Stat of the Day: You Can't Make This Up...

Andrew Hendrix '14, Everett Golson and Gunner Kiel -- all one-time or current time Notre Dame QB's are tied this season with 19 total TD passes -- seventh best in college football.

They're also tied with a QB from Oregon named Mariota...

Thanks to @TurningPoint for uncovering this unique fact!

LINK:  COLLEGE QB TD PASSING STATS

Coach Kelly Looks Back at Florida State Game

Here is Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly's weekly TV show -- Inside Notre Dame Football.  This week he looks back at Saturday night's game against Florida State...

LINK:  INSIDE NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL

Full Game Replay: Notre Dame vs. Florida State

If you can stomach this -- here's you link to watching the full game replay of Notre Dame's game with Florida State...

LINK:  FULL GAME REPLAY

Muffet & Staff Watch Sparty & Pistons Practice

The Notre Dame Women's Basketball coaching staff took a "road-trip" to Michigan to see the Detroit Pistons and Michigan State Spartans conduct their practices -- looking to learn a new trick or two or three...

Here they are with the Spartans' head coach Tom Izzo and Pistons' head coach Stan VanGundy...

Notre Dame fans might not be aware that MSU's Tom Izzo grew up a HUGE NOTRE DAME FAN in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.  He and his child-hood friend Steve Mariucci dreamed of coaching at Notre Dame -- see story below:

LINK:  IZZO -- NOTRE DAME FAN

Jimbo Fisher Walks Out of Media Interview...

Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher walks away from media questions today -- he did however weigh in on the controversial play and Coach Kelly's comments...

Take a look at him walking out in the first link -- see all of his comments in the second:

LINK:  JIMBO

LINK:  TRANSCRIPT

The "Non-Call" on the Infamous Last Play...

Players can not take their helmet off on the field -- PERIOD.  It's an automatic "dead ball" 15 yard penalty.  The ACC head of officials apparently chose not to address this in his interview with the ACC Network yesterday...

If the call is made, Notre Dame gets the ball back -- automatic FIRST DOWN -- and we probably get two more shots from the 3 yard-line to win the game AGAIN in the final 13 seconds.

Here is an example of this being called by a BIG TEN official in Saturday's game between Maryland and Iowa.

LINK:  REMOVING HELMET PENALTY

Monday Morning Radio Shows Talk ND vs. FSU

I took a lap around the web to see what the national radio talk shows were saying about Saturday night's PRIME TIME game between Notre Dame and Florida State:

LINK:  COLIN COWHERD -- ESPN RADIO

LINK:  Mike & MIKE -- ESPN RADIO

Why the Officials Closest Did Not Throw a Flag

Have you wondered why didn't the officials closest to the play (who had the best view) did not throw a penalty flag on the 4th down play that decided the outcome of the Notre Dame / Florida State game?

Here's the best physical evidence and description of the play, from a camera behind the endzone -- and it is an EYE OPENER.

MUST SEE -- warning, this is going to make you sick...

LINK:  THE PLAY -- ND vs. FSU

ACC Confirms Penalty Call on Notre Dame

The Atlantic Coast Conference's head of officials Doug Rhoads confirms that his officiating crew made the "right call" at the end of Saturday night's game.

What else was he going to say...
 
Here is his explanation linked below -- please note, they did not address the FSU player who took off his helmet on the play -- which would have nullified the penalty called against the Irish and have given Notre Dame an automatic first down "and at least two more plays from the 3 yard line" in the remaining 13 seconds to try to WIN THE GAME AGAIN.

LINK:  ACC EXPLANATION