Swarbrick "More Pessimistic" on Football

Domer Advances in US Women's Amateur!

 

Lauren Beaudreau (Lemont, IL), a member of the Notre Dame Women's Golf Team -- knocked in a birdie putt on the 19th hole of her match yesterday to advance to today's Round of 32 at the US Women's Amateur!

Lauren, a sophomore -- teed off this morning in her match against Lauren Castle at 8:10 AM ET.

11:30 AM ET UPDATE:  Lauren won her match 4 and 3 -- now advancing to the Quarterfinals this afternoon!

You can follow Lauren and her match here:  US WOMEN'S AMATEUR  

If she win's this morning's match you'll be able to watch Lauren's afternoon match on the Golf Channel, beginning at 1 PM ET today!

Go Irish!

Domer's MLB Debut: 5 Scoreless Innings!

His name is Brandon Bielak -- he's a former standout pitcher for the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame who was drafted in 2017 by the Houston Astros in the 11th round...

Brandon made his Major League starting debut last night -- throwing 5 scoreless innings for the Astros.  Bielak was 2-0 coming into the game -- having earned wins in his two previous relief appearances for Houson:

Here's what his night looked like:

• 5 innings pitched
• 82 total pitches  (48 were strikes)
• Gave up 2 singles -- walked 3 batters -- 1 strike out
  

 Brandon has now pitched 10.1 innings for the Astros this season:

• 2 - 0 record
• 0.87 ERA
• 7 strikeouts

LINK:  GAME STORY & VIDEO

Notre Dame's Most Intriguing Matchups for 2020

Paul Finebaum Thinks Others Will Cancel...

Here's hoping the "Mouth of the South" is wrong here...

Fingers crossed!

Notre Dame Ranked #10 in Coaches Poll

The first Coaches Poll came out today and our Fighting Irish came in ranked #10.

Here's the TOP TEN in their poll:

1. Clemson
   
2. Ohio State
3. Alabama
   
4. Georgia
5. LSU
6. Oklahoma
7. Penn State
8. Florida
9. Oregon
10. NOTRE DAME

LINK:  TOP 25 POLL

Notre Dame's 2020 ACC Football Schedule

Notre Dame Football's 2020 ACC Schedule -- was just released this morning -- you will note that there will not be a game against Navy, first time since 1927.

• 9/12: Duke
  
• 9/19: Western Michigan
  
• 9/26: at Wake Forest
  
• 10/10: FSU
  
• 10/17: Louisville
  
• 10/24: at Pitt
  
• 10/31: at Georgia Tech
  
• 11/7: Clemson
  
• 11/14: at BC
  
• 11/28: at UNC
  
• 12/5: Syracuse

Please note:  It looks like the ACC gave the same teams -- OFF WEEKS  before their games against each other.  Many will remember last year, when it seems like every ACC Team had a bye week -- the week before they played Notre Dame. 

To enlarge the ACC Football Schedule above -- just click on it!

Brady Quinn Talks PAC-12 Players' Demands

Domer Update: AJ Pollock Off to Great Start!

 


AJ Pollock, the former Fighting Irish star is off to a great start in this abbreviated MLB season!

• Home Runs:  3 -- tied for 8th in MLB
• Average:  .364 -- tied for 20th in MLB
• RBI:  6 -- tied for 54th in MLB

The Greatest Victory March of All-Time!

Five Former Domers in NFL's Top 100 Players!

The NFL Network released this past week its list of the TOP 100 players in the NFL.  Five (5) former Notre Dame football stars made the list:

• #29:  Quenton Nelson, Colts
• #55:  Zack Martin, Cowboys
• #64:  Harrison Smith, Vikings
• #74:  Ronnie Stanley, Ravens
• #88:  Jaylon Smith, Cowboys

LINK:  STORY

ND Board Chair Interviews Domer CEO

Notre Dame's Jack Brennan (Chair of the Board of Trustees) interviewed Bank of America's CEO Brian Moynihan -- who is a graduate of Notre Dame's Law School.

Connaughton Not Ready to Go Yet for Bucks

If you were looking at last night's Box Score from Milwaukee's win over the Boston Celtics -- you won't see the name Pat Connaughton.  Here's why...

LINK:  CONNAUGHTON OUT

Pat Forde & Dan Patrick -- Some ND Talk

Mike Golic's emotional goodbye to ESPN Radio

Notre Dame Football to Play for ACC Title

Never thought I would type this headline...

Here's the media reaction (links below) to yesterday's announcement that the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame will play ten "conference games" against ACC opponents and one game vs. an opponent with the game to be played in the state of Indiana...

Here's Notre Dame's ACC opponents:

Games played at Notre Dame:

• Clemson
• Duke
• Florida State
• Louisville
• Syracuse

Games played on the road:

• Boston College
• Georgia Tech
• North Carolina
• Pittsburgh
• Wake Forest
  

LINK:  SPORTS ILLUSTRATED

LINK:  CBS SPORTS

LINK:  CHICAGO TRIBUNE

LINK:  ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION

Regis Philbin's Final Good-Bye to His TV Run

Love This Tribute to Our Friend Regis Philbin

Katie Brown Talks About Her Friend Regis...

Jimmy Fallon's Tribute to Regis Philbin