Hyundai Sun Bowl -- Talent Show!

The gang at UND.COM was with the Notre Dame football team last night as they participated in a Sun Bowl dinner with the Miami Hurricanes.  The event included a "talent show" -- you'll enjoy!  Here's the link:

LINK:  HYUNDAI SUN BOWL -- TALENT SHOW

Sun Bowl: Teo, Utopo, Kona -- HAKA DANCE!

Last night the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team and the Miami Hurricanes squared off in a "talent contest" at a dinner both teams attended at the Hyundai Sun Bowl.  As you're about to see -- Manti Teo, Justin Utopo and Kona Schwenke -- "REPRESENTED" the Irish with a HAKA Dance.  You'll enjoy this!  Here's the link:


LINK:  TEO, UTOPO AND KONA -- REPRESENTIN' THE IRISH!

ND's First Female Drum Major -- El Paso Native!

Thirty years ago, Linda Lawson made Notre Dame history!  She was the first female Drum Major in The Band of the Fighting Irish!  This week, Lawson (an El Paso native) will serve as a volunteer member of the Sun Bowl's "band committee" -- giving her the opportunity to work again with her beloved Fighting Irish.  The Band of the Fighting Irish rolls into El Paso this Thursday.  Here's a link to a story at El Paso Inc., about Linda's time at Notre Dame:

LINK:  ND'S FIRST FEMALE DRUM MAJOR!

ND's "Beat Writers" -- Coverage of Sun Bowl

The ND GO IRISH BLOG will also be tracking the media coverage this week from the "regulars" who cover Notre Dame football.  The photo of Coach Kelly and his daughter Grace Kelly is courtesy of the Chicago Tribune. The media converged on El Paso, TX for the Hyundai Sun Bowl yesterday -- here are the links:

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE

LINK:  CHICAGO TRIBUNE

LINK:  WNDU-TV

El Paso's Media Coverage of Hyundai Sun Bowl

During bowl week in El Paso -- the ND GO IRISH BLOG will provide you with links to the stories being generated by the local media on the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame's time in town for the Hyundai Sun Bowl.  As you can see in the photo -- Coach Brian Kelly didn't take long to get into the spirit!  Enjoy!

LINK:  FANS GREET TEAM'S ARRIVAL TO EL PASO

LINK:  BOWLING EVENT ON WEDNESDAY

LINK:  NO MORE TICKETS!

LINK:  NOTRE DAME TREATED TO BORDER HOSPITALITY

LINK:  PHOTO GALLERY -- NOTRE DAME'S ARRIVAL

LINK:  KVIA -- ABC TV

LINK:  KTSM -- NBC TV

LINK:  KFOX14 -- FOX TV

A ND Professor -- Helping Future NFL Players!

University of Notre Dame professor, Mayland Chang -- a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has received a grant from NFL Charities to develop therapeutics for the treatment of traumatic brain injury.  Here's a link to the story:

LINK:  ND'S CHANG ASSISTING THE NFL

A Notre Dame Student -- Doing Great Things!

Erin Rider, a senior student at the University of Notre Dame, spent this past summer teaching street children at Mother Theresa's Mission in Calcutta, India.  Yet, her efforts in India -- paid dividends for her elementary school in New York (the oldest Catholic elementary school in America).  Here's a link to a story that ran in the Poughkeepsie Journal this morning.  Way to go Erin!!!

LINK:  ERIN RIDER -- A ND STUDENT GIVING BACK!