Monday, January 30, 2017

Duke vs. Notre Dame on ESPN at 7 PM ET


It's a huge game tonight for the Fighting Irish as we look to put an end to our losing ways... 

Duke is coming off of a last second win over Wake Forest on Saturday -- should be a good one!

Game tips off at 7 PM ET on ESPN.  GO IRISH!

LINK:  #21 DUKE vs. #20 NOTRE DAME

LINK:  NEWS OBSERVER

LINK:  INDIANAPOLIS STAR

Shark Tank's "Mr. Wonderful" at ND Today


Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary (AKA) "Mr. Wonderful" -- will be speaking today at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business -- from 5 PM to 6:15 PM...

I suspect you'll see him at the Duke vs. Notre Dame hoops game tonight as well.

LINK:  O'LEARY AT NOTRE DAME

Sunday, January 29, 2017

Get to Know Notre Dame Coach Mike Elko


Must See: Isaac Rochell Senior Bowl Interview



The Notre Dame Captain ended an important week for himself at the Reese's Senior Bowl with four tackles in Saturday's game.

Saturday, January 28, 2017

OT: My Niece Kylee Posted This on Facebook


Georgia Tech Coach Talks About Notre Dame


Notre Dame plays Georgia Tech today in Atlanta -- in a noon tip-off against a Ramblin' Wreck team that hammered Florida State at home a couple of days ago...

Are there any easy games in the ACC?

We can watch it on ESPNU -- beginning at NOON ET!  Here's the Georgia Tech Head Coach in his press conference yesterday:

LINK:  GT COACH TALKS ND

Friday, January 27, 2017

Duke's Women's Hoop Coach Talks Loss to ND


If you have any interest in checking in on Duke's Joanne McCallie and her reaction to the Blue Devil's loss to Notre Dame last night -- click on the link below and search on the right hand side of the page for the video of last night's press conference...

LINK:  DUKE REACTION

Pat Connaughton: Basketball or Baseball?


I can never say enough nice things about this young man.  Pat Connaughton is a class act.

Sounds like Pat may soon have to finally make a decision whether to stick with hoops or start striking out batters.  Here's the latest media speculation:

LINK:  BALTIMORE SUN 

LINK:  KEEPING HIS ARM LOOSE 

LINK:  SALEM NEWS


Muffet & Players Talk Big Win Over #14 Duke


Thursday, January 26, 2017

Domer Hentrich Inducted Into St. Louis HOF

Former Notre Dame kicker Craig Hentrich will be enshrined into the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame on February 2nd. 

Hentrich enjoyed a 17-year NFL career, a Super Bowl Championship and multiple NFL All-Pro selections as a punter.

LINK:  HENTRICH

Isaac Rochell Turning Heads at Senior Bowl


The former Notre Dame team captain is at the Reese's Senior Bowl this week -- "auditioning" in front of scouts from every NFL team. 

Here's what's being sad about Rochell's play so far by Dallas Cowboys' analyst Bryan Broaddus...

LINK:  SENIOR BOWL NOTEBOOK

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

ND Alum Being Considered for Supreme Court


Notre Dame alum, Thomas Hardiman '87 -- a Federal Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit -- is reportedly one of three finalists for the vacant seat on the Supreme Court of the United States.
 

LINK:  MORE ON HARDIMAN

LINK:  PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE

LINK:  NEWSWEEK

The Greatest Football Team of All-Time



It looks like you can buy the DVD if you want -- multiple online locations are selling it...

LINK:  THE GREATEST TEAM

Virginia's Bennett Talks Win Over Notre Dame


Tuesday, January 24, 2017

ND LAX Kicks Off Season at "Jerry's World"


Kevin Corrigan's Fighting Irish will play Georgetown in game #1 of the season at the Dallas Cowboy's AT&T Stadium on February 18th.

Here is Coach Corrigan talking about this season...

LINK:  CORRIGAN

Virginia's Tony Bennett Talks Notre Dame Game



The #14 ranked Fighting Irish will host #12 Virginia tonight in the biggest game of the year so far here at Purcell Pavilion.  Game will be televised on the ACC Network beginning at 8 PM ET.

LINK:  ACC NETWORK AFFILIATES

Monday, January 23, 2017

OT: Thankfully They Don't Coach This at ND


Notre Dame leads the nation in free throw shooting percentage -- in fact -- it's the highest in NCAA Division I history...

Notre Dame: Coaches Poll #12 / AP Poll #14


The Fighting Irish Men's basketball team lost to FSU and beat Syracuse this past week -- and they MOVED UP in the polls...

I even saw one national writer -- Seth Davis -- who ranked Notre Dame #9 -- see his rankings below:


LINK:  POLLS

Domer Bennett Jackson Training for NFL Return


Former Notre Dame defensive back Bennett Jackson's multiple injuries cut short his NFL football career with the New York Giants.

He's working on a comeback...

LINK:  BENNETT JACKSON

A "Historic" Free Throw Shooting Run for ND...


Mike Brey's Fighting Irish are making free throws at a clip -- never seen before in Division I College Basketball history.  Think about that...

As of this morning -- Notre Dame is at 82.9% from the free throw stripe!

Three of the free throw shooting stars at Notre Dame:
  • Vasturia:  92.5%
  • Colson: 86.7%
  • Farrell:  86.5%