These are photos "tweeted" by Notre Dame fans getting ready for tonight's big game!
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Photos From Notre Dame Fans Everywhere...
These are photos "tweeted" by Notre Dame fans getting ready for tonight's big game!
Doak Campbell Stadium 2 Hours to Kick-Off!
The folks at the Observer -- Notre Dame's student run newspaper took this video in the last few minutes from Florida State's Doak Campbell Stadium.
LINK: VIDEO CLIP
ND & FSU: A Common Opponent -- Syracuse
I have yet to see ESPN or any media site look at how each team fared against their only common opponent this season -- Syracuse.
Here's how it looks:
SYRACUSE OFFENSE: It's important to note that Syracuse's starting QB did not play against Florida State -- he was injured -- they went with a 2nd string and 3rd string QB (their first college action) against the Seminoles
- Versus Notre Dame: 429 total yards
- Versus Florida State: 412 total yards
- Versus Notre Dame: 294 yards passing
- Versus Florida State: 256 yards passing
- Versus Notre Dame: 135 yards rushing
- Versus Florida State: 156 yards rushing
- Versus Notre Dame: 3 for 15 on Third Down
- Versus Florida State: 7 for 14 on Third Down
SYRACUSE DEFENSE:
- Versus Notre Dame: 523 total yards
- Versus Florida State: 482 total yards
- Versus Notre Dame: 161 yards rushing
- Versus Florida State: 165 yards rushing
- Versus Notre Dame: 362 yards passing
- Versus Florida State: 317 yards passing
- Golson: 32 for 39 passing
- Winston: 30 for 36 passing
- Notre Dame: 5 turnovers against Syracuse
- Florida State: 2 turnovers against Syracuse
Photos From the Florida State Campus Today
A colleague of mine at Notre Dame -- took these photos this morning on the Florida State campus...
The bottom photo is of the home of Florida State's "Introduction to Circus" academic program.
LINK: FSU'S CIRCUS CURRICULUM
Brady Quinn Talks Notre Dame vs. Florida State
Former Notre Dame All-American QB Brady Quinn -- who now works for FOX Sports -- was a guest on a CBS Podcast this week to talk about today's big game. Just click on the link below:
LINK: QUINN ON ND vs. FSU
Notre Dame Football at Florida A&M this AM!
Brian Kelly likes to get his Fighting Irish out of the hotel for a "shake-out" the morning of a night game. This morning was no exception as Notre Dame bussed over to Florida A&M's campus (also in Tallahassee) to work out on their football field...
Florida A&M is famous for their MARCHING 100 -- see link below:
LINK: THE MARCHING 100
Media Coverage of Today's ND vs. FSU Game
LINK: SPORTING NEWS
LINK: SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
LINK: FOX SPORTS
LINK: NBC SPORTS
LINK: CBS SPORTS
LINK: ESPN
LINK: SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
LINK: CHICAGO TRIBUNE
LINK: WASHINGTON POST
LINK: TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT
LINK: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
LINK: ORLANDO SENTINEL
LINK: ELKHART TRUTH
LINK: FORT WAYNE JOURNAL GAZETTE
Grantland Rice Penned This 90 Years Ago...
This very day...
"Outlined against a blue-gray October sky the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death. These are only aliases. Their real names are: Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden. They formed the crest of the South Bend cyclone before which another fighting Army team was swept over the precipice at the Polo Grounds this afternoon as 55,000 spectators peered down upon the bewildering panorama spread out upon the green plain below."
This was published in the New York Herald Tribune on October 18, 1924
I can just see tomorrow's headline in the South Bend Tribune:
"OUTLINED AGAINST AN AUTOGRAPHED OCTOBER SKY..."
Game Face: Notre Dame's "Four-Legged" Fans
If you have a family pet who's "dressed and ready" for today's Notre Dame game against Florida State -- send me a photo and I'll post it here.
You can get me at TWITTER: @NDJimSmall or on email: jim.small@ndgoirish.com
Florida State's Athletic Director is a Domer
Stan Wilcox '81, a former student-athlete at the University of Notre Dame -- was named Florida State's 11th Athletic Director in August of 2013.
He played 100 games for Digger...
LINK: WILCOX INTERVIEW
Gameday Edition: Tallahassee Democrat
Here's what the Florida State Seminoles' hometown newspaper has to say today about the game and their QB's off the field woes...
LINK: TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT
MUST SEE: No Better Way to Start Today
21 years ago -- #1 Florida State came into South Bend to take on #2 Notre Dame...
For those of us who were tuned in to NBC that day to watch the game on TV -- we witnessed the greatest "game intro" ever written and produced.
So, to get your heart pumping -- here's a look at Bob Costas -- setting the stage for Florida State vs. Notre Dame. It doesn't get any better than this...
LINK: SOMEWHERE AROUND THE CORNER FROM MAIN STREET
Friday, October 17, 2014
Notre Dame Football Has Arrived in Tallahassee
The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame rolled into Florida State's Doak Campbell Stadium a little after 5 PM today -- here's an on-field interview of Cody Riggs linked below...
LINK: NOTRE DAME ARRIVES
LINK: DEPARTING SOUTH BEND
ESPN's Desmond Howard Talks ND vs. FSU
If you expect Desmond to find a way that Notre Dame can't win -- you won't be disappointed...
LINK: HOWARD
A Notre Dame Grotto Engagement: Last Night
One of my teammates, Brandon Tabor -- "popped the question" to his girlfriend Emily Kendall at the University of Notre Dame's Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes last night at 6:13 PM ET. To say that Emily did not see this coming -- would be an understatement -- nor, the many surprised visitors at the Grotto, who were witness to this special moment...
Our team had a hand in orchestrating the surprise -- and Notre Dame alum Kaity Fuja '09, from OMG Photography was kind enough to show up and capture the moment on camera. You'll see in the photo sequence above; Brandon started out giving Emily a hug -- after they had lit a candle, then he drops to one knee...
Now Brandon admitted this morning that he was so nervous and excited -- he doesn't remember if the words "Will you marry me?" ever came out of his mouth. I think the pictures confirm the ask...
Oh, by the way -- Emily said "YES!"
Domer Zack Martin '13 -- Guest on Mike & MIKE
Former Notre Dame student-athlete -- and now first round draft pick and starting right guard for the Dallas Cowboys -- Zack Martin '13, was a guest this morning on ESPN's Mike & MIKE. Here's the interview:
LINK: ZACK MARTIN
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