Newsweek Story on Notre Dame's Joe Schmidt

The Notre Dame linebacker has quite a story...

LINK:  NEWSWEEK

Domer Qualifes for This Week's PGA Tour Stop

Mark Baldwin '06, will become the first Notre Dame alum to play in a PGA Tour event in more than fifty years when he tees it up at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open -- tomorrow at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas, NV

The tournament will be televised by the Golf Channel.

Baldwin shot a six-under 64 in the qualifier held this past Monday at Dragon Ridge Country Club -- vaulting him into a four player PLAYOFF for three spots.  Mark birdied the par 5 18th, in the playoff, to earn his first PGA Tour start! 

If you'd like to keep an eye on how Mark's doing -- just click on the Leaderboard link below -- just remember the tournament starts tomorrow!!!

His tee time is 8:30 AM PT

Mark is also in the process of trying to earn a European Tour card -- he most recently advanced to the second stage of their Q-School after finishing 21st in Lisbon, Portugal two weeks ago.  The second stage takes place next month.


LINK:  LEADERBOARD

The Tallahassee Democrat's Take on ND vs. FSU

Here's a look at the local newspaper that covers Florida State Football -- every single day -- the Tallahassee Democrat.

I was curious to see how they're dealing with the controversy surrounding Jameis Winston -- and how they're reporting on the big game...

Take a look.

LINK:  TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT

Under Armour's New Shoes for Brey's IRISH

Here's a look at three of the shoe designs from Under Armour for the Notre Dame Men's Basketball team -- classy!

Notre Dame Men's Basketball Media Day Today

Mike Brey's Fighting Irish met with the media today as they move towards their opening game -- less than three weeks from now.  Here's a link to a few player interviews that took place today:

LINK:  PLAYER INTERVIEWS

ESPN's Matich & McShay Pick ND / FSU Winner

The folks at ESPN began making their picks today on who wins Saturday night's game between Notre Dame and Florida State...

LINK:  WE HAVE A WINNER

Brian Kelly Talks "the View" From His Office...

The folks at ESPN published this story a few weeks ago -- and I missed it.  Thought you'd enjoy this look at Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly's office at the Guglielmino Athletics Comples:

LINK:  COACH KELLY -- ON THE VIEW

LINK:  PHOTO ESSAY -- COACH KELLY'S OFFICE

A Great Example of Brian Kelly "the Play Caller"

The folks at ONE FOOT DOWN authored this look at a sequence of plays that Brian Kelly called this past Saturday against North Carolina -- interesting stuff here:

LINK:  PLAY CALLING

Media Pressure Continues on Florida State...

What will they do regarding QB Jameis Winston? 

I for one hope he plays -- we want Florida State's best...

As you'll see in this ESPN debate, former Florida State QB Danny Kanell "drew the short stick" having to defend his alma mater...

LINK:  ESPN TALKING HEADS

Statistic of the Day: Notre Dame's Winning Way

How's that for a fun fact...

In addition -- Notre Dame as a 6 - 0 team is 9-0-1 in games all-time against undefeated opponents.

ESPN's Herbstreit's Game Plan Breakdown

Former Ohio State QB turned ESPN College Football talking head, Kirk Herbstreit -- predicts a very close game on Saturday night between Notre Dame and Florida State.  Click on the link below:

LINK:  HERBSTREIT

Vegas Halts Betting Due to Winston's Status

The folks in Las Vegas who set the betting lines on athletic events have pulled the Notre Dame vs. Florida State gave "off the board." 

Here's why:

LINK:  WINSTON'S STATUS

Brian Kelly Talks Florida State Seminoles Today

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media today to talk about Saturday's PRIME TIME matchup between his FIGHTING IRISH and the SEMINOLES of Florida State.

LINK:  COACH KELLY

Grantland Story on Fighting Irish & Cowboys

A good read...

LINK:  NOTRE DAME & THE DALLAS COWBOYS

ABC / ESPN On Campus Filming Players

Here's what you would have found going on at Notre Dame's Guglielmino Athletics Complex Monday..

LINK:  NOTRE DAME READYING FOR PRIME TIME

Look Back: Syracuse Coach Talks Florida State

The Syracuse Orangemen played Florida State this past weekend -- here's a look at what head coach Scott Shafer had to say about the Seminoles.

• Florida State 38 - Syracuse 20
• Notre Dame 31 - Syracuse 15

Syracuse played the entire game with their second string and third string QB against the Seminoles.

LINK:  COACH SHAFER

HEY ESPN: Who is the ND Player in the Photo?

 

I'm guessing the folks at ESPN think the player on the left -- in the top photo and the player on the right in the middle photo is Notre Dame QB Everett Golson.   

These are the photos they're using on their website promoting Saturday night's PRIMETIME game between Florida State and Notre Dame...

News Flash:  It's not Everett Golson.  If you want proof, take a look at the bottom photo of Golson at the Shamrock Series game against Purdue (the only time he's worn this helmet / jersey combo) -- you'll see him wearing two wrist bands and a dark blue chin strap...

If you look even closer at the top two photos of the ND player -- you'll see what looks like two numbers on the front of the Shamrock Series jersey -- which makes me think it's freshman QB DeShone Kizer who wears #14.  DeShone hasn't seen the field this year -- and barring injury, probably won't.  This would be a photo of him warming up before the game.

And, if it's not KIZER -- is this just a photo shop effort gone bad?

So what we have here ESPN is this --in the top photo for Florida State we have Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston and the bottom photo it's star wide receiver Rashad Greene -- opposite a third string QB at Notre Dame -- or, a made up photo shopped player for Notre Dame.

Which is it? 

LINK:  NOTRE DAME ESPN BLOG

ESPN's Hype of Notre Dame vs. Florida State

Well, the game is still almost FIVE DAYS away -- but the folks at ESPN / ABC are already stoking the flames for what should be a HUGE RATINGS grab for them this Saturday night.

Here's the latest on Saturday's matchup:

LINK:  GENE WOJCIECHOWSKI

LINK:  ABC PRIMETIME PRE-GAME

LINK:  MID-SEASON PLAYOFF PICTURE

LINK:  THREE REASONS WHY -- EACH TEAM WINS

The Media Circus Surrounding Jameis Winston

The young man is at the center of what looks to be multiple investigations -- yet, I fully expect you'll see him at QB this Saturday night against our IRISH...

Here's the latest on "Famous Jameis."

LINK:  AUTOGRAPH INVESTIGATION

LINK:  FSU CONDUCT CODE INVESTIGATION

LINK:  WINSTON'S ATTORNEY SPEAKS

LINK:  NFL GM'S WARY

LINK:  BEST LEGAL MOVE -- DROP OUT OF SCHOOL

FSU's Jimbo Fisher's Press Conference Today

The Florida State Seminoles' head coach Jimbo Fisher met with the media today to talk about Saturday's game with Notre Dame and his embattled Heisman Trophy QB...

LINK:  FULL PRESS CONFERENCE

LINK:  CLIP #1

LINK:  CLIP & STORY #2