Becca Huffer Wins Her First Pro Tournament!

Former Notre Dame golf star -- Becca Huffer '12 won the HealthONE Colorado Women's Open today in a playoff -- winning her first professional golf tournament!  Becca shot a -4 under round today -- to finish at -7 for the three-day tournament!!!

Huffer had an eagle, four birdies and two bogies in today's final round.  She won the tournament on the first playoff hole!

Congrats Becca!

LINK:  SCOREBOARD

Story on Jon Bon Jovi and His Son Jesse

Legendary rocker Jon Bon Jovi was seen last Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium -- watching his son Jesse run out of the tunnel with a GOLD HELMET for the first time.  Here's a link to the story:

LINK:  BON JOVI

Mel Kiper Jr. & Todd McShay Talk NFL Talent...

Everyone at ESPN is hyping tomorrow night's game between Notre Dame and Michigan.  Even the "NFL Draft Experts" were asked to weigh in on the NFL talent on both teams...

LINK:  NFL TALENT ON DISPLAY

"Michigan Has the Better Roster" -- Really?

You really have to wonder where some of these sports writers come up with this stuff.  Fox Sports' Greg Couch made the statement that Michigan has a better roster than Notre Dame...

Where did he come up with this?

LINK:  MICHIGAN HAS THE BETTER ROSTER

Here are the recruiting rankings from the last four classes -- which makes up these rosters -- and how Michigan and Notre Dame stacked up via RIVALS.  According to the "recruiting experts" Notre Dame has the best roster -- and it's not close!

INCOMING CLASS 2010:

• NOTRE DAME -- class ranked #14
• MICHIGAN -- class ranked #20

INCOMING CLASS 2011:

• NOTRE DAME -- class ranked #10
• MICHIGAN -- class ranked #21

INCOMING CLASS 2012:

• MICHIGAN -- class ranked #7
• NOTRE DAME -- class ranked #21

INCOMING CLASS 2013:

• NOTRE DAME -- class ranked #3
• MICHIGAN -- class ranked #5

Notre Dame Helmets -- Packed for Ann Arbor

The Notre Dame Football Equipment staff posted this "vine" of the most famous helmet in all of sport -- as it left for Ann Arbor, MI this morning.

LINK:  THE GOLD HELMET

Photo of Coach Brian Kelly Boarding Bus

The Fighting Irish left campus in the past few minutes to head to Ann Arbor for their "prime time" game on ESPN.  Here's a photo of Coach Kelly boarding one of the team buses -- "tweeted" by @NDFOOTBALL -- along with a link to the video of the buses leaving campus.

GO IRISH!

LINK:  VIDEO OF BUSES LEAVING CAMPUS

Game Predictions -- Notre Dame vs. Michigan

Took a lap around the web today to see who's pickin' who -- to win the game tomorrow night in Ann Arbor.  Here's what I found:

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS WRITERS

LINK:  DETROIT NEWS WRITER

LINK:  CBS SPORTS

LINK:  FOX NEWS

LINK:  GRAND RAPIDS PRESS

Four-Year Starter @ ND -- Perfect 4.0 Scholar!

Elizabeth Tucker '14 has a perfect 4.0, a NCAA National Championship ring, a NCAA Academic All-America honor and a great story...

LINK:  SHE'S PERFECT

Coach Kelly and Coach Belichick Talkin' Shop

Super Bowl Champion football coach Bill Belichick and Coach Brian Kelly met for the first time this past February when they were paired together in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.  Their three days together on the golf course has led to a number of subsequent conversations about football.  Here's a Yahoo Sports story on the subject:

LINK:  COACH KELLY & COACH BELICHICK

Coach Kelly's Last Media Session This Week

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media after yesterday's practice -- the last practice on campus until Saturday's game with Michigan.

LINK:  COACH KELLY'S MEDIA CONFERENCE