Photos: Notre Dame Football Awards Show

The Fighting Irish football program held their annual awards show last night -- ECHOES.  Here's a list of the award winners:

• Monogram Club MVP:  Joe Schmidt
• Offensive Player of the Year:  Will Fuller
• Defensive Player of the Year:  Jaylon Smith
• Nick Pietrosante Award:  Cam McDaniel
• Lineman of the Year:  Sheldon Day
• Guardian of the Year:  Ronnie Stanley
• Next Man In Award:  Justin Utopo
• Offensive Newcomer of the Year:  Torii Hunter, Jr.
• Defensive Newcomer of the Year:  Drue Tranquill
• Special Teams Player of the Year:  C.J. Prossise
• Rockne Student-Athlete of the Year:  Cory Robinson
• Offensive Scout Team Player of the Year:  Tyler Plantz
• Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year:  Austin Larkin
• Irish Around the Bend Award:  Kyle Brindza
• Father Lange Iron Cross Award:  Christian Lombard
• TireRack.com Play of the Year:  Ben Koyack

LINK:  WNDU-TV

LINK:  WSBT-TV

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE

Water Issue Forces Evacuation of DeBartolo

A water main break in the basement of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center has forced the evacuation of the building -- and the Football Awards Show -- that's why you can't find it on the link in the story below.

Just wanted to give you a heads up on this.

Watch Skylar Diggins Host "ECHOES" Tonight!

Former Notre Dame All-American Skylar Diggins and NBC's Mike Mayock will host this evening's FOOTBALL AWARDS SHOW...

The show begins at 8 PM ET -- and will be broadcast live at the link below:

LINK:  ECHOES

Under Armour's Value Up 67% Since ND Deal!

Under Armour's market cap stands at $14.49 Billion at today's close -- an increase of 67% since their Notre Dame announcement 325 days ago.

That's $5.53 billion more in value!

Should have bought this stock...

LINK:  UNDER ARMOUR STOCK

The University of Notre Dame Christmas Tree

A beautiful sight in the rotunda of Notre Dame's Main Building -- under the "Golden Dome."

Fr. Ted With Some Women From Howard Hall...

Here's a great photo taken Monday of Fr. Ted Hesburgh, C.S.C. in his 13th floor office at the Hesburgh Library with a number of students from Howard Hall.

Pretty special moment for these ND students.

Jewell Loyd Scores 41 in ND's 94 - 93 OT Win!

Notre Dame's Jewell Loyd proved once again that she's the "GOLD STANDARD" in women's college basketball...

Coming off a 31 point performance against #2 UCONN -- Jewell goes on the road to Chicago to play #25 DePaul and she ties the school record with 41 points, the last two were free throws in OT with 5.3 seconds remaining (with the Irish down 93 - 92) to win the game!

This was Notre Dame's 28th straight win on the road.

Here's the story:

LINK:  HIGHLIGHTS

LINK:  JEWELL'S NIGHT!

LINK:  BOX SCORE

Nice Comments About Domer Dad Torii Hunter

Minnesota Twins' Torii Hunter -- the father of Notre Dame wide receiver Torii Hunter Jr. -- received high praise from his former manager at Major League Baseball's "Winter Meetings" in San Diego this week.

LINK:  WE'RE GOING TO MISS HIM

Zack Martin Named to "All Fundamentals" Team

Former Notre Dame student-athlete Zack Martin '13, was one of 26 NFL players selected to USA Football's "All Fundamentals" Team...

LINK:  MARTIN HONORED

Swarbrick "College Athletes Should Be Paid..."

Notre Dame's Director of Athletics Jack Swarbrick made some headlines today...

LINK:  SHOULD BE PAID

Domers Watt & Robinson: A Kid's Christmas

Former Notre Dame student-athletes Chris Watt (#65) and Trevor Robinson (#60) -- joined their Chargers' offensive line teammates and 27 kids from the San Diego community at a San Diego Macy's for a Christmas "shopping spree" last night.

LINK:  SEASON OF GIVING

LINK:  PHOTO GALLERY

OT: NIKE -- I've Got To Hand It To You...

This is pretty awesome...

Nike has created a "base layer" (this is the latest rage in uniform design) for Ohio State to wear in the upcoming College Football Playoff that features WOODY HAYES' last few chalkboard sessions as a head coach for the Buckeyes.

The "68" is a shout out to their 1968 National Championship team.

BRILLIANT!

ND FANS will get a kick out of this Woody Hayes' WIKI entry:

During his tenure at Ohio State, Hayes would joke that he considered himself to be Notre Dame's best recruiter because if he could not convince a recruit to come to Ohio State instead of Michigan he would try to steer the recruit to Notre Dame, whom Ohio State did not play. 

While Hayes' public stance was that he refused to play Notre Dame because he was afraid of polarizing the Catholic population in Ohio, Notre Dame's long-time athletic director Moose Krause said that Hayes had told him that Hayes liked having Michigan as the only tough game on the Ohio State schedule and that having the Buckeyes play Notre Dame would detract from that.  

Domer Jeff Samardzija Traded To White Sox

Former Notre Dame All-America wide receiver Jeff Samardzija is headed "back" to Chicago to play professional ball -- this time for the White Sox.

LINK:  SAMARDZIJA TO WHITE SOX

Notre Dame Men's Basketball Ranked #25 !!!

The Associated Press Poll is out and Notre Dame has cracked the AP TOP 25 with their win this past week against Michigan State. 

Notre Dame is one of "six ACC teams" ranked among the Top 25.

LINK:  AP TOP 25

Brian Kelly Talks Music City Bowl & L.S.U.

Yesterday afternoon, the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame accepted an invitation to play in the Music City Bowl on December 30th against the Tigers of Louisiana State University.  This will be Notre Dame's first trip to play in the Music City Bowl and the eleventh game in history against L.S.U.

Notre Dame is 5 - 5 all-time against Louisiana State University.

Coach Kelly met with the media last night to talk about the game and his team -- just click on the link below:

LINK:  BRIAN KELLY TALKS MUSIC CITY BOWL

Notre Dame to Play LSU in the Music City Bowl!

The Fighting Irish will be traveling to Nashville to play a (8 - 4) LSU team in the Music City Bowl on December 30, 2014.

LINK:  BUY YOUR TICKETS RIGHT HERE!

Photos: Kelly Cares "Shopping Spree" at Meijer

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly was over at Meijer's today with a number of his players and his wife Pacqui for their annual "shopping spree" for 109 kids from the Michiana area...

LINK:  FIGHTING IRISH DIGITAL MEDIA

Here's the local media coverage of the event:

LINK:  WNDU-TV

LINK:  WSBT-TV

LINK:  ABC-57

ACC Announces Notre Dame's Bowl at 5:30 PM

If you'd like to watch the LIVE ANNOUNCEMENT of where Notre Dame will be headed to play a BOWL GAME -- click on the link below:

LINK:  LIVE ANNOUNCEMENT AT 5:30 PM ET -- RIGHT HERE!

Coach Kelly Talks Bowl Game Today at 6:15 PM

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly will be meeting with the media today at 6:15 PM ET to talk about the MUSIC CITY BOWL and L.S.U.

You can watch this LIVE at the link below:

LINK:  COACH KELLY TALKS BOWL GAME

Muffet & Geno After UCONN Beat ND Today

The Fighting Irish played their second game in a row against UCONN without their "tallest starter" -- and we experienced a similar result...

LINK:  MUFFET POST GAME

LINK:  GENO POST GAME