Highlights -- #22 Temple Beats East Carolina

Temple (ND's Next Opponent) on ESPN2 @ 7 PM

If you'd like to learn more about the undefeated and #22 ranked Temple Owls -- Notre Dame's opponent next Saturday night -- here's your chance...

Their game tonight against East Carolina is on ESPN2 beginning at 7 PM ET.

LINK:  TEMPLE HEAD COACH PRESSER

LINK:  TEMPLE PLAYER INTERVIEWS

The "Best Of" ACC's Women's Media Day

You'll see Notre Dame Women's Basketball's Coach McGraw along with Taya Reimer and Lindsay Allen...

Hey Irish Fans -- Adopt My Bulldogs This Week!

Since our Fighting Irish are not playing this Saturday -- I have a team for the Notre Dame Nation to adopt and cheer for this weekend!

The undefeated FERRIS STATE BULLDOGS -- the #3 ranked football team in NCAA Division II -- play the #16 ranked Michigan Tech Huskies this Saturday in a "nationally televised" game at 12:04 PM ET.

The Bulldogs are led by QB Jason Vander Laan -- who's the ALL-TIME LEADING RUSHER IN NCAA HISTORY (any level) for a QB!  Vander Laan has already rushed for 5,218 yards in his 40-game career.

The 6'-4" 244 lb. QB, who won the NCAA Division II "Heisman" last year -- the Harlan Trophy -- is now just 3 TD's away from breaking the all-time NCAA rushing TD record for a QB of 72.

You can watch the Ferris State Bulldogs LIVE at the link below -- beginning at NOON ET this Saturday!

LINK:  FERRIS STATE vs. MICHIGAN TECH

USC's Adoree Jackson on Will Fuller's Speed

Thought you'd enjoy reading this story...

LINK:  "RARE TO SEE A GUY..."

ACC Women's Basketball Media Day 2015

LINK:  IRISH PICKED TO WIN ACC

OT: The Rush to be First in TV News, Backfires

The good folks at WZZM-TV 13 in Grand Rapids learned this the hard way at the end of Michigan State's last second win over Michigan...

LINK:  TV STATION APOLOGIZES

ESPN's College Football Power Rankings

The Fighting Irish are in ESPN's Top Twenty...

LINK:  POWER RANKINGS

ND In Possession of All Six Rivalry Trophies!

 

The Jeweled Shillelagh Trophy (bottom photo) was returned today -- as USC shipped it back home to Notre Dame!  At this moment -- Notre Dame is in possession of all six of the "rivalry" trophies:

• USC -- Jeweled Shillelagh Trophy
• Purdue -- Shillelagh Trophy
• Michigan State -- Megaphone Trophy
• Navy --  Rip Miller Trophy
• Stanford -- Legends Trophy
• Boston College -- Ireland Trophy

Inside Notre Dame's 41 to 31 Win Over USC

C.J. Prosise on Pace to Smash Rushing Record

Notre Dame All-Time Single Season Rushing Records:

• Most Rushing Yards:  1,437  --  Vagas Ferguson
• Games Rushing for 100 Yards or more:  9  --  Allen Pinkett
• Most Rushing TD's:  17  --  Allen Pinkett & Vagas Ferguson
• Rushing Yards Per Game:  130.6 -- Vagas Ferguson

C.J. Prosise Stats after 7 games this season:

• Rushing Yards:  922
• Games Rushing for 100 Yards or more:  5
• Rushing TD's:  11
• Rushing Yards Per Game: 134.1

Notre Dame Football in Elkhart Monday Night

Dan Patrick Talks Trip to USC vs. Notre Dame

Notre Dame vs. Temple -- Prime Time on ABC

The folks at ABC just announced that Notre Dame's game with Temple at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field will be played at 8 PM ET -- in PRIME TIME!

Just another prime time tilt for the Fighting Irish.

This will be the 25th out of the last 32 road/neutral site games for Notre Dame that will be played in PRIME TIME -- since 2010.  TV RATINGS!

A Different View -- Top Plays USC vs. ND

USC Week: Inside Notre Dame Football

The Five Teams in Notre Dame's Playoff Path...

If you follow the NDGOIRISH blog you would have seen my post last week where I laid out the five teams in Notre Dame's way of earning one of the four spots in the College Football Playoff.

That's assuming -- Notre Dame runs the table and beats three ranked teams -- ALL ON THE ROAD -- over the last six weeks of the season...

Now, I'm giving one of the four spots to the SEC Champion and I'm giving another spot to the Big Ten Champion -- so, as I see it -- Notre Dame needs to finish ahead of two of the following conference champions:  ACC, Big 12 and Pac 12.

Here are the FIVE TEAMS from these conferences in Notre Dame's way of earning a College Football Playoff spot -- and the ranked teams left on their schedule:

BAYLOR

• Oklahoma
• @ Oklahoma State
• @ TCU

UTAH

• They do not face a ranked team for the rest of the season

TCU

• @ Oklahoma State
• @ Oklahoma
• Baylor

CLEMSON

• Florida State

FLORIDA STATE

• @ Clemson
• @ Florida

So, here's how it needs to play out:

BAYLOR / TCU -- this needs to happen:

• We need Baylor and TCU to lose one of their games with Oklahoma and Oklahoma State
• If only one of the teams loses -- that team needs to win the game between Baylor and TCU on November 27th

UTAH -- this needs to happen:

• Utah needs to lose one game -- they have these games left on the road;  USC, Washington and Arizona

CLEMSON -- this needs to happen:

• They need to lose to Florida State

FLORIDA STATE -- this needs to happen:

• They need to beat Clemson -- then get hammered by Florida when they travel to the Swamp to take on the Gators on November 28th

And, we need STANFORD to keep on winning -- BIG!!!  Setting up our game in Palo Alto on November 28th as our "play-in" game for the College Football Playoff!

ND Alum George Blaha: Voice of MSU Spartans

The long-time radio voice of the Michigan State Spartans is Notre Dame alum George Blaha '66 -- here is his call on the fumbled punt snap in Ann Arbor...

Full Game Replay: Notre Dame 41 -- USC 31

Here's the full replay of NBC's broadcast of Notre Dame's win over USC Saturday night...

I Found My Notre Dame Halloween Costume!

This photo was taken yesterday somewhere in the vicinity of Notre Dame...

AWESOME is all I can say!!!