2015 Notre Dame Football Ranked #12 by ESPN

Here's a look at ESPN's "way too early" ranking of college football teams for the 2015 season.

LINK:  NOTRE DAME #12

OT: 67 Years in Making -- Crazy Horse Memorial

The 641' long and 563' tall monument will dwarf Mount Rushmore when it is done...

The completed monument will look like the white model in the foreground.

It's a labor of love -- the people working on this in the Black Hills of South Dakota -- will be dead before the work is completed.

That's a shame.

LINK:  CRAZY HORSE

Holtz & Kelly -- Jimmy Kimmel's "Mean Tweets"

Notre Dame's Lou Holtz and Brian Kelly were featured in Jimmy Kimmel's "Mean Tweets"  -- during tonight's pre-game show on ESPN from the National Championship.

Here it is:

LINK:  HOLTZ & KELLY

OT: Almost a Disaster Due to the Fog Machine

Can you imagine if Ohio State lost a starter for tonight's game -- running onto the field for the College Football National Championship game....

Hopefully the cheerleader is okay.

Notre Dame Football's "Welcome Home" Tweet

Here's the first four member of Notre Dame's incoming football recruiting class;  Jerry Tillery (Louisisana), Tevon Coney (Florida), Tristen Hoge (Idaho) and Micah Dew-Tredway (Illinois) -- they start classes tomorrow morning...

The artwork above was "tweeted" by Notre Dame Football.

Notre Dame's Links to Tonight's Championship

The teams from Eugune and Columbus will be carrying a little "Luck of the Irish" tonight on their rosters, sidelines and in the AT&T Stadium seats tonight...

Kick off is scheduled for around 8:30 PM ET on ESPN.

GO DUCKS!  Sorry, the only time I root for the school in Ohio is when they play the school in Ann Arbor...

LINK:  TIES TO NOTRE DAME

Domer Sergio Brown Goes "Ric Flair" Again!

The Indianapolis Colts beat the Denver Broncos today to advance to next Sunday's AFC Championship Game.

In the post game locker room -- former Notre Dame student-athlete Sergio Brown did his now infamous Ric Flair impersonation...

LINK:  SERGIO

Both Coaches After #3 Virginia's Win Over ND

The Fighting Irish gave it a decent run last night against the undefeated #3 ranked Virginia Cavaliers 62 - 56.  Here's the post game conferences for both Coach Tony Bennett and Coach Mike Brey:

LINK:  MIKE BREY

LINK:  TONY BENNETT

LINK:  GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Sheldon Day Announces He'll Return to ND

There are two Notre Dame football players who have yet to decide if they were going to make themselves eligible for the 2015 NFL DRAFT -- Sheldon Day and Ronnie Stanley.

Now there is one...

Yesterday -- Sheldon Day made it official yesterday that he is returning!  Here's the Indianapolis Star story:

LINK:  DAY RETURNS

Virginia's Head Hoops Coach Talks Notre Dame

Tony Bennett -- the man who has led the Virginia Cavaliers to an undefeated 13 - 0 start and a #3 ranking the country -- talked about tonight's game against our #12 ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame on his weekly radio show:

Warning -- you have to listen to Van Halen's "Jump" forever (FIFTEEN MINUTES) before the show starts.  I don't know what the Virginia Cavaliers are thinking with forcing you to listen to music.  They must not have anyone listening to the show, post production...

LINK:  VIRGINIA COACH ON NOTRE DAME

Notre Dame vs. Virginia on ESPN2 @ 6 PM ET

Big game TODAY in South Bend!

The #12 ranked Fighting Irish will host undefeated #3 Virginia (one of the 3 teams in the country still unbeaten) at SOLD-OUT Purcell Pavilion and in front of a national TV audience on ESPN2 at 6 PM ET.

Here's what's being said about tonight's game:

LINK:  MIKE BREY TALKS VIRGINIA MATCH-UP

LINK:  BREY WITH MEDIA

LINK:  GAME NOTES

OT: Fish Story -- "The Big One That Got Away!"

Post by Colin Wayne.

OT: Chicago Bulls' Kiss Cam -- MUST SEE!

I don't know if this was a "plant" -- or this was a couple who got exposed at a recent Chicago Bulls game.  Watch the entire thing!

LINK:  WATCH THIS!

Irish Hoops Great Adrian Dantley a HS Referee!

Thought Notre Dame fans would enjoy catching up with -- now 60 year-old -- Adrian Dantley...

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS STORY

Notre Dame's Under Armour Lacrosse Cleats!

Here they are -- the first ever Notre Dame Lacrosse cleats from Under Armour -- pretty slick!

The Fighting Irish are ranked #2 in the country in the pre-season rankings.

Pat Connaughton: ESPN "Dual Sport Decision"

The folks at ESPN have taken notice of our #12 ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team.

Here's a story today on student-athlete Pat Connaughton:

LINK:  A DECISION TO MAKE

Thom Gatewood Elected to College FB HOF!!!

Former Notre Dame All-American Thom Gatewood has just learned that he's the 45th player in Fighting Irish history to be elected to the College Football Hall of Fame!

Congratulations Tom!

You can see "Theisman to Gatewood" in the video link below:

LINK:  1971 COTTON BOWL GAME

LINK:  GATEWOOD'S REACTION

Brian Kelly on ESPN's Colin Cowherd Show

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly was a guest this morning on ESPN's "The Herd" -- and he talked about a number of things:

• Jameis Winston -- "smarts and NFL ability"
• Use of technology to get plays into a defensive player
• Oregon
• Urban Meyer
• The SEC
• The Notre Dame job
• Private jet...

LINK:  KELLY ON THE HERD

Domer Dad Craig Biggio: Letterman Last Night

Here is Houston Astro all-time great Craig Biggio was in New York City yesterday and made an appearance on the David Letterman Show.

Biggio (father of ND baseball players Conor '15 and Cavan '17) was named to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday.

Here he is with other "Hall of Famers" reading the TOP TEN LIST...

LINK:  LETTERMAN

Notre Dame Running Back: USA Olympic Tryout

Notre Dame "walk-on" turned scholarship student-athlete this fall for the Notre Dame Football team -- Tyler Plantz -- is headed to Chula Vista, CA this weekend for tryouts for the USA Olympic Rugby team...

Here's the story:

LINK:  PLANTZ GETTING RUGBY SHOT