Monday, November 3, 2014
ESPN "Spinning" SEC's Remaining Schedules...
You've just got to laugh...
ESPN posted this "tweet" this afternoon about the upcoming "Conference Schedule" for the top four teams in the SEC -- choosing not to publicize the games EACH of these teams are playing against FCS teams over the next three weeks. C'mon ESPN -- you're better than this...
Take a look at the opponents that were "conveniently" left off of the story ESPN is telling above about schedules. Who has the "TOUGHEST ROAD" -- is it the team that's playing Presbyterian, Samford, UT-Martin or Western Carolina?
MISSISSIPPI STATE:
- November 8: University of Tennessee-Martin
AUBURN:
- November 22: Samford
ALABAMA:
- November 22: Western Carolina
OLE MISS:
- November 8: Presbyterian
Brother Runs NYC Marathon to Honor Domer
Stephen Shay -- the youngest brother of former Notre Dame All-American Ryan Shay '02 -- ran the New York City Marathon yesterday, in honor of Ryan, who died of a heart attack while running the same route in 2007 during the US Olympic Marathon Trials...
The photo above is of the bench that was dedicated to Ryan at the spot he collapsed and died in 1997 -- Stephen ran by the bench during yesterday's NYC Marathon.
You'll want to read this story...
LINK: HONORING HIS HERO
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Full Game Replay: Notre Dame 49 - Navy 39
Here's the full game replay of Notre Dame's 49 - 39 win last night over the Naval Academy.
LINK FULL GAME REPLAY
Amway Coaches Poll Drops Notre Dame to #8
A 49 - 39 win over Navy dropped Notre Dame a spot in today's Amway Coaches Poll...
LINK: AMWAY COACHES POLL
OT: Lauren Hill's "Last Basketball Game" 2 PM
This is a story that I just learned about this morning.
Lauren Hill, a freshman college basketball player at Mount St. Joseph's in Cincinnati -- has inoperable brain cancer. She has been given just a few weeks to live -- so her college team petitioned the NCAA to move up a home game so she could play one last time...
FOX SPORTS is broadcasting the game LIVE beginning at 2 PM ET today -- there won't be a dry eye in the gymnasium or in front of TV sets all across America.
Here's the TV GUIDE for where to find the game -- but, first -- you must watch Lauren talk about her situation:
LINK: LAUREN -- IN HER OWN WORDS
LINK: TV GUIDE
Brian Kelly's Postgame Navy Press Conference
Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media after last night's 49 - 39 win over the Naval Academy. Here's what he had to say:
LINK: PRESS CONFERENCE
Everett Golson & Coach Kelly Talk Navy Win
This is the CBS postgame on-field interview of Everett Golson and Coach Brian Kelly.
CBS Sports Highlights: Notre Dame Over Navy
Here are the CBS Sports' highlights from tonight's 49 to 39 win for the Fighting Irish over the Naval Academy:
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Everett Golson's Fumble, Stumble, Rumble TD!
Here's Notre Dame's "put the game away" TD with just over a minute left in regulation in the Fighting Irish's 49 - 39 win over Navy today...
Everett Golson is the FIRST NOTRE DAME QB IN HISTORY -- to throw 3 TD passes and run for 3 TD's in a game!
LINK: FUMBLE, STUMBLE, RUMBLE
ND Fans -- a Win, Is a Win, Is a Win, Is a Win...
Now, we'll have to wait to learn if we have enough scholarship players left on defense to take on Arizona State's "high flying" offense next week...
That was ugly.
It doesn't matter what the College Football Playoff Committee ranks us this week -- we win our remaining four games and we will be in the College Football Playoff -- bank on it!
LINK: GAME STATS
Friday, October 31, 2014
Robinson & Hunter on Brian Kelly Radio Show
Corey Robinson and Torii Hunter Jr. were guests last night on the Brian Kelly Radio Show.
You'll want to hear Coach Kelly talk about "WE PLAY REAL GAMES..."
LINK: BRIAN KELLY RADIO SHOW
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Coach Kelly Talks Navy One Last Time Today
Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media today after practice -- the last time he'll meet with the press prior to Saturday night's PRIME TIME game with the Naval Academy.
LINK: PRESS CONFERENCE
Muffet's Fighting Irish Ranked #3 in AP Poll
Notre Dame's women's basketball team was ranked #3 in the country in today's Associated Press Preseason Poll -- not bad for a team that lost three starters -- two drafted in the first nine picks to the WNBA...
Muffet just reloads!
LINK: TOP 25
Brian Kelly on the Jay Mohr Sports Radio Show
Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly was a guest yesterday on the Jay Mohr Sports Show -- you'll enjoy this interview:
LINK: KELLY ON MOHR
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Know Thy Opponent: Navy Football Video
Here's an "inside" look at the Naval Academy's football program -- as they prepared to play San Jose State last week...
LINK: NAVY FOOTBALL
Even Bob Stoops Questions ND's #10 Ranking
You can add Oklahoma head football coach Bob Stoops to the bandwagon of those questioning why Notre Dame is ranked only 10th in the first College Football Playoff Ranking.
Here's Stoops on his radio show last night:
LINK: STOOPS ON NOTRE DAME
Factoring Academics Into CFB Playoff Rankings
The folks at ESPN -- who rarely ever talk about graduation rates of college student-athletes -- created a formula called ESPN GRADE which factors in graduation rates when ranking teams.
Unfortunately, it doesn't get any play...
Well, ESPN's Gregg Easterbrook penned this piece where he took the College Football Playoff Rankings and "mashed-up" the ESPN GRADE ranking system against their TOP 25. Here's the new rankings of teams based on graduation rates:
LINK: CFB PLAYOFF RANKING
Unfortunately, it doesn't get any play...
Well, ESPN's Gregg Easterbrook penned this piece where he took the College Football Playoff Rankings and "mashed-up" the ESPN GRADE ranking system against their TOP 25. Here's the new rankings of teams based on graduation rates:
LINK: CFB PLAYOFF RANKING
Rolling Stone's Take: "Worldwide Cheerleader"
Notre Dame fans are going to want to read this article penned by the Rolling Stone's Jordan Burchette about ESPN's "cheerleading" for the SEC...
LINK: THE WORLDWIDE CHEERLEADER
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Notre Dame Ranked #10 in CFB Playoff Ranking
Well, the "first-ever" College Football Playoff Poll was released in the past 30 minutes and our Fighting Irish are ranked #10 -- with six weeks left in the college football season.
If you look at the rankings -- each of the "Power Five" Conferences have a team ranked ahead of Notre Dame -- is that a coincidence? I don't think so.
We're the "eighth best" one-loss team in the country? Really???
Here's the TOP TWENTY-FIVE:
- Mississippi State
- Florida State
- Auburn
- Ole Miss
- Oregon
- Alabama
- TCU
- Michigan State
- Kansas State
- NOTRE DAME
- Georgia
- Arizona
- Baylor
- Arizona State
- Nebraska
- Ohio State
- Utah
- Oklahoma
- LSU
- West Virginia
- Clemson
- UCLA
- East Carolina
- Duke
- Louisville
LINK: ESPN STORY
Theo Riddick Playing Ahead of Reggie Bush?
That is the question being floated around by the Detroit media these days...
The former Notre Dame student-athlete had his best game as a professional in London, England this past Sunday -- subbing for the often injured Reggie Bush.
Here's what they're saying about Theo Riddick:
LINK: RIDDICK OVER BUSH
Instead of a College Football Playoff Ranking...
What if, the College Football Playoff Committee announced a list of the 28 teams today -- still in consideration for one of the FINAL FOUR SPOTS -- instead of a ranking? Then, every week -- for the next six weeks -- they eliminate four more teams from the list.
So, on Tuesday, December 2nd -- the Committee would announce the list of EIGHT TEAMS still under consideration for the College Football Playoff -- with the Final Four announced on Sunday, December 7th. The Committee would then announce their seeding of those four teams at that time.
So, here's my list of the 28 teams that would still be under consideration for the COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS on October 28, 2014:
ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE:
- Florida State
- Clemson
- Louisville
- Duke
BIG TEN CONFERENCE:
- Michigan State
- Ohio State
- Nebraska
- Wisconsin
SEC CONFERENCE:
- Mississippi State
- Auburn
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Ole Miss
- Missouri
PAC-12 CONFERENCE:
- Oregon
- Arizona State
- Utah
- UCLA
- Arizona
BIG-12 CONFERENCE:
- TCU
- Kansas State
- Baylor
- Oklahoma
AT-LARGE:
- Notre Dame
- East Carolina
- Marshall
- Colorado State
- North Dakota State
Navy Week: Coach Kelly Press Conference
Notre Dame fans can tune-in LIVE at NOON ET today to watch Coach Kelly's press conference. He'll be addressing another Fighting Irish PRIME TIME contest this Saturday night against the Naval Academy.
Just click on the link below:
LINK: COACH KELLY
College Football Playoff Poll Released: 7:30 PM
The "first-ever" College Football Playoff Rankings will be released today at 7:30 PM ET on ESPN. This poll, which is the work of a 12 person committee, will lead to a FINAL FOUR which will be unveiled on December 7th.
Here's what a few of the media prognosticators are thinking how the Committee will rank the teams -- and what to look for this evening:
LINK: DETROIT FREE PRESS
LINK: BIRMINGHAM (AL) NEWS
LINK: CBS SPORTS
LINK: YAHOO! SPORTS
LINK: NEW YORK POST
Monday, October 27, 2014
MUST SEE: Navy's "Beat Notre Dame" Video
I don't think we'll be seeing any Notre Dame students doing something like this for a game against Navy.
However, this is really good...
BRAVO!!!
LINK: BEAT NOTRE DAME
NFL Teams With Three + Domers on Payroll...
There are five teams in the NFL that have at least three former Notre Dame student-athletes on their payroll this morning -- and they are a combined 26 - 13 this season...
- ARIZONA CARDINALS: 6 - 1
- DETROIT LIONS: 6 - 2
- NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS: 6 - 2
- SAN DIEGO CHARGERS: 5 - 3
- MINNESOTA VIKINGS: 3 - 5
Four of the five would be in the NFL Playoffs if they started this week -- do you think some NFL General Managers are taking notice?
ARIZONA CARDINALS
- Michael Floyd
- Jon Carlson
- Robert Hughes
- Troy Niklas
DETROIT LIONS
- Golden Tate
- Theo Riddick
- T.J. Jones
- Joseph Fauria -- he transferred out of ND
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
- Jonas Gray
- Darius Fleming
- Kona Schwenke
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS
- Chris Watt
- Manti Te'o
- Trevor Robinson
MINNESOTA VIKINGS
- Harrison Smith
- R.J. Blanton
- Kyle Rudolph
- John Sullivan
That's DOMERS Michael Floyd and Robert Hughes in the photo above.
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Notre Dame Moves Up to #6 in AP Poll
The AP Poll and the Amway Coaches Poll were released today and Ole Miss' loss to LSU moves the Fighting Irish up one spot in each poll.
The poll that counts -- the College Playoff Poll will be released this Tuesday, October 28th at 7:30 PM ET on ESPN.
LINK: POLLS WEEK 10
Two Domers Score TD's Today in London!
Former Notre Dame student-athletes Golden Tate (#15) and Theo Riddick (#25) led a huge Detroit Lions' second half comeback today -- scoring the FIRST TWO TD's EVER by former Notre Dame players in England! Golden led the Lions with seven catches for 151 yards and the TD!
Be sure to check out Theo's GREAT CATCH -- on the game winning drive!
The Lions erased a 21 - 0 halftime deficit to win the game 22 - 21 on a last second 48 yard field goal!
LINK: GOLDEN'S TD
LINK: RIDDICK'S TD
LINK: RIDDICK'S GREAT CATCH
LINK: GOLDEN'S POST GAME INTERVIEW
My "Great" Uncle Tom's Stained Glass Talent!
My great-uncle Tom Fries, made this piece of stained-glass for my uncle R.J. and it hangs in honor at Gilbert Creek Ranch in Mecosta, MI. My cousins' hunting compound in the mid-Michigan area...
You'll find a group their most Saturday's in the Fall watching the Fighting Irish on TV -- now they can watch them out the window too!
Uncle Tom is in his 80's and he's still knocking out these incredible stained glass pieces of art as gifts for family and friends. He also has a great talent for singing an Irish song or two...
He's been a wonderful GIFT to our family!
Notre Dame Football's "Mid-Term" Report Card
Rachel Terlep -- the Notre Dame beat writer for the Elkhart Truth offered up her "grades" on the Fighting Irish's performance over the first seven games of the season. Just click on the links below:
LINK: DEFENSIVE GRADES
LINK: OFFENSIVE GRADES
SBT: Areas Notre Dame Needs to Improve
The South Bend Tribune's Notre Dame beat writer Eric Hansen authored a piece today on where the Fighting Irish need to improve on the most over the last five games of the season to be a "legitimate" Playoff contender:
LINK: CONTENDER
Saturday, October 25, 2014
OT: Izzo Has Some Fun in East Lansing Tonight
Michigan State head basketball coach Tom Izzo -- dressed up like a member of the band KISS -- as the Spartans celebrated the start of the 2014 - 2015 college basketball season this evening in East Lansing...
I wish we could create a night like this in South Bend.
LINK: IZZO'S KISS
LINK: VIDEO OF PERFORMANCE
LINK: STORY
Friday, October 24, 2014
Golden Tate & Reggis Bush: London Dance Off
Former Notre Dame All-American Golden Tate and one-time Heisman Trophy recipient Reggie Bush -- hosted a dance competition in London. The Domer and his teammates take on the Atlanta Falcons in the UK on Sunday...
LINK: WATCH IT HERE
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Jimbo Goes Back to Meet With Alabama Media
This past Monday, Jimbo Fisher walked out on the media in Birmingham, AL after they asked him some questions about Jameis Winston. He was in town for their Monday Morning Quarterback Club event.
He later went back to sit with the media members he walked out on -- here was that interview:
LINK: JIMBO FISHER
LINK: ESPN STORY
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