Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Historic Rainfall -- Notre Dame & South Bend



When it rains, it pours -- and did it ever these past 18 hours or so here at Notre Dame.  A historic rainfall -- as 7" to 9" of rain fell over night -- flooding the road between Saint Mary's Lake and the Grotto, causing power outages across campus.  


The South Bend region was hit very hard...



Monday, August 15, 2016

ND Football Featured in XFINITY TV Spot



Notre Dame's relationship with COMCAST (owners of NBC Sports) is paying off right now in their use of a video clip of Will Fuller scoring a TD, in this TV spot running during NBC's Olympic coverage.

Only Notre Dame.

Domer Amanda Polk '08 -- Gold Medal & Bubba


That's Notre Dame alum and now "Olympic Gold Medalist" Amanda Polk - closest to Bubba Watson (PGA Tour Professional) in this photo taken in Rio.

Amanda and her "USA teammates" won the Women's Rowing 8 Gold Medal! 

Amanda is the brunette to the left of Bubba -- holding her medal.

Saturday, August 13, 2016

WSBT-TV: Torii Hunter Jr. Interview


ND Football's "Secret Weapon" -- No Longer


James Onwualu Catches Punt to End Practice


The former wide receiver, safety and now multi-year starting linebacker for the Fighting Irish -- James Onwualu '17 -- caught a punt today to end practice early...

WOW, WOW, WOW: Notre Dame's New Organ!


The Murdy Family Organ is being installed in the University of Notre Dame's Basilica of the Sacred Heart.

All I can think is WOW!

LINK:  THE STORY

ND Football's Robotic Pass Rushing Dummies

Only Notre Dame...

Texas' Charlie Strong Talks About His QB's



I believe Buechele (freshman) will be his starting QB vs. Notre Dame.  Here are his highlights from Texas' Spring Game:


Notre Dame FB Practice Highlights -- Saturday



These come courtesy of 247 Sports...

ND Alum Wins Rowing Gold Medal Today!


Amanda Polk, '08 -- won an Olympic Gold Medal this morning in the Rowing Women's 8 !!!

That's a photo of "Team Polk" turning out at RIO today to cheer on Amanda!


ND in the NFL: 43 Former Players on Rosters


Took a lap around the internet this morning to see how our former Notre Dame football stars are doing in the NFL.   As of this morning -- 43 are still receiving an NFL paycheck -- here's the list:

The star of opening weekend of the NFL Exhibition Season -- George Atkinson III (see stats above).


OFFENSIVE LINEMAN (7): 

LINK:  ZACK MARTIN -- COWBOYS

LINK:  JOHN SULLIVAN -- VIKINGS

LINK:  CHRIS WATT -- CHARGERS 

LINK:  RYAN HARRIS -- STEELERS

LINK:  NICK MARTIN -- TEXANS

LINK:  RONNIE STANLEY -- RAVENS

LINK:  SAM YOUNG -- DOLPHINS 



WIDE RECEIVERS (6):

LINK:  GOLDEN TATE -- LIONS

LINK:  WILL FULLER -- TEXANS

LINK:  MICHAEL FLOYD -- CARDINALS

LINK:  CHRIS BROWN -- COWBOYS

LINK:  T.J. JONES -- LIONS

LINK:  AMIR CARLISLE -- CARDINALS



TIGHT ENDS (5):

LINK:  KYLE RUDOLPH -- VIKINGS

LINK:  TYLER EIFERT -- BENGALS

LINK:  TROY NIKLAS -- CARDINALS 

LINK:  BEN KOYACK -- JAGUARS

LINK:  ANTHONY FASANO --- TITANS 
 


RUNNING BACKS (5):

LINK:  THEO RIDDICK -- LIONS

LINK:  GEORGE ATKINSON III -- RAIDERS

LINK:  C.J. PROSISE -- SEAHAWKS

LINK:  JONAS GRAY -- JAGUARS

LINK:  ROBERT HUGHES -- BROWNS 



DEFENSIVE LINEMAN (7):

LINK:  STEPHON TUITT -- STEELERS

LINK:  ROMEO OKWARA -- GIANTS

LINK:  LOUIS NIX -- GIANTS

LINK:  ISHAQ WILLIAMS -- GIANTS

LINK:  KAPRON LEWIS-MOORE -- RAVENS 

LINK:  SHELDON DAY -- JAGUARS

LINK:  IAN WILLIAMS -- 49ERS



LINEBACKERS (3):

LINK:  MANTI TE'O -- CHARGERS 

LINK:  JAYLON SMITH -- COWBOYS

LINK:  JARRETT GRACE -- BEARS



DEFENSIVE BACKS (9):

LINK:  BENNETT JACKSON -- GIANTS

LINK:  DAVID BRUTON, JR. -- REDSKINS

LINK:  HARRISON SMITH -- VIKINGS

LINK:  KEIVARAE RUSSELL -- CHIEFS

LINK:  ROBERT BLANTON -- BILLS

LINK:  MATHIAS FARLEY -- CARDINALS

LINK:  DARRIN WALLS -- LIONS  

LINK:  ELIJAH SHUMATE -- BUCCANEERS

LINK:  CODY RIGGS -- TITANS



SPECIALISTS (1):

LINK:  J.J. JANSEN -- PANTHERS



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Jimmy Clausen, Sergio Brown, Trevor Robinson, Braxston Cave