Notre Dame Bench: 42 Pts -- Va Tech Team 41

The #3 Fighting Irish of Notre Dame beat Virginia Tech today 80 - 41.

The big story was the Notre Dame bench -- scoring 42 of Notre Dame's 80 points -- and outscoring Va Tech's entire team.

Joe Schmidt Reaching Out to Grieving Family

Notre Dame fans -- this is a must read...

LINK:  JOE SCHMIDT

Michael Floyd Talks NFC Championship Game

The former Notre Dame All-American will be front and center this evening as his Arizona Cardinals take on the Carolina Panthers for a trip to Super Bowl 50!

LINK:  MICHAEL FLOYD

These Four Have Worn the ND Gold Helmet

Domers left to right;  Elijah Shumate, Brady Quinn, Romeo Okware and Chris Brown at today's East West Shrine Game.

Troy Murphy Inducted Into ND's Ring of Honor

"Notre Dame's" East West Shrine Game -- 4 PM

The folks at the East West Shrine Game have put together TEAM NOTRE DAME -- with three players, two alumni and a Domer Dad on the same sideline!

Team East has; Elijah Shumate, Chris Brown and Romeo Okwara playing their last game before the upcoming NFL Draft -- and coaching them are Charlie Weis '78, Brady Quinn '07 and Notre Dame parent Jon Bon Jovi.

Game is televised on the NFL Network beginning at 4 PM ET.

Here's Weis being interviewed by former ND/NBC sideline reporter Alex Flanagan...

LINK:  WEIS

Troy Murphy -- Next in ND's Ring of Honor!

Indiana's All-Time HS Scorer -- Jackie Young!

Jackie Young surpasses Damon Bailey's record, becoming the state's top scorer in @IHSAA1 history. pic.twitter.com/EQbsWlRISb

— JoJo Gentry (@JGentry44News) January 22, 2016

Incoming Notre Dame women's basketball recruit, Jackie Young -- just set the all-time Indiana high school scoring record for girls AND BOYS!!!

The video above is point number 3,135 for this McDonald's All-American!

During tonight's ND women's basketball game against Syracuse -- the public address announcer made the announcement that Jackie had just broke the state scoring record.  Here's what the scoreboard looked like:

Coach Mike Brey After Win Over Virginia Tech

Domer Dad Bon Jovi & Brady Quinn Join Weis

Domer Dad Jon Bon Jovi and former Notre Dame All-American QB Brady Quinn are working this week on Charlie Weis' East Team coaching staff for the East West Shrine Game.

Here's the story...

LINK:  ND INFLUENCE AT SHRINE GAME

Coach Brey in Locker Room After Win Over VT!

INSIDE THE LOCKER ROOM Hear a few words from Coach Brey after our win over VT. ZA:22pts, 15rebs DJ:18pts, 4asts pic.twitter.com/rhNNTU022U

— Notre Dame MBB (@NDmbb) January 21, 2016

Inside Look at ND's Win Over Duke Saturday!

Key Plays in Notre Dame's Win over VT!

Notre Dame beats Virginia Tech 83 - 81 to go 4 - 2 in the ACC and move up to a tie for 4th place in the conference.

LINK:  BOX SCORE

Domer Fleming Rescues Woman In Car Crash

Former Notre Dame student-athlete Darius Fleming played Saturday's NFL Playoff game with 22 stitches in his leg -- resulting from an injury he sustained after kicking in a car window of a "smoky" car to pull the woman out...

This happened two days prior to Saturday's game -- a mile from the Patriot's Foxboro Stadium.

Here's the story:

LINK:  DARIUS FLEMING

ND vs. Virginia Tech -- 1973 NIT Championship

Mike Brey's Fighting Irish host the 2nd place Virginia Tech Hokies in ACC action tonight -- a big game for Notre Dame.

The video above -- a game against Virginia Tech that broke my heart...

Must Read: Elijah Shumate's NFL Draft Diary

Former Notre Dame student-athlete Elijah Shumate is playing in the East West Shrine Game this Saturday.  His coach this week -- none other than former Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis '78.

You'll enjoy what Elijah has to say about this experience.

LINK:  ELIJAH SHUMATE

Domer Mike Golic Jr. Earns ESPN Radio Gig!

Former Notre Dame student-athlete Mike Golic, Jr. '12 -- will be co-hosting a Saturday radio show (5 PM to 8 PM) on the ESPN Radio Network!

The show debuts on Saturday, January 30th.

Congratulations Michael!

LINK:  NEW ESPN RADIO PROGRAMS

Connaughton: "In My Mind I Will Pitch in MLB"

Thought you'd find this of interest...

LINK:  CONNAUGHTON ON BASEBALL

42 Years Ago Today: ND Breaks UCLA Streak!

Notre Dame beat UCLA 71 - 70 -- 42 years ago today -- to break their all-time record 88 game winning streak!  Digger's gang was down by 11 points with 3 minutes left in the game -- see the final minutes in the video above!

Special thanks to ND alum Bob Quakenbush '76 -- for alerting me to this special day!

Great Photo: MLK Jr. Mignight March at ND!

This is awesome -- photo taken early this AM of Notre Dame students marching from the Main Building...