Notre Dame Beats Duke in First ACC Game!

Mike Brey's Fighting Irish beat the #7 ranked team in the country this afternoon 79 - 77!  A true team win as all nine Notre Dame players who played in the game scored.  Notre Dame is now in a FIRST PLACE TIE in the Atlantic 10 Conference -- a game ahead of Duke.

LINK:  ESPN RECAP

LINK:  CBS SPORTS

SHE is a Domer Coaching Boxing in Chicago

Kimberly Hickey is a Notre Dame alum coaching boxing at Chicago's Leo Catholic High School.  Found this story at the DAILY DOMER -- it's a must see, must read story.

LINK:  NOTRE DAME'S FIGHTING IRISH

Notre Dame on TV Today -- MUST SEE TV !!!

The University of Notre Dame's men's basketball team and hockey team will be playing marquee games today against Duke and Boston College respectively.

First at 4 PM ET -- Mike Brey's Fighting Irish welcome the #7 ranked Duke Blue Devils to Purcell Pavilion for the first time in eighteen years.  The game will be televised on CBS.

Then at 7:30 PM ET -- Jeff Jackson's #14 ranked Fighting Irish will take the ice at FENWAY PARK (yes, Fenway Park) to play #6 ranked Boston College.  The game will be televised on the NBC Sports Network.

Should be a great pre-lude to the winter storm most of us in the Midwest will be facing this evening and tomorrow...

GO IRISH!

LINK:  DUKE vs. NOTRE DAME

LINK:  BOSTON COLLEGE vs. NOTRE DAME

Former ND Football Coach Headed to Texas?

That's the story running throughout the media this morning...

Charlie Strong, a former defensive line coach (1995 - 1998) at Notre Dame and now the head coach at Louisville is rumored to have been offered the head coaching job at the University of Texas.

I can see the t-shirts now:  TEXAS STRONG

LINK:  TEXAS-STRONG