Nix and Lombard Out For Saturday's Game

Notre Dame's "Irish Chocolate" Louis Nix III will not be traveling with the team to play Air Force this weekend.  Louis is dealing with a sore knee and was unable to practice this week.

Christian Lombard injured his back on Tuesday -- leading to surgery on Wednesday and news that he'll be lost for the season.  Lombard will be replaced by freshman Steve Elmer.

Learn more from Coach Brian Kelly's Thursday press conference:

LINK:  COACH KELLY PRESS CONFERENCE

Brian Kelly's Radio Show Tonight at 7 PM ET

Every Thursday night during the football season -- Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly hosts his radio show from O'Rourke's Pub in South Bend.  Here's a link to watch tonight's LIVE SHOW beginning at 7 PM ET:

LINK:  COACH KELLY RADIO SHOW

Spond Going Home Without Gold Helmet...

Notre Dame student-athlete Danny Spond will be going home to Colorado tomorrow -- as the IRISH fly to Colorado Springs to take on the Air Force Academy on Saturday.

Spond, who was the starting outside linebacker on last year's #1 ranked Fighting Irish was forced into "retiring" from the game this summer when some medical issues resurfaced.  The folks at ESPN picked up on Spond's return home this weekend -- here's the story:

LINK:  GOING HOME

Notre Dame Football's Internet Sensation...

Folks, you can't make this stuff up.

During last week's game with USC, Notre Dame running back Cam McDaniel's helmet came off during a play.  Well, the photo (shown above) is racing through the social media world -- as we speak -- and now outlets like CNN, USA TODAY, HLN, etc., -- are talking about it:


LINK:  USA TODAY STORY

LINK:  HLN -- HEADLINE NEWS

LINK:  LINKED OFF CNN'S HOMEPAGE

NFL FILMS: Onward Notre Dame

If you'd like to see NFL Films' Onward Notre Dame -- just click on the link below:

LINK:  ONWARD NOTRE DAME

Notre Dame Football Players Giving Back...

The Notre Dame football team spent Monday evening this week visiting the South Bend Center for the Homeless.  You'll want to watch this.

LINK:  NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL

Notre Dame's on CBS Sports Network Saturday

If you're wondering if your cable TV provider offers the CBS SPORTS NETWORK -- you can click on the link below to find out!  The Notre Dame vs. Air Force game kick's off at 5:20 PM ET on Saturday.

LINK:  FIND THE CBS SPORTS NETWORK CHANNEL

A "MUST SEE" Video Produced by Ireland TV

The EY Entrepreneur of the Year award winners visited the University of Notre Dame this summer.  You'll want to watch their coverage of this experience.

 LINK:  THE IRISH @ NOTRE DAME

Brady Quinn Signs with St. Louis Rams Today

Well, he was on the west coast playing for the Seattle Seahawks in August -- on the east coast playing for the New York Jets in September -- and now he'll be in the Midwest playing for the St. Louis Rams in October...

Congratulations Brady!

LINK:  ST. LOUIS DISPATCH

Coach Kelly's Tuesday Press Conference

As always -- you can watch the replay right here:

LINK:  COACH KELLY PRESS CONFERENCE

Air Force QB Says He Won't Be Scared vs. ND

Here's the first story I've found about Notre Dame's game against the Air Force Academy this Saturday.

LINK:  WON'T BE SCARED

Notre Dame Hockey Ranked #2 in the Nation!

A 4 - 0 start to the season lands Jeff Jackson's Fighting Irish a #2 ranking in the latest college hockey polls.  Notre Dame received 11 first place votes -- trailing only #1 Minnesota. 

The Golden Gophers are coached by former ND hockey player Bob Lucia '81 -- who's also the father of Irish hockey player Mario Lucia.

Minnesota comes to South Bend on November 8th and 9th to play the IRISH -- should be quite a weekend of hockey at the Compton!

LINK:  COLLEGE RANKINGS

Big-Time Notre Dame Fan Retires From Tigers

Jim Leyland, a big-time Notre Dame fan, retired today from managing the Detroit Tigers.  Leyland leaves the Tigers having led them to the Central Division Championship three straight season -- the first team to ever do so.

Looks like Leyland will have more time to get to Notre Dame!

LINK:  LEYLAND -- NOTRE DAME FAN

LINK:  LEYLAND STEPS DOWN

Inside Notre Dame Football -- USC EDITION

If you'd like to re-live Saturday night's big win over USC -- you'll want to watch this edition of INSIDE NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL.

LINK:  WATCH IT HERE

Torii Hunter Jr. Goes For "THREE-PEAT"

Notre Dame wide receiver Torri Hunter Jr. has been showing off his "ball skills" every TRICK SHOT MONDAY -- and for the third time -- he's the Man!

Watch today's episode of TRICK SHOT MONDAY:

LINK:  TORII'S THREE-PEAT

Coach Kelly's Pre Game Speech to IRISH!

You're going to want to watch this episode of ICON.

Coach Kellys fires up the IRISH for the battle with USC before the game and during halftime -- and then he leads the post game locker room celebration. MUST SEE!

LINK:  COACH KELLY

Portable Tailgate Kitchen & Storage Unit

The folks at WSBT-TV caught up with a fan in the tailgating lots of Notre Dame Stadium yesterday afternoon who created a "portable tailgate."  Here's the story:

LINK:  SEEKING A PATENT

Mike Golic Sr. -- Chipping for Charity @ ND

Former Notre Dame football player, parent of two former and one current Irish student-athlete and ESPN radio/TV personality -- was back on campus yesterday helping the Kelly Cares Foundation raise money for Breast Cancer Research.  Enjoy!

LINK:  GOLIC BACK AT ND

Full NBC Replay: Notre Dame's Win over USC

Here's how you find the replay...

When you click on this link -- you 'll want to click on the video "below" -- where it says Full Replay ND vs USC.  Enjoy!

LINK:  NOTRE DAME vs. USC -- NBC REPLAY

Notre Dame Players With the Media Last Night

Here's some of the interviews of Notre Dame football players I've found this morning -- after the Fighting Irish beat USC 14 - 10:

LINK:  NICK MARTIN

LINK:  TROY NIKLAS

LINK:  T.J. JONES