Five Irish Recruits -- Start Classes in the AM!

Five years ago, Chris Stewart, George West and James Aldridge started a new "recruiting" trend at the University of Notre Dame.  EARLY ENROLLMENT -- something other schools had been doing for some time finally became an acceptable practice at ND.  Well, tomorrow morning -- five high school seniors become college freshmen; Brad Carrico, Kyle Brindza, Everett Golson, Ishaq Williams and Aaron Lynch (pictured).  You'll find a link below to MSNBC's Keith Arnold blog story about this very subject.

LINK:  NOTRE DAME'S FIVE NEW STUDENT-ATHLETES!

Recruiting Rankings -- ND Lookin' Good!

Just took a "lap" around a number of the services that rank the incoming recruiting classes for college football.  As things stand today -- a couple of weeks before National Signing Day (February 2nd) -- the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame appear to be looking at a TOP TEN Recruiting Class!  Here's the latest rankings:



LINK:  ESPN -- RECRUITING RANKINGS 

LINK:  RIVALS -- RECRUITING RANKINGS

LINK:  SCOUT -- RECRUITING RANKINGS

LINK:  MAX PREPS -- RECRUITING RANKINGS 

PHOTO OF THE DAY: Father Ted and MLK Jr.

On this day that celebrates the life and contributions of Martin Luther King Jr. -- I thought it would be appropriate to display this photo of the University of Notre Dame's Rev. Theodore Hesburgh "Father Ted" standing arm-in-arm with Martin Luther King, Jr. at a rally celebrating the passing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act at Chicago's Soldier Field.  The significance of this photo is this -- Chicago’s Cardinal John Cody refused to appear at the event (as did the city’s other prominent Catholic leader, Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley) so Hesburgh drove up from Notre Dame to provide a national Catholic presence.

A Giant Snowman @ Notre Dame

WNDU-TV ran this story yesterday -- of a giant snow man that was constructed on the Notre Dame campus by students returning for the "Spring" Semester.  You'll recall -- the campus was hit with a major snow event last week, with upwards of three feet of snow falling in a 36 hour period.  Here's a link to the South Bend Tribune story:

LINK:  GIANT SNOW MAN @ NOTRE DAME