A Fourth "Coach of the Year" Award for Kelly!

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly is well on his way to matching Manti Te'o and his award haul these few weeks leading up to the BCS National Championship game.

Today it was announced that the Football Writers Association of America has named Brian Kelly the winner of the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award!  He is the fourth Notre Dame football coach to receive this honor: Ara Parseghian, Lou Holtz and Charlie Weis...

This is the fourth Coach of the Year honor bestowed on Coach Kelly:

• Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award
• Home Depot Coach of the Year
• Walter Camp Foundation Coach of the Year
• Sporting News Coach of the Year

LINK:  COACH OF THE YEAR

ND Fans Headed to Miami -- Check This Out

The folks at the Travel Channel asked that I share this with the ND GO IRISH BLOG followers...

They are creating a new televisions series on Super Fans -- and they're seeking to cast a NOTRE DAME SUPER FAN who's headed to the BCS National Championship game in Miami. 

If you're going and are interested in trying out for the cast for this new TV series -- just send them an email at:  travelsuperfancasting@gmail.com.

The casting call ends on December 21st...

The winner will receive -- a "tailgate experience of a life-time."

ND's Resurgence: Coincidence or Destiny?

ND GO IRISH BLOG regular Tom Hohmeier sent this to me -- YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS UP!  This ran on Notre Dame Magazine's site -- authored by Ted Mandel '86.

This leaves the whole Lincoln – Kennedy coincidence thing in the dust

Did you know?...

• In 1987, ND beat Michigan State at home, scoring 31 points.
• In 2011, ND beat Michigan State at home, scoring 31 points.

• In 1987, ND finished the season with 8 wins.
• In 2011, ND finished the season with 8 wins.

• In 1987, ND lost their bowl game, a game they led early on.
• In 2011, ND lost their bowl game, a game they led early on.

• In 1987, ND lost their all-time leading receiver, Tim Brown, to graduation.
• In 2011, ND lost their all-time leading receiver, Michael Floyd, to graduation.  

• In 1988, the ND QB was Tony Rice, who was from South Carolina . He started his 3rd career game against Michigan State in East Lansing . ND beat Michigan State by a score of 20-3. The star of the game was Notre Dame's defense, which held the Spartans to 89 yards rushing for the game. Defensive captain Michael Stonebreaker intercepted a pass in the 4th quarter to seal the win.

• In 2012, the ND QB is Everett Golson, who is from South Carolina . He started his 3rd career game against Michigan State in East Lansing . ND beat Michigan State by a score of 20-3. The star of the game was Notre Dame's defense, which held the Spartans to 78 yards rushing for the game. Defensive captain Manti Te'o intercepted a pass in the 4th quarter to seal the win.

• In 1988, Lou Holtz suspended his starting running back for the last game of the season, the farthest road game of the year.

• In 2012, Brian Kelly suspended his starting running back for the first game of the season, the farthest road game of the year.

• In 1988, Notre Dame defeated their highest ranked road opponent (USC) by 17 points (27-10).
• In 2012, Notre Dame defeated their highest ranked road opponent ( Oklahoma ) by 17 points (30-13).

• Only two coaches in the history of Notre Dame have recorded 12-0 records — Lou Holtz in 1988 and Brian Kelly in 2012.

• In 1988, Lou Holtz was in his third season.
• In 2012, Brian Kelly is in his third season.

• In 1988, Lou Holtz won his second Coach of the Year award.
• In 2012, Brian Kelly won his second Coach of the Year award.

• Notre Dame won the 1988 National Championship game at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona .
• Notre Dame will play the 2012 BCS Championship game at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida .

• There are exactly 5 letters in the city names and 7 letters in the state names of those two locations.

• In 1988, Miami was the defending national champion, winner of two national titles in the past five years.
• In 2012, Alabama is the defending national champion, winner of two national titles in the past five years.

• Miami was 37-5 in the 42 games played before meeting Notre Dame.
• Alabama is 37-5 in the 42 games played before meeting Notre Dame.

• In 1988, Jimmy Johnson’s winning percentage at Miami was .843 (43-8) before playing Notre Dame. After losing to Notre Dame, it was .827.
• In 2012, Nick Saban’s winning percentage at Alabama is .837 (67-13) before playing Notre Dame. If Notre Dame wins, his winning percentage will be .827.

• Brian Kelly and Lou Holtz were born 24 years apart.
• Their first seasons at Notre Dame were exactly 24 years apart.

• It's been exactly 24 years since Notre Dame won their last National Championship.

Just saying….

LINK:  NOTRE DAME MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Notre Dame's Ticket Demand Dwarfs Bama's

Notre Dame had more than 100,000 requests for its 17,000 ticket allotment to the BCS National Championship game -- as compared to Alabama's 42,000 requests for its 17,000.

What's interesting is this -- the 42,000 ticket requests is 25,000 more than Bama realized when they played Texas in the 2010 BCS National Championship game -- their first title game in seventeen years.

The power of Notre Dame...

Here's the story:

LINK:  NOTRE DAME FANS DOMINATE

Ticket Lottery Winners Announced Today...

And, I wasn't one of them...

I'll be rooting on the IRISH from South Bend!

If you haven't given up hope of going -- you might want to consider a "second mortgage."

This Monday, the average ticket price for the BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP on StubHub was $1,912 -- which makes it possibly the most expensive college football ticket of all-time.

LINK:  TICKET PRICES SKYROCKETING!

One Last Time "Under the Lights" in Ann Arbor

The University of Michigan announced today that their game next fall against #1 ranked Notre Dame will be played at night.  It appears this will be the last game Notre Dame plays at Michigan for awhile...

LINK:  MICHIGAN TO HOST IRISH AT NIGHT

ESPN's Tide Nation Talks Notre Dame...

ESPN's Alabama football blog -- TIDE NATION -- published their analysis of our Fighting Irish.  You'll enjoy the read.

LINK:  TIDE NATION ON THE IRISH

ND BCS Bowl Ticket Lottery Results Available

The results of the most anticipated FOOTBALL TICKET LOTTERY in the 125 year history of Notre Dame Football are in...

Here's the link to the website to find out if you're a winner of two tickets to Notre Dame's BCS National Championship game with Alabama:

LINK:  NOTRE DAME BCS BOWL TICKET LOTTERY WINNERS

LA TImes: Notre Dame's "Fifth" Horseman...

A Notre Dame alum Bill Dwyre '66, the long-time sports editor of the Los Angeles Times, still writes a column for the paper...

His subject this week -- Manti Te'o and his 8,500 mile journey this past week around the country picking up awards.  (That's Manti in the photo above with former Notre Dame alum Condoleezza Rice and NFL great Ronnie Lott receiving the LOTT IMPACT Trophy)

Enjoy!

LINK:  NOTRE DAME'S FIFTH HORSEMAN

Photo of the Day -- Cubs Marketing Tickets...

I'm sure former Notre Dame All-American football player Jeff Samardzija never thought he'd be posing for a photograph with a "BOW" on his Cubs' baseball hat when he was an Irish student-athlete. 

Jeff's the star of a recent Chicago Cubs ticket marketing campaign.  ND GO IRISH BLOG regular Mike Roe was kind enough to send me this photo.

Only Notre Dame -- A Wonderful Story...

If you've spent any time on campus over the past four years you've undoubtedly run into Alvin Hu, a senior majoring in Computer Sciences and Engineering.

Alvin is one of the subjects of a story about the residence life for Notre Dame football players and students -- written by Yahoo Sports Pat Forde.  You'll enjoy this story!  (Photo - that's Alvin in the middle)

ND GO IRISH BLOG regular and Rector of St. Edward's Hall on the campus of the University of Notre Dame -- Fr. Ralph Haag, C.S.C., was kind enough to alert me to this great story.

LINK:  LIVING AT NOTRE DAME

Notre Dame vs. Alabama -- Schedule Strength

This will be the first of a number of comparisons of the two teams slated to meet on January 7th, outside of Miami, for the BCS National Championship.  Today we'll look at the teams they played this season...

NOTRE DAME REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE:

• OPPONENTS' WON/LOSS RECORD:  82 - 62
• HOW MANY BOWL ELIGIBLE TEAMS:  10
• BEAT HOW MANY RANKED OPPONENTS AT THE TIME THEY PLAYED:  4
• RECORD AGAINST RANKED TEAMS:  4 - 0

ALABAMA REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE:

• OPPONENTS' WON/LOSS RECORD:  57 - 63
• HOW MANY BOWL ELIGIBLE TEAMS:  5
• BEAT HOW MANY RANKED OPPONENTS AT THE TIME THEY PLAYED:  4
• RECORD AGAINST RANKED TEAMS:  3 - 1

Tuitt and Te'o Named ESPN All-Americans!

Notre Dame sophomore defensive end Stephon Tuitt and senior linebacker Manti Te'o were named to ESPN's All-American team today.  Here's a link to the team:

LINK:  TWO DOMER'S ON FIRST TEAM

ESPN: Why Notre Dame Beats Bama!

The folks at "Numbers Never Lie..." looked at Notre Dame's goal line defense -- the best in the nation -- and used ND's "numbers" this season to show how the IRISH beat the Tide...

LINK:  THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE!

Alabama's Fan Shirt for BCS Game with IRISH

Notre Dame fans should expect to see this t-shirt roaming the beaches and streets of South Florida a few weeks from now...

ND's BCS National Championship Game Jersey

Notre Dame Football Equipment Manager Ryan Grooms "tweeted" (@NDFBEquipment) this photo today of the jersey Manti Te'o will be wearing in the BCS National Championship game!

A Record Seventh National Award -- Manti Te'o

He has no equal in the history of college football...

No single student-athlete has won as many national awards after a season.  Last night, Notre Dame's Manti Te'o was in Newport Beach, CA accepting the LOTT IMPACT TROPHY -- his seventh national award!

Here's a link to the story and a link to the LOTT IMPACT TROPHY site:

LINK:  TE'O WINS ANOTHER! -- ESPN

LINK:  LOTT IMPACT TROPHY

Ad Age Story: Notre Dame the Brand

The folks at Advertising Age wrote a story last week about the "serendipitous timing" of the resurgence of Notre Dame Football...

LINK:  NOTRE DAME -- THE BRAND

Notre Dame Glee Club's Christmas Concert!

The Notre Dame Glee Club put on their annual Christmas Concert last night at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.  Here's a link to the performance!

LINK:  NOTRE DAME GLEE CLUB

Harrison Smith's 2nd Career NFL "Pick Six"

Former Notre Dame All-American Harrison Smith just returned an interception 56 yards for at TD in the Vikings game against the Chicago Bears.  This was Harrion's third career NFL interception and the SECOND HE'S TAKEN TO THE HOUSE for a TOUCHDOWN!!

To top it off -- it ended up being the GAME WINNING SCORE, as the Vikings beat the Bears 21 - 14.

LINK:  HARRISON SMITH'S PICK SIX

The Mornin' After a Heisman Hangover...

Notre Dame fans wanted a HEISMAN for its HERO -- unfortunately, a sophomore QB (who stood on the sidelines last season) from Texas A&M kept IRISH fans from celebrating well into the night...

Here's the GREAT NEWS -- our HERO has one more huge game in a GOLD HELMET and it's for EVERYTHING!

I'm guessin' Manti Te'o will add another award tonight in Los Angeles -- the LOTT IMPACT Trophy -- before catching a red-eye back to town so he can take some FINALS with his classmates.  Here's what the media has to say about the Heisman Runner-up - along with a link to Manti's post Heisman press conference:

LINK:  POST HEISMAN ANNOUNCEMENT -- PRESS CONFERENCE

LINK:  CHICAGO TRIBUNE

LINK:  SPORTS ILLUSTRATED

LINK:  ORLANDO SENTINEL

LINK:  CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE

LINK:  PETER KING, SI

First Linebacker Ever Invited to Heisman's Party

The Heisman Trophy was just awarded to the 20 year-old sophomore QB from Texas A&M -- Johnny Football -- who stood on the sidelines last season.

He edged out Notre Dame's Manti Te'o -- who received the most voting points for a defensive player in the 78 year history of the Heisman Trophy.

HEISMANTI

BRING ON BAMA!

Will Manti Win Notre Dame's 8th Heisman?

In less than 12 hours from now -- Notre Dame fans all over the world will be tuning in to the HEISMAN TROPHY presentation -- with hopes that Manti Te'o will become the eighth Notre Dame All-American to win college football's most coveted prize.

The Heisman Trophy presentation begins at 8 PM ET on ESPN.

The odds are against this happening -- yet, after a football season that was not expected -- why not one more surprise!

WHAT THOUGH THE ODDS BE GREAT OR SMALL...

Here's what's certain -- the HEISMAN TROPHY will be better served in the hands of Manti Te'o.  (Illustration above from the Chicago Tribune's Joe Darrow)

I took a lap around the media to see what they're saying about the Heisman -- just click on the links below:

LINK:  YAHOO SPORTS

LINK:  CSN CHICAGO

LINK:  ABC 57 SOUTH BEND

LINK:  FOX SPORTS

LINK:  ESPN NOTRE DAME BLOG

LINK:  WNDU-TV SOUTH BEND

LINK:  CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER

LINK:  ESPN EXPERTS' POLL

Senior Parents Video: Makes Me Cry Every Time

The Notre Dame Football video staff produces an annual Senior Parents Video -- that I will admit, brings me to tears every time I watch it.  Here's the video that was produced for last night's "The Echoes" -- Notre Dame's Football Awards Show.

LINK:  SENIOR PARENTS VIDEO

Top College Players Pick the Heisman Winner!

ESPN interviewed a number of the best college football players at Disney World the past few days -- asking them who should win the Heisman Trophy...

LINK:  WHO WINS THE HEISMAN?

Watch the ND Football Awards Show LIVE !!!

The #1 ranked Fighting Irish will celebrate their undefeated season TONIGHT at the beautiful DeBartolo Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of Notre Dame.  The event sold-out immediately -- so the next best thing is to watch it LIVE on the web.

I'm told the broadcast will begin at 8 PM ET.  Should be fun!

LINK:  NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL AWARDS SHOW

The Most HONORED CFB Player of All-Time!

Manti Te'o is the most honored PLAYER to ever wear the GOLD HELMET in the 125 year history of Notre Dame football...

And, now -- THE HISTORY OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL!

Manti Te'o has now won SIX NATIONAL AWARDS -- with the Heisman Trophy left -- which is already more than ANY COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER in HISTORY!!!

Here are the honors he's received so far:

• Maxwell Award -- the best football player in the country
• Walter Camp Player of the Year Award -- top player in the country
• Bednarik Award -- top defensive player in the country
• Butkus Award -- top linebacker in the country
• Bronco Nagurski Trophy -- top defensive player in the country
• Lombardi Award -- top lineman or linebacker in the country

Will the Heisman be next...

 LINK:  VIDEO OF MANTI WINNING MAXWELL AWARD

"Notre Dame Football Awards Show" Tonight!

Folks, this night has been a long time coming...

At 7:30 PM ET -- TONIGHT -- The Home Depot College Football Awards Show (AKA The Notre Dame Football Awards Show) will be televised on ESPN.

This is MUST SEE TV -- for the entire Notre Dame Family.

It's expected that Notre Dame's Ara Parseghian, Brian Kelly, Tyler Eifert and "some guy named" Manti will be standing on the stage accepting well deserved accolades from the college football world.

LINK:  HOME DEPOT COLLEGE FOOTBALL AWARDS SHOW

Manti Te'o Wins Lombardi Award Tonight!

Can you believe the week Manti is having!!!

He and Coach Kelly are flying all over the country to pick up HARDWARE.  Tonight they were in Houston, TX where Manti became the fifth player in Notre Dame history to receive the Lombardi Award.


YOU MUST WATCH HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH -- he's special...

Here's the speech:

LINK:  MANTI TE'O WINS LOMBARDI AWARD

Brian Kelly Named COACH OF THE YEAR!

Word got out today that the University of Notre Dame's Brian Kelly has been selected (for the second time in his career) the Home Depot Coach of the Year Award!

And, Notre Dame's Tyler Eifert was awarded the Mackey Award as the nation's top Tight End...

Boy, the hardware keeps rollin' in for the IRISH!

Both Coach Kelly and Tyler Eifert will receive their awards tomorrow night on ESPN during the Home Depot College Football Awards Show.  This will be must see - TV!

LINK:  KELLY AND EIFERT

Comic Strip of the Day!!!

Thought you'd enjoy this...

Skylar & Manti -- Only Notre Dame!

The two BMOC's at Notre Dame wear a Headband and a Lei...

Skylar Diggins and Manti Te'o recently sat down with Kate Sullivan '98 and talked about their Notre Dame experience.  Good stuff here:

LINK:  SKYLAR AND MANTI

ND Athletic Director Talks Football and Hoops

Jack Swarbrick sat down with Fighting Irish Digital Media's Jack Nolan this week to talk about the Notre Dame football program and men's basketball program...

LINK:  SWARBRICK ON FOOTBALL

LINK:  SWARBRICK ON BASKETBALL

"200 Phone Calls Per Hour" ND Bookstore...

It appears the Notre Dame Family has been awaken!

A story ran this morning that "demand for Notre Dame branded merchandise is reaching HISTORIC LEVELS..."  Here's the link:

LINK:  HISTORIC LEVELS

Manti Mania -- Continues Today, the Latest...

This is quite a week for Notre Dame's two-time All-American -- he collected two national awards yesterday (Butkus and Nagurski) to go with the Sportsmanship award he received last Thursday night...

Is there a HEISMAN in Manti's future?

Sure hope so!


LINK:  ESPN BLOG -- "ALL THINGS HEISMAN"

LINK:  THE OKLAHOMAN

LINK:  CHICAGO TRIBUNE

LINK:  CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

LINK:  USA TODAY

LINK:  ASSOCIATED PRESS

LINK:  PHILLY MAGAZINE

LINK:  HAWAII REPORTER

LINK:  NBC CHICAGO

Manti Wins the Bronco Nagurski Award !!!

The Charlotte Touchdown Club awarded Notre Dame's All-American Linebacker the Nagurski Award -- symbolizing the top defensive player in the nation!

Once again, Manti is the first Notre Dame player to win this award!

Congrats!

LINK:  TE'O WINS NAGURSKI

When Did the WSJ Turn Into a Sports Paper?

Some of the more engaging stories these past few weeks on Notre Dame football have come from the Wall Street Journal -- can you believe it!

Here's another fun story about Notre Dame's game with Alabama:

LINK:  BAMA, NOTRE DAME, OH MY!

Looks Like We'll Have Some Fans in Bama!

The students at Auburn have created these "WAR IRISH" t-shirts to wear to show they're rooting for Notre Dame in the BCS National Championship game...

Does that mean "half the state" of Alabama will be rooting for ND?

Manti Te'o -- Butkus Award Winner!!!

This is the first HONOR of many this week for Notre Dame's two-time All-American Linebacker -- as Dick Butkus personally called Manti to let him know he's been selected to win the award. 

He'll be presented the Butkus Award on December 17th on the Notre Dame campus.

Manti Te'o is the first Notre Dame player to ever receive this award.

Congratulations Manti!

LINK:  BUTKUS AWARD

BCS Bowl Teams -- Graduation Success Rate

The BCS Bowl Selection Show aired this evening on ESPN -- and here's the list of the teams playing in the BCS Bowl Games and their NCAA Graduation Success Rate.  As well as all of the other Bowl Games...

If you look at the BCS Bowl Match-ups -- you have three of the five games that will have a hard time selling all of their tickets:  Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl and yes, the Rose Bowl... 


BCS National Championship Game -- January 7, 2013

• #1 Notre Dame: 97 GSR
• #2 Alabama:  75 GSR

Current Betting Line:  Alabama is an 8.5 point favorite.
 

Rose Bowl Game -- January 1, 2013

• #6 Stanford:  90 GSR
• NR Wisconsin:  65 GSR

Current Betting Line:  Stanford is a 7.5 point favorite.

Sugar Bowl Game -- January 2, 2013:

• #3 Florida:  75 GSR
• #21 Louisville:  63 GSR

Current Betting Line:  Florida is a 16.5 point favorite.
 

Orange Bowl Game -- January 1, 2013:

•  #12 Florida State:  55 GSR
•  #15 Northern Illinois:  83 GSR

Current Betting Line:  Florida State is a 14 point favorite.


Fiesta Bowl Game -- January 3, 2013:

•  #4 Oregon:  64 GSR
•  #5 Kansas State:  58 GSR

Current Betting Line:  Oregon is an 8.5 point favorite.


ADDITIONAL BOWL GAMES

Cotton Bowl -- January 1, 2013

• #9 Texas A&M:  69 GSR
• #11 Oklahoma:  47 GSR

Capital One Bowl -- January 1, 2013

• #7 Georgia:  69 GSR
• #16 Nebraska:  68 GSR

Outback Bowl -- January 1, 2013

• #10 South Carolina:  55 GSR
• #18 Michigan:  69 GSR

Chick-Fil-A Bowl -- December 31, 2012

• #8 LSU:  77 GSR
• #14 Clemson:  75 GSR

Alamo Bowl -- December 28, 2012

• #23 Texas:  58 GSR
• #13 Oregon State:  60 GSR

Holiday Bowl -- December 27, 2012

• #17 UCLA:  62 GSR
• NR Baylor:  63 GSR

MAACO Bowl Las Vegas -- December 22, 2012

• NR Washington:  74 GSR
• #19 Boise State:  81 GSR

 LINK:  FINAL BCS STANDINGS

Quinn Leads Chiefs to Emotional Win Today...

Former Notre Dame QB Brady Quinn, led his grief stricken teammates to only their second win of the season today -- throwing two TD's in the Chiefs' 27 to 21 victory over the Carolina Panthers.

Chiefs' starting LB Jovan Belcher shot and killed his girlfriend yesterday morning before turning the gun on himself a little later in front of coaches at the Kansas City Chiefs practice facility.

Brady was 19 for 23 for 201 yards and the two touchdown passes.  It was Quinn's first win as a starter for the Chiefs.  Here's what's being said about today's game...

LINK:  KANSAS CITY STAR

LINK:  BRADY QUINN POST GAME

LINK:  CHIEFS POSTGAME LOCKER ROOM

Three College Coaches Did Not Vote ND #1

The last vote of the college football season by the Coaches -- is made public.  And, fifty-six of the fifty-nine coaches voted NOTRE DAME #1 !!!

Here's the three who did not -- and where they placed the IRISH -- click on the link below to see how all of the coaches voted:

• James Franklin, Vanderbilt -- picked Notre Dame #4
• Tommy Tubberville, Texas Tech -- picked Notre Dame #2
• Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee State -- picked Notre Dame #2

(Photo above of Vanderbilt Coach James Franklin -- who picked Alabama, Georgia and Florida ahead of the IRISH -- all fellow member of the SEC.)

LINK:  FINAL USA TODAY / COACHES POLL

Former MLB Commissioner Talks Notre Dame

Come to find out -- Fay Vincent, the former CEO of Columbia Pictures and Commissioner of Major League Baseball -- is a Notre Dame fan.

Just this week he authored an editorial about the Fightin' Irish football team -- pretty cool!

LINK:  A LIFE LONG PASSION FOR NOTRE DAME

"Biggest BCS Underdog of All-Time" I LOVE IT !

It didn't take long for the media to turn on our Fightin' Irish...

Here's what they have to say less than 12 hours after Georgia 'runs out of time' -- and Bama squeaks by them.

WHAT THOUGH THE ODDS BE GREAT OR SMALL...


LINK:  ESPN'S COLLEGE FOOTBALL FINAL 

LINK:  BCS CHAMPIONSHIP WEBSITE

LINK:  CBS SPORTS

LINK:  SPORTING NEWS

LINK:  LINDY'S SPORTS

LINK:  YAHOO SPORTS

LINK:  BUSINESSWEEK

LINK:  ESPN

LINK:  BLEACHER REPORT

BRING ON BAMA !!!

The Alabama Crimson Tide were too much to handle for the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC CHAMPIONSHIP game -- earning the opportunity to play Notre Dame for the National Championship with their 32 - 28 victory this evening...

It's pretty obvious what the IRISH will have to do -- make BAMA pass the ball.  It's going to be FUN!

LINK: WATCH CBS' POST GAME

The Turning Point's USC Video -- A CLASSIC!

I missed this video earlier in the week -- you're going to LOVE this...

LINK:  THE TURNING POINT -- PROTECT THIS HOUSE

Musical Tribute to Manti Te'o -- Must See !!!

I received a text and an email today from ND GO IRISH BLOG regulars Dave Peloquin and Michael McLaughlin alerting me to this video -- IT IS A MUST SEE!!!

LINK:  MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO MANTI

Video of Coach Kelly at SEC Championship

University of Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly was a guest on the CBS set at the SEC Championship game in Atlanta, GA today.  Here's a link to the interview:

LINK:  COACH KELLY AT SEC CHAMPIONSHIP

She's the #1 College Golfer in the Country!

For the first time in the history of the golf program at the University of Notre Dame -- an IRISH golfer is ranked #1 in the country.

And, she's a FRESHMAN!

Lindsey Weaver -- who as a high school senior became only the 2nd female golfer in history to shoot a 59 in competition -- is now ranked the #1 player in the country!  Here is her story:

LINK:  THE #1 PLAYER IN THE COUNTRY

Notre Dame & NBC -- "Best Friends Forever"

That's the headline of a Bloomberg Businessweek story...

Here's a business magazine's perspective of Notre Dame and NBC's relationship.

LINK:  NOTRE DAME & NBC