Veteran's Day Salute: Domer Blue Angel!

You'll enjoy this Fighting Irish Digital Media story on Notre Dame alum John Hiltz '02 who's been flying with the Navy's BLUE ANGELS since 2012.

John is a former basketball walk-on for the Fighting Irish!

LINK:  JOHN HILTZ

A Reality Check for Notre Dame -- RANKINGS

Let's look at how the College Football Playoff Committee looks at the teams with 2 losses in their latest rankings -- specifically Auburn, Ole Miss, UCLA, Michigan State, Kansas State, Georgia and Arizona -- compared to Notre Dame.

Frankly, if we're being honest -- looking at our quality wins (we don't have a single win right now versus a team currently ranked in the TOP 25).  And, if you look at our point differential in our two losses -- we have the highest point differential amongst all of the two-loss teams ahead of us...

We deserve to be ranked #18. Michigan State and Kansas State are over ranked... LSU, even with three losses, is still probably where they should be -- based on their two quality wins -- and two close losses (sans the game with Auburn).


#9 AUBURN:

• Wins Over Ranked Teams: #17 LSU, #10 Ole Miss
• Losses: #1 Mississippi State (15 point loss), #23 Texas A&M (3 point loss)

#10 OLE MISS:

• Wins Over Ranked Teams: #5 Alabama, #23 Texas A&M
• Losses: #17 LSU (3 point loss), # Auburn (4 points)

#11 UCLA:

• Wins Over Ranked Teams:  #6 Arizona State, #12 Arizona
• Losses: Utah (2 points) , #2 Oregon (12 points)

#12 MICHIGAN STATE:

• Wins Over Ranked Teams:  #16 Nebraska
• Losses:  #3 Oregon (16 point loss), #8 Ohio State (12 point loss)

#13 KANSAS STATE:

• Wins Over Ranked Teams: NONE
• Losses:  #9 Auburn (6 point loss), #4 TCU (21 point loss)

#14 ARIZONA:

• Wins Over Ranked Teams: #3 Oregon
• Losses:  #11 UCLA (10 point loss), USC (2 point loss)

#15 GEORGIA:

• Wins Over Ranked Teams:  #19 Clemson
• Losses:  South Carolina (3 point loss), Florida (18 point loss)

#17 LSU: 

• Wins Over Ranked Teams:  #25 Wisconsin, #10 Ole Miss
• Losses:  #1 Mississippi State (5 point loss), #5 Alabama (7 point OT loss), #9 Auburn (34 point loss)

#18 NOTRE DAME:

• Wins Over Ranked Teams: NONE
• Losses:  #3 Florida State (4 point loss), #6 Arizona State (24 point loss) 

LINK:  RANKINGS

Northwestern Week: Brian Kelly Presser

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media today to talk about the lingering effects of the "Debacle in the Desert" and this week's game with Northwestern...

LINK:  COACH KELLY

Veteran's Day Salute: Rocky Bleier '68

Former Notre Dame running back and Super Bowl Champion Rocky Bleier was recently back in his home state of Wisconsin and was interviewed by a local TV station...

LINK:  BLEIER