Getting Notre Dame Football Ready for Stanford

The Notre Dame Football Equipment staff is busy today -- cleaning cleats and getting the football truck ready to leave tomorrow for the trip across the country for Saturday's game against Stanford.  This photo was "tweeted" by Ryan Grooms @ndfbequipment.

Notre Dame Back in the Top 25 Today!

The Associated Press has the Fighting Irish ranked #25 and the USA Today Coaches Poll has Notre Dame #26.  Here are the polls:

LINK:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKINGS

Notre Dame #1 AGAIN -- All-Time Winning %

Notre Dame's victory over BYU and Michigan's loss to Iowa -- put the Fighting Irish back on top of the All-Time Winning % in college football!  Here's the latest rankings:

LINK:  ALL TIME WINNING %

Notre Dame Seniors With Media After BYU

A number of Notre Dame football players met with the media after last night's game -- including a handful of seniors.  Enjoy!

LINK:  LAST HOME GAME

Seniors' Victory Lap of Notre Dame Stadium

The WNDU-TV cameras caught the "VICTORY LAP" of Notre Dame Stadium by the senior football players.  You'll also get a glimpse of the Utopo and Schwenke families' HAKA DANCE in the snow...

LINK:  THE VICTORY LAP

The Mornin' After Notre Dame's Win Over BYU

Took a lap around the worldwide web this morning to see what the members of the media had to say about Notre Dame's 23 - 13 win over BYU.  Just click on the links below:

LINK:  SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

LINK:  SALT LAKE TRIBUNE #2

LINK:  SALT LAKE TRIBUNE #3

LINK:  DESERET NEWS

LINK:  DESERET NEWS #2

LINK:  PROVO DAILY HERALD

LINK:  CHICAGO TRIBUNE

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE -- ERIC HANSEN

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE -- AL LESAR

LINK:  NBC SPORTS -- KEITH ARNOLD

LINK:  ESPN'S NOTRE DAME BLOG

Good Night Notre Dame Stadium: Back in 2014!

Here's a picture of an empty snow covered Notre Dame Stadium after the Irish's 23 - 13 win over BYU tonight.

Coach Kelly Post Game Presser After BYU Win!

Here's Notre Dame Coach Brian Kelly's post game press conference after the Irish's 23 - 13 win over BYU:

LINK:  PRESS CONFERENCE

ND's "Perfectly Balanced" WIN over BYU Today!

The Fighting Irish, an underdog to BYU, beat the Cougars 23 - 13 today in a game where Notre Dame rushed for 235 yards and passed for 235 yards...

Here's the quick media reaction and some on field interviews with the players:

LINK:  BENNET JACKSON INTERVIEW

LINK:  CHICAGO TRIBUNE STORY

LINK:  PROVO DAILY HERALD

LINK:  FORT WAYNE JOURNAL GAZETTE

NBC Full Game Replay: ND 23 -- BYU 13

Watch the replay of today's game between BYU and Notre Dame.  Just click on the link below:

LINK:  FULL GAME REPLAY

Weather @ Notre Dame -- Four Hours to Kick-off

It is blowin' and snowin' here at Notre Dame today.  I sure hope we can dress warm enough to handle these conditions!

GAME DAY: The Media's Take on ND vs. BYU

Took a lap around the worldwide web this morning to check in on what the media pundits are saying about Notre Dame's game today against BYU.  Here's what I've found:

LINK:  PROVO DAILY HERALD

LINK:  DESERET NEWS

LINK:  CHICAGO TRIBUNE

LINK:  FORT WAYNE JOURNAL GAZETTE

LINK:  CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

LINK:  ESPN NOTRE DAME BLOG

LINK:  NBC'S INSIDE THE IRISH

The Snow is Falling at Notre Dame Stadium!

I remember a famous game a number of years ago (1992) in the snow at Notre Dame Stadium -- and an IRISH VICTORY over Penn State on Senior Day...  See video below.

Here we are 21 years later -- and Notre Dame is going to be playing in the snow on Senior Day as an underdog against BYU.  The weather teams are forecasting 2" to 4" of lake effect snow -- with winds gusting to 30 mph -- over the next 24 hours.

The snow flurries started a little over an hour ago here at Notre Dame -- and the wind is blowing big time.

Better bundle up!

LINK:  SNOW BOWL 1992

BYU Seeking A Season Defining Moment @ ND

Navy's head football coach said it best -- "for every Notre Dame opponent, it's their Super Bowl."

Folks, the BYU Cougars are playing in their Super Bowl tomorrow afternoon -- here's hoping our Fighting Irish match and exceed their intensity in this game!

Here's a Salt Lake Tribune story:


LINK:  DEFINING MOMENT

Watch the Notre Dame Pep Rally -- REPLAY!

The last Notre Dame Pep Rally of the 2013 football season was held tonight at the Compton Family Ice Arena.  Watch the last time for ND seniors -- click on the link below:

LINK:  WATCH THE PEP RALLY -- REPLAY

Coach Kelly Meets With Media After Practice

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media this evening after practice -- as they Irish wrap up their work for Saturday's game with BYU.   He also broke the news about Louis Nix's knee surgery today...

LINK:  COACH KELLY PRESS CONFERENCE

Let's Send These Seniors Out With a BIG WIN!

What though the odds be great or small...

I will have a lump in my throat around 3:15 PM ET this Saturday when more than 30 seniors run out of the Notre Dame Stadium tunnel onto the greatest platform in college sport -- to hug their parents. 

Here's a little "primer" for this game:

LINK:  NOTRE DAME'S SENIOR CLASS

Story Just Broke: Louis Nix Out for Season

Just when you thought the injury bug might have finally stopped biting the INJURED IRISH -- we get this news...

Notre Dame senior Louis Nix, III will undergo knee surgery for a meniscus tear -- as was just reported by WNDU-TV's Jeff Jeffers -- ending his senior season with the IRISH.

When it rains, it pours.

Louis met with the media this evening -- hours after his surgery -- click on the link below:

LINK:  LOUIS NIX

The "Inventor" of the Forward Pass -- NFL Films

Notre Dame fans will want to watch this -- a look at the history of the forward pass that leads to South Bend, IN...  MUST SEE!

LINK:  WHO INVENTED THE FORWARD PASS?

Former ND Student-Athlete Chris Badger Talks

The Salt Lake Tribune ran this video interview of former Notre Dame student-athlete Chris Badger who transferred to BYU this past summer.  The NCAA waived the year to sit out -- so Badger is playing for the Cougars and will this Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium.

The young man handled this discussion quite well.

LINK:  CHRIS BADGER