Coach Kelly @ AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am

You can tune in here to the ND GO IRISH BLOG to follow how Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly is doing this week in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.  Coach Kelly is playing with PGA Tour player James Driscoll.

Thursday update -- First Round:

• Driscoll shot a 2 over par 74 on Monterey Peninsula Country Club's Shore Course
• Team score was 2 under par -- so Coach Kelly contributed four shots to the team with his 13 handicap
• Tied for 116th

Other football coaches and their team scores:

• Jim Harbaugh and his partner are tied for 3rd at 9 under par
• Bill Belichik (who played in the same group with Brian Kelly and partner are tied for 72nd with a 4 under par score

LINK:  FIRST ROUND LEADER BOARD -- PRO-AM

Rankings of Football Recruiting Classes

Here's a look at all of the media properties that rank college football recruiting classes.  Now before you get too excited...

Just listen closely to a Monday Night Football game when the players announce where they went to college -- you'll see then how important high school recruiting rankings are..

Here are the rankings as of this morning:

LINK:  RIVALS RANKS ND #3

LINK:  SPORTS ILLUSTRATED RANKS ND #3

LINK:  MAX PREPS RANKS ND #3

LINK:  247SPORTS RANKS ND #3

LINK:  SCOUT RANKS ND #4

LINK:  ESPN RANKS ND #4

Media Reaction to ND's Recruiting Class

The University of Notre Dame's football program had quite a day yesterday -- landing one of the top recruiting classes in the country.  As has become custom around here at the ND GO IRISH BLOG -- I've taken a lap around the worldwide web to see what's being said about ND Football.  Just click on the links below:

LINK:  DAN WETZEL -- YAHOO SPORTS

LINK:  CHICAGO TRIBUNE

LINK:  INDIANAPOLIS STAR

LINK:  SPORTING NEWS

LINK:  THE OBSERVER

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE

LINK:  ESPN BLOG

LINK:  NBC SPORTS

LINK:  CHICAGO SUN-TIMES