A Purdue Student / Family Conflicted...

A Purdue student is a fan of the Fighting Irish and his school's Boilermakers -- and he had the confidence to admit this to their college newspaper reporter.  The school paper posted his "Boiler Up" photo sideways -- like you see above.  Here's the story:

LINK:  PURDUE FAN LOVES THE IRISH

Purdue Week -- Thursday ND Football Update

Here's what the Irish are saying about the Red Sox, their team and their game with Purdue Saturday night on ESPN.  Here are the links:

LINK:  COACH KELLY AFTER PRACTICE

LINK:  COACH KELLY RADIO SHOW PODCAST 

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE

LINK:  CHICAGO SUN TIMES

Irish Have the Fifth Toughest Football Schedule

The folks at Team Rankings have come out with their ranking of the toughest football schedules -- for each of the 120 teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision.  This week -- the Fighting  Irish have the 5th toughest schedule in college football - here's the list:

LINK:  RANKING OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULES