Notre Dame's Top 50 Plays in 2012 !!!

The gang at Fighting Irish Digital Media put together a compilation of the TOP 50 plays in Notre Dame's 12 - 0 regular season. 

Here's hoping we have a few more to add in eight days!

LINK:  ND'S TOP 50 PLAYS

Inside Notre Dame Football TV Show

The folks at Fighting Irish Digital Media just released their latest Inside Notre Dame Football show today -- it's a special edition and a MUST SEE for IRISH fans!

LINK:  INSIDE NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL

Hannah Storm Will Return to ESPN Tomorrow!

Notre Dame alum Hannah Storm '83, will return to the airways tomorrow at ESPN after a three week hiatus after being seriously burned by a propane grill explosion. 

The New York Post reported the story today -- click on the link below:

LINK:  HANNAH STORM BACK TO WORK

The Launching Pad for Notre Dame Football

A Toledo Blade story yesterday makes the claim that the "launching pad" for Notre Dame football took place 110 years earlier in downtown Toledo, OH. 

I won't ruin the story for you -- click on the link below...

LINK:  THE BIRTH OF MODERN DAY FOOTBALL FOR ND

Notre Dame's Quest to Stand Alone...

ESPN Notre Dame blogger Matt Fortuna -- takes a look back at some of the off the field stories this season for the IRISH.  Click on the link below:

LINK:  NOTRE DAME'S FREEDOM

Notre Dame Football -- BCS NC Update...

Here's a couple of links to coverage yesterday from practice and Coach Kelly's post practice session with the media.  Click on the links below:

LINK:  PRACTICE UPDATE

LINK:  COACH KELLY MEDIA SESSION

#5 Irish Rout #11 Purdue for Muffet's 601st !!!

Muffet McGraw's #5 ranked Fightin' Irish took it to #11 Purdue today -- beating the Big Ten's top team 74 - 47.  Here's the game story:

LINK:  NOTRE DAME ROLLS OVER PURDUE

Roll Bama Roll Dissects the Fighting Irish

The folks at Roll Bama Roll published their analysis of the Fightin' Irish defensive line against the Alabama offensive line.  Thought you'd enjoy reading what they think about Notre Dame.

LINK:  NOTRE DAME'S DEFENSIVE LINE

NY Times Interviews Declan Sullivan's Family

It's a day that will never be forgotten at the University of Notre Dame...

Declan Sullivan's family agreed to an interview with the New York Times -- you'll want to read this.  

LINK:  DECLAN'S MOM & DAD

Father Ted & Manti Te'o -- Only Notre Dame!

This photo was "tweeted" by @simonchun of Fr. Ted Hesburgh, C.S.C. -- blessing Notre Dame All-American LB Manti Te'o after practice yesterday. 

Irish Player Charities Rally -- January 5th

Former Notre Dame QB's Rick Mirer, Brady Quinn and Tony Rice will headline an event on January 5th at the Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six in Fort Lauderdale, FL from 1 PM to 4 PM for IRISH FANS!

Sounds like great fun!  Click on the link below:

LINK:  IRISH PLAYER CHARITIES RALLY

Watch Skylar and the Lady Irish at 2 PM ET!

If you're looking for something to do this afternoon -- and you have a strong internet connection -- think about tuning in to Notre Dame Women's basketball game TODAY at 2 PM ET with Purdue. 

It's a matchup of the #5 IRISH vs. the # 11 Boilermakers -- should be a good one!

GO IRISH!

LINK:  WATCH IT LIVE -- RIGHT HERE!

Notre Dame Students -- Helping Out Alabama

Many will remember the tornadoes that ripped through the state of Alabama in 2011 -- they were devastating.  What many didn't know was a number of Notre Dame students made the trek down to Tuscaloosa to help out.  Here's the story:

LINK:  DOING THE RIGHT THING

Notre Dame Fan Selling A Piece of History...

A story ran in the Detroit News yesterday about a Notre Dame fan who is looking to sell some carpet from the locker room inside Notre Dame Stadium.  He's looking for at least $15,000.

Here's the story:

LINK:  NOTRE DAME CARPET

If You Want to Track Alabama Up to Kick-off

Here's the place...

LINK:  ALABAMA -- ALL THE TIME

Kiper Hands Out His College Football Awards

Notre Dame fans will not be surprised with the team Mel Kiper selects as his "most surprising" -- and his coach of the year...

LINK:  MEL KIPER

BCS BOUND -- THANKS TO YPmobile !!!

I received an email last week from YPmobile alerting me that they were giving me TWO TICKETS to the BCS National Championship game FOR FREE to root on the IRISH -- after selecting the ND GO IRISH BLOG for the "YP Ultimate Fan Blogger Giveaway!"

Thank you YP team!!!


Unfortunately, I can't make it down the for the game -- so, here's what I've done with the two tickets: 

• First, I surprised my son Jimmy '08 with one of the tickets as a Christmas present -- he was heading to MIAMI anyway in hopes he could find a way into Sun Life Stadium to see the IRISH...
•  Then I reached out to ND Parent and Super Fan Tommy Ruttura to see if he needed an extra ticket to the game.  The Ruttura's were kind enough to allow me to rent their condo (here in South Bend) this fall while our home was being built.  Come to find out, they've been searching for a ticket so their daughter Samantha could go to the game -- so the second ticket went to the Ruttura family...

Yesterday morning -- Jimmy, who will be driving from Charlotte to Miami for the game -- downloaded the YP Local Search & Gas Prices to his iPhone (it works with Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone 7, iPad, etc.) -- it's really a cool app.  What's perfect is Jimmy can now find the cheapest gas prices on the eleven hour drive to Miami and find the best restaurants along the way -- from his iPhone!

I have to admit I've been a "Google guy" for sometime now -- but after spending some time at the YP SITE -- I now have a new resource to find restaurants, theaters, where to get a hair cut and who's offering deals.  The YP gang has found a way to present the information in a fast, friendly format -- it's really smart.  Google could learn something from these guys.

Check these out for yourself:

LINK:  YP FACEBOOK PAGE

LINK:  YP SITE

LINK:  YPMobile

Irish Chocolate -- He's One of a Kind...

ESPN's Rick Reilly is spending many a moment these days writing about Notre Dame.  His story last night centered on Louis Nix -- the self proclaimed "Irish Chocolate" nose guard for the Fightin' Irish.

Enjoy!

LINK:  IRISH CHOCOLATE

Former Notre Dame Coach Gerry Faust

CBS Sports' Dennis Dodd tracked down former Notre Dame football coach Gerry Faust to talk about his time in South Bend...

I'll always root for Coach Faust!

LINK:  GERRY FAUST

Ivan Maisel's Story on Coach Brian Kelly

You'll enjoy this story...

LINK:  COACH KELLY'S BEST SALES PITCH