Thursday, October 9, 2014

North Carolina Coaches Talk Notre Dame Game


The GOHEELS TV Network was at practice this week -- talking with the North Carolina coaches about Saturday's game with Notre Dame -- here's the latest:

LINK:  OFFENSIVE & DEFENSIVE COORDINATORS

LINK:  HEAD COACH

Coach Kelly Meets Media Today After Practice


Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media today -- after practice -- for the last time before Saturday's game with North Carolina.

LINK:  COACH KELLY PRESSER

Brian Kelly Radio Show -- Watch LIVE at 7 PM


Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly will be hosting his weekly radio show this evening at 7 PM ET -- LIVE from O'Rourke's Public House.

If you'd like to watch the LIVE broadcast -- click on the link below:

LINK:  BRIAN KELLY RADIO SHOW

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Muffet & Jewell Talk at Today's Media Day


The Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team "officially" kicked off the 2014 - 2015 season today with their annual Media Day.  Here's Hall of Fame coach Muffet McGraw and All-American Jewell Loyd talk about this year's team:

LINK:  MEDIA DAY

Domer Condoleezza Rice Prepping for Playoffs

The former U.S. Secretary of State and Notre Dame grad -- Condi Rice -- sat down for an interview with ESPN's Heather Dinich to talk about her preparation plans for the Playoffs.

The only female member of the College Football Playoff Committee...

Click on the link below to see this story:

LINK:  CONDI RICE

First Look: Notre Dame Women's Hoops Jersey


The folks at Under Armour have created what I would call a "classic look" -- as seen in the photos above -- in the uniform design for Muffet's Fighting Irish...

Inside Notre Dame Football: Stanford Edition


I missed posting this earlier in the week -- thought you'd enjoy seeing this...

LINK:  INSIDE NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Couple of Domers to Man Chargers' Center Spot


Former Notre Dame student-athletes Chris Watt and Trevor Robinson will be #1 and #2 option at the center position this weekend for the San Diego Chargers' in their game game against the Oakland Raiders.

The Chargers signed Trevor off of the Bengals' practice squad today...

Watt is slated to get his first NFL start this Sunday -- at a position he never played during his time in a GOLD HELMET.  Here's the story:

LINK:  DOMERS THE CENTER OF ATTENTION

North Carolina Head Coach Talks Notre Dame


Here's a link to North Carolina head football coach Larry Fedora's press conference yesterday -- as his team prepares for Notre Dame...

LINK:  NORTH CAROLINA

Replay: Brian Kelly's Press Conference Today


Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly held his weekly news conference today -- talking about Saturday's game with the North Carolina Tarheels

You can watch the REPLAY LIVE at the link below:

LINK:  BRIAN KELLY PRESS CONFERENCE

Notre Dame: #3 Scoring Defense in the Country


The unit that we all thought would struggle the most this season -- is now one of the best in the country at what they do...

The Notre Dame Defense has held their first five opponents to an average of 12.0 points per game -- good for THIRD BEST in the country -- think about that!

Here's how the Fighting Irish defense ranks in these defensive team categories:
  • POINTS ALLOWED PER GAME:  #3
  • RUSHING YARDS PER GAME:  #9
  • TOTAL YARDS PER GAME:  #21

LINK:  NCAA DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

Monday, October 6, 2014

Domer Jed York Has a Chat With Jim Harbaugh


Jed York '03, has his hands full these days with his 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh.  The media is reporting that Harbaugh is coaching his last season in San Francisco...

York addressed this issue on the NFL Network today.

LINK:  YORK TALKS HARBAUGH

ESPN's Kanell Has Notre Dame in the Playoff


Take a listen to former Florida State QB pick his top four football teams in the country.

I always thought this guy was smart...  :)

LINK:  PLAYOFF BOUND

SF Chronicle Writer's Pilgrimage to Notre Dame

Bruce Jenkins, a staff writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, made the trip to South Bend this weekend with his wife to take in the game between Stanford and Notre Dame. 

You'll enjoy his thoughts on their pilgrimage to Notre Dame.

LINK:  A PILGRIMAGE

Notre Dame's Latest "FIGHTING FOR" TV Spot


This Notre Dame television commercial ran at halftime during NBC's coverage of the Fighting Irish's big win over Stanford Saturday.  Thought you'd like to see it again.

LINK:  FIGHTING FOR

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Another "Inside View" of ND's Victory Saturday!


The folks at Fighting Irish Digital Media were up to their "old magic" with this inside look at Notre Dame's big win over Stanford yesterday. 

You'll see the late game-winning TD drive!

MUST SEE!

LINK:  IRISH CONNECTION

Full Game Replay: ND 17 - Stanford 14


Here's a link to a full game replay of Notre Dame's 17 - 14 victory over Stanford yesterday...

LINK:  NOTRE DAME 17 - STANFORD 14

Notre Dame Statement on Suspended Students


The University of Notre Dame released this statement today on the student-athletes involved in the academic fraud investigation.

LINK:  UNIVERSITY STATEMENT

AP Poll: Notre Dame #6 -- A Look at the Votes


Here's how the Associated Press Poll voters -- see link below -- voted this week for the Fighting Irish.  Here's where the writers are from who didn't vote for Notre Dame in their TOP TEN:

Important to note -- Scott Wolf, (in the photo above with the USC cheerleaders) who voted Notre Dame #13 in his AP Poll (the lowest of all AP Voters) has a USC Football blog: http://www.insidesocal.com/usc/  


LINK:  AP POLL

Audio Replay: Coach Kelly's Sunday Presser


The head coach of the #5 ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame met with the media -- via conference call today.  Here's a link to the press conference:

LINK:  COACH KELLY PRESSER