Irish Lose to Stanford -- End Up 8 - 4 in 2013

The "Injured Irish" put up a fight tonight -- but it wasn't enough as Notre Dame's last two offensive possessions ended with interceptions in a 27 - 20 loss to Stanford.

Notre Dame will now await word on where they'll be playing in a bowl game.  A possibility could be the Poinsettia Bowl -- Thursday, December 26th -- in San Diego against Boise State.  Stay tuned...

Here's the quick media reaction to tonight's game:

LINK:  LOS ANGELES TIMES

LINK:  CHICAGO TRIBUNE

LINK:  NBC NOTRE DAME CENTRAL

Photo of Notre Dame Football Leaving Hotel

Here's a photo just "tweeted" by #NDFootball of the Fighting Irish leaving their hotel for the game with Stanford.  GO IRISH!

Notre Dame Lacrosse: Colorado Training Trip

The Fighting Irish men's lacrosse team took a trip a few weeks ago to Colorado Springs to train, take on the Air Force Academy and then watch the football team play the Falcons.  Here's a video that captures this experience:

LINK:  ND MEN'S LACROSSE

Media Picks -- Notre Dame vs. Stanford

Took a lap around the worldwide web to see what the media has to say about #25 Notre Dame vs. #8 Stanford tonight on FOX.  The pre-game starts at 6:30 PM ET.

LINK:  NBC SPORTS -- INSIDE THE IRISH

LINK:  ESPN'S NOTRE DAME BLOG

LINK:  SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

LINK:  SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE

Notre Dame Checks Out Stanford Stadium

The Fighting Irish have arrived in California and are currently checking out Stanford's football stadium.  Photo "tweeted" by @JRSandlin and @NDFootball

Golden Tate Back in the News This Week...

Former Notre Dame All-American Golden Tate -- took a couple of his Seattle Seahawks' teammates to task for being suspended by the NFL.  Good for him.

Here's the story:

LINK:  TATE'S TAKE ON SUSPENSIONS

Be Prepared: Fox Broadcaster a Michigan Fan

Just wanted the Notre Dame Nation to know the "play by play" announcer that FOX has assigned to tomorrow night's game between the Fighting Irish and the Stanford Cardinal is a self professed, diehard Michigan fan...

He admits he grew up rooting against Notre Dame...

Gus Johnson, agreed to an interview with the South Bend Tribune's Eric Hansen -- here's what he had to say:

LINK:  GUS JOHNSON

Stanford Players Talk About Notre Dame Game

NBC's Keith Arnold -- a Notre Dame alum -- interviewed Stanford QB Kevin Hogan and RB Remound Wright (Fort Wayne, IN) -- about Saturday night's game.

LINK:  STANFORD TALKS NOTRE DAME

Stanford QB Hogan Grew Up a Notre Dame Fan

Imagine growing up in a family where your father, sister, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins attended the University of Notre Dame -- and you're the starting QB at Stanford?

That's Kevin Hogan's story -- click on the link below:

 LINK:  DOMER FAMILY

Happy Thanksgiving from Notre Dame

Our marketing team in the Development Office at the University of Notre Dame -- produced this message of THANKS this week.  I thought you would enjoy seeing this on America's day of thanks.

The voice you'll hear is Fr. Bill Lies, C.S.C. -- Notre Dame's Vice President of Mission and Church Affairs.

Happy Thanksgiving!

LINK:  THANK YOU!

Muffet McGraw a Guest on NPR Radio Show

Notre Dame women's basketball head coach was on the NPR radio show "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" -- in front of a live audience in Elkhart.  She gets questioned about her first name...

You'll want to listen -- she's awesome!

LINK:  MUFFET McGRAW

Domer Dad Expresses Interest in NFL Team

Rocker Jon Bon Jovi -- dad to Notre Dame student athlete Jesse Bongiovi -- let the media know this week that he has interest in acquiring the NFL's Buffalo Bills.  Here's the story:

LINK:  TO OWN AN NFL TEAM

Video of "Lake Effect" Snow Storm: Notre Dame

The snow started sometime last night -- and it hasn't stopped since.  I'm guessing 5" to 6" has already fallen and it's still coming down.  The mark in the photo, to the left of Mary, is a snow flake... 

Here's the video proof of the snow fall:

LINK:  LAKE EFFECT -- NOTRE DAME

Brian Kelly's Stanford Week Press Conference

It's the last Tuesday of the regular season -- and Coach Brian Kelly's last press conference.  Today he talked extensively about Stanford and the challenge awaiting the Fighting Irish.

LINK:  BRIAN KELLY'S PRESS CONFERENCE

Inside Notre Dame Football -- TV SHOW

Here is the weekly Inside Notre Dame Football TV show.  Just click on the link below:

LINK:  INSIDE NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL

The Band of the Fighting Irish: Dorais to Rockne

You'll want to watch this video of the Band of the Fighting Irish's reenactment of the famous Dorais to Rockne pass in 1913 -- during halftime yesterday.  See below:

LINK:  DORAIS TO ROCKNE 

ND Fans You Must Watch This: MUST SEE!!!

The folks at Fighting Irish Digital Media did a GREAT JOB with this story!  You have Coach Kelly with the team before the game, at halftime and after -- plus the game activity and a little HAKA DANCE to cap it off...

THIS IS MUST SEE!

LINK:  IRISH CONNECTION

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 %