DeShone Kizer's 79 Yard Touchdown Run!

Sophomore, first-year starter DeShone Kizer led the Irish with 342 yards of total offense -- 299 yard passing / 143 yards rushing!

The 79 yard run is the 2nd longest run by a ND QB from scrimmage in history!

Kizer to Fuller -- Game Winning Touchdown!

KeiVarae's Late Interception Seals Irish Victory!

Notre Dame beats Temple 24 - 20 in Philly tonight.

Reigning ACC Champs -- Back to Work Friday!

The three freshmen; Pflueger, Ryan and Burns -- all made their first college field goal attempts last night -- A THREE, A THREE and a TWO!

OT: New Zealand's "All Blacks" Haka Dance

I watched them do this on NBC before the start of the Rugby World Cup Final today against Australia -- WOW!

Phil Steele Makes His "Best Bet" Pick on ESPN

Let's Take a Look at Temple's Football Schedule

Since we have all day to worry about this game -- allow me to shed some light on the undefeated Owls and the "great" defense we will be playing this evening...

Here's a look at who Temple has played so far -- and the offensive rankings of each team.  For a point of comparison -- here's how ND ranks (against all 128 teams in FBS):

• Rushing Rank:  #15
• Passing Rank:  #33
• Offensive Rank:  #17

Penn State

• Temple 27 -- Penn State 10
• Penn State's record: 6 - 2
• Penn State Rushing Rank:  #82
• Penn State Passing Rank:  #92
• Penn State Offensive Rank: #111

Cincinnati

• Temple 34 -- Cincinnati 26
• Cincinnati's record: 4 - 3
• Cincinnati's Rushing Rank:  #34
• Cincinnati's Passing Rank:  #8
• Cincinnati's Offensive Rank: #7

UMASS

• Temple 25 -- UMASS 23
• UMASS's record: 1 - 6
• UMASS's Rushing Rank:  #120
• UMASS's Passing Rank:  #24
• UMASS's Offensive Rank:  #50

Charlotte

• Temple 37 -- Charlotte 3
• Charlotte's record: 3 - 5
• Charlotte's Rushing Rank:  #58
• Charlotte's Passing Rank:  #112
• Charlotte's Offensive Rank:  #104

Tulane

• Temple 49 -- Tulane 10
• Tulane's record: 3 - 4
• Tulane's Rushing Rank:  #122
• Tulane's Passing Rank:  #84
• Tulane's Offensive Rank: #122

UCF

• Temple 30 -- UCF 16
• UCF's record: 0 - 8
• UCF's Rushing Rank:  #128
• UCF's Passing Rank:  #90
• UCF's Offensive Rank: #128

East Carolina 

• Temple 24 -- East Carolina 14
• East Carolina's record: 4 - 4
• East Carolina's Rushing Rank:  #96
• East Carolina's Passing Rank:  #29
• East Carolina's Offensive Rank:  #55

NOTE:  When you look at Penn State vs. Cincinnati -- this might be the best argument ever that Defense is more important than Offense -- or, you need to play a BIG TEN schedule...

Brian Kelly on ESPN GameDay This Morning

This was obviously filmed last night when the Fighting Irish did their "shake-out."

Temple Coach on ESPN This Morning

Temple Fans Get Up Early Today for GameDay