Thursday, February 24, 2011

Kyle Rudolph -- NFL Combine Today

The annual NFL "casting call" is taking place this week in Indianapolis -- and former Notre Dame football star, Kyle Rudolph started the process today.  Offensive Lineman and Tight Ends were the stars of the show today.  Here's a few links to what the "experts" are saying about Kyle today:

LINK:  KYLE RUDOLPH -- HEIGHT, WEIGHT & HAND SIZE 

LINK:  PRO FOOTBALL TALK -- KYLE RUDOLPH

Harangody Traded to Cleveland Cavaliers


Former Notre Dame All-American Luke Harangody was traded today with a teammate -- from the Celtics to the Cleveland Cavaliers -- for a second round pick.  Here's a link to the breaking story:

LINK:  HARANGODY TO CLEVELAND

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Notre Dame Wins 94-93 Over Providence!


The Irish won another road game in the Big East tonight -- despite giving up 52 points to an opposition player.  Marson Brooks big scoring night was the most ever given up by ND to an opponent -- in the 100+ year history of Irish basketball.  Yet, it wasn't enough for Providence to upset Notre Dame.  The #9 Irish are now 22-5 on the season and 11-4 in the Big East.  Here's a link to highlights of the game along with an audio link to Coach Brey's post game press conference:

LINK:  GAME HIGHLIGHTS -- IRISH VICTORY!

LINK:  COACH BREY'S PRESS CONFERENCE

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Google -- A Forecaster for Wall Street?

Two Notre Dame associate professors Zhi Da and Paul Gao just won the 2010 Crowel First Prize for outstanding research for their paper "In Search of Attention."  The Crowel prize is awarded by the Quantitative Research Group at PanAgora Asset Management.  Their paper suggested tracking aggregate search frequency on Google to determine investor attention -- and to help predict the stock market.  Now, these two guys are "much smarter than me" -- so, I'm going to get out of the way here and let you link to what they're thinking:

LINK:  GOOGLE -- A STOCK MARKET PREDICTOR?

A Notre Dame Man -- Returns Home!

Notre Dame football fans may remember the name Joey Hiben -- he was a member of Charlie Weis' first recruiting class at Notre Dame.  Unfortunately, Joey decided to leave ND and transferred to the University of Minnesota...  Well, he's back at Notre Dame -- and he's throwing punches in the Bengal Bouts.  The folks at the South Bend Tribune caught up with Joey and published this story today -- you'll enjoy!

LINK:  JOEY HIBEN -- BENGAL BOUTS

Duerson Donates Brain to NFL for Research


Former Notre Dame All-American Dave Duerson -- who died this past week, left behind a note asking that his brain be donated to research for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).  Duerson's brain will be examined by Boston University's Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy.  Here's a link to the story:

LINK:  DUERSON'S BRAIN TO BE STUDIED

Monday, February 21, 2011

Rudolph -- Hamstring Healed!

Chicago Tribune's Notre Dame beat reporter, Brian Hamilton -- caught up with former Notre Dame tight-end Kyle Rudolph -- to talk about his rehab after hamstring surgery and preparation for the upcoming NFL Draft.  "Draft experts" -- have Kyle rated as the #1 tight-end in the draft and a lock to go in the 1st Round.  Didn't they say that about Clausen too?  Oh, well -- here's a link to the article:

LINK:  KYLE RUDOLPH -- BACK TO NORMAL!

Sunday, February 20, 2011

ND Football Assitant Named to Hall of Fame


Notre Dame football assistant coach, Tim Hinton -- will be inducted into the Harding High School Hall of Fame on April 8th.  Hinton, the running backs coach at Notre Dame -- was a former head football coach at Harding (OH) -- where he led them to a 78-40 record and five league championships.  Congratulations Coach Hinton!  Here's a link to the story:

LINK:  COACH HINTON -- HALL OF FAMER!

A Domer Oversees 2/3rds of U.S. Bank Assets


His name is John Walsh '73 -- and he has one of the great business card titles;  "Office of Comptroller of the Currency" -- which means he oversees approximately 2/3rds of the commercial banking assets in the United States.  Think he might be good at math?  Here's a link to his bio:

LINK:  JOHN WALSH -- BIO

LAX National Championship Game -- Part II

The sixth ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame kicked off the 2011 college lacrosse season with a big win over the fifth ranked Duke Blue Devils -- in a rematch of the most recent National Championship game.  The game part of the Sunshine Classic in Jacksonville, FL -- and televised on ESPN -- saw the Irish break open a close game scoring five of the last six goals in a 12-7 victory!  A big win for the Irish over Duke!

LINK:  ESPN COVERAGE

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Irish Play Mountaineers at 1 PM EST on CBS

Notre Dame hoops fans will have the opportunity to watch the Irish today on CBS -- as they travel to Morgantown, WV to take on Bob Huggins and his West Virginia Mountaineers.  The #7 Fighting Irish are on a seven-game winning streak and currently stand in 2nd place in the Big East.  Here's a link to UND.COM's preview of today's matchup.

LINK:  BIG GAME FOR THE IRISH

Friday, February 18, 2011

Dave Duerson Found Dead in Miami Home


Former Notre Dame All American, Dave Duerson -- was found dead last night in his Miami home. Duerson (age 50), who won a Super Bowl Championship in 1985 with the Chicago Bears and again in 1990 with the New York Giants -- was a former member of the Notre Dame Board of Trustees. Duerson is survived by four kids. Here's a link to the news story:

LINK: DAVE DUERSON FOUND DEAD

LINK:  ESPN STORY

Temple Has Press Conference To Announce...


Temple University -- the college home of Bill Cosby -- announced yesterday that they had signed a three game contract with the University of Notre Dame.  The announcement didn't come in the form of a press release -- it came in the form of an EVENT.  Yeah, Notre Dame football is irrelevant.  When was the last time you saw a school do this?  I'm sure Florida Gator football fans didn't like seeing Temple's new coach (Steve Addazio) praise Notre Dame.  The event was complete with a Leprechaun mascot -- and the ND gold helmet.  Enjoy.

LINK:  TEMPLE ANNOUNCES SERIES WITH NOTRE DAME

More National Respect for ND Basketball


Add the New York Times to the list of media outlets who are on the Notre Dame "bandwagon" -- as the Irish keep moving up the national polls.  If Ben Hansbrough was wearing a "gold helmet" -- he'd probably be in the Heisman Trophy discussion...  Why does this make me nervous?  The Irish go on the road this Saturday to take on a dangerous West Virginia team -- tip off is scheduled for 1:00 PM on CBS.

LINK:  NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Time Lapsed Video of 2010 Sun Bowl Game


Ran across this the other day -- thought everyone might enjoy taking a look back at the day the Irish rolled over Miami.  Enjoy!

LINK:  2010 SUN BOWL -- NOTRE DAME vs.  MIAMI

Ian Williams -- Talkin' ND and NFL...

Former Notre Dame nose tackle, Ian Williams -- has agreed to write a story each week, through the end of April -- for the South Bend Tribune.  Williams will talk about the NFL Draft process and just Notre Dame in general.  A big thank-you to ND GO IRISH BLOG regular contributor, Dr. Jim Clancy out of Philadelphia -- for alerting us to this story!  Here's the link:

LINK:  IAN WILLIAMS TALKIN' ND AND NFL

Crawling Out of the Shadow of Big Brother!


Ben Hansbrough's "big" brother Tyler, was the "king" of college basketball -- just a couple of years ago at North Carolina -- when he led the Tar Heels to the 2009 National Championship.  Now it's Ben's turn to be "king" -- and he has the IRISH on a roll right now.  Today's USA TODAY takes a look at Ben and his 7th ranked Fighting Irish teammates -- who have won seven in a row heading into Saturday's game at West Virginia.  You'll enjoy the story!  A ND GO IRISH BLOG thank-you to Denny Doyle of Novi, MI for alerting us to this story!

LINK:  BEN HANSBROUGH AND THE IRISH

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Spring Practice Starts March 23rd!


The Fighting Irish football team will begin Spring Practice on Wednesday, March 23rd -- as they lead up to the Blue Gold Game on Saturday, April 16th.  The annual Notre Dame Football Coaches Clinic will be held March 24th to the 26th -- with former ND football assistant coach -- Urban Meyer, the featured speaker.  Here's a link to the Niles Daily Star article:

LINK:  NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL -- SPRING PRACTICE SCHEDULE

Mike Brey on "Rome Is Burning"


The head basketball coach of the #7 Fighting Irish -- was a guest on Jim Rome's "Rome Is Burning" -- yesterday.  Here's a link to the interview.

LINK:  MIKE BREY WITH JIM ROME

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Nate Montana Transfers to MONTANA!

This young man obviously has a dream to follow in the footsteps of his famous father -- and you can't fault him for that.  Notre Dame head football coach, Brian Kelly announced today that back-up QB Nate Montana has decided to transfer to the University of Montana to play football for the Grizzlies.  What I'm getting a kick out of is the University of Montana's "spin" on Nate's transfer to their school -- it's a big deal in Missoula, MT -- even though Nate has never started a football game in his life.  Here's a link to the South Bend Tribune story along with a link to the story at Montana's athletics website:

LINK:  SBT:  MONTANA TO MONTANA

LINK:  JOE MONTANA VISITS MONTANA