Sunday Update: Know Thy Opponent

Took a lap around the "hometown" newspapers of all of the teams the IRISH play this season -- to see what they're saying about WEEK ONE of the COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON. 

Notre Dame's opponents went 8 - 4.

Just click on the team's name and you'll find their news report:

LINK:  NAVY

LINK:  PURDUE

LINK:  MICHIGAN STATE

LINK:  MICHIGAN

LINK:  MIAMI

LINK:  STANFORD

LINK:  BYU

LINK:  OKLAHOMA

LINK:  PITTSBURGH

LINK:  BOSTON COLLEGE 

LINK:  WAKE FOREST

LINK:  SOUTHERN CAL

T. Boone Pickens Still Talkin' Notre Dame...

Billionaire T. Boone Pickens spoke with the media yesterday about "wanting to play Notre Dame..."

His alma mater, Oklahoma State, pounded Savannah State 84 - 0 yesterday afternoon.

LINK: T BOONE WOULD LIKE TO PICK NOTRE DAME

A Weekend Notre Dame Will Never Forget!

WOW...

That's the best description I can come up with after returning home this evening from Dublin.

I spent the past four days in Ireland with 35,000 Notre Dame fans in what's being called "America's most traveled to single day sporting event -- outside the United States -- in our 236 year history!

Think about that.

For those of us who had the opportunity to make the trip to Ireland -- we will never forget.  For those who were not as fortunate -- here's a few links to a number of the special events that took place this weekend.  ENJOY!

LINK:  DUBLIN PARADE

LINK:  NOTRE DAME FANS IN DUBLIN

LINK:  TEAM'S TOUR OF DUBLIN

LINK:  NOTRE DAME GAME PREVIEW

Replay: Notre Dame's Dublin Pep Rally

Now, it wasn't called a pep rally -- it was named; NOTRE DAME:  A WELCOME HOME...

Folks, it was a special night in Dublin for some 9,000 Irish fans.  Here's a full replay of Friday night's show from O2 Arena:

LINK:  NOTRE DAME DUBLIN PEP RALLY

Hours After -- The View From Dublin, Ireland

It's been a few hours since the Fightin' Irish put a "half a hundred" on the Naval Academy this afternoon at AVIVA Stadium.  The 50 - 10 final score put a nice bow on what has been a special weekend for the University of Notre Dame and the ND Family.

From Friday Night's "Welcome Home" celebration to Mass this morning with thousands of Notre Dame fans at historic Dublin Castle -- to our team's performance on the field -- you just couldn't have had a better time in IRELAND if you were an IRISH fan!

In the past few minutes I've taken a lap around the worldwide web to see what the early reaction is to ND's dominating win -- and what the IRISH people are saying about Notre Dame's visit to their country:

LINK:  ESPN BLOG

LINK:  ESPN

LINK:  NBC NOTRE DAME CENTRAL 

LINK:  IRISH INDEPENDENT

LINK:  IRISH INDEPENDENT #2

LINK:  IRISH TIMES

LINK:  WNDU-TV

LINK:  DAILY MAIL UK