Friday, October 3, 2014

Stanford's "Motivational Video" for Notre Dame


The folks at Stanford produced this video to "fire-up" their fan base for their game tomorrow afternoon with our Fighting Irish.

LINK:  KNOW THY OPPONENT

Ara Parseghian With His First ND Football Team



91 year-old Ara Parseghian, met with his first Notre Dame football team -- the 1964 Fighting Irish tonight in the Schivarelli Room at Notre Dame Stadium

The '64 team is on campus this weekend to celebrate their 50th anniversary.

Look for them to be honored on the field during tomorrow's game.

Tonight's Weather Map: Tomorrow's Forecast


Looks like the weather is just fine -- within a few hours west of Notre Dame's campus as of 9:30 PM ET...

Here's the "hour by hour" forecast for tomorrow's game between Stanford and our Fighting Irish:


Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank couldn't have ordered a better Notre Dame weather forecast for his company's product line...


LINK:  WEATHER FORECAST

Notre Dame Pep Rally: The Tyler Plantz Party!


Folks, this will go down in history as one of the more entertaining player speeches in the 127 years of Notre Dame Football...

LINK:  ENJOY

Stanford Football -- Media's Short Memory!


I'm continually shocked with the media's preoccupation with the quality of Stanford Football -- and they standard they've set.  They've had four great seasons -- in a row.  That is it!

They only have nine winning seasons in their last twenty...

Folks, it wasn't very long ago that they were not that good -- here's a look at their last 20 football seasons:
  • 2013:  11 - 3
  • 2012:  12 - 2
  • 2011:  11 - 2
  • 2010:  12 - 1
  • 2009:    8 - 5
  • 2008:    5 - 7
  • 2007:    4 - 8
  • 2006:    1 - 11
  • 2005:    5 - 6
  • 2004:    4 - 7
  • 2003:    4 - 7
  • 2002:    2 - 9
  • 2001:    9 - 3
  • 2000:    5 - 6
  • 1999:    8 - 4
  • 1998:    3 - 8
  • 1997:    5 - 6
  • 1996:    7 - 5
  • 1995:    7 - 4 - 1
  • 1994:    3 - 7 - 1

To Get You Fired-Up for Saturday's Game!


The folks at Turning Point do a great job with these -- let's GO IRISH!

You've got to love David Grimes' intro.

LINK:  MUST SEE!

Michigan Athletic Director Absolves Brady Hoke


Embattled Michigan AD Dave Brandon met with a writer from the Detroit Free Press to talk about the on-field handling of QB Shane Morris' concussion...

Here's what he had to say:

LINK:  DAVE BRANDON

ND One of Only 13 Still Undefeated in Top 25!


Arizona's upset of undefeated and #2 ranked Oregon -- at Oregon -- has left only 13 undefeated teams in the AP TOP 25 Rankings leading into the sixth weekend of the college football season...

Now Arizona, which is now 5 - 0 and un-ranked, will move up into the TOP 25 in next week's polls. 

Here are the UNDEFEATED:
  • Florida State
  • Alabama
  • Oklahoma
  • Auburn
  • Texas A&M
  • Baylor
  • UCLA
  • NOTRE DAME
  • Mississippi
  • Mississippi State
  • Brigham Young
  • Nebraska
  • TCU
     

LINK:  ARIZONA BEATS OREGON