Domer Dating Former ABC Bachelor Contestant

 

Notre Dame alum Michael Garofola '02, is back in the limelight.  The attorney out of southern Florida -- who was on the last season of ABC's The Bachelorette -- is now dating a former contestant on ABC's The Bachelor -- AshLee Frazier.  Here's the People magazine story:

LINK:  GAROFOLA BACK IN THE NEWS

CBS "Bowl Expert" Has Notre Dame in Dallas...

CBS's BCS Expert Jerry Palm has the Fighting Irish playing on New Year's Day in Dallas, TX against the Rice Owls in the "Heart of Dallas" Bowl...

The game is played outdoors in the Cotton Bowl -- a venue the Irish know well on New Year's Day!

LINK:  HEART OF DALLAS BOWL

Pitt's Coach Paul Chryst Talks Notre Dame

The Pitt Panthers head football coach Paul Chryst met with the media today to talk about Saturday's PRIME TIME showdown with the Fighting Irish.  Here's a link to a transcript of his media session:

LINK:  CHRYST TALKS NOTRE DAME

All-Time Winning Percentage -- Race to #1

The University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame are the two winningest football programs in college history.  At this very moment the all-time records are as follows:

• Michigan:  909 - 317 - 36 (.7307 %)
• NOTRE DAME:  872 - 303 - 42  (.7291%)

So, here's the gap -- to overtake Michigan at season's end -- here's what Notre Dame must do its last four games -- including a bowl game:

• Notre Dame goes 4 - 0  / Michigan goes 2 - 3 /  Notre Dame takes over all-time winning %

Notre Dame's Game vs. Pitt on ABC @ 8 PM ET

The folks at ABC announced yesterday that they will be televising Notre Dame's game this Saturday against Pittsburgh in "prime time" at 8 PM ET. 

No other team plays on national television as much as Notre Dame...

LINK:  ABC TO TELEVISE SATURDAY'S GAME

Brian Kelly's Halftime and Post Game Speech

The folks at Fighting Irish Digital Media -- once again -- provides us fans with the "inside look" at the Notre Dame football program.  THANK YOU!

Here's a link to this week's episode of ICON.  Enjoy!

LINK:  NOTRE DAME BEATS NAVY

NFL Video of Kyle Rudolph's TD Catch Today

Former Notre Dame tight end and now Minnesota Viking -- Kyle Rudolph -- caught a 31 yard TD catch today against the Dallas Cowboys.  Unfortunately, Kyle broke a bone in his foot on the play...

LINK:  RUDOLPH TD CATCH

Keough Hall Wins on Fumble Return for TD!!!

Keough Hall's Will Fields picked up a QB fumble and ran it into the endzone for a TD with just over a minute left in the game to give the Kangaroos a 8 - 0 win over O'Neill Hall in Notre Dame Interhall football.  The win puts Keough at 3 - 1 on the season and clinches them a spot in the upcoming playoffs for a trip to Notre Dame Stadium for the championship.  I apologize in advance for the quality of the video of the TD -- my iPhone let me down!

The first video is of a catch you won't believe -- A ONE HANDER! -- better than any catch you'd see from Calvin Johnson on Sundays!

LINK:  VIDEO OF "CATCH OF THE YEAR" 

LINK:  VIDEO OF FUMBLE RETURN FOR TD

Irish Move Up One Spot as Michigan Falls Out

The Associated Press just released their Top 25 after week 11 of the college football season -- and our Fighting Irish moved up a spot to #24.  And yes, Notre Dame is still ranked behind the team they beat (who has the same record) a few weeks ago -- Arizona State;



LINK:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKINGS

NBC's Full Replay of Notre Dame 38 - Navy 34

Here is a link to the full game replay of Notre Dame's win over Navy yesterday afternoon.

LINK:  NBC FULL GAME REPLAY

The Media the Mornin' After ND Beats Navy

Got to "sleep in" an extra hour here in the shadow of the Golden Dome -- I needed it after the game yesterday with Navy.  Thank goodness we made that fourth down stop!!!

As I always do the morning after Notre Dame plays a football game -- I took a lap around the worldwide web to see what the media is saying about the win over Navy.  Just click on the links below:

LINK:  WASHINGTON POST

LINK:  FORT WAYNE JOURNAL GAZETTE

LINK:  CSN CHICAGO -- TONY RICE

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE -- ERIC HANSEN

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE -- AL LESAR

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE -- AL WIENEKE

LINK:  WNDU-TV

Notre Dame Player Interviews After Navy Win

Here's a couple links to interviews with Notre Dame players after their 38 - 34 win today over the Naval Academy.  Jaylon Smith, Tommy Rees, Tarean Folston and Dan Fox,

LINK:  DEFENSE

LINK:  OFFENSE

Brian Kelly Navy Post Game Press Conference

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media after today's 38 - 34 win over the Naval Academy.  The victory puts the Irish at 7 - 2 on the season.  Here's the presser:

LINK:  COACH KELLY POST GAME

Here's a Post Game Interview of Ben Koyack

Notre Dame junior tight-end Ben Koyack caught a TD pass in the third quarter -- his second of the season -- as the Fighting Irish pulled out a win over the Naval Academy today.

LINK:  KOYACK INTERVIEW

Video of Both Blue Angels' Fly-Overs Today !!!

Here's what it looked like from the second row in Section 1 of Notre Dame Stadium when the Navy's Blue Angels did their "DELTA FORMATION" fly-over of the "House That Rock Built!"

You'll see and hear the National Anthem played by the Band of the Fighting Irish and the perfectly timed Blue Angels fly over -- followed by a second fly-over just north of the stadium.  Enjoy!

LINK:  NATIONAL ANTHEM FLY-OVER

LINK:  SECOND FLY-OVER

NBC Game Highlights from ND's Win Over Navy

Here are the game highlights from Notre Dame's 38 - 34 win over the Naval Academy.

LINK:  GAME HIGHLIGHTS

LINK:  FIDM -- GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Navy's Head Football Coach Talks After Loss

Coach Niumatalolo met with the media after their 38 - 34 loss today to Notre Dame.  Here's some video from his post-game press conference:

LINK:  COACH NIUMATALOLO

A Star was Born at Notre Dame Today!

Notre Dame freshman (I don't like to add the adjective TRUE) Tarean Folston rushed for 140 yards and the game winning TD in his first big-time action this season.  Congratulations Tarean!

Here is his post-game interview with Alex Flanagan:

LINK:  FOLSTON

Flanagan's Post Game Interview of Brian Kelly

NBC's Alex Flanagan interviewed Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly on the field -- just after his Irish beat Navy 38 - 34.  Here's the interview:

LINK:  INTERVIEW

That Was WAY TOO CLOSE! Irish Beat Navy!

A huge 4th down stop of a reverse by freshman Jaylon Smith with 1:08 left on the clock -- closed out a 38 - 34 win for the IRISH over the Naval Academy.

Notre Dame had only three possessions in the second half -- thankfully, the IRISH scored TD's each time -- as they erased a 20 - 17 deficit.  Here's the initial reaction from the media:

LINK:   NBC'S NOTRE DAME CENTRAL

LINK:  CHICAGO TRIBUNE

LINK:  CHICAGO SUN-TIMES