Saturday, February 15, 2014
Friday, February 14, 2014
Muffet's IRISH Receive #1 RPI Ranking !!!
When you play the schedule the Fighting Irish have -- with four wins ON THE ROAD against teams ranked in the TOP TEN -- you earn a #1 RPI Ranking!
Click on the link below:
LINK: RPI RANKING #1
Skylar Diggins' 2014 NBA All-Star Weekend
Former Notre Dame All-American Skylar Diggins played this evening in the NBA All-Star Weekend Celebrity Game in New Orleans...
Skylar led her EAST team to the 60 - 56 win!
You'll want to watch Skylar and Kevin Hart's interview -- click on link below.
LINK: KEVIN HART AND SKYLAR INTERVIEW
LINK: GAME STORY
LINK: KEVIN HART CHASES DOWN SKYLAR
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Never Before! Fighting Irish Go 24 - 0 Tonight!
The Irish, one of only two teams still undefeated in women's college basketball, have now won 47 straight regular season games!
LINK: GAME HIGHLIGHTS
LINK: BOX SCORE
NFL Mock Draft Has 3 ND Guys in First 24 Picks
This NFL mock draft has three former Notre Dame student-athletes going among the first 24 players taken in the 2014 NFL Draft. Click on the link below to see who they are and where they might be playing:
LINK: DOMERS GALORE
NCAA to Slow Down the Irish Offense in 2014?
There are some new rule changes that are being considered by the NCAA Football Rules Committee that might prohibit the Fighting Irish from going to an up-tempo offense...
The spin on this is "fewer plays in a game -- fewer injuries." Here's what is being proposed:
LINK: SLOWING DOWN FOOTBALL
The spin on this is "fewer plays in a game -- fewer injuries." Here's what is being proposed:
LINK: SLOWING DOWN FOOTBALL
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Always Wanted this Young Man at Notre Dame
If you're a fan of talent -- you must read this story about former Florida State football player Myron Rolle. He was a "five-star" recruit on the football field and a "five-star" recruit in the classroom -- always hoped he would end up playing for the Fighting Irish.
I had lost track of this young man when he went off to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.
You'll want to read this story:
LINK: MYRON ROLLE
#4 Ranked Notre Dame Men's Lacrosse Preview
Kevin Corrigan's Fighting Irish kick off their 2014 season this weekend with a televised game. This Sunday at 7 PM ET the Irish play Jacksonville University -- in the sunshine of northern Florida -- on the NBC Sports Network.
To learn more about this year's team -- click on the link below:
LINK: LACROSSE PREVIEW
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
ND Goalie Up for Hockey Humanitarian Award
Notre Dame student-athlete Joe Rogers -- we shared his story this past week -- is one of five finalists for the BNY Mellon Wealth Management Hockey Humanitarian Award.
Here's a link to the story:
LINK: ROGERS A FINALIST
Monday, February 10, 2014
Most Beautiful College Cathedral in the World!
The most beautiful college cathedral in the world -- resides in northern Indiana!
LINK: WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL!
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Lady Irish are Now 23 - 0 -- Win 46th Straight!
Muffet McGraw's #2 ranked Fighting Irish are now 23 - 0 on the season -- matching the greatest start to a regular season in school history. They've also won 46 straight regular season games...
The latest victim Syracuse -- whom the Irish beat 101 - 64. See the highlights below -- along with a link to the post game press conference:
LINK: GAME HIGHLIGHTS
LINK: POST GAME PRESSER
Kelly Finished Tied for 46th at Pebble Beach
Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly and his PGA Tour partner Michael Thompson (Alabama grad) finished in a tie for 46th at this weekend's AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. There's a link to the final scoreboard below.
Michael Thompson finished in 19th place with a -3 -- meaning Coach Kelly contributed 10 strokes to their -13 team score for the tournament.
LINK: AT&T PEBBLE BEACH NATIONAL PRO-AM
Quick Interview with ND QB Everett Golson
Notre Dame student-athlete Everett Golson was interviewed this weekend while watching the Irish track team compete at the Meyo Invitational. Here's a link:
LINK: EVERETT GOLSON
#4 ND Women's Fencing Beats #6 Penn State
Now, I'm willing to bet that there are very few ND GO IRISH BLOG followers who have ever attended a fencing competition. So, here's a little treat from our friends at Fighting Irish Digital Media.
Yesterday's competition between #4 Notre Dame and #6 Penn State came down to the very last match -- here's the winning point -- in front of the largest crowd ever to watch a fencing competition at ND.
LINK: NOTRE DAME WINS!
LINK: WOMEN'S RANKINGS
Samardzija Signs One-Year $5.3 Million Deal
The Chicago Cubs came to terms yesterday afternoon with former Notre Dame All-American wide receiver Jeff Samardzija, on a one-year deal worth $5,345,000 -- avoiding arbitration.
Jeff was seeking $6.2 million and the Cubs were offering $4.4 million -- they split the difference.
With this contract -- Samardzija will have earned $15,345,000 in his first six years in professional baseball.
Now, when you consider the average length of an NFL career for a wide receiver is 2.91 years -- you'll know why Jeff is smiling in this photograph! He made a great decision!
Samardzija finished fourth in the National League last year with 214 strikeouts in 213 innings pitched. Here's how he stacked up in a number of other pitching categories in the National League last season:
- Games Started -- tied for second with 33 starts
- Innings Pitched -- fifth place with 213.2 innings
- Complete Games -- tied for fifth place with 2
Congratulations Jeff!
LINK: SAMARDZIJA AND CUBS AGREE
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Muffet's Irish: 4 Road Wins Over Top Ten Teams
How's this been for a schedule!
Notre Dame has played four teams currently in the TOP TEN in both women's college basketball polls and all four games have been on the ROAD...
- Notre Dame 77 -- #9 Penn State 67
- Notre Dame 86 -- #8 Tennessee 70
- Notre Dame 87 -- #10 Maryland 83
- Notre Dame 88 -- #5 Duke 67
LINK: WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RANKINGS
Three ND Football Recruits in All-Star Game
Three future Notre Dame football players played last night for TEAM USA in the 2014 International Bowl on ESPN3 -- if you'd like to watch the replay click on the link below. You'll see Jay Hayes (#7), Nile Sykes (#9) and Greer Martini (#47) on the defensive side of the football for America's team.
You will have to have some patience with the broadcast team -- they make a number of mistakes on where the players have committed to...
But, first -- click on the top link -- you'll see all three being interviewed about playing for Notre Dame!
LINK: INTERVIEW OF NOTRE DAME RECRUITS
LINK: GAME REPLAY
Friday, February 7, 2014
Debbie Brown Talks USA's Moscow Boycott
Notre Dame women's volleyball coach Debbie Brown was featured on NBC's Nightly News tonight in a story about the United States' boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games.
Brown and her USA volleyball teammates missed out on competing for a medal when President Jimmy Carter ordered the boycott. Click on the link below to see this news feature:
LINK: MOSCOW BOYCOTT
Brian Kelly Playing AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Well, after two rounds of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am -- Notre Dame head football coach and his professional playing partner Michael Thompson are -10 and in a tie for 42nd place.
To make the cut -- Coach Kelly's team must finish in the top-25 and ties. Right now they're three strokes off the cut line which is currently at -13.
Thompson, an Alabama grad is -3 on his own ball -- meaning Coach Kelly has contributed -7 on his own ball (with his 12 handicap) these first two rounds! The Tournament will be televised LIVE tomorrow on the GOLF CHANEL and CBS. Here's the schedule:
- Golf Channel: 1:00 PM ET to 2:30 PM ET
- CBS: 3:00 PM ET to 6:00 PM ET
LINK: SCOREBOARD
LINK: CELEBRITY PLAYERS
Andrew & Nic Weishar -- A Brother's Love...
Notre Dame football recruit Nic Weishar lost his brother Andrew to cancer in October of 2012.
You're going to want to know this story...
LINK: THE WEISHAR BOYS
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Recruiting a Heisman Trophy Winner...
Heisman Trophy winner Tim Brown tells a recruiting story...
You'll want to watch this!
LINK: TIM BROWN TELLS A STORY
Nine ND Football Players: NFL Combine Invite
The NFL's annual talent show -- THE NFL SCOUTING COMBINE -- invited nine former Notre Dame student-athletes to participate this February in Indianapolis. Here's the list of the Fighting Irish:
- George Atkinson III
- Bennett Jackson
- T.J. Jones
- Zach Martin
- Troy Niklas
- Louis Nix III
- Prince Shembo
- Stephon Tuitt
- Chris Watt
The list of all participants receiving an invite -- see list below:
LINK: NFL COMBINE INVITATION LIST
Local News Stories on ND Footbal Recruits
Took a lap around the worldwide web this evening to see if there were any local news stories about the commitment of their local high school football stars to the University of Notre Dame. Here's what I found:
LINK: QUENTON NELSON
LINK: JIMMY BYRNE
LINK: NYLES MORGAN
LINK: COREY HOLMES
LINK: PETER MOKWUAH
LINK: DESHONE KIZER
LINK: SAM MUSTIPHER
LINK: DRUE TRANQUILL
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Notre Dame Women's Soccer Recruiting Class
The Notre Dame women's soccer team signed their first recruiting class in 15 years without Coach Randy Waldrum at the helm. Here's the list of girls who have signed -- which includes two sets of twins and another recruit who has a twin sister-- to play for the Fighting Irish!
LINK: GINNY MCGOWAN -- RANKED #11
LINK: SABRINA FLORES -- RANKED #17
LINK: KAITLIN KLAWUNDER -- RANKED #30
LINK: KATIE UHLER -- RANKED #39
LINK: MEGAN MCCASHLAND -- RANKED #44
LINK: MONICA FLORES -- RANKED #58
LINK: TAYLOR KLAWUNDER -- RANKED #70
LINK: LEXI NICHOLAS -- RANKED #79
LINK: PAIGE CROWLEY
LINK: MEGHAN DOYLE
Rankings of ND's 2014 Recruiting Class
Took a lap around the worldwide web this evening to see how the experts are ranking Notre Dame's recruiting class. Just click on the links below to see how the Fighting Irish stack up:
LINK: SCOUT -- ND #6
LINK: TOM LEMMING -- ND #7
LINK: MAXPREPS -- ND #9
LINK: RIVALS -- ND #11
LINK: ESPN -- ND #11
Coach Brian Kelly Talks 2014 Recruiting Class
Notre Dame football released the names of the 23 members of their 2014 recruiting class -- and it's one of the best in the country! To see what Coach Kelly had to say about these young men -- click on the links below:
LINK: COACH KELLY ON SIGNING DAY SHOW
LINK: COACH KELLY'S PRESS CONFERENCE
Greer Martini Commits to Notre Dame Today!
Here is a photo of Woodberry Forest High School's Greer Martini after signing his National Letter of Intent to become a student-athlete at the University of Notre Dame!
LINK: GREER MARTINI BIO
Tyler Luatua Commits to Notre Dame Today!
Notre Dame's lone commitment from California this year -- Tyler Luatua -- puts on a Notre Dame hat at his signing ceremony at La Mirada High School today!
LINK: TYLER LUATUA BIO
Jhonny Williams Commits to Notre Dame!
Here is a photo of Berrien Springs High School's Jhonny Williams after he signed his National Letter of Intent to become a student-athlete at the University of Notre Dame!
LINK: WSBT-TV INTERVIEW
LINK: JHONNY WILLIAMS BIO
Corey Holmes Commits to Notre Dame!
Here's a photo taken today at St. Thomas Aquinas High School of Corey Holmes signing his National Letter of Intent to become a student-athlete at the University of Notre Dame!
LINK: COREY HOLMES BIO
Drue Tranquill Signs With Notre Dame!
Here's a photo of today's signing ceremony at Carroll High School for Drue Tranquill -- who signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame!
LINK: TRANQUILL BIO
Golden Tate at Seattle's Super Bowl Celebration
Here's a couple of photos of former Notre Dame All-American Golden Tate waiving the #12th Man flag at Seattle's celebration of their Super Bowl XLVIII win! More than 700,000 people turned out!
Also note the photos of the Boeing plane painted up specifically for this event... Pretty impressive!
LINK: VIDEO OF CELEBRATION
Notre Dame's National Signing Day Coverage
Folks, today's the day we find out who will be next to don the GOLD HELMET at the University of Notre Dame!
To keep track of what is transpiring -- the first NLI came in this morning and it's from punter Tyler Newsome (Georgia) -- be sure to go to UND.COM or to TWITTER and @NDFootball. They will have all of the information as soon as it can be publicly announced by Notre Dame.
At 11:00 AM ET -- UND.COM will go live with their National Signing Day Show and then at NOON ET -- Coach Kelly will meet with the media to unveil this year's recruiting class.
LINK: NATIONAL SIGNING DAY COVERAGE
LINK: NATIONAL SIGNING DAY SHOW AND COACH KELLY PRESSER
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Football's National Signing Day Tomorrow !!!
In approximately 14 hours or so, the University of Notre Dame's football office fax machine will begin to tell the story of how many young men have decided to wear the GOLD HELMET!
To get you ready for tomorrow -- let's take a look back at the last three incoming recruiting classes here at Notre Dame:
LINK: 2013 RECRUITING CLASS
LINK: 2012 RECRUITING CLASS
LINK: 2011 RECRUITING CLASS
Monday, February 3, 2014
Sunday, February 2, 2014
ND Men's Tennis Beats #13 Kentucky -- Again!
Last week these two teams faced each other in Lexington, KY -- at the time, Kentucky was ranked #8 in the country. The #29 ranked IRISH beat the Wildcats (4 - 3).
Well, this afternoon in South Bend -- the now #22 ranked NOTRE DAME beat #13 ranked Kentucky (4 - 3) -- again !!!
Congrats Coach Sachire (pictured) and the Fighting Irish!
Now, if Kentucky is ranked ahead of our IRISH next week...
LINK: MEN'S COLLEGE TENNIS RANKINGS
Well, this afternoon in South Bend -- the now #22 ranked NOTRE DAME beat #13 ranked Kentucky (4 - 3) -- again !!!
Congrats Coach Sachire (pictured) and the Fighting Irish!
Now, if Kentucky is ranked ahead of our IRISH next week...
LINK: MEN'S COLLEGE TENNIS RANKINGS
Two Hours to Kick-Off Which Domer Gets Ring?
Super Bowl XLVIII features two former Notre Dame football stars; the Denver Broncos' David Bruton (a team captain) and the Seattle Seahawks' Golden Tate.
Who's going to become the 39th former Notre Dame football player to earn a Super Bowl Ring?
LINK: NOTRE DAME IN THE SUPER BOWL
#2 Notre Dame Beats #3 Duke By 21 Points!
Muffet's Fighting Irish put on quite a show this afternoon -- as they went into Duke's Cameron Indoor Stadium to take on the #3 Blue Devils and they beat them going away 88 - 67 -- snapping Duke's 42 home game winning streak.
The win -- Notre Dame's 44th consecutive regular season win -- was the first by an ACC opponent at Duke in almost six years.
LINK: GAME RECAP
#2 Notre Dame vs. #3 Duke on ESPN @ 2 PM ET
It's the biggest game in women's college basketball so far this season! The undefeated and #2 ranked Fighting Irish against the once beaten and #3 ranked Duke Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium. This is the third consecutive road game for Notre Dame against a top-10 ranked opponent...
NOTRE DAME HAS WON 43 CONSECUTIVE REGULAR SEASON GAMES!
The fun starts at 2 PM ET on ESPN -- don't miss it!
Here's what the media is saying about today's game:
LINK: SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
LINK: NOTRE DAME'S OFFICIAL SITE
LINK: DUKE'S OFFICIAL SITE
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Eric Atkins' "OT -- BC BUZZER BEATER"
It's been a difficult stretch of games for Mike Brey's Fighting Irish -- but, Eric Atkins' huge 3 pointer with less than a second on the clock in OT lifted Notre Dame to a 73 - 71 win over Boston College this afternoon. Here's a replay of the game...
LINK: IT'S GOOD!
Stephon Tuitt a TOP TEN NFL Draft Pick?
This was surprising to see...
A Detroit Free Press story today lists former Notre Dame student-athlete Stephon Tuitt as a potential pick for the Detroit Lions in the first round at #10 overall.
LINK: STEPHON TUITT TO LIONS
Super Bowl XLVIII: Latest On David Bruton
Former Notre Dame student-athlete David Bruton -- and captain of the Denver Broncos -- is playing in his first Super Bowl game tomorrow night. Here's a story about his parents' hometown.
LINK: DAVID BRUTON
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