Great Photo of Notre Dame Fans in Michigan!

ND Go Irish Blog regular Jeff Davis sent this photo to my cousin Mike Doyle of his two Fighting Irish fans at home! 

Amway Coaches Poll Drops Notre Dame to #8

A 49 - 39 win over Navy dropped Notre Dame a spot in today's Amway Coaches Poll...

LINK:  AMWAY COACHES POLL

OT: Lauren Hill's "Last Basketball Game" 2 PM

This is a story that I just learned about this morning.

Lauren Hill, a freshman college basketball player at Mount St. Joseph's in Cincinnati -- has inoperable brain cancer.  She has been given just a few weeks to live -- so her college team petitioned the NCAA to move up a home game so she could play one last time...

FOX SPORTS is broadcasting the game LIVE beginning at 2 PM ET today -- there won't be a dry eye in the gymnasium or in front of TV sets all across America. 

Here's the TV GUIDE for where to find the game -- but, first -- you must watch Lauren talk about her situation:

LINK:  LAUREN -- IN HER OWN WORDS

LINK:  TV GUIDE

MUST SEE: Indiana State's "Hidden Ball Play"

You must watch this...

LINK:  HIDDEN BALL TRICK PLAY

Brian Kelly's Postgame Navy Press Conference

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media after last night's 49 - 39 win over the Naval Academy.  Here's what he had to say:

LINK:  PRESS CONFERENCE

Everett Golson & Coach Kelly Talk Navy Win

This is the CBS postgame on-field interview of Everett Golson and Coach Brian Kelly.

CBS Sports Highlights: Notre Dame Over Navy

Here are the CBS Sports' highlights from tonight's 49 to 39 win for the Fighting Irish over the Naval Academy:

Everett Golson's Fumble, Stumble, Rumble TD!

Here's Notre Dame's "put the game away" TD with just over a minute left in regulation in the Fighting Irish's 49 - 39 win over Navy today...

Everett Golson is the FIRST NOTRE DAME QB IN HISTORY -- to throw 3 TD passes and run for 3 TD's in a game!

LINK:  FUMBLE, STUMBLE, RUMBLE

ND Fans -- a Win, Is a Win, Is a Win, Is a Win...

Now, we'll have to wait to learn if we have enough scholarship players left on defense to take on Arizona State's "high flying" offense next week...

That was ugly. 

It doesn't matter what the College Football Playoff Committee ranks us this week -- we win our remaining four games and we will be in the College Football Playoff -- bank on it!

LINK:  GAME STATS
 

Robinson & Hunter on Brian Kelly Radio Show

Corey Robinson and Torii Hunter Jr. were guests last night on the Brian Kelly Radio Show. 

You'll want to hear Coach Kelly talk about "WE PLAY REAL GAMES..."

LINK:  BRIAN KELLY RADIO SHOW

Navy QB, FB and Head Coach Talk Notre Dame

Navy Football talks about Saturday night's game against Notre Dame...

LINK:  NAVY FOOTBALL

Coach Kelly Talks Navy One Last Time Today

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media today after practice -- the last time he'll meet with the press prior to Saturday night's PRIME TIME game with the Naval Academy.

LINK:  PRESS CONFERENCE

Muffet's Fighting Irish Ranked #3 in AP Poll

Notre Dame's women's basketball team was ranked #3 in the country in today's Associated Press Preseason Poll -- not bad for a team that lost three starters -- two drafted in the first nine picks to the WNBA...

Muffet just reloads!

LINK:  TOP 25

A "Touchdown Jesus" Pumpkin Design!

My wife created this "TOUCHDOWN JESUS" pumpkin today -- pretty awesome if I say so myself!

Brian Kelly on the Jay Mohr Sports Radio Show

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly was a guest yesterday on the Jay Mohr Sports Show -- you'll enjoy this interview:

LINK:  KELLY ON MOHR

Know Thy Opponent: Navy Football Video

Here's an "inside" look at the Naval Academy's football program -- as they prepared to play San Jose State last week...

LINK:  NAVY FOOTBALL

Even Bob Stoops Questions ND's #10 Ranking

You can add Oklahoma head football coach Bob Stoops to the bandwagon of those questioning why Notre Dame is ranked only 10th in the first College Football Playoff Ranking.

Here's Stoops on his radio show last night:

LINK:  STOOPS ON NOTRE DAME

Factoring Academics Into CFB Playoff Rankings

The folks at ESPN -- who rarely ever talk about graduation rates of college student-athletes -- created a formula called ESPN GRADE which factors in graduation rates when ranking teams. 

Unfortunately, it doesn't get any play...

Well, ESPN's Gregg Easterbrook penned this piece where he took the College Football Playoff Rankings and "mashed-up" the ESPN GRADE ranking system against their TOP 25.  Here's the new rankings of teams based on graduation rates:

LINK:  CFB PLAYOFF RANKING

Rolling Stone's Take: "Worldwide Cheerleader"

Notre Dame fans are going to want to read this article penned by the Rolling Stone's Jordan Burchette about ESPN's "cheerleading" for the SEC...

LINK:  THE WORLDWIDE CHEERLEADER

ND Go Irish Blog Follower Count: 950,000 !!!

At 11:23 PM ET last night a Notre Dame fan from Marble Falls, TX became ND GO IRISH BLOG unique follower #950,000.

Moving ever close to the ONE MILLION mark...

Thanks again for making the ND GO IRISH BLOG one of your Notre Dame stops on the worldwide web!