Domer Hannah Storm Reacts to NFL / Ray Rice

Notre Dame alumna Hannah Storm '83, spoke out on the air this week about the NFL and their handling of the Ray Rice situation...

MUST SEE!

LINK:  HANNAH STORM

Dan Fox Put on New York Giants Active Roster!

Former Notre Dame student-athlete Dan Fox was placed on the New York Giants 53 man roster today!!!  This is great news for the 'un-drafted' free agent!

Very happy for Dan!

LINK:  FOX

Must Read: Story on Notre Dame's Coach Alford

Tony Alford is about as genuine as they come...

I just ran across this wonderful story on the UND.COM site about Coach Alford -- it's a must read!

LINK:  ALL FOR FAMILY

Irish Connection: Overcoming Adversity Part I

The first two games for the Fighting Irish this season offered zero adversity for our football team...

That changed in the 2nd quarter of Saturday night's game with Purdue.  An ejection, multiple injuries and two TD's for the Boilermakers put the IRISH behind on the scoreboard for the first time this season.

Here's an "insider's look...

LINK:  IRISH CONNECTION

Is a NFL Gig in the Future for this Domer?

Condoleezza Rice's '75, name is being thrown around as a possible candidate to come in to replace embattled NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

See the story:

LINK:  COMMISSIONER CONDI?

Notre Dame Ranked #10 in Ranking of Colleges

A story ran in USA Today last week (a ND GO IRISH BLOG regular in Utica, NY by the name of Peter Karl '75 -- President of the Notre Dame Club of Mohawk Valley -- reminded me that I missed this!) that ranked the University of Notre Dame as the 10th best college in America!

Peter, thanks for keeping me on my toes!

Here's the story:

LINK:  NOTRE DAME #10

Comparing Notre Dame's 2014 Season vs. 2012

FIRST QUARTER OF SEASON -- REPORT CARD:  I thought I'd take a look at how the 3 - 0 Fighting Irish of 2014 -- compared to the 3 - 0 Notre Dame team in 2012 -- enjoy!

Report Card Highlights:

• The 2014 offense has scored 19 MORE POINTS over the first three games
• The 2012 defense game up ONE LESS point over the first three games
• The 2014 team is beating teams by 5 MORE POINTS per game
• Each team averaged 100 MORE YARDS in offense than the opposition
• The 2014 team has had FEWER TURNOVERS and FORCED MORE TURNOVERS

2012 FIRST THREE GAMES:

• Notre Dame 50 -- Navy 10
• Notre Dame 20 -- Purdue 17
• Notre Dame 20 -- #10 Michigan State 3

-Total Points on offense:  90
-Total Points allowed on defense:  30
-Average margin of victory:  20 points per game
-Offensive Turnovers: 2
-Defensive Forced Turnovers: 7
-Total Yards Per Game:  388.7
-Total Yards Allowed Per Game:  288.7


2014 FIRST THREE GAMES: 

• Notre Dame:  48 -- Rice 17
• Notre Dame:  31 -- Michigan 0
• Notre Dame;  30 -- Purdue 14

-Total Points on offense:  109
-Total Points allowed on defense:  31
-Average margin of victory:  25.3 points per game
-Offensive Turnovers:  1
-Defensive Forced Turnovers:  9
-Total Yards Per Game:  418
-Total Allowed Yards Per Game: 318.3