It's Not ND Football -- But This Is MUST SEE!

If you haven't seen this trick play by the 14 year-old QB (Jason Garza) of the Driscoll Middle School football team in Corpus Christi, TX -- YOU MUST -- click on the link below.  From the sideline, a Driscoll coach yelled (which was part of the setup of the play) "That should have been a ten yard penalty!"  Then, Garza (QB) took the ball from his center and told the opposition's defense "I am going to move the ball up five more yards..."  Driscoll had purposely taken a "five yard" offsides play just before -- setting up what they called the "Penalty Play."  The YouTube video has surpassed 3.2 million views!

LINK:  THE ULTIMATE QB SNEAK!

Notre Dame Junior on Jeopardy Tonight!

Olivia Colangelo (Murrysville, PA), a junior in the University of Notre Dame's College of Engineering was a contestant tonight on Jeopardy's The College Championship.  Unfortunately,  Colangelo ran into a "buzzsaw" in the form of Sid Chandrasehkar, a senior from the University of Pennsylvania.  Olivia ended up with $15,000 as compared to Sid's $28,401.  Nice effort Olivia, you did the IRISH proud!  For what it's worth -- you would have cleaned my clock!  Here's a link to Jeopardy's The College Championship website and a photo of all of the contestants along with a second link to a video of Olivia talking about getting chosen for the show, her "dream" categories and her future plans:

LINK:  THE COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP -- JEOPARDY

LINK:  OLIVIA TALKS TO THE JEOPARDY CAMERA

Domer Update: CBS's The Amazing Race

Thomas Wolfard '02 and his girlfriend Jill Haney -- survived some problems last night "spinning plates" as CBS's globe-trotting adventure race was in St. Petersburg, Russia.  The Domer's team finished in fifth place out of the seven teams still in the race -- meaning they live to move on to next week's show, as the last place team was eliminated from the competition.  Here's a link to a replay of last night's episode:

LINK:  THE AMAZING RACE -- SEASON 17

Notre Dame Grad -- Fighting Human Trafficking

Brigette Carr, a 1998 graduate of the University of Notre Dame -- directs the Human Trafficking Law Clinic at the University of Michigan.  Carr was profiled in a Detroit Free Press story yesterday about her crusade against commercial sexual exploitation and human trafficking.  Here is a link to the story:

LINK:  BRIGETTE CARR -- FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Domer Condoleeza Rice -- Her Memoir

The former Secretary of State -- and Notre Dame grad -- Condoleeza Rice '75, released her memoir this weekend entitled; Extraordinary, Ordinary People.  This weekend, Condi was in her hometown of Birmingham, AL signing copies of her book (photo above).  Here's a link to a video of Dr. Rice signing her new book and a link to where you can buy it online:

LINK:  CONDOLEEZA RICE'S MEMOIR

LINK:  CONDI'S BOOK SIGNING

Two Domers Named Among Top TE's in History

Sports Illustrated's Peter King was given the duty of selecting the NFL's top 10 Tight End's of all-time -- and two former Notre Dame All-Americans made this list;  #5 Dave Casper and #9 Mark Bavaro.  I want to thank ND GO IRISH BLOG regular,  Cappy Gagnon '66, for bringing this story to my attention. Here's a link to the top tight ends of all-time:

LINK:  TOP 10 TIGHT ENDS OF ALL-TIME