ESPN & Michigan Announce GameDay Location

University of Michigan AD David Brandon announced today that ESPN will set up their GameDay set on Michigan's central campus -- the morning of September 10.  It's good to know because ND fans have been losing sleep over where Desmond Howard would be working from that day...

LINK:  ESPN'S COLLEGE GAMEDAY - ND VS. UM GAME

Two ND FB Verbals on ESPNU Today @ 4 PM

ESPNU will be televising the Indianapolis Cathedral vs. Warren Central football game today at 4 PM ET.  The game features two star players who have made a "verbal" commitment to play for the Fighting Irish next season; John Turner who wears #4 for Cathedral and Sheldon Day who wears #91 for Warren Central.  Here's a link to a couple of stories about these two standouts:

LINK:  JOHN TURNER -- INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL

LINK:  SHELDON DAY -- WARREN CENTRAL

First Look @ Weather for ND's Home Opener

The folks at Weather.com are predicting "scattered thunderstorms" for Notre Dame's home opener next Saturday against the University of South Florida.  They're forecasting the chance of precipitation at 60% for this day.  Here's the link to the extended forecast:

LINK:  ND GAME DAY WEATHER FORECAST

Photo of the Day! -- Compton Family Ice Arena

Here's a recent photo of the construction of the "Hockey Cathedral" -- also known as the Compton Family Ice Arena on the University of Notre Dame campus.  The "Compton" will open in mid-October.

Notre Dame's Campaign For Aerial Lift Safety

The University of Notre Dame just launched a campaign on aerial lift safety -- as part of its follow-up response to the Declan Sullivan tragedy.  Barry Sullivan (Declan's Dad) leads off the website's video.  Here's a link to the site as well as a story in the Chicago Tribune:

LINK:  UP RIGHT!

LINK:  CHICAGO TRIBUNE STORY

"Our Team Our Story" -- A New Show @ ND

This is a YouTube Video of Mike Golic Jr. and Brandon Newman in their new show "OUR TEAM, OUR STORY."  Now I'm not going to give it a "two thumbs up" -- but, it has potential!  Here's a link to their first two episodes:

LINK:  MEDIA DAY

LINK:  FIRST DAY OF CLASSES