Saturday, February 5, 2011

Tim Brown & Jerome Bettis -- Not This Year!


Former Notre Dame All-American and Heisman Trophy winner Tim Brown and All-American Jerome Bettis were just eliminated from consideration to join the NFL Hall of Fame's Class of 2011

John Scully's "Our Lady of the Lake" -- VIDEO!

Former Notre Dame All-American football player, John Scully -- who's also famous for writing and performing "Here Come the Irish" -- wrote a second song about his beloved alma mater.  It's called "Our Lady of the Lake" -- and I finally found this video of John performing it at the NYC Pep Rally at Lincoln Center -- with Cathy Richardson -- who's also the singing voice in "Here Come the Irish."  And, while I'm at it -- I can't help but share the link to the song they performed right after... Here are the links:

LINK:  JOHN SCULLY'S "OUR LADY OF THE LAKE"

LINK:  THE SECOND SONG...

Troy Niklas -- National Signing Day Feature!


The Orange County Register -- had a video crew follow around Notre Dame commit Troy Niklas -- as he made his college decision.  You'll enjoy this video.  Here's the link:

LINK:  TROY NIKLAS COMMITS TO THE IRISH!

Will ND Overtake USC Tonight in NFL HOF?

The NFL will announce tonight -- at 7 PM EST on the NFL Network -- the latest inductees into the NFL Hall of Fame.  Presently, Notre Dame has ten former players in the NFL Hall of Fame, second only to USC's eleven. Two former Notre Dame stars are among the seventeen finalists -- Tim Brown and Jerome Bettis.  Will they both get in tonight?  They both have to be on 80% of the ballots of the 44 members of the voting committee to be elected.  Here's a list of the ten "Domers" already in the NFL's Hall of Fame followed by a link to this year's finalists:
  • Curly Lambeau -- Green Bay Packers
  • John McNally -- Milwaukee Badgers
  • George Trafton -- Chicago Bears
  • Wayne Millner -- Washington Redskins
  • George Connor -- Chicago Bears
  • Paul Hornung -- Green Bay Packers
  • Alan Page -- Minnesota Vikings
  • Joe Montana -- San Francisco 49ers
  • Nick Buoniconti -- Miami Dolphins
  • Dave Casper -- Oakland Raiders

LINK:  A LIST OF THE FINALISTS FOR THE NFL HALL OF FAME