PRO BOWL: Golden Tate's 60 Yard Catch & Run

Here's a video replay of former Notre Dame All-American Golden Tate who made a nice catch and run -- in today's NFL PRO BOWL.

Along, with the sequence of photos of the catch, breaking the tackle and then the run after...

LINK:  GOLDEN'S PRO BOWL

Down 18 -- Notre Dame Wins in OT Tonight!

WOW!!!

In a game that the "studio host for ESPN" was giving to North Carolina State after just twenty minutes -- the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame fought back from a dreadful first half (down 18 points) to force the game into OT with a last second tip-in by VJ Beachem!

Then, the IRISH finished the job winning 81 - 78 in overtime -- A HUGE WIN!!!

LINK:  VIDEO REPLAY OF BEACHEM TIP-IN

LINK:  ESPN GAME RECAP

LINK:  RALEIGH NEWS OBSERVER 

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE 

Aerial Photo: Construction at "Rock's House"

The lack of snow in South Bend -- though it's snowing today -- has had to help the construction work around Notre Dame Stadium.

Expected to be done September 2017.

Tate & Martin on "Team Irvin" -- NFL Pro Bowl

Former Notre Dame student-athletes Golden Tate and Zack Martin were selected by former Miami Hurricane and Dallas Cowboy Michael Irvin for his team in today's NFL Pro Bowl in Phoenix.  Looks like Golden may have missed the team photo...

They will be wearing the "black uniforms" in today's game.

The game will be telecast on ESPN at 8 PM ET.

LINK:  ROSTERS

OT: SNL's "Deflategate" Parody Last Night

The funny folks at 30 Rock did their thing last night with the "deflategate" controversy surrounding the New England Patriots...

Pretty funny stuff:

LINK:  SNL'S "DEFLATEGATE"

Notre Dame's Auguste Talks Return to Team

The Chicago Tribune interviewed Zach Auguste at practice about his return to the Fighting Irish:

LINK:  ZACH AUGUSTE

Domer Koyack Scores TD in Senior Bowl Game

Notre Dame tight-end Ben Koyack caught two passes for 19 yards and a TD in yesterday's Senior Bowl played in Mobile, AL.  Here's a replay of the TD -- along with a second link to a story earlier this week about Koyack in the Chicago Tribune.

Nothing like that Notre Dame GOLD HELMET at these all-star games...

LINK:  BEN KOYACK TD

LINK:  CHICAGO TRIBUNE STORY

NC State Coach Gott Talks Notre Dame Game

Here's what North Carolina State's head basketball coach has to say about their game today at 6:30 PM ET on ESPNU against our #8 ranked Fighting Irish:

LINK:  COACH GOTT

Notre Dame Game Televised on ESPNU Today

Mike Brey's Fighting Irish travel to Raleigh, NC today to take on the North Carolina State Wolfpack -- the first time Notre Dame has played there in 32 years!   

The game is sold-out -- 15,000 fans -- plenty of red in the stands!

The Wolfpack are 13 - 7 on the season with wins over Duke, Tennessee and Florida State -- this is not going to be easy today.

The game tips-off at 6:30 PM ET on ESPNU -- GO IRISH!

LINK:  RALEIGH NEWSPAPER

LINK:  GAME NOTES