The Most Expensive Ticket in College Football...

And, it's not for sale in Eugene, OR this weekend.

Saturday night's game between Michigan and Notre Dame -- continues to be the most sought after ticket in college football.  Maybe the ticket buying public knows something the College Gameday crew doesn't...

LINK:  MOST EXPENSIVE TICKET IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Michigan's Brady Hoke Talks ND on Wednesday

Michigan head football coach Brady Hoke met with the media yesterday to talk about Saturday night's game with our Fighting Irish.  Here's the coverage of his press conference:

LINK:  HOKE ON THE IRISH

Michigan Week: MI Media Thursday Update

As we have all week here at the ND GO IRISH BLOG -- I took another lap around the Michigan media websites to see what they're saying about Saturday night's game.  Just click on the links below:

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS #1

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS #2

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS #3

LINK:  DETROIT NEWS #1

LINK:  M-LIVE #1

LINK:  M-LIVE #2

A Michigan Site "Breaks Down" ND's Offense

Thought you might want to see what the football fans in Michigan are doing to prepare themselves for Saturday night's PRIME TIME game between their Wolverines and our Fighting Irish:

LINK:  FILM STUDY

A Notre Dame Fan's Creative Landscape Work!

Fighting Irish fan Bruce Straughan created this replica of the new Field Turf design -- inside Notre Dame Stadium -- in his yard...

See the story:

LINK:  ULTIMATE FAN

Michigan Week: MI Media Wednesday Update

Here's what I've found this Wednesday morning on the Michigan media sites about Saturday's game between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.  Just click on the links below:

LINK:  DETROIT NEWS #1

LINK:  DETROIT NEWS #2

LINK:  M-LIVE #1

LINK:  M-LIVE #2

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS #1

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS #2

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS #3

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS #4

Want to Attend the University of Notre Dame?

If the answer is yes -- you're going to want to tune-in tomorrow at NOON ET to an interview with Don Bishop, Notre Dame's Associate Vice President for Undergraduate Enrollment.  Don will talk about how his team selected the Class of 2018 -- a must see for anyone interested in applying to ND.

Just click on the link below to register -- it's free!

LINK:  REGISTER HERE

Michigan Week: Brian Kelly's Tuesday Presser

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media today to talk about Saturday's game with Michigan.  Here's a link to the press conference:

LINK:  BRIAN KELLY

Notre Dame Moves Up a Spot to #16 in AP Poll

The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame are ranked #16 this week in the AP Top 25 Poll -- a move up of one spot from the AP's Preseason ranking.  If we continue this pace -- we'll be TOP FIVE come the end of November and PLAYOFF BOUND!

Michigan, Notre Dame's opponent this week, remains un-ranked after beating Appalachian State this past Saturday.

LINK:  AP TOP 25 POLL

Michigan Week: The MI Media Tuesday Report

Took a lap around the media landscape in "Pure" Michigan to see what they're saying this morning about Saturday's game between their Wolverines and our Fighting Irish.  Just click on the links below:

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS #1

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS #2

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS #3

LINK:  DETROIT NEWS #1

LINK:  DETROIT NEWS #2

LINK:  DETROIT NEWS #3

LINK:  M-LIVE #1

LINK:  M-LIVE #2

Michigan Week: Trick Shot Monday Edition

Here's a look at today's TRICK SHOT MONDAY -- just click on the link below:

LINK:  TRICK SHOT MONDAY

First Gray Field Turf -- and Now This at EMU...

You have got to wonder who thought this was a great idea...

LINK:  EMU'S TEAM ENTRANCE

Michigan Football Talks Notre Dame Game...

Well, here's what the Wolverines coaches and players had to say today in Ann Arbor about Saturday night's game with our Fighting Irish.  Just click on the links below:

LINK:  BRADY HOKE

LINK:  GREG MATTISON

LINK:  PLAYERS

LINK:  INSIDE MICHIGAN FOOTBALL

OT: Baylor's New Stadium -- Brick Wall Paper

The brand new Baylor football stadium hung a "wall paper" of bricks in its new $266 million home.

I guess a "quarter of a billion" can't buy you real bricks these days...

The bottom photo shows the white concrete Stadium walls before they hung the wall covering.

I'm guessing they didn't have time to get the brick work done for the opening game...

It is still a beautiful stadium.

South Bend Tribune's Hansen Talks "Poultry"

May of 2013, Michigan head football coach Brady Hoke made headlines when he said Notre Dame was "chickening out" of the football series between the two schools...

The school in Ann Arbor did beat us -- a few months later -- along their way to a 7 - 6 season.

The South Bend Tribune's Eric Hansen participated in an interview of Coach Brian Kelly yesterday -- where he brought up the choice of music that played inside Michigan Stadium at the end of last year's game...

LINK:  TALKING CHICKEN

Michigan Week: The MI Media on Monday Morn

I will be taking a lap around the "Michigan-wide" web each day this week -- looking for what they are saying about Saturday night's game with Notre Dame.  Just click on the links below:

LINK:  DETROIT NEWS

LINK:  DETROIT NEWS #2

LINK:  M-LIVE

Just Caught a Glimpse of this on Campus...

Don't know what to think about this walking into Notre Dame Stadium -- maybe we'll know more by the end of the week?

Vegas Gang Has Notre Dame Favored by 5 1/2

Found this story at MLive -- a Michigan web news site this evening...

LINK:  NOTRE DAME FAVORED

Full Game Replay: Notre Dame 48 - Rice 17

If you'd like to re-watch Notre Dame's game with Rice -- just click on the link below:

GO IRISH!

LINK:  FULL GAME REPLAY

ND Players Signed to Practice Squads Today

The NFL had to make their final roster cuts by 4 PM ET Saturday -- and a number of former Notre Dame student-athletes were released.  Today -- the players who cleared waivers at NOON ET could begin signing with NFL Teams' Practice Squads.

Here's the list (BELOW) of former Fighting Irish football players who will continue to get paid for playing professional football:

LINK:  NFL RULES -- PRACTICE SQUADS

That's Trevor Robinson, Cincinnati Bengals center, in the photo above.

LINK:  JONAS GRAY -- PATRIOTS PRACTICE SQUAD

LINK:  JACKSON BENNETT -- GIANTS PRACTICE SQUAD

LINK:  DAN FOX -- GIANTS PRACTICE SQUAD

LINK:  KONA SCHWENKE -- CHIEFS PRACTICE SQUAD

LINK:  TREVOR ROBINSON -- BENGALS PRACTICE SQUAD

LINK:  GEORGE ATKINSON -- RAIDERS PRACTICE SQUAD 

LINK:  BRAXSTON CAVE -- REDSKINS PRACTICE SQUAD