Sunday, January 4, 2015

Domer Sergio Brown's Post Game "Ric Flair"


Got to love this...

Former Notre Dame student-athlete Sergio Brown celebrating with his Indianapolis Colts teammates after their NFL Playoff win today over Cincinnati:

LINK:  SERGIO

Is Notre Dame Now a BASKETBALL SCHOOL?


Here's the list of the FOUR colleges in the country who have men & women's basketball teams ranked in the AP Top 15 in the country this afternoon:
  • Louisville -- #7 women / #5 men
  • Kentucky -- #11 women / #1 men
  • Duke -- #10 women / #2 men
  • NOTRE DAME -- #4 women / #14 men

Notre Dame Hoops' New Under Armour Shoes


The #13 ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame are in Chapel Hill, NC today -- SEE LINK BELOW -- awaiting their game tomorrow night against #19 North Carolina.

It's a nationally televised game on ESPN -- tipping off at 7 PM ET.

These are the new shoes the FIGHTING IRISH will be wearing from Under Armour tomorrow night...

LINK:  GAME PREVIEW

Music City Bowl Ends Up #8 in Attendance...


If your friends ever give you a hard time about why "Notre Dame always has a seat at the table when it comes to Bowl, TV and Playoff negotiations" -- just remind them of this...

The 2014 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl ended up 8th among the 35 Bowl games in attendance -- though their bowl payout was 13th among the 35.

Here's the TOP TWENTY (2014 - 2015) BOWL GAME attendance rankings:
  1. Rose Bowl:  91,322
  2. Sugar Bowl:  74,682
  3. Cotton Bowl:  71,464
  4. Advocare Texas Bowl:  71,115
  5. Fiesta Bowl:  66,896
  6. Peach Bowl:  65,706
  7. Alamo Bowl:  60,517
  8. Music City Bowl:  60,419
  9. Orange Bowl:  58,211
  10. Gator Bowl:  56,310
  11. Holiday Bowl:  55,789
  12. Liberty Bowl:  51,282
  13. Pinstripe Bowl:  49,012
  14. Citrus Bowl:  48,624
  15. Hyundai Sun Bowl:  47,809
  16.  Belk Bowl:  45,671
  17.  Outback Bowl:  44,023
  18.  Russell Athletic Bowl:  40,071
  19. Independence Bowl:  38,242
  20. Armed Forces Bowl:  37,888

Domer Storm Announces Stuart Scott's Death


Notre Dame alumna Hannah Storm '83, was given the task of announcing the death this morning of former ESPN colleague Stuart Scott -- who died this morning at the age of 49.

Here is Hannah's announcement along with links to ESPN's on air tribute and long time friend Rich Eisner talking of Scott's passing:

LINK:  HANNAH STORM

LINK:  ESPN -- STUART SCOTT TRIBUTE

LINK:  RICH EISNER