The 125th season of Notre Dame Football began yesterday with Coach Kelly's press conference. Our friends at Fighting Irish Digital Media were on hand to video the event.
LINK: COACH KELLY PRESS CONFERENCE
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Replay of Coach Kelly's Press Conference
The 125th season of Notre Dame Football began yesterday with Coach Kelly's press conference. Our friends at Fighting Irish Digital Media were on hand to video the event.
LINK: COACH KELLY PRESS CONFERENCE
Friday, August 3, 2012
Tim Brown Talks ND Football with NBC
Notre Dame Heisman Trophy winner, All-American and NFL all-time great Tim Brown -- spoke with NBC's Alex Flanagan at the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship -- and he talks ND football. Enjoy!
LINK: TIM BROWN TALKIN' NOTRE DAME
Media's Early Reaction to Today's Presser
Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media today to talk about the start of official football practice tomorrow morning. I took a lap around the worldwide web to catch the early reaction from the media -- you won't be surprised with what they're talking about:
LINK: CHICAGO TRIBUNE
LINK: CHICAGO SUN TIMES
LINK: SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE -- TYLER JAMES
LINK: ESPN NOTRE DAME BLOG -- POST #1
LINK: ESPN NOTRE DAME BLOG -- POST #2
LINK: ESPN NOTRE DAME BLOG -- POST #3
LINK: WNDU-TV
LINK: FORT WAYNE JOURNAL GAZETTE
Coach Kelly's Press Conference LIVE at Noon!
The 125th edition of Notre Dame Football kick's off today with Coach Kelly's press conference -- which you can watch live at NOON EST. Click on the link below:
LINK: PRESS CONFERENCE LIVE -- AT NOON ET
Thursday, August 2, 2012
ND's Road Oppenents: Home Field Advantage
The University of Notre Dame has, by most accounts, the most difficult football schedule among the 120 schools in the FBS this season.
Recently a website called PredictionMachine.com came out with their ranking of the best "home field advantages" in college football. Here's where Notre Dame's "road opponents" rank with their home field advantage:
- September 15th: Michigan State: #12
- October 27th: Oklahoma: #1
- November 10th: Boston College #94
- November 24th: USC: #71
LINK: HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE
Notre Dame Football's New Game Ball
Notre Dame Football's Equipment Manager Ryan Grooms -- "tweeted" this photo of the new footballs you'll see the IRISH use this year from WILSON. Got to love the green!
ND Law School Alum Running for U.S. Senate
Clark Durant, a 1976 graduate of the Notre Dame Law School, is a candidate in next Tuesday's primary for one of Michigan's two seats in the U.S. Senate. Here's a link to his website and a promotional video that speaks to Clark's involvement with the Cornerstone Schools in Detroit -- an institution he co-founded in 1991.
LINK: CLARK DURANT FOR U.S. SENATE
LINK: PROMOTIONAL VIDEO
Coach Kelly Talks About the 2012 Fightin' Irish!
Head football coach Brian Kelly met with the gang at UND.COM to talk about the 125th edition of NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL. Enjoy!
LINK: DEFENSIVE IDENTITY
LINK: SCHEDULE
LINK: TIGHT ENDS & WIDE RECEIVERS
LINK: RUNNING BACKS & LINEBACKERS
LINK: QUARTERBACKS
LINK: OFFENSIVE LINE
LINK: CORNERBACKS
Why Regis Loves Notre Dame -- Good Story
Our team, here at the University of Notre Dame, just released a video starring Regis Philbin '53 -- for an initiative called LOVE THEE NOTRE DAME. Thought you'd enjoy seeing this!
LINK: LOVE THEE NOTRE DAME
Forbes Ranks the University of Notre Dame #12
Forbes Magazine just came out with their ranking of the top universities in the country and the University of Notre Dame was ranked #12. Forbes teamed up with the Washington D.C. based Center for College Affordability to establish this list.
Here was the criteria:
- Quality of teaching
- Great career prospects
- High graduation rates
- Low levels of debt
LINK: FORBES RANKING OF TOP COLLEGES
Brian Kelly on Weekday SportsBeat Today
Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly was a guest this evening on WSBT 960 AM's Weekday SportsBeat. Here's a link to the interview:
LINK: BRIAN KELLY -- RADIO INTERVIEW
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Katenda's Story -- One Irish Fans Must Follow
A freak injury that severed his optic nerve, put in jeopardy the basketball career of Notre Dame freshman Eric Katenda...
The word on campus is he's adapting quite well to this challenge and just might be a contributor on this year's Irish team. The folks at the South Bend Tribune caught up with Eric and Coach Brey to talk about the progress he's making. I'll be rooting for this young man!!!
LINK: KATENDA'S COME BACK
Notre Dame Fantasy Campers' Experience
If you've ever dreamed of running out of that TUNNEL wearing a GOLD HELMET -- you're not alone...
A few Irish fans got to do just that a "little late" in life this past month, you'll enjoy this video! Special thanks to ND GO IRISH BLOG regular Tom Badguy for letting me know about this!
LINK: RUNNING OUT THAT TUNNEL
Irish Duo Lead Women's Golf Tournament!
Notre Dame's Ashley Armstrong (Flossmoor, IL) and Kristina Nhim (Cypress, CA) fired a three-under 69 today in the opening round of the Pure Silk Collegiate Team Championship to lead the tournament!
Today's format was "alternate shot" and the IRISH were the only team under par. Tomorrow's format is best ball followed by stroke play on Thursday. There are 54 teams competing.
GO IRISH!
LINK: LIVE SCORING
LINK: NEWS STORY
ND's Jack Swarbrick Meets With Bloggers
University of Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick met with a number of bloggers this past week -- thought you'd enjoy the conversation.
LINK: SWARBRICK WITH BLOGGERS
Domer Scores Two Goals for Canada Today!
Former Notre Dame soccer star Melissa Tancredi '04, scored both goals today in Canada's 2-2 tie with Sweden today to clinch a spot in the Olympic Quarterfinals! Way to go Melissa!
LINK: TANCREDI LEADS CANADA
Hendrix, Golson or Kiel -- Who Starts Sept. 1st?
The University of Notre Dame will have a first time collegiate starter at QB when they kick-off their 2012 season in Ireland.
Irish head coach Brian Kelly announced today that Tommy Rees and Carlo Calabrese would not be traveling with the team to Dublin.
LINK: SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE STORY
Monday, July 30, 2012
Golden Tate Turning Heads in Seattle
The Seahawks are counting on Golden being a starter this season -- we'll keep an eye on his progress!
LINK: GOLDEN TATE -- GOLDEN AGAIN
Vikings' QB Enjoys Throwing to Kyle Rudolph
Former Notre Dame star tight end, Kyle Rudolph -- is earning the trust of Minnesota Vikings second year QB Christian Ponder. Notre Dame fans will not be surprised with this story:
LINK: RUDOLPH GETTING OPEN
Harrison Smith Wants to Hit Somebody!
Former Notre Dame football captain and NFL First Rounder -- Harrison Smith, was featured in a story today in the Pioneer Press where he stated he was hoping the inability to hit someone in practice would not hurt his progress as a player...
Thought you'd enjoy seeing this story:
LINK: HARRISON SMITH -- HITMAN
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