Coach Parseghian to be Honored at Disney...

Former Notre Dame all-time great football coach -- Ara Parseghian -- will be honored next Thursday night at Disney World during the HOME DEPOT COLLEGE FOOTBALL AWARD SHOW on ESPN.  The show will be aired beginning at 7:30 PM ET.

I suspect they're just might be a few more members of the current Notre Dame football program being honored that night as well!

Congratulations Coach Parseghian!

LINK:  ARA TO BE HONORED

Photo of the Day: Writer Shining Helmets...

He's a "un-named" former Sports Illustrated writer who, a few weeks ago, wrote a less than complimentary article about the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. 

Today he was in "taking his medicine" for his prediction that USC would beat ND.

16 Million TV Viewers -- ONLY NOTRE DAME!

All of the media types who were using the "R" word when talking about Notre Dame, these past few years, should feel a little foolish...

Notre Dame's game this past week with "un-ranked" USC drew a television audience of 16 million viewers -- the most watched SATURDAY NIGHT football game in ABC history!  Here's some other "fun facts" as it relates to the size of this TV audience:

• The largest TV audience ever for a non #1 vs. #2 college football game since 1991 -- 21 YEARS -- that game was ND vs. FSU...
• The largest TV audience for a regular season college football game on any network since 2006

LINK:  NOTRE DAME TV AUDIENCE

"We Owe Notre Dame a Standing Ovation"

These were the last words in a piece produced by ESPN's Gene Wojciechowski...

LINK:  WHAT THOUGH THE ODDS

Jim Rome on Rick Reilly's Polishing of Helmets

As many of you know, Rick Reilly ran a column a few months ago in which he opined that Notre Dame did not deserve the respect it was receiving from the NCAA, BCS and others...

I'll let Jim Rome tell the rest of the story...

LINK:  JIM ROME ON RICK REILLY