Domer Baldwin: Five Birdies in PGA Debut!

That was the good Mark Baldwin '06, can take away from his first time competing on the biggest stage in professional golf.  The Notre Dame alum played today in the first round of the Shriners Hospitals for Children at TPC Summerlin.

Baldwin, with five birdies, still ended up two over par for the day.  He'll have to "go low" tomorrow to make the cut -- and I believe he will!  Point of reference -- the first round leader had seven birdies...

Mark is the first Notre Dame grad to tee it up at a PGA Tour event in the last fifty years.  You can watch this week's tournament on NBC's Golf Channel.

LINK:  LEADERBOARD

Watch the Brian Kelly Radio Show LIVE at 7 PM

In less than one hour -- you can listen to Brian Kelly talk about the game against Florida State -- on his weekly radio show.

Show starts at 7 PM ET -- click on the link below and watch it LIVE:

LINK:  BRIAN KELLY RADIO SHOW

Non BELIEVERS on this ESPN Panel...

Here's a look at the ESPN College Football Nation's experts picks on the winner of the Notre Dame vs. Florida State game...

LINK:  NON BELIEVERS

Lou Holtz and Danny Kanell Talk ND vs. FSU

There is a lot of information here -- you'll want to read it to the very end.  Some stuff from Lou Holtz I haven't heard before...

LINK:  HOLTZ AND KANNEL

Win Loss Records Since Start of 2012 Season

Here's what the College Football win / loss landscape looks like since the start of the 2012 season.

You're going to be surprised how well the Notre Dame Fighting Irish stack up.

Here are the teams with the TEN BEST RECORDS:

1. Florida State:  32 - 2
2. Ohio State:  28 - 3
3. Alabama: 29 - 4
4. Oregon:  28 - 4 
5. Louisville:  28 - 5
6. Notre Dame: 27 - 5
7. Oklahoma:  26 - 6
8. Clemson:  26 - 6
9. Stanford:  27 - 7
10. Texas A&M:  25 - 7
11. Baylor:  25 - 7 
12. South Carolina: 25 - 7

Photos of Skylar Modeling at LA Fashion Week

Former Notre Dame All-American Skylar Diggins '13, is seen here in photos from last night's Michael Costello's LA Fashion Week show for Art Hearts Fashion.

LINK:  STORY

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