Monday, August 26, 2019

Domer Matthias Farley Cut By Colts Today...


Kind of surprised with this news...  Click on statement above to enlarge.

At least he'll have time to be picked up by another team before this weekend's final roster cuts.

LINK:  STORY

Pro Football Focus Says: "Notre Dame is #4"


This is about as detailed a scouting report you'll find about Notre Dame Football...

Worth your time to read!

LINK:  UNDERRATED NOTRE DAME

Heaven's Notre Dame Section: Got a Good One


Former Tampa Bay Rays' owner, and Notre Dame alum -- Vince Naimoli left for Heaven last night...

LINK:  OBITUARY

Sunday, August 25, 2019

A Week Away From NFL Roster Cut Downs...


Thought I'd check in on how a number of our former Notre Dame Football players are doing in their attempt to make an NFL roster this season...

LINK:  DEXTER WILLIAMS

LINK:  TE'VON CONEY

LINK:  ALEX BARS

LINK:  JARRON JONES

LINK:  GREER MARTINI

LINK:  JONATHAN BONNER

LINK:  BENNETT JACKSON

LINK:  COLE LUKE

LINK:  TYLER NEWSOME

LINK:  MICHAEL FLOYD

LINK:  T.J. JONES

LINK:  C.J. PROSISE

LINK:  JOSH ADAMS

LINK:  ALIZE MACK

LINK:  KEIVARAE RUSSELL

L.A. Times Story on Drue Tranquill


Thought you'd like to see this about the former Notre Dame Football captain...

LINK:  TRANQUILL

A Notre Dame Story -- What Though The Odds



Our storytelling team at Notre Dame just released this story last week...

Saturday, August 24, 2019

OT: My Niece Wins "Bretina Cup" National Title


My niece Claire Manhard was competing this weekend at the 2019 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions in the USEF Young Adult 'Bretina Cup' Dressage National Championship division -- and she won the national championship!!!

That's Claire with her horse Wilfonia wearing the upside down "Notre Dame pin."

 (The bottom photo is of my sister-in-law Kimberly, my niece Claire and my brother-in-law Michael -- with the Bretina Cup!)

Way to go Claire -- a pretty cool moment for the family!

Notre Dame's Special Teams' Coach


Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Jaylon Smith's New Contract Moves Him to #7!



With Jaylon Smith's new deal with the Cowboys today -- he's now moved up to 7th on the list of the former Notre Dame athletes (football, basketball, baseball and hockey) who will be paid the most as a professional athlete:
  • Jeff Samardzija:  $127,625,000 -- guaranteed contract to 2021
  • Zack Martin:  $102,308,800 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2024 
  • A.J. Pollock:  $76,397,500 -- guaranteed contract to 2023 
  • Anders Lee:  $75,044,038 -- guaranteed, contract to 2026
  • Kyle Rudolph:  $74,173,950 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2024 
  • Golden Tate:  $71,478,749 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2022 
  • Jaylon Smith:  $69,159,293 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2024
  • Troy Murphy:  $66,000,000 
  • Stephon Tuitt:  $64,760,551 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2022
  • Harrison Smith:  $63,666,546 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2021
  • Brad Lidge:  $55,335,000
  • Bryant Young:  $44,000,000
  • Justin Tuck:  $43,248,463
  • John Sullivan:  $40,050,021
  • Jerome Bettis:  $35,122,500
  • Jeff Faine:  $34,456,892
  • Ronnie Stanley:  $33,354,331 -- guaranteed, contract to 2020
  • Kyle Palmieri:  $30,192,154 -- guaranteed, contract to 2021
  • Tim Brown:  $28,432,686
  • Matt Carroll:  $28,437,349
  • Joe Montana:  $26,000,000
  • Ian Cole:  $23,049,694 -- guaranteed, contract to 2021
  • David Phelps:  $19,233,850 -- guaranteed, contract to 2020
  • Michael Floyd:  $19,080,535 -- free agent
  • Rocket Ismail:  $18,000,000

The next big contract negotiation still sits with Ronnie Stanley and the Ravens.  Baltimore picked up Ronnie's "fifth year" option at $12,870,000 -- as they work on a new longer term deal.  STORY

Brian Kelly Talks About Monday's Practice...