NOW 3/4 of a MILLION UNIQUE FOLLOWERS!!!

Unique follower #750,000 -- a Notre Dame fan from Manhasset, NY -- visited the ND GO IRISH BLOG at 10:56 PM ET this evening!  

THANK YOU NOTRE DAME FANS!!!

As I always do when the site reaches a new milestone -- I pick out where the ND GO IRISH BLOG would rank in the United States if it were its own city.  Well here's the rank -- the 18th largest !!!

At the 750,000 mark the ND GO IRISH BLOG just passed my former hometown of DETROIT -- and it's now just behind our oldest son's former hometown of Charlotte, NC.  Here are the rankings:

#15:  Columbus, OH -- 809,798
#16:  Fort Worth, TX -- 777,992
#17:  Charlotte, NC -- 775,202
#18:  ND GO IRISH BLOG -- 750,000
#19:  Detroit, MI -- 701,745
#20:  El Paso, TX -- 672,538

OT: Rose Bowl Replaces Field for BCS Game

A sod farm near Palm Springs, CA has been growing three grass football fields for the Rose Bowl the past few months.  The first was installed after the last UCLA home game in November -- for Wednesday's 100th Rose Bowl.  The second, was installed hours after Wednesday's game -- they actually placed the new turf -- over top of the old turf (see photo above) for Monday's BCS National Championship game.

The third field was grown -- as a back-up plan...

You have to read these stories.

LINK:  PERFECTION

LINK:  THE PERFECT FIELD

The Duke Blue Devils Come to Notre Dame

ACC Basketball begins tomorrow when "Coach K" brings his #7 ranked basketball program to Notre Dame for the first time in eighteen seasons.  Duke features arguably the #1 freshman in the country Jabarri Parker (photo above) out of Chicago's Simeon High School.  Should be quite a challenge for the Fighting Irish!

LINK:  COACH BREY TALKS DUKE

LINK:  HERALD-SUN STORY

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE