Are the Irish Heading to El Paso?

With both West Virginia and UCONN winning today -- and Washington beating Washington State -- all signs point to Notre Dame heading to El Paso, TX to play in the Hyundai Sun Bowl on New Year's Eve!  And, don't be surprised if the Irish will be taking on the Miami Hurricanes -- in an "early renewal" of the "CATHOLICS vs. CONVICTS" series.  Notre Dame has called a press conference for Sunday to officially announce where the Irish will be "bowling!"  Here's a link to the Hyundai's Sun Bowl official website:

LINK:  HYUNDAI SUN BOWL -- OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Irish Hockey Beats 5th Ranked Miami!

Jeff Jackson's 12th ranked Fighting Irish over came a two goal deficit last night -- scoring three times in the last period -- beating the Miami Red Hawks last night 5-4 -- moving Notre Dame back into first place in the CCHA!  A big "thank you" to Dr. Jim Callahan (Philadelphia, PA) for reminding me that the winning goal last night was scored by freshman, T.J. Tyner -- who was named National Rookie of the Month! Here's the South Bend Tribune game story:



LINK:  IRISH BACK INTO FIRST PLACE!

LINK:  UND.COM -- GAME NOTES

"Domer" Haywood Leads Team to MAC Title!

Former University of Notre Dame football player and Offensive Coordinator -- Mike Haywood -- led his Miami of Ohio "Redhawks" to a Mid American Conference Championship last night when they upset (the 25th ranked)  Northern Illinois, with a TD in the final 33 seconds, 26-21 in the MAC Championship game!  Haywood (in photo holding trophy), in his second-year as a Head Coach, was 1-11 in his first year at Miami....  Now, they're the 9-4 Mid American Conference Champs and off to a bowl game!!!  INCREDIBLE TURN AROUND!  Here's a link to some video highlights and the post game press conference -- and story from last night's game:

LINK:  GAME HIGHLIGHTS AND HAYWOOD'S POST GAME PRESS CONFERENCE

LINK:  GAME STORY -- CHICAGO BREAKING SPORTS