Domer Frank Tripucka Passes Away Today

Frank Tripucka '49, the former Notre Dame QB, first-ever quarterback of the Denver Broncos and father of former Irish basketball star Kelly Tripucka -- passed away today at the age of 85.

Frank is one of only three Denver Broncos who have had their number retired.  Some will remember the gesture Tripucka made to Peyton Manning -- letting him bring the #18 out of retirement last season...

Here are links to the stories written in the past hour about Tripucka:

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE STORY

LINK:  DENVER'S FIRST QB

LINK:  THE ORIGINAL #18

LINK:  A RING OF HONOR RECIPIENT

Domer Stan Bowman Gets Contract Extension

Notre Dame alum and Chicago Blackhawks General Manager Stan Bowman '95 received a two-year contract extension yesterday.  It was announced from the campus of Notre Dame -- as he brought his Stanley Cup Champs "home" for the start of their training camp.  Here's the story:

LINK:  CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Stanley Cup Champs Training at Notre Dame

The Chicago Blackhawks moved the start of their training camp to the University of Notre Dame this week.  One of their first stops yesterday afternoon was the Notre Dame Locker Room.

LINK:  BLACKHAWKS TRAINING AT NOTRE DAME 

LINK:  CHICAGO TRIBUNE STORY

LINK:  CHICAGO SUN-TIMES STORY

Purdue Head Football Coach Talks Notre Dame

The Purdue Boilermakers will host the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame this Saturday night in "PRIMETIME" on ABC.  Their head coach Darrell Hazell met with the media to talk about the game:

LINK:  HAZELL ON THE IRISH

Charlie Weis' Long Road Ahead in Lawrence

Charlie Weis '79 is the subject of a Grantland story about the difficulty path he's chosen to revive Kansas Jayhawk football.  Here's a link to the story:

LINK:  LONG ROAD

The Latest on Manti's Foot Injury

Former Notre Dame All-American Manti Te'o has been out of action for a few weeks now with a foot injury.  The injury has delayed his debut in the NFL regular season.  Here's the list:

LINK:  MANTI'S FOOT INJURY

Now I Know Why I've Been a Fan of This Guy

As you'll see if you read this article linked below -- Rasheed "the ball don't lie" Wallace is a huge fan of the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame!


LINK:  RASHEED WALLACE

Michael Floyd's One Handed Grab Sunday!

The former Notre Dame wide receiver is coming into his own this season with the Arizona Cardinals.  You have to see this 44 yard catch on Sunday!

LINK:  MICHAEL FLOYD ONE HANDER!

Notre Dame: A Top Twenty National University

The folks at U.S. News & World Report just released their 2014 ranking of the best colleges in America.  The University of Notre Dame was ranked #18.  Here's the list:

LINK:  NOTRE DAME -- TOP TWENTY

Domer Dad Has Two Other College FB Players

Detroit Tiger Torri Hunter Sr., has three sons playing college football this fall.  Torri Hunter Jr. is a freshman at Notre Dame, Money Hunter is a freshman at Arkansas State and Darius Hunter is a freshman at Southeastern Louisiana.  Here's a couple of stories...

(Photo L to R:  Darius, Money, Torri Sr. and Torri Jr.)

LINK:  THE HUNTER BOYS

LINK:  DAD'S OFF DAY

Watch Coach Kelly's Press Conference @ Noon

 Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly will meet with the media today at NOON ET -- to discuss the upcoming game this Saturday against Purdue.  Click on the link below to watch the replay:

LINK:  COACH KELLY PRESS CONFERENCE

OT: UCLA Player Hit By Car -- Killed

UCLA football player Nick Pasquale was killed yesterday morning after being hit by a car...

The "walk-on" had seen his first action in a game the day before -- very sad story:

LINK:  NEWS STORY

LINK:  UCLA COACH

Time to Look Ahead to Purdue Game Saturday

It's now time to think about Purdue and winning this game.  Took a lap around the worldwide web to see what I could find being said about Saturday night's prime time game.  Here's what I found:

LINK:  JOURNAL AND COURIER

LINK:  JOURNAL AND COURIER #2

Coach Brian Kelly's Conference Call With Media

The morning after Notre Dame's 41 - 30 loss to Michigan -- head coach Brian Kelly met with the media after sleeping on his team's performance last night.  Here's one of the media reports:

LINK:  ESPN -- NOTRE DAME BLOG

First Ever Atlantic Coast Contest @ ND !!!

Let the history books show that the #4 ranked Fightin' Irish hosted the #1 ranked North Carolina Tarheels in a Men's Soccer match at Alumni Stadium today -- in the first ever Atlantic Coast Conference competition at Notre Dame.

And, it went two full OT sessions ending in a 1 - 1 draw.

LINK:  VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

Notre Dame Remains "Ranked" Despite Loss

The Associated Press released it's rankings of the top-25 teams in college football after the second week of the season.  Click on the link below to see where the IRISH are ranked:


LINK:  AP RANKINGS

Coach Kelly's Post Game Presser Last Night

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media after Michigan beat the IRISH 41 - 30 last night.  Here's a link:

LINK:  COACH BRIAN KELLY POST GAME

The Mornin' After ND's Loss to Michigan

It took me a good while after last night's game to fall asleep.  I'm sure I wasn't alone with that issue...

As has become customary for Sunday mornings after a Notre Dame football game -- I take a lap around the worldwide web to see what's being said about yesterday's game.  Won't be much fun to read today...

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS -- ALBOM

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS -- SHARP

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS -- SNYDER

LINK:  DETROIT NEWS -- WOJNOWSKI

LINK:  DETROIT NEWS -- CHENGELIS

LINK:  DETROIT NEWS -- NYO

LINK:  ANN ARBOR NEWS

LINK:  CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

LINK:  CHICAGO TRIBUNE

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE -- HANSEN

LINK:  FORT WAYNE JOURNAL GAZETTE

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE -- LESAR

LINK:  NBC -- NOTRE DAME CENTRAL

LINK:  ESPN

LINK:  SPORTING NEWS

A QB Wearing #98 Throws 4 TD's and Beats ND

Devin Gardner became a household name in college football this evening.  The young man made a uniform switch before game-time and if he keeps playing this way -- he'll be a HEISMAN candidate this year and next...

Four TD passes, a rushing TD and some huge runs to keep drives alive -- led to 294 yards passing and 82 yards rushing...  He was the best player on the field today.

This is going to be a long week for Notre Dame football -- we need to regroup and figure out how to do the following:

• Keep the opposition off the scoreboard
• Finish drives in the endzone
• Don't give the ball away

LINK:  DEVIN GARDNER

Three Pass Interference Calls Were Killers...

Notre Dame's first game on the road with ACC officials (our preferred crew these days) -- and we get THREE PASS INTERFERENCE CALLS on THIRD DOWN...

Rumor has it that the ACC officiating crew working last night's game was SUSPENDED for a game last season -- the entire crew -- for poor officiating.  SEE LINK BELOW.  

Those calls led to 14 points -- as the IRISH lose 41 - 30.

Disappointing loss on many fronts.

LINK:  OFFICIATING CREW SUSPENDED