"Football U" -- Three Teams in Top 10 at ND!

Most Americans only think of one sport when we hear the word "football."  Yet, most of the world -- thinks of the game we call soccer.

So, in the spirit of a global view of sport -- the University of Notre Dame has three teams ranked in the TOP TEN in the country this week in "football:"

• MEN'S SOCCER:  #2
• WOMEN'S SOCCER:  #5
• MEN'S FOOTBALL: #8

No other school in the country has THREE FOOTBALL TEAMS in the TOP TEN!

Virginia Game: Inside Notre Dame Football

Grantland Story On ND QB DeShone Kizer

Always top-notch writing over at Grantland...

LINK:  DESHONE THE SAVIOR

Whatever Happened to a "Sprained Ankle?"

This is unbelievable...

With the announcement last night that Notre Dame starting TE Durham Smythe would be lost for the season due to a knee injury -- the FIGHTING IRISH have lost FIVE STARTERS -- after only two games.

You can't make this up.

Here's the list of players:

• Jarron Jones -- starting DT -- knee injury
• Shaun Crawford -- starting nickel CB -- knee injury
• Tarean Folson -- starting RB -- knee injury
• Malik Zaire -- starting QB -- ankle injury
• Durham Smythe -- starting TE -- knee injury

I have never seen anything like this -- 20% of your top 25 players -- GONE FOR THE SEASON two games into the season...

GT's Paul Johnson Talks Notre Dame Game

Domer Tim Ryan '81 -- Tabbed to Run LA Times!

The Notre Dame alum was most recently head of the Baltimore Sun Media Group -- he's now heading west to lead the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune...

Congrats Tim!

LINK:  DOMER TO RUN LA TIMES

When a ND TD Takes Away a Virginia Moment

Hundreds of Virginia students had moved down to the corner of the endzone to rush the field at game's end... 

Their plans were changed.

GT vs. ND -- Film of the "Rudy Play" in 1975

Fast forward to the 1:27 mark -- you'll see the play that created the movie Rudy -- between Georgia Tech and Notre Dame in 1975.

NY Post Story on ND QB Kizer: "Next Cardale"

How do you go from unknown -- over the weekend -- to a feature story in a New York newspaper on Monday?

Play QB at Notre Dame...

LINK:  KIZER -- THE NEXT CARDALE?

AJC Report on Georgia Tech's Prep for ND

A little over confident in Hot-lanta?

LINK:  REPORT ON THE YELLOW JACKETS

Must See: The "Wallabies" Guided Tour of ND

The Australian National Rugby Team was on the campus of the University of Notre Dame this past week for training...

Courtesy of FoxSports Australia.