It appears the Notre Dame Family has been awaken!
A story ran this morning that "demand for Notre Dame branded merchandise is reaching HISTORIC LEVELS..." Here's the link:
LINK: HISTORIC LEVELS
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
"200 Phone Calls Per Hour" ND Bookstore...
It appears the Notre Dame Family has been awaken!
A story ran this morning that "demand for Notre Dame branded merchandise is reaching HISTORIC LEVELS..." Here's the link:
LINK: HISTORIC LEVELS
Manti Mania -- Continues Today, the Latest...
This is quite a week for Notre Dame's two-time All-American -- he collected two national awards yesterday (Butkus and Nagurski) to go with the Sportsmanship award he received last Thursday night...
Is there a HEISMAN in Manti's future?
Sure hope so!
LINK: ESPN BLOG -- "ALL THINGS HEISMAN"
LINK: THE OKLAHOMAN
LINK: CHICAGO TRIBUNE
LINK: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
LINK: USA TODAY
LINK: ASSOCIATED PRESS
LINK: PHILLY MAGAZINE
LINK: HAWAII REPORTER
LINK: NBC CHICAGO
Monday, December 3, 2012
Manti Wins the Bronco Nagurski Award !!!
The Charlotte Touchdown Club awarded Notre Dame's All-American Linebacker the Nagurski Award -- symbolizing the top defensive player in the nation!
Once again, Manti is the first Notre Dame player to win this award!
Congrats!
LINK: TE'O WINS NAGURSKI
When Did the WSJ Turn Into a Sports Paper?
Some of the more engaging stories these past few weeks on Notre Dame football have come from the Wall Street Journal -- can you believe it!
Here's another fun story about Notre Dame's game with Alabama:
LINK: BAMA, NOTRE DAME, OH MY!
Looks Like We'll Have Some Fans in Bama!
The students at Auburn have created these "WAR IRISH" t-shirts to wear to show they're rooting for Notre Dame in the BCS National Championship game...
Does that mean "half the state" of Alabama will be rooting for ND?
Manti Te'o -- Butkus Award Winner!!!
He'll be presented the Butkus Award on December 17th on the Notre Dame campus.
Manti Te'o is the first Notre Dame player to ever receive this award.
Congratulations Manti!
LINK: BUTKUS AWARD
Sunday, December 2, 2012
BCS Bowl Teams -- Graduation Success Rate
The BCS Bowl Selection Show aired this evening on ESPN -- and here's the list of the teams playing in the BCS Bowl Games and their NCAA Graduation Success Rate. As well as all of the other Bowl Games...
If you look at the BCS Bowl Match-ups -- you have three of the five games that will have a hard time selling all of their tickets: Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl and yes, the Rose Bowl...
BCS National Championship Game -- January 7, 2013
- #1 Notre Dame: 97 GSR
- #2 Alabama: 75 GSR
Rose Bowl Game -- January 1, 2013
- #6 Stanford: 90 GSR
- NR Wisconsin: 65 GSR
Sugar Bowl Game -- January 2, 2013:
- #3 Florida: 75 GSR
- #21 Louisville: 63 GSR
Orange Bowl Game -- January 1, 2013:
- #12 Florida State: 55 GSR
- #15 Northern Illinois: 83 GSR
Fiesta Bowl Game -- January 3, 2013:
- #4 Oregon: 64 GSR
- #5 Kansas State: 58 GSR
ADDITIONAL BOWL GAMES
Cotton Bowl -- January 1, 2013
- #9 Texas A&M: 69 GSR
- #11 Oklahoma: 47 GSR
Capital One Bowl -- January 1, 2013
- #7 Georgia: 69 GSR
- #16 Nebraska: 68 GSR
Outback Bowl -- January 1, 2013
- #10 South Carolina: 55 GSR
- #18 Michigan: 69 GSR
Chick-Fil-A Bowl -- December 31, 2012
- #8 LSU: 77 GSR
- #14 Clemson: 75 GSR
Alamo Bowl -- December 28, 2012
- #23 Texas: 58 GSR
- #13 Oregon State: 60 GSR
Holiday Bowl -- December 27, 2012
- #17 UCLA: 62 GSR
- NR Baylor: 63 GSR
MAACO Bowl Las Vegas -- December 22, 2012
- NR Washington: 74 GSR
- #19 Boise State: 81 GSR
Quinn Leads Chiefs to Emotional Win Today...
Former Notre Dame QB Brady Quinn, led his grief stricken teammates to only their second win of the season today -- throwing two TD's in the Chiefs' 27 to 21 victory over the Carolina Panthers.
Chiefs' starting LB Jovan Belcher shot and killed his girlfriend yesterday morning before turning the gun on himself a little later in front of coaches at the Kansas City Chiefs practice facility.
Brady was 19 for 23 for 201 yards and the two touchdown passes. It was Quinn's first win as a starter for the Chiefs. Here's what's being said about today's game...
LINK: KANSAS CITY STAR
LINK: BRADY QUINN POST GAME
LINK: CHIEFS POSTGAME LOCKER ROOM
Three College Coaches Did Not Vote ND #1
The last vote of the college football season by the Coaches -- is made public. And, fifty-six of the fifty-nine coaches voted NOTRE DAME #1 !!!
Here's the three who did not -- and where they placed the IRISH -- click on the link below to see how all of the coaches voted:
- James Franklin, Vanderbilt -- picked Notre Dame #4
- Tommy Tubberville, Texas Tech -- picked Notre Dame #2
- Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee State -- picked Notre Dame #2
(Photo above of Vanderbilt Coach James Franklin -- who picked Alabama, Georgia and Florida ahead of the IRISH -- all fellow member of the SEC.)
LINK: FINAL USA TODAY / COACHES POLL
Former MLB Commissioner Talks Notre Dame
Come to find out -- Fay Vincent, the former CEO of Columbia Pictures and Commissioner of Major League Baseball -- is a Notre Dame fan.
Just this week he authored an editorial about the Fightin' Irish football team -- pretty cool!
LINK: A LIFE LONG PASSION FOR NOTRE DAME
"Biggest BCS Underdog of All-Time" I LOVE IT !
Here's what they have to say less than 12 hours after Georgia 'runs out of time' -- and Bama squeaks by them.
WHAT THOUGH THE ODDS BE GREAT OR SMALL...
LINK: ESPN'S COLLEGE FOOTBALL FINAL
LINK: BCS CHAMPIONSHIP WEBSITE
LINK: CBS SPORTS
LINK: SPORTING NEWS
LINK: LINDY'S SPORTS
LINK: YAHOO SPORTS
LINK: BUSINESSWEEK
LINK: ESPN
LINK: BLEACHER REPORT
Saturday, December 1, 2012
BRING ON BAMA !!!
It's pretty obvious what the IRISH will have to do -- make BAMA pass the ball. It's going to be FUN!
LINK: WATCH CBS' POST GAME
The Turning Point's USC Video -- A CLASSIC!
I missed this video earlier in the week -- you're going to LOVE this...
LINK: THE TURNING POINT -- PROTECT THIS HOUSE
Musical Tribute to Manti Te'o -- Must See !!!
I received a text and an email today from ND GO IRISH BLOG regulars Dave Peloquin and Michael McLaughlin alerting me to this video -- IT IS A MUST SEE!!!
LINK: MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO MANTI
Video of Coach Kelly at SEC Championship
University of Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly was a guest on the CBS set at the SEC Championship game in Atlanta, GA today. Here's a link to the interview:
LINK: COACH KELLY AT SEC CHAMPIONSHIP
She's the #1 College Golfer in the Country!
For the first time in the history of the golf program at the University of Notre Dame -- an IRISH golfer is ranked #1 in the country.
And, she's a FRESHMAN!
Lindsey Weaver -- who as a high school senior became only the 2nd female golfer in history to shoot a 59 in competition -- is now ranked the #1 player in the country! Here is her story:
LINK: THE #1 PLAYER IN THE COUNTRY
Notre Dame & NBC -- "Best Friends Forever"
Here's a business magazine's perspective of Notre Dame and NBC's relationship.
LINK: NOTRE DAME & NBC
Friday, November 30, 2012
Manti Mania! -- Here's What You'll Find Today
Took a lap around the worldwide web to capture what the media is sayin' about Notre Dame's All-American linebacker Manti Te'o -- here's what I've found today:
LINK: DAN PATRICK SHOW
LINK: SPORTING NEWS
LINK: ESPN
LINK: NESN
LINK: NBC'S NOTRE DAME CENTRAL
LINK: CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Thursday, November 29, 2012
The Heisman Push Began Today for Manti!
Notre Dame's two-time All-American linebacker -- Manti Te'o -- spent the afternoon today with his own press conference (link below), followed by an award presentation ARA'S SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD during the Irish's game with Kentucky and a live "in-game" interview with the ESPN crew -- also linked below...
I suspect we'll see a pretty good run of Manti stories over the next week as we lead up to next Saturday's Heisman Trophy presentation in New York City.
LINK: MANTI'S PRESS CONFERENCE
LINK: MANTI'S ESPN IN-GAME INTERVIEW
Notre Dame Beats #8 Kentucky EASILY!
Mike Brey's Fighting Irish played tonight like we thought they would this season...
They DOMINATED the defending National Champions -- after overcoming a slow start when the Wildcats took an early 12 - 6 lead. The Irish led by as many as 20 points in the second half -- finishing with a 64 - 50 win.
IT'S ONLY THE SECOND TIME IN JOHN CALIPARI'S FOUR SEASONS AT KENTUCKY THAT HIS TEAM HAS BEEN BEAT BY DOUBLE DIGITS!
Notre Dame's back court tandem of Eric Atkins and Jerian Grant led the Irish -- combining for 29 BIG points, 10 assists and 4 steals!
Here's what the media had to say about Notre Dame's big win - along with a link to Coach Brey's post game press conference and game highlights!
LINK: COACH BREY'S PRESS CONFERENCE
LINK: GAME HIGHLIGHTS
LINK: ESPN
LINK: ESPN BLOG
LINK: SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
LINK: LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER
LINK: GAME BLOG -- HERALD LEADER
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