Thursday, September 10, 2015
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Fun Fact: Virginia Becomes the 36th State...
To host a Notre Dame football game -- as the Fighting Irish play for the first time ever in the state of Virginia this Saturday when they take on the Cavaliers at 3:30 PM ET.
The game is sold out -- a rarity for Virginia, they averaged only 39,000 fans per game in their 61,000 seat stadium last year. See story linked below.
Fun Fact -- courtesy of Michael Bertsch -- Director of Notre Dame Football Media Relations
LINK: THE ALLURE OF NOTRE DAME
Only ND: Top Ranked Academics & Football
The US News & World Report 2016 rankings for Best National Universities came out this morning and the University of Notre Dame is ranked 18th.
Notre Dame is the only college in America that is ranked in the TOP 20 as an academic institution and the TOP 20 (actually 9th) as a football team.
Yes, you can do both!
LINK: TOP 20 ACADEMIC INSTITUTION
LINK: TOP 20 FOOTBALL PROGRAM
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
University Notre Dame - #9 College in America
Here is there just released list of the top ten universities in America by College Factual...
LINK: UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
A Showtime Tease -- First Show Airs at 10 PM!
We're in the red zone: Just 1 HOUR until the series premiere of #ASeasonWith @NDFootball. https://t.co/9VMq8JFQ2K #FightingIrish
— A Season With (@ASeasonWith) September 9, 2015
Under Armour's "Un-Grabbable Jersey" ???
I'm going to guess the jersey needs to be tucked in -- I'm quite sure this won't happen again to DeShone Kizer...
LINK: UNDER ARMOUR -- UNGRABBABLE
Highest Rated NBC Season Opener in 9 Years
The Notre Dame vs. Texas game was watched by an average of 4.1 million fans -- even though the game was out of reach in the 3rd Quarter...
LINK: HIGHEST RATED
Nice Feature on Domer & 49ers' Ian Williams
You'll want to see this -- and read this. In addition Ian was just named a TEAM CAPTAIN for the 49ers!
LINK: IAN WILLIAMS
LINK: TEAM CAPTAIN STORY
Must See: Fr. Ted's Office, Just As He Left It
Great work by my colleagues at University Communications. Click on the link below!
LINK: FATHER TED'S OFFICE
Dennis Dodd's POWER POLL Has ND @ #6
Another poll -- this one produced by CBS Sports' own Dennis Dodd has Notre Dame at #6 in his Power Poll Ranking...
LINK: POWER POLL
AP Poll Just Released Notre Dame Now...
Notre Dame's 38 - 3 win over the Texas Longhorns led to the Fighting Irish moving up to #9 in the AP Poll.
LINK: AP POLL
Notre Dame Moves Up to #4 in Power Ranking
The folks at ESPN have their own ranking system called the POWER RANKINGS -- our Fighting Irish moved up four spots this week to #4 after the 38 - 3 win over Texas...
LINK: POWER RANKINGS
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