Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Domer Featured on Seventeen Magazine Cover




Former Notre Dame student-athlete Lindsay Brown graces the cover of Seventeen Magazine next month!  Lindsey was the winner of a national contest -- click on the link below:

 LINK:  COVER GIRL!

Is Notre Dame Blimp Worthy? -- We Decide!


The folks at ESPN's SportsNation are running a contest right now to determine which football game the Goodyear Blimp will be visiting next week.  Here are the choices:
  • Notre Dame vs. Michigan State
  • California vs. Ohio State
  • Texas vs. Ole Miss

Here's where Notre Dame fans can go to vote -- the contest ends on Friday.

LINK:  VOTE FOR NOTRE DAME

"Best Notre Dame Team in Fifteen Years..."

The Naval Academy's head football coach Ken Niumatalolo -- met with the media yesterday to talk about their game with Notre Dame in Dublin Saturday.  At the 1:28 minute mark in the video -- Niumatalolo calls this edition of the IRISH the best he's seen in fifteen years and then he talks about the "front four and Manti..."

Here's hoping Purdue's head coach has a similar discussion with the media next Monday!

LINK:  NAVY'S HEAD FOOTBALL COACH

Brian Kelly on the Jim Rome Show Today


Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly was on the Jim Rome Show today -- unfortunately, Rome requires you to join his "INSIDER CLUB" to see the entire interview... 

If you're so inclined it will run you $6.95 to watch the interview -- frankly, I wouldn't do it!

LINK:  BRIAN KELLY ON WITH JIM ROME

Voice of the Boilermakers Talks Notre Dame

Tim Newton, the play-by-play guy for the Purdue Boilermakers, was interviewed by Indy Sports Legend about Saturday's game against the IRISH.  As you'll see in the article -- the gang in West Lafayette is feeling pretty good about their chances...

LINK:  PURDUE GUY TALKS NOTRE DAME

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Tim Brando and Aaron Taylor Talk Notre Dame


CBS Sports' Tim Brando and former Notre Dame All-American Aaron Taylor talked about the IRISH this afternoon...  Brando has done a "180" in the past week about ND.  Watch the video linked below:

LINK:  BRANDO A BELIEVER?

Purdue Week: Coach Kelly's Press Conference


University of Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media today to talk about this week's game against Purdue.  Here's a link to the press conference:

LINK:  PURDUE PRESS CONFERENCE

Second Half Highlights: Notre Dame vs. Navy


Here's a condensed version of CBS's coverage of the second half action from Notre Dame's 50 - 10 win over the Naval Academy in Dublin's AVIVA Stadium.  Enjoy!

LINK:  SECOND HALF HIGHLIGHTS

First Half Highlights: Notre Dame vs. Navy


Here's a compilation of most of the action that took place in the first half of Saturday's Notre Dame game against Navy in Dublin on CBS.  Just click on the link below:

LINK:  FIRST HALF HIGHLIGHTS

Irish Move to #22 in the Polls This Week

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish moved up to #22 in the national polls this morning in both the AP and USA Today rankings.  Here's the link to their respective Top 25 polls:

LINK:  WEEK 2 -- COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKINGS

Saturday's Mass From Dublin Castle -- Replay


More than 4,000 members of the Notre Dame Family celebrated Mass this past Saturday morning in the courtyard of historic Dublin Castle.  Dublin's Archbishop Diarmuid Martin was the celebrant along with 40 other concelebrants.  Here's a link to the video of Mass -- when you get to the site linked below go to the SEARCH BOX and enter NOTRE DAME OPEN AIR MASS and you'll find the video:

LINK:  MASS AT DUBLIN CASTLE

Monday, September 3, 2012

Trick Shot Monday is Back -- Only Notre Dame


The Fighting Irish Football Team started a new weekly tradition last year called TRICK SHOT MONDAY -- well today's episode saw Jake Golic  (photo on left) make a remarkable shot...

LINK:  TRICK SHOT MONDAY

Irish Connection -- ND Football in Dublin


The gang at UND.COM produced their first IRISH CONNECTION video of the 125th Anniversary season of Notre Dame Football and you're going to enjoy the view from the sidelines, locker room and all around Dublin...

And, you'll hear a song entitled "WE ARE THE IRISH."

LINK:  IRISH CONNECTION #40

CBS' Replay of Notre Dame vs. Navy


Here's a link to a number of videos hosted on the CBS SPORTS site of their coverage of Notre Dame's 50 - 10 win over Navy Saturday in Dublin. 

LINK:  CBS COVERAGE OF NOTRE DAME vs. NAVY

"Nothing is Wrong with Notre Dame" -- Forde


Yahoo! Sports' national college columnist, Pat Forde -- wrote a story late last week that defended Notre Dame's unwillingness to compromise values for wins.

NOTRE DAME FANS -- THIS IS A MUST READ.

LINK:  HOW DARE NOTRE DAME!

The Irish Sun: A Dame Fine Day at AVIVA


ND GO IRISH BLOG regular Pat McDonough forwarded me a note he received from his daughter Lauren '04 who was in Dublin for Notre Dame's weekend in Ireland.  You'll enjoy the link to a story in the IRISH SUN about Saturday's game that Lauren had forwarded to Pat:

LINK:  A DAME FINE DAY

Crist and Ragone Team Up for Kansas Victory


Dayne Crist '12 and Mike Ragone '12 teamed up for a TD Saturday afternoon in Kansas University's 31 - 17 win over the South Dakota State "Jackrabbits" in the first game in the Charlie Weis '79 era.

Crist completed 47% of his passes (17 for 36) for 169 yards with one TD and one INT -- in front of 46,601 fans in Kansas' home opener (stadium capacity 50,071).

LINK:  GAME STORY

LINK:  BLOG

IRISH TIMES: A Proud Emotional Homecoming


A columnist with Dublin's IRISH TIMES -- wrote a column about Notre Dame's "homecoming" this past weekend -- you'll want to read this!

LINK:  IRISH TIMES

The ESPN Experts Talk ND's Game in Dublin


The folks at ESPN were saying NICE THINGS about the Fighting Irish this weekend -- check that, all of them not named Mark May...

Here's a link:

LINK:  ESPN RECAPS ND'S WIN OVER NAVY

Notre Dame vs. Navy -- Postgame Video


The good folks at Fighting Irish Digital Media were "across the pond" in Ireland for Notre Dame's 50 - 10 win over Navy.  Here's their postgame coverage:

LINK:  POST GAME PRESS CONFERENCE

LINK:  POST GAME CELEBRATION