Monday, February 6, 2017
Romeo Okwara Tells His Notre Dame Story
There aren't many 21 year-old NFL rookies with an Accounting Degree...
#9 Louisville vs. #7 ND on ESPN2 at 7 PM ET
Big test tonight for Muffet's Fighting Irish -- we can watch it on ESPN2 beginning at 7 PM ET.
GO IRISH!
LINK: GAME STORY
Michael Floyd Kissing the Lombardi Trophy!
Michael Floyd is the 43rd Notre Dame football player to be on a Super Bowl winning team -- earning the 48th Super Bowl Ring by a former Fighting Irish star.
Other fun facts about Notre Dame in the Super Bowl:
LINK: MOST SUPER BOWL QB STARTS BY ONE COLLEGE
LINK: MOST SUPER BOWL PLAYER APPEARANCES BY COLLEGE
Sunday, February 5, 2017
More NFL Honors for Domer Zack Martin!
Last night, former Notre Dame football captain Zack Martin (on the left in photo above) and his fellow Dallas Cowboys offensive linemen were named the NFL's Offensive Line of the Year!
LINK: STORY
Notre Dame vs. North Carolina on ESPNews
The Fighting Irish tip-off against the Tar Heels at 1 PM ET today! The game will be televised on ESPNews.
Saturday, February 4, 2017
Water Issue Moves Irish vs. Tar Heels to Sunday
This is a first...
Notre Dame's trip to play North Carolina was delayed a day -- and the game was moved to a new town and time -- due to a water emergency in the Chapel Hill area...
The game will now be played on SUPER BOWL SUNDAY at 1 PM ET and televised on ESPN NEWS.
LINK: STORY ON WATER PROBLEM
LINK: GAME MOVED
Thursday, February 2, 2017
"Domers Pollock" Scale Camelback Mountain!
AJ & Kate Pollock -- both Notre Dame alums -- recently scaled Camelback Mountain in an unheard of time of 27 minutes and 20 seconds...
AJ is the MLB All-Star outfielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
LINK: STORY
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Top 15 Recruiting Class -- With All the Change!
Notre Dame's Brian Kelly should be thrilled with how National Signing Day turned out for his Fighting Irish. Despite significant staff changes (8 new coaches) over the last two months and a difficult season on the field -- Notre Dame was able secure the signatures of 21 high school stars from across the country.
Job well done!
Some highlights of the class:
- 21 players hailing from 11 states
- 10 on defense / 10 on offense / 1 kicker
- CBS SPORTS -- ranked ND's class #11
- RIVALS -- ranked ND's class #13
- MAX PREPS -- ranked ND's class #10
- SCOUT -- ranked ND's class #13
- ESPN -- ranked ND's class #16
Can't wait to see what this coaching staff does with a full year of recruiting!
LINK: NOTRE DAME'S NSD SITE
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Positive News Out of Dallas on Jaylon Smith!
This is great news for the former Notre Dame All-American!!!
LINK: JAYLON SMITH
LINK: JERRY JONES ON JAYLON
Will a Domer be Nominated for Supreme Court?
Apparently we'll know tonight at 8 PM ET...
Notre Dame alum Judge Thomas Hardiman '87 is apparently one of now -- two finalists -- being considered by President Trump as his Supreme Court nominee.
If nominated and confirmed -- Judge Hardiman would be the only member of the Supreme Court without an Ivy League degree.
Who needs "one of those" when you have a Notre Dame degree!
Here's a publication who thinks Judge Hardiman is the favorite...
LINK: HARDIMAN
Monday, January 30, 2017
Replay: Brian Kelly's Press Conference Today
Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media for the first time since the loss to USC back in November. Today's topic of discussion -- changes to his coaching staff and program...
Duke vs. Notre Dame on ESPN at 7 PM ET
It's a huge game tonight for the Fighting Irish as we look to put an end to our losing ways...
Duke is coming off of a last second win over Wake Forest on Saturday -- should be a good one!
Game tips off at 7 PM ET on ESPN. GO IRISH!
LINK: #21 DUKE vs. #20 NOTRE DAME
LINK: NEWS OBSERVER
LINK: INDIANAPOLIS STAR
Shark Tank's "Mr. Wonderful" at ND Today
Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary (AKA) "Mr. Wonderful" -- will be speaking today at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business -- from 5 PM to 6:15 PM...
I suspect you'll see him at the Duke vs. Notre Dame hoops game tonight as well.
LINK: O'LEARY AT NOTRE DAME
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Get to Know Notre Dame Coach Mike Elko
When D-Coordinator Mike Elko plays Madden, the team he chooses is the ________.#FIGHTSZN pic.twitter.com/kiMCWNiDtu— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) January 28, 2017
Must See: Isaac Rochell Senior Bowl Interview
The Notre Dame Captain ended an important week for himself at the Reese's Senior Bowl with four tackles in Saturday's game.
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Georgia Tech Coach Talks About Notre Dame
Notre Dame plays Georgia Tech today in Atlanta -- in a noon tip-off against a Ramblin' Wreck team that hammered Florida State at home a couple of days ago...
Are there any easy games in the ACC?
We can watch it on ESPNU -- beginning at NOON ET! Here's the Georgia Tech Head Coach in his press conference yesterday:
LINK: GT COACH TALKS ND
Friday, January 27, 2017
Duke's Women's Hoop Coach Talks Loss to ND
If you have any interest in checking in on Duke's Joanne McCallie and her reaction to the Blue Devil's loss to Notre Dame last night -- click on the link below and search on the right hand side of the page for the video of last night's press conference...
LINK: DUKE REACTION
Pat Connaughton: Basketball or Baseball?
I can never say enough nice things about this young man. Pat Connaughton is a class act.
Sounds like Pat may soon have to finally make a decision whether to stick with hoops or start striking out batters. Here's the latest media speculation:
LINK: BALTIMORE SUN
LINK: KEEPING HIS ARM LOOSE
LINK: SALEM NEWS
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Domer Hentrich Inducted Into St. Louis HOF
Hentrich enjoyed a 17-year NFL career, a Super Bowl Championship and multiple NFL All-Pro selections as a punter.
LINK: HENTRICH
Isaac Rochell Turning Heads at Senior Bowl
The former Notre Dame team captain is at the Reese's Senior Bowl this week -- "auditioning" in front of scouts from every NFL team.
Here's what's being sad about Rochell's play so far by Dallas Cowboys' analyst Bryan Broaddus...
LINK: SENIOR BOWL NOTEBOOK
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
ND Alum Being Considered for Supreme Court
Notre Dame alum, Thomas Hardiman '87 -- a Federal Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit -- is reportedly one of three finalists for the vacant seat on the Supreme Court of the United States.
LINK: MORE ON HARDIMAN
LINK: PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE
LINK: NEWSWEEK
The Greatest Football Team of All-Time
It looks like you can buy the DVD if you want -- multiple online locations are selling it...
LINK: THE GREATEST TEAM
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
ND LAX Kicks Off Season at "Jerry's World"
Kevin Corrigan's Fighting Irish will play Georgetown in game #1 of the season at the Dallas Cowboy's AT&T Stadium on February 18th.
Here is Coach Corrigan talking about this season...
LINK: CORRIGAN
Virginia's Tony Bennett Talks Notre Dame Game
The #14 ranked Fighting Irish will host #12 Virginia tonight in the biggest game of the year so far here at Purcell Pavilion. Game will be televised on the ACC Network beginning at 8 PM ET.
LINK: ACC NETWORK AFFILIATES
Monday, January 23, 2017
OT: Thankfully They Don't Coach This at ND
Just....wow. 😬 pic.twitter.com/BdGNKN0kNF— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 24, 2017
Notre Dame leads the nation in free throw shooting percentage -- in fact -- it's the highest in NCAA Division I history...
Notre Dame: Coaches Poll #12 / AP Poll #14
The Fighting Irish Men's basketball team lost to FSU and beat Syracuse this past week -- and they MOVED UP in the polls...
I even saw one national writer -- Seth Davis -- who ranked Notre Dame #9 -- see his rankings below:
LINK: POLLS
Domer Bennett Jackson Training for NFL Return
Former Notre Dame defensive back Bennett Jackson's multiple injuries cut short his NFL football career with the New York Giants.
He's working on a comeback...
LINK: BENNETT JACKSON
A "Historic" Free Throw Shooting Run for ND...
Mike Brey's Fighting Irish are making free throws at a clip -- never seen before in Division I College Basketball history. Think about that...
As of this morning -- Notre Dame is at 82.9% from the free throw stripe!
Three of the free throw shooting stars at Notre Dame:
- Vasturia: 92.5%
- Colson: 86.7%
- Farrell: 86.5%
Sunday, January 22, 2017
Muffet McGraw Gets Win #750 at Notre Dame!
The Fighting Irish rolled over North Carolina 77 - 55 today earning Coach McGraw her 750th win at the University of Notre Dame!
Muffet's Irish vs. NC on ESPNU at Noon Today
The Fighting Irish will play game #2 without injured starter Kathryn Westbeld today when they visit Chapel Hill to take on the Tar Heels of North Carolina.
Watch the game LIVE on ESPNU beginning at NOON ET.
LINK: UPDATE ON NORTH CAROLINA
"DeShone Kizer is the #1 QB in the NFL Draft"
The NFL Networks' Daniel Jeremiah has Notre Dame's DeShone Kizer as the #1 QB in the upcoming NFL Draft...
LINK: KIZER --- TOP QB
Virginia's Tony Bennett Talks About ND Game
Fast forward to the 7:23 minute mark -- and you'll see Virginia's Tony Bennett talk about the Fighting Irish and their game here Tuesday night.
First Look: Visiting Team's Entrance in Stadium
Thought you'd like to see this photo tweeted last night by Brian Polian (Special Team's Coach) of Notre Dame Stadium.
If you look in the lower right of the photo -- you will see the location of the new entrance being constructed for visiting teams.
Saturday, January 21, 2017
Onwualu -- Shrine Game "Practice Standout"
Having known this young man for four years now -- this headline doesn't surprise me.
Eagle Eye in the Sky's Fran Duffy had this to say about ND football team captain James Onwualu at the Shrine East West Game practice this week:
"Has the highest upside of any of the linebackers this week..."
Watch James representing the "GOLD HELMET" today at 3 PM ET on the NFL Network. I know you won't miss that helmet -- but, he will be wearing white jersey #47.
LINK: ONWUALU
Hometown Writer Talks About "Rocket's Snub"
Former Notre Dame All-American Raghib "The Rocket" Ismail did not receive enough votes this month to gain induction into the College Football Hall of Fame...
A writer from Rocket's hometown paper opines about this.
LINK: ROCKET'S SNUB
Michael Floyd Still Learning Patriots' Playbook
The former Fighting Irish All-American is gearing up for tomorrow's AFC Championship game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Kick-off is scheduled for 6:40 PM ET.
LINK: WEEI
LINK: NESN
LINK: PATRIOTS WIRE
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