK:  CBS SPORTS

LINK:  CHICAGO TRIBUNE

ESPN Headline -- "A Resounding Win"


The "talking heads" of College GameDay all picked a win for Georgia Tech today -- as did most media pundits...

LINK:  ESPN

Coach Holtz In Town for Lou's Lads Event


GT's Paul Johnson Talks to ESPN Sports Center


Visitors Locker Room at Notre Dame Stadium


This is a rare look inside the "visitors" locker room inside Notre Dame Stadium...

Jac Collinsworth Interviews DeShone Kizer


Overcast Skies -- Windy and Cooler...


This is what it looks like right now inside Notre Dame Stadium for today's game between #14 Georgia Tech and #8 Notre Dame...

Kick-off is at 3:42 PM ET

Replay: Notre Dame Pep Rally Last Night!


Friday, September 18, 2015

Buy This Notre Dame Hat -- For Sale at Lids!


This might glow at night!

LINK:  BUY IT RIGHT HERE!

Georgia Tech / Notre Dame Weather Forecast


Flutie Hits ND Stadium Goal Post From 45 Yds



This was just "tweeted" from Notre Dame Stadium by NBC Sports Producer Rob Hyland...




Georgia Tech's Offensive Lineman's Tweet


The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are inside Notre Dame Stadium -- as we speak -- doing their walk-through before their game tomorrow against our Fighting Irish!

This is a "tweet" from Georgia Tech's starting Offensive Guard Trey Braun (Tallahasse, FL)

Notre Dame's 'IRONMAN' -- Michael Chronert '16



He is ranked #1 in the world in the IRONMAN 70.3 -- a 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike and a 13.1 mile run...

LINK:  WORLD #1

Notre Dame: Fighting For Clean Water



The latest TV spot from the University of Notre Dame's award winning "What Would You Fight For" campaign.

Georgia Tech's AD (A Domer) Talks Notre Dame


Mike Bobinski, a member of Notre Dame's Class of 1979, just happens to be the Athletic Director at Georgia Tech.

Earlier this year he was asked about Notre Dame's football independence...

LINK:  A DOMER

2015 Game Predictions -- GT vs. ND



Here's what the media pundits are predicting as the winner in tomorrow's battle between #14 Georgia Tech and #8 Notre Dame...

LINK:  ATHLON SPORTS

LINK:  SPORTS ILLUSTRATED

LINK:  HEAVY

Football Weekend @ Notre Dame -- Events

Atlanta Media: 9 Thoughts About Georgia Tech


Here's what one of the Atlanta Journal Constitution's columnists thinks about tomorrow's battle between #14 Georgia Tech and #8 Notre Dame...

LINK:  9 THOUGHTS

Pope Francis' Masses to Use ND Alum's Music

Richard Hobby, the Director of Music at Fort Wayne's Trinity English Lutheran Church is scheduled to have two pieces of music he wrote played during Pope Francis' Masses in NYC next week.
This isn't the first time Hobby, who earned a master's degree in music from the Notre Dame, has had his music or arrangements used previously during Catholic Masses.
He composed a piece of music for the choir at St. Joseph Cathedral in Columbus, Ohio, and one of his music pieces was used during the installation Mass for an archbishop in Philadelphia.
LINK:  STORY

Get Fired Up! -- Rally You Sons of Notre Dame


ND this AM: Fans In Line for Blackhawks


A little rain -- and some "Shake Down the Thunder from the Sky" -- has not turned back the fans of the Stanley Cup Champs as the Chicago Blackhawks begin training camp at Notre Dame today.

Must See: This Will Give You Goose Bumps!


NBC's -- Onward Notre Dame A Season Begins


Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Domers Clausen and Tate Team Up in Venture


Former ND QB Jimmy Clausen (Chicago Bears) and ND wide receiver Golden Tate (Detroit Lions) -- have teamed up to fund a company called GAMEBREAKER.

Gamebreaker makes soft shelled helmets for kids playing sports...

LINK:  GAMEBREAKER

Know Thy Opponent: Georgia Tech's Offense


Meet "Sad Virginia Fan" Mike Bunting


He's become the face -- or, should I say -- the "back of head" of every fan whose team has suffered a stunning loss...

LINK:  SAD VIRGINIA FAN

ESPN: Georgia Tech's Offense vs. ND Defense


ESPN: Notre Dame's "Quarterback Whisperer"


You'll enjoy this story about Notre Dame's offensive coordinator Mike Sanford --- that's Mike in the family photo above (far left) when his Dad, Mike Sr., was on the football coaching staff of Bob Davie...

LINK:  THE QB WHISPERER