Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Nice Comments About Domer Dad Torii Hunter


Minnesota Twins' Torii Hunter -- the father of Notre Dame wide receiver Torii Hunter Jr. -- received high praise from his former manager at Major League Baseball's "Winter Meetings" in San Diego this week.

LINK:  WE'RE GOING TO MISS HIM

Zack Martin Named to "All Fundamentals" Team


Former Notre Dame student-athlete Zack Martin '13, was one of 26 NFL players selected to USA Football's "All Fundamentals" Team...

LINK:  MARTIN HONORED

Swarbrick "College Athletes Should Be Paid..."


Notre Dame's Director of Athletics Jack Swarbrick made some headlines today...

LINK:  SHOULD BE PAID

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Domers Watt & Robinson: A Kid's Christmas


Former Notre Dame student-athletes Chris Watt (#65) and Trevor Robinson (#60) -- joined their Chargers' offensive line teammates and 27 kids from the San Diego community at a San Diego Macy's for a Christmas "shopping spree" last night.

LINK:  SEASON OF GIVING

LINK:  PHOTO GALLERY

OT: NIKE -- I've Got To Hand It To You...


This is pretty awesome...

Nike has created a "base layer" (this is the latest rage in uniform design) for Ohio State to wear in the upcoming College Football Playoff that features WOODY HAYES' last few chalkboard sessions as a head coach for the Buckeyes.

The "68" is a shout out to their 1968 National Championship team.

BRILLIANT!

ND FANS will get a kick out of this Woody Hayes' WIKI entry:

During his tenure at Ohio State, Hayes would joke that he considered himself to be Notre Dame's best recruiter because if he could not convince a recruit to come to Ohio State instead of Michigan he would try to steer the recruit to Notre Dame, whom Ohio State did not play. 

While Hayes' public stance was that he refused to play Notre Dame because he was afraid of polarizing the Catholic population in Ohio, Notre Dame's long-time athletic director Moose Krause said that Hayes had told him that Hayes liked having Michigan as the only tough game on the Ohio State schedule and that having the Buckeyes play Notre Dame would detract from that.  


Domer Jeff Samardzija Traded To White Sox


Former Notre Dame All-America wide receiver Jeff Samardzija is headed "back" to Chicago to play professional ball -- this time for the White Sox.

LINK:  SAMARDZIJA TO WHITE SOX

Monday, December 8, 2014

Notre Dame Men's Basketball Ranked #25 !!!


The Associated Press Poll is out and Notre Dame has cracked the AP TOP 25 with their win this past week against Michigan State. 

Notre Dame is one of "six ACC teams" ranked among the Top 25.

LINK:  AP TOP 25

Brian Kelly Talks Music City Bowl & L.S.U.


Yesterday afternoon, the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame accepted an invitation to play in the Music City Bowl on December 30th against the Tigers of Louisiana State University.  This will be Notre Dame's first trip to play in the Music City Bowl and the eleventh game in history against L.S.U.

Notre Dame is 5 - 5 all-time against Louisiana State University.

Coach Kelly met with the media last night to talk about the game and his team -- just click on the link below:

LINK:  BRIAN KELLY TALKS MUSIC CITY BOWL

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Notre Dame to Play LSU in the Music City Bowl!


The Fighting Irish will be traveling to Nashville to play a (8 - 4) LSU team in the Music City Bowl on December 30, 2014.

LINK:  BUY YOUR TICKETS RIGHT HERE!

Photos: Kelly Cares "Shopping Spree" at Meijer


Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly was over at Meijer's today with a number of his players and his wife Pacqui for their annual "shopping spree" for 109 kids from the Michiana area...

LINK:  FIGHTING IRISH DIGITAL MEDIA

Here's the local media coverage of the event:

LINK:  WNDU-TV

LINK:  WSBT-TV

LINK:  ABC-57

ACC Announces Notre Dame's Bowl at 5:30 PM


If you'd like to watch the LIVE ANNOUNCEMENT of where Notre Dame will be headed to play a BOWL GAME -- click on the link below:

LINK:  LIVE ANNOUNCEMENT AT 5:30 PM ET -- RIGHT HERE!

Coach Kelly Talks Bowl Game Today at 6:15 PM


Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly will be meeting with the media today at 6:15 PM ET to talk about the MUSIC CITY BOWL and L.S.U.

You can watch this LIVE at the link below:

LINK:  COACH KELLY TALKS BOWL GAME

Saturday, December 6, 2014

Muffet & Geno After UCONN Beat ND Today


The Fighting Irish played their second game in a row against UCONN without their "tallest starter" -- and we experienced a similar result...

LINK:  MUFFET POST GAME

LINK:  GENO POST GAME

Skylar Diggins' STACK Cover Shoot in NYC


Former Notre Dame All-American Skylar Diggins is the subject of this MUST SEE video for Fighting Irish fans!

Maybe we'll see her courtside at Purcell Pavilion today to root on the IRISH!

LINK:  SKYLAR

South Bend Media Talks ND Bowl Options


Here's a local TV report featuring WSBT-TV's Pete Byrne and the South Bend Tribune's Notre Dame beat writer Eric Hansen -- talking Notre Dame football'S bowl options...

LINK:  BOWL OPTIONS FOR IRISH

Fighting Irish on ESPN Today at 3:15 PM ET


The #1 ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish take on #3 UCONN today at 3:15 PM ET in a nationally televised game on ESPN.

LINK:  GO IRISH!

Izzo & Valentine Talk OT Loss to Notre Dame


I just found these this morning -- here's what Michigan State Coach Tom Izzo and star guard Denzel Valentine had to say after their 79 - 78 OT loss to our Fighting Irish Wednesday night.

LINK:  IZZO #1

LINK:  IZZO #2

LINK:  VALENTINE

ESPN Looks at UCONN vs. NOTRE DAME


It's the biggest rivalry in all of women's sport -- UCONN vs. Notre Dame.  You can watch it today on ESPN at 3:15 PM ET.  

In the photo above that's Muffet on the left and UCONN coach Geno Auriemma on the right!

In the story linked below -- ESPN's Graham Hayes looks at this rivalry. You're going to want to read this!

LINK:  ESPN

Friday, December 5, 2014

UCONN Talking About Game Against IRISH!


The two biggest names in women's college basketball meet again tomorrow -- this time in Notre Dame, IN.

The game will be nationally televised by ESPN -- again, proof of the importance of this game.

Here's what's being said by that team from Storrs -- click on the links below:

LINK:  NEWS TIMES

LINK:  HARTFORD CURANT

LINK:  BOSTON HERALD

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Sunday's ACC "Notre Dame Lottery" for Bowls


You know this hasn't happened before in the ACC -- the use of a lottery to pick the BOWL that will host a team who doesn't belong to the ACC...

LINK:  CHARLOTTE OBSERVER