Rick Pitino: "We Will Beat Notre Dame..."

Louisville's "larger than life" head basketball coach, Rick Pitino -- told reporters after the Cardinals' win over DePaul Saturday, that they would "beat a good Notre Dame team..."  Well Rick -- good luck!  Your comment is sure to fire-up an already excited student-body and the #7 team in the country -- the FIGHTING IRISH OF NOTRE DAME.  The game will be televised live -- tomorrow night on ESPNU -- beginning @ 7 PM EST. Here's a link to his prediction:

LINK:  PITINO'S COMMENT 

Irish Football Getting Some National Respect...

Sports Illustrated's senior college football writer -- Stewart Mandel, wrote in his column today that he believes Notre Dame football is back.  "Earth to Mandel" -- we knew that five weeks ago -- but, it's nice to see you've jumped on the bandwagon.  Here's the story:

LINK:  THE IRISH ARE BACK!