Wake Forest Week: Coach Kelly With Media

As has become customary for Tuesday's during the football season -- Coach Kelly met with the media today to talk about his team and Saturday's opponent Wake Forest. 

This is the last home game for 26 seniors in the Notre Dame football program!

LINK:  COACH KELLY'S PRESS CONFERENCE

Manti Te'o's Notre Dame Farewell...

There will be many tears in the stands this Saturday night around 7:30 PM ET when #5 -- the "Hawaiian Hitman" -- takes a lap around Notre Dame Stadium for the very last time.

He's quite a young man.

THANK YOU TE'O FAMILY (photo above) FOR SHARING YOUR SON WITH NOTRE DAME!

LINK:  MANTI'S NOTRE DAME FAREWELL

LINK:  MANTI TE'O HIGHLIGHTS

"Echoes Awakened, Thunder Shaken"

I found this piece by Charles P. Pierce -- who writes for ESPN's Grantland -- to be quite fair and entertaining.

He's obviously not a fan of our Fightin' Irish -- but, he respects what's happening...

LINK:  CHEER, CHEER FOR OLD NOTRE DAME...

Saint Mary's Student Takes on Celine Song...

NBC's hit show THE VOICE has a Saint Mary's (Notre Dame, IN) student in their final 12.  Sylvia Yacoub -- who's on Christian Aguilera's team -- sang Celine Dion's mega hit "My Heart Will Go On" last night.  Here's a video of her performance:

LINK:  SYLVIA'S PERFORMANCE LAST NIGHT

Manti Te'o: The Making of a Legend

Folks, you have got to watch this -- it's a special that a local Hawaiian TV station is running on Notre Dame's Manti Te'o this week.

You're going to love this.

LINK:  THE MAKING OF A LEGEND

ND vs. Kansas State: Common Opponents

Here's a graphic we haven't seen on any television screen over the past couple of weeks -- and it has to do with COMMON OPPONENTS between the University of Notre Dame and Kansas State University.

We've played two common opponents:  Miami and Oklahoma -- here's the combined offensive and defensive points scored and allowed in those two games involving Kansas State and Notre Dame:

• Kansas State:  76 - 32  -- margin:  44 points
• Notre Dame:  71 - 16 -- margin:  55 points

Why haven't we seen this discussed?   Is it because it's not favorable to Kansas State?

#7 Notre Dame Scores with 37 Seconds Left...

To tie the game with #4 Georgetown to take the Big East Men's Soccer Championship Final into OVERTIME!

The IRISH then win it in the 2nd OT!  You're going to want to watch these highlights!

LINK:  BIG EAST CHAMPIONS!

The Stories Keep Coming: Does Notre Dame...

This will be the story over the next four weeks -- does an undefeated Notre Dame deserve to play for the National Championship?  Yahoo Sports' Pat Forde weighed in on that very subject as did ESPN's Adam Rittenberg -- take a read:

LINK:  SEC ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN...

LINK:  SEC WILL NEED HELP

Notre Dame Moves up to #3 in BCS Rankings

I will still hold out that our Fightin' Irish have played the most difficult schedule to date.  They've beaten THREE of the current Top 25 in the BCS Rankings -- two in the Top 15, which no other team in college football can claim.

Notre Dame is #1 in four computer polls / #2 in the other computer poll -- yet, ND is #3 in the human polls. 

I guess "humans" don't like DEFENSE...

LINK:  BCS RANKINGS

Notre Dame Student Wins National Math Prize!!!

You do not want to play "FLASH CARDS" with this woman!

Notre Dame senior MurphyKate Montee (Sturgeon Bay, WI) was awarded the 2013 Alice T. Schaefer Mathematics Prize -- which is awarded to only ONE UNDERGRADUATE WOMAN in America each year!

LINK: AMERICA'S BEST!

The "Mornin' After" Notre Dame Goes to 10 - 0 !

We should all be SMILING right now.  Our Notre Dame Fightin' Irish are undefeated -- ONE OF ONLY THREE TEAMS IN THE FBS that can say just that!!!

Here's what our friends in the media have to say about our IRISH in the wake of ND's 21 - 6 win over BC.

LINK:  BOSTON HERALD

LINK:  ESPN'S NOTRE DAME BLOG

LINK:  BOSTON GLOBE

LINK:  THE SPORTING NEWS

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE

LINK:  ESPN/ABC POST GAME VIDEO 

LINK:  USA TODAY

LINK:  ASSOCIATED PRESS

Notre Dame Locker Room's 10 - 0 Celebration !!!

After what our football program has been through over the past number of years -- I'm absolutely shocked at how many IRISH fans are disappointed this morning in HOW WE WON the past couple of weeks.

Folks, WE ARE UNDEFEATED!  Let's celebrate that fact and not worry about STYLE POINTS.

I've got a good feeling that much will happen these next three weeks of college football and WHEN we keep winning -- things will fall in place quite nicely for our IRISH.

Here's the post game celebration in Chestnut Hill after Notre Dame's FIFTH PRIME TIME WIN this season.

LINK:  NOTRE DAME LOCKER ROOM

Coach Kelly's Post Game Press Conference

Coach Kelly met with the media after last night's 21 - 6 win over Boston College in PRIME TIME!

LINK:  COACH KELLY PRESSER

Hey, We're 10 - 0 !!!!!!!!!!

Who cares about this made-up term called STYLE POINTS?

The Notre Dame Fightin' Irish are 10 - 0 and we're a lock for a BCS game (with an 11th win) -- looks like we'll be COMING UP ROSES -- at worst!

What must they be thinking in Ann Arbor and Columbus!

Here's a look at the media's quick reaction to Notre Dame's 21 - 6 victory over Boston College:

LINK:  ESPN'S NOTRE DAME BLOG

LINK:  NBC'S NOTRE DAME CENTRAL

LINK:  CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

A Team With 2 Wins in Prime Time on ABC?

Only if you play Notre Dame...

Has there ever been a team with 2 wins -- this late in the season -- playing in front of a national TV audience in Prime Time?

NEVER.

Folks, if you run into BIG TEN, SEC, PAC 12, BIG 12 fans -- and they question the power of the Notre Dame brand -- just point them to this evening.  And ask them this -- if your team was playing an opponent with two wins, would that game be televised nationally?

Kick-off is set for 8:12 PM ET on ABC -- GO IRISH!

Muffet's #7 IRISH Beat #19 Ohio State Today

The grand experiment -- playing basketball on the deck of an aircraft carrier, floating in water in less than ideal conditions...

The Notre Dame women's basketball team traveled to Mount Pleasant, SC to play in the 2nd Annual Carrier Classic "outside" on the deck of the USS Yorktown -- and beat Ohio State 57 - 51.

The Irish were led by Natalie Achonwa's 17 points and 10 rebounds.  ND frosh Jewell Loyd -- in her college debut --- grabbed 12 rebounds, including 4 on the offensive end.

LINK:  VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

LINK:  GAME BOX SCORE

Coach Kelly -- Last Media Session Prior to BC

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media after practice, last night, to talk about his team's week of preparation for Saturday night's PRIME TIME tilt with Boston College.

LINK:  COACH KELLY MEETS WITH MEDIA

Boston College's "Bowl Game" This Saturday!

The Boston College Eagles were eliminated from post season bowl competition with their loss last Saturday to Wake Forest -- thus, this is THEIR BOWL GAME!

I trust Coach Kelly has made his IRISH well aware of this fact!

Took a quick lap around the web -- some 30 hours before kick-off to see what the media has to say about Notre Dame vs. Boston College:

LINK:  BOSTON HERALD #1

LINK:  BOSTON HERALD #2

LINK:  BOSTON GLOBE #1

LINK:  BOSTON GLOBE #2

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE

LINK:  CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

LINK:  ESPN'S NOTRE DAME BLOG

LINK:  NBC'S NOTRE DAME CENTRAL

Sylvia Yacoub Advances to Final 12 -- The Voice

Saint Mary's College (Notre Dame, IN) student Sylvia Yacoub keeps advancing on NBC's hit show THE VOICE -- as it was announced this evening that she was one of the top eight in the audience vote!

Yacoub will perform again next Monday night!

LINK:  YACOUB ADVANCES!

LINK:  VIDEO OF SYLVIA'S PERFORMANCE

Lady Irish to Play on Aircraft Carrier Friday!

Muffet McGraw's #7 Fightin' Irish will take their game "outside and off-land" on Friday as they play in the 2012 Carrier Classic on the deck of the aircraft carrier the USS Yorktown -- docked in Mount Pleasant, SC.

This is the first time a women's college basketball game will have taken place on an aircraft carrier.

Notre Dame will be playing Ohio State -- Irish fans can watch the game on the NBC Sports Network beginning at 11 PM ET (tape delayed basis) Friday night.  The game tips-off at 4 PM ET.

LINK:  COACH McGRAW'S PRESS CONFERENCE

LINK:  CONVERTING AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER TO A BASKETBALL STADIUM

LINK:  CARRIER CLASSIC WEBSITE

LINK:  UND.COM WEBSITE