Army / Navy Gear -- My Favorite Non-ND Game

I always look forward to this football game...

Go Navy!

Notre Dame's Advent Series: December 5

My Granddaughter's First Year as a ND Fan!

Happy Birthday #1 to Kinley Joan Walsh -- I hope you'll remember your first lap of the Sun -- forever!

Your Grandpa Jim! 

Kinley's "first" birthday cake...

Inside Look at Notre Dame's Win Over Stanford

Domer Counsell Named Manager of the Year!

Baseball America just announced this evening that Notre Dame alum Craig Counsell -- manager of the Milwaukee Brewers -- is their Manager of the Year in Major League Baseball for 2019!

Congrats Craig!


LINK:  MANAGER OF THE YEAR

Notre Dame's Advent Series: December 4

Notre Dame Behind Teams With < Resumes

Well, I guess it doesn't matter who you have beaten -- or, who you have played.  The latest College Football Playoff Rankings were just released and the Fighting Irish have been parked in a spot as low as they could possibly be ranked...

Oh, well -- go win a bowl game.

LINK:  RANKINGS

Hawaii TV Station Reporting That Manti Te'o...

Has signed a contract with his former team -- the New Orleans Saints!

LINK:  STORY

Notre Dame's Advent Series: December 3

Replay: Muffet McGraw's Radio Show Monday

Notre Dame's Advent Series -- December 2

Notre Dame's Advent Series -- December 1

Chase Claypool's Ride Home to Notre Dame...

Have to admit -- this would have been the perfect way for Chase Claypool to have traveled home to Notre Dame last night after the way the Canadian star played on the Pacific Coast last night.

The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train passed through South Bend just after midnight...

Notre Dame Players Talk Win Over Stanford

Fighting Irish Bounce Back and Beat #21 USF

Muffet's Fighting Irish bounce back after losing two games in two days -- to beat the #21 ranked team in the country.

Stanford's Shaw & Players Talk Loss to IRISH

Coach Kelly Talks 45 - 24 Win Over Stanford

Here Are All of the 10-2 Ranked Teams...

Thought we'd start the argument right now -- these are all of the 10-2 teams in college football that are ranked ahead of Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff Rankings.

I ask the question -- does Notre Dame deserve to be ranked higher than any of these teams?


#5  ALABAMA -- beat 9 FBS teams

• Wins over teams currently ranked:  0
• Wins over FBS teams with 8+ wins:  0  
• FBS opponents' wins:  65

#8  FLORIDA -- beat 8 FBS teams

• Wins over teams currently ranked: 1
• Wins over FBS teams with 8+ wins:  1
• FBS opponents' wins: 70

#10  MINNESOTA -- beat 10 FBS teams

• Wins over teams currently ranked: 1
• Wins over FBS teams with 8+ wins:  2
• FBS opponents' wins:  72

#12  PENN STATE -- beat 9 FBS teams

• Wins over teams currently ranked: 2
• Wins over FBS teams with 8+ wins: 3
• FBS opponents' wins:  77

#13  WISCONSIN -- beat 10 FBS teams

• Wins over teams currently ranked: 2
• Wins over FBS teams with 8+ wins: 2
• FBS opponents' wins:  82

#14  OREGON -- beat 9 FBS teams

• Wins over teams currently ranked: 1
• Wins over FBS teams with 8+ wins: 1
• FBS opponents' wins:  69

#16  NOTRE DAME -- beat 10 FBS teams

• Wins over teams currently ranked: 3
• Wins over FBS teams with 8+ wins: 4
• FBS opponents' wins:  81*  -- Navy still has one game to play

Bold connotes leader in this category.


LINK:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RANKINGS

Stanford's "Motivational Video" For Today...

Notre Dame takes on Stanford -- today at 4 PM ET on FOX.

Go Irish!

In Muffet's Fighting Irish's 4 Losses...

Here's what has transpired in the four games that Notre Dame has lost so far this season -- as you'll see, something different each night has cost the Irish...


TENNESSEE LOSS (74 - 63)

• Notre Dame shot poorly from the field:  31.4%
• Tennessee shot great from the field:  47.1%
• Tennessee made 42.1% of their three point attempts // Notre Dame hit 28%
• Tennessee had 15 offensive rebounds to Notre Dame's 11
• Tennessee took 8 more foul shots than Notre Dame

MICHIGAN STATE LOSS (72 - 69)

• Notre Dame out shot MSU -- 48% to 40.3%
• MSU made 8 three pointers to Notre Dame's 3 (yet ND hit a higher percentage)
• Notre Dame took 15 more free throw attempts than MSU -- but missed 13 of them
• MSU had 20 offensive rebounds to Notre Dame's 13
• Notre Dame blocked 8 shots to MSU's 4 blocks

FLORIDA GULF COAST LOSS (69 - 60)

• Florida Gulf Coast made 9 three pointers to Notre Dame's 3
• Florida Gulf Coast had 14 offensive rebounds to Notre Dame's 7
• Notre Dame had 25 turnovers to Florida Gulf Coast's 10
• Florida Gulf Coast took 71 shots compared to 49 for Notre Dame
• Notre Dame out shot Florida Gulf Coast 46.9% to 38% 

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE LOSS (65 - 59)

• Notre Dame was 1 for 17 from behind the three point line
• South Dakota State had 18 offensive rebounds to Notre Dame's 5
• South Dakota State had 22 turnovers to Notre Dame's 10

Just a FYI -- Notre Dame's women's basketball program has not lost more than 4 games since the 2010-11 season.  That year they ended up going 31 - 8, losing the NCAA Championship game to Texas A&M...