"Dr. Lou" -- Back in Notre Dame Stadium!

The University of Notre Dame announced today that former Notre Dame coaching legend -- Lou Holtz -- will be given an honorary "DOCTORATE" degree!  Coach Holtz -- who's been playing a character called "Dr. Lou" -- on ESPN during the college football season, will now have the "paper" to go with the title!  Notre Dame's Commencement is set for Sunday, May 22nd inside Notre Dame Stadium -- a fitting place for Dr. Lou!  Congratulations Coach!  Here's a link to the ESPN story:

LINK:  THE REAL DR. LOU!

Muffet's Irish -- Sweet 16 AGAIN!

I'm almost 48 hours late in getting a number of the stories out on Notre Dame Women's basketball -- I'm still in mourning over Sunday night's debacle in Chicago...

So, now I'm OFFICIALLY on the "bandwagon" of Muffet's team -- as they head to Dayton, OH to take on the Sooners of Oklahoma -- this Saturday at 2 PM EDT on ESPN. Here's a link to UND.COM's NCAA TOURNAMENT CENTRAL -- with "hoop to hoop" coverage of the Fighting Irish -- you'll enjoy!

LINK:  NCAA TOURNAMENT CENTRAL

ND Spring Football -- First Practice Report!

The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame hit the practice field for their first of 14 practices before the Blue Gold Game on Saturday, April 16th.  Here's a few links to a report from practice and post practice interviews today -- with Head Coach Brian Kelly, Coach Diaco, Coach Molnar, Coach Alford and Coach Elston from the good folks at UND.COM.  Keep an ear and eye out for "HELMET CAM" on the Notre Dame QB's -- in this report -- pretty cool coaching tool:

LINK:  PRACTICE REPORT -- #1

LINK:  COACH KELLY -- POST PRACTICE WITH MEDIA

LINK:  ASSISTANT COACHES -- POST PRACTICE WITH MEDIA