Thursday, June 28, 2018

Pope Receives ND National Title T-Shirt!


Pope Francis received a Notre Dame Women's Basketball National Championship T-shirt from Fighting Irish Fan Patricia McAdams this past month...

Domer Dad Finster Shoots 72 in Round One...


Mike Finster -- whose Dad and brother are ND alums and his daughter is a student at the University of Notre Dame -- shot an opening round 72 today at the US Senior Open.  He currently stands in a tie for 26th place.

Finster's 72 is tied for the 2nd lowest round among the Amateurs playing in this year's US Senior Open.

Mike tees off at 2:25 PM MT tomorrow...


LINK:  FINSTER'S SCORE CARD

LINK:  MIKE'S BLOG

Domer Dad Playing in US Senior Open Today!



His name is Mike Finster -- his daughter Ashley is a student at the University of Notre Dame.

Mike's journey to the Senior PGA Tour is not your typical path -- see below...

Mike tees off today in his first round of the US SENIOR OPEN at 10:55 AM MT -- GOOD LUCK MIKE!

That's Mike teeing off today (pink shirt) in his final practice round -- he played in a group today with Golf Hall of Famer Bernhard Langer.

LINK:  MIKE'S STORY

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Four Domers on Supreme Court Short List


With today's announcement of the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Kennedy -- the White House announced this afternoon that there is a list of 25 who will be considered for the appointment.

Four (4) Notre Dame alums are on this list:

LINK:  SUPREME COURT SHORT LIST

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

TV Introductions Being Shot Today at ND



Monday, June 25, 2018

Domer Doc Reattches Wisconsin Man's Arm


Notre Dame alum, Dr. Matt Butler (on right in photo above) -- a hand surgeon at Hand to Shoulder Center in Wisconsin reattached the severed arm of a construction worker.

The operation took five hours...

Butler's roommate at Notre Dame -- Super Bowl Champion Rocky Boiman.

LINK:  VIDEO OF PATIENT

Domer Tuck Accepts Job at Goldman Sachs


Rockford, AL to Notre Dame to the NFL New York Giants and then on to Wharton Business School.

Next stop Goldman Sachs for the former Super Bowl Champion!

LINK:  TUCK

Freshmen Can Play 4 Games -- Redshirt Stays


There is a major rule change in college football this season -- and it means you will definitely see more freshmen on the field for Notre Dame this Fall...

LINK:  FULL STORY

Sunday, June 24, 2018

Two Incoming Hockey Players Drafted by NHL


Jeff Jackson's Fighting Irish had two of its incoming recruits drafted this weekend in the 2018 NHL Draft.

Both players are on campus getting ready for the upcoming season.

Miami Heat's Reaction to Signing Matt Farrell

Thought you'd enjoy this...

LINK:  MATT FARRELL

Easiest Non-Conference Football Schedules


Keep an eye on this list -- late in the season when we see who is ranked in the TOP TEN -- will it ever come back and bite these schools when the College Football Playoff does its final rankings?

LINK:  EASY SCHEDULES

NFL Mini-Camp Updates on Former ND Players


Took a lap around the worldwide web this morning to see what's being said about a few of our former Notre Dame Football players after their first NFL mini-camp experience...

LINK:  QUENTON NELSON

LINK:  MIKE MCGLINCHEY

LINK:  DURHAM SMYTHE

LINK:  EQUANIMEOUS ST. BROWN

LINK:  JOSH ADAMS

Friday, June 22, 2018

Bonzie Colson & Matt Farrel Make NBA Choices


Bonzie Colson has committed to play for the Cleveland Cavaliers Summer League Team and Matt Farrell will play for the Miami Heat's Summer League Team.

Still awaiting word on where Martinas Geben will play...

Go get it!

1.5 Million Notre Dame Fans and Counting!


When I started this blog eight years ago -- I could have never dreamed this big...

At 10:23 PM ET this evening -- unique Notre Dame fun number 1,500,000 showed up for the first time at my ND GO IRISH BLOG.   Fighting Irish Fan number 1.5 million hails from Spring, Texas!

It all began on January 24, 2010 with this simple little post -- POST #1 -- and he we are 3,071 days later and this is POST number 20,343.

For you "math majors" out there that's an average of 6.6 positive stories -- EVERY SINGLE DAY -- over these last eight years about the University we all love.  Pretty crazy isn't it...

Thanks for making the ND GO IRISH BLOG one of your stops on the worldwide web -- where you can read positive news about the University of Notre Dame, its students, faculty staff, alumni, parents and friends.

I hope I have a few more days and stories in me to share about Notre Dame.

Thanks 1.5 million!!!

Equanimeous Holding His Own in Green Bay


The former Notre Dame wide receiver is putting on a show in Green Bay during the Packer's mini camp...

LINK:  EQ

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Photos of Incoming Freshmen Working Out

 John Dirksen
 Tommy Tremble #24
 Shayne Simon
 Jayson Ademilola

The Fighting Irish Football Team is back on campus -- getting tuned up for the 2018 Football Season.  Here's a few of the incoming freshmen at work today.

Wednesday, June 20, 2018