Tuesday, September 11, 2012

11 Years Ago -- A Notre Dame Man Stood Tall


It was a day unlike any other in the 236 year history of our nation -- and a day this Notre Dame man faced head on...

September 11, 2001

You see, Jimmy Dunne '78, lost 66 of his friends and colleagues that day when a passenger jet crashed into World Center Tower  2 -- where his company was located on the 104th floor.

What this Notre Dame man has done since, for the families who lost their loved ones and for his company -- is truly remarkable.  Here's a story that ran last year in Fortune -- on the 10th Anniversary of September 11, 2001.

LINK:  A NOTRE DAME MAN
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Monday, September 10, 2012

Vince Vaughn -- Notre Dame Interview


He's been a life-long Notre Dame fan -- and this past Saturday he was on the sidelines with his pal Owen Wilson watching the IRISH beat Purdue.  UND.COM's Jack Nolan got the opportunity to interview Vaughn -- here you go!

Vaughn -- pictured above -- appeared in RUDY!


LINK:  VINCE VAUGHN WITH JACK NOLAN
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Photo of the Day: Owen Wilson at Notre Dame


Hollywood star Owen Wilson was at Saturday's football game between the Fightin' Irish and the Purdue Boilermakers.  Here's a photo of Owen with a few of the Notre Dame cheerleaders on the sidelines of Notre Dame Stadium.

People Magazine featured this photo on their site:

LINK:  PEOPLE MAGAZINE
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Sunday, September 9, 2012

NBC Replay: Notre Dame vs. Purdue


Here's all of the video currently available online from NBC of yesterday's 20 - 17 win for the Irish over Purdue.  Click on the links below:

LINK:  ALEX FLANAGAN'S INTERVIEW OF COACH KELLY

LINK:  ALEX FLANAGAN'S INTERVIEW OF TOMMY REES

LINK:  MIKE MAYOCK'S POST GAME COMMENTS

LINK:  COACH KELLY POST GAME PRESS CONFERENCE

LINK:  NBC GAME HIGHLIGHTS

LINK:  THE BAND OF THE FIGHTING IRISH -- HALFTIME SHOW
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NCAA Statistics -- National Rankings Week 2


National Rankings -- here's a quick look at where Notre Dame players, offensive, defensive and special team units stack up amongst the 120 teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision:

OFFENSIVE PLAYERS:

Everett Golson

 Theo Riddick

DEFENSIVE PLAYERS:

Stephon Tuitt

Bennett Jackson

Manti Teo

OFFENSIVE TEAM RANKINGS:

DEFENSIVE TEAM RANKINGS:
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Fightin' Irish Move Up to #19 in USA Today Poll


The USA Today Poll has the Irish ranked #19 and the Associated Press has Notre Dame at #20.  Here's the rankings:

LINK:  NATIONAL RANKINGS
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The Mornin' After ND Beats Purdue 20 - 17


Took a lap around the worldwide web this morning to see what the media has to say about Notre Dame's last second 20 - 17 win over Purdue -- just click on the links below:

LINK:  ESPN BLOG

LINK:  CBS SPORTS

LINK:  INDY STAR

LINK:  HAMMER & NAILS

LINK:  JOURNAL & COURIER #1

LINK:  JOURNAL & COURIER #2

LINK:  CHICAGO TRIBUNE

LINK:  CHICAGO SUN TIMES #1

LINK:  CHICAGO SUN TIMES #2

LINK:  FORT WAYNE JOURNAL

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE #1

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE #2

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE #3
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Saturday, September 8, 2012

ND vs. PURDUE -- Notre Dame Locker Room!


The gang at Fighting Irish Digital Media were workin' their magic today -- catching Hollywood's Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson (photo above) sportin' their ND Monogram hats on the sidelines...

And, the last minute drive, field goal and post game locker room celebration.

LINK:  NOTRE DAME LOCKER ROOM
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A Win is a WIn is a WIn and We're 2 - 0 !!!


The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are 2 - 0 after a late field goal by Kyle Brindza put the Irish past Purdue 20 - 17.  Some of the key story lines from this game:
  • Seven Irish starters got injured and never returned
  • Golson threw for 289 yards -- completing 67% of his passes
  • ND's defense held Purdue to under 300 total yards of offense
  • Golson's late fumble 
  • Rees came off the bench and took the IRISH down the field with two clutch third down pass completions -- completing 3 of 8 passes for 35 yards

The Irish have won their first two games of the season for the first time since 2008 and for only the fourth time in the last sixteen seasons -- think about that!!!

LINK:  COACH KELLY PRESS CONFERENCE

LINK:  GAME HIGHLIGHTS -- ND 20 - PURDUE 17
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Rudy's Out Promoting "MY STORY"

Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger is out on a media tour promoting his new autobiography "MY STORY."

His travels this morning took him to NYC and FOX & FRIENDS.  Now, I don't have that video yet -- he was just on the air -- here is a video of an interview he gave on Wednesday this week:

LINK:  RUDY'S MY STORY

LINK:  BUY RUDY'S BOOK
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Replay: Notre Dame's Pep Rally Last Night!

As has become tradition at the University of Notre Dame -- THOUSANDS of IRISH fans were in attendance last night at the PEP RALLY for the Purdue game!!!

YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE MANTI TEO!!!

LINK:  NOTRE DAME PEP RALLY
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GAME DAY @ NOTRE DAME!


Here's what all of the "experts" are saying about Notre Dame's game today versus Purdue -- just click on the links below. 

VEGAS HAS THE IRISH AS 14.5 pt. FAVORITES

Folks, this game makes me NERVOUS.  I believe this is the best Purdue team we've seen in some time and we're going to have our hands full.  Here's my ND GO IRISH BLOG score prediction:
  • Notre Dame:  31
  • Purdue:  27


LINK:  INDY SPORTS LEGENDS

LINK:  CBS SPORTS

LINK:  ESPN NOTRE DAME BLOG

LINK:  NBC NOTRE DAME CENTRAL

LINK:  THE SPORTING NEWS

LINK:  WEST LAFAYETTE'S JOURNAL & COURIER
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Friday, September 7, 2012

Coach Kelly at Today's ND Football Luncheon


Notre Dame's Friday Football Luncheon took place at noon today in the North Dome of the Joyce Athletic Complex -- and Coach Kelly was front and center.  Here's a link to the video:

LINK:  NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL LUNCHEON
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If You're Having Trouble Loading This Site!

I've been receiving phone calls and emails from ND GO IRISH BLOG regulars letting me know they can't load the site -- and there's some "weird things" going on with the graphics.  I have been talking with BLOGGER SUPPORT and they can't figure it out yet.

I'm having NO TROUBLE on my MAC in either SAFARI or FIREFOX with the site -- now, I'm guessing it's because I've EMPTIED MY CACHE...

So -- please try that -- GO TO GOOGLE and do a search on how to EMPTY CACHE -- and let's hope this does the trick!

SORRY!!!
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I'm Guessing This Isn't a ND Licensed Product


This photo was "TWEETED" today of someone on campus with their DOME UMBRELLA -- very clever!
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Off Topic: But You Have to See This!


I had heard a few of the ESPN personalities talking about this specific commercial and how it was "the best they've ever produced..."

Well, it just might be!

LINK:  JOHN CLAYTON -- AT HOME
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Thursday, September 6, 2012

Photo of the Day: Think It Was a Fair Fight?


The picture of the coin toss between Notre Dame and Navy -- makes you wonder what those two guys in the blue jerseys were thinking...
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Louis Nix III -- Unplugged, Notre Dame Style!


Folks, this young man is a natural entertainer...  You're going to smile watching this interview.

LINK:  LOUIS NIX
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Notre Dame Fan Mel Kiper, Jr. Talks Teo & Tuitt


ESPN's Draft Guru -- Mel Kiper, Jr. -- was on the air this morning talking about the Notre Dame game with Purdue and he decided to single out two IRISH players:
  • Manti Teo:  "Best Inside Linebacker in the nation..."
  • Stephon Tuitt:  "Arguably the best defensive lineman, virtually in college football..."

LINK:  KIPER ON THE IRISH
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Notre Dame Movie Release Today at 4 PM ET!


If you have access today to the worldwide web at 4 PM ET -- you can watch the premiere of the film ANY GIVEN DAY -- which was produced by the University of Notre Dame's Admissions department.  Knowing that group -- I'm sure it's quite good!!!

Here's a link where you can watch the PREMIERE LIVE on the web:

LINK:  ANY GIVEN DAY -- NOTRE DAME


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Google Just Posted 360 Photos of ND Campus!

If you get a chance today -- go to this URL:  http://maps.google.com and put in NOTRE DAME, IN -- this will lead you to an aerial shot of campus. 

Now, here's where you need to pay attention.

To the left of the aerial view of campus and above the ZOOM-IN tool -- you'll find a PERSON ICON.  Click on that icon and drag it onto the aerial map of the University of Notre Dame.  This ICON will allow you to take a 360 degree look of campus from ground level.

Have fun with this!

LINK:  AERIAL VIEW OF NOTRE DAME CAMPUS
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Coach Kelly & Coach Holtz -- Same Record!


FUN FACT:  In their first twenty-seven games as head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team -- both Lou Holtz and Brian Kelly had identical records of 17 wins and 10 losses.

Now, it must be pointed out that Lou Holtz went on to win the next 18 games his IRISH teams played in...

By the way -- that guy to the right in the photo -- he was 23-3-1 in his first 27 games coaching Notre Dame!
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Watch Brian Kelly's Radio Show Tonight -- LIVE


The Brian Kelly Radio Show kicks off it's third season tonight at 7 PM ET -- and you can watch it here LIVE.  Just click on the link below:

LINK:  BRIAN KELLY RADIO SHOW
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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!

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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
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"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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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"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!
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Sunday, September 2, 2012

Sunday Update: Know Thy Opponent


Took a lap around the "hometown" newspapers of all of the teams the IRISH play this season -- to see what they're saying about WEEK ONE of the COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON. 

Notre Dame's opponents went 8 - 4.

Just click on the team's name and you'll find their news report:

LINK:  NAVY

LINK:  PURDUE

LINK:  MICHIGAN STATE

LINK:  MICHIGAN

LINK:  MIAMI

LINK:  STANFORD

LINK:  BYU

LINK:  OKLAHOMA

LINK:  PITTSBURGH

LINK:  BOSTON COLLEGE 

LINK:  WAKE FOREST

LINK:  SOUTHERN CAL
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T. Boone Pickens Still Talkin' Notre Dame...


Billionaire T. Boone Pickens spoke with the media yesterday about "wanting to play Notre Dame..."

His alma mater, Oklahoma State, pounded Savannah State 84 - 0 yesterday afternoon.

LINK: T BOONE WOULD LIKE TO PICK NOTRE DAME
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A Weekend Notre Dame Will Never Forget!


WOW...

That's the best description I can come up with after returning home this evening from Dublin.

I spent the past four days in Ireland with 35,000 Notre Dame fans in what's being called "America's most traveled to single day sporting event -- outside the United States -- in our 236 year history!

Think about that.

For those of us who had the opportunity to make the trip to Ireland -- we will never forget.  For those who were not as fortunate -- here's a few links to a number of the special events that took place this weekend.  ENJOY!

LINK:  DUBLIN PARADE

LINK:  NOTRE DAME FANS IN DUBLIN

LINK:  TEAM'S TOUR OF DUBLIN

LINK:  NOTRE DAME GAME PREVIEW
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Replay: Notre Dame's Dublin Pep Rally

Now, it wasn't called a pep rally -- it was named; NOTRE DAME:  A WELCOME HOME...

Folks, it was a special night in Dublin for some 9,000 Irish fans.  Here's a full replay of Friday night's show from O2 Arena:

LINK:  NOTRE DAME DUBLIN PEP RALLY
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Hours After -- The View From Dublin, Ireland


It's been a few hours since the Fightin' Irish put a "half a hundred" on the Naval Academy this afternoon at AVIVA Stadium.  The 50 - 10 final score put a nice bow on what has been a special weekend for the University of Notre Dame and the ND Family.

From Friday Night's "Welcome Home" celebration to Mass this morning with thousands of Notre Dame fans at historic Dublin Castle -- to our team's performance on the field -- you just couldn't have had a better time in IRELAND if you were an IRISH fan!

In the past few minutes I've taken a lap around the worldwide web to see what the early reaction is to ND's dominating win -- and what the IRISH people are saying about Notre Dame's visit to their country:

LINK:  ESPN BLOG

LINK:  ESPN

LINK:  NBC NOTRE DAME CENTRAL 

LINK:  IRISH INDEPENDENT

LINK:  IRISH INDEPENDENT #2

LINK:  IRISH TIMES

LINK:  WNDU-TV

LINK:  DAILY MAIL UK





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