The former Notre Dame wide receiver is putting on a show in Green Bay during the Packer's mini camp...
LINK: EQ
Friday, June 22, 2018
Equanimeous Holding His Own in Green Bay
The former Notre Dame wide receiver is putting on a show in Green Bay during the Packer's mini camp...
LINK: EQ
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Photos of Incoming Freshmen Working Out
John Dirksen
Tommy Tremble #24
Shayne Simon
Jayson Ademilola
The Fighting Irish Football Team is back on campus -- getting tuned up for the 2018 Football Season. Here's a few of the incoming freshmen at work today.
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Here's Why You Come to Notre Dame...
Last week we completed our 2018 #4for40 Excellence BeyoND program with a career trek to Chicago.— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) June 20, 2018
Check it out ⬇️#GoIrish ☘ pic.twitter.com/3dSTGKK9tf
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Domer Lili Thompson Drafted by Globetrotters!
Former Notre Dame women's basketball team member (and National Champion) Lili Thompson -- was one of five players drafted today by the world famous Harlem Globetrotters!
Notre Dame fans will recall that Lili tore her ACL in early January -- ending her season and Notre Dame career way too early...
This should be fun!
LINK: STORY
The Freshmen FB Players Arrive at Notre Dame
The freshmen have officially arrived and are ready to make their mark. #GoIrish ☘ #IrishBouND18 pic.twitter.com/8VcvTFwgM0— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) June 19, 2018
Monday, June 18, 2018
Sunday, June 17, 2018
What Your Father Gives You -- Your Name...
On Father's Day -- I'm always reminded of the gift every Dad gives their kids -- their NAME.
That's my Dad in the photo above, he's on the right, sitting next to Al Kaline who is sitting next to Harvey Kuehn in the Detroit Tiger's dugout...
This is one of my "two" all-time favorite poems...
Your Family Name
You got it from your father
It was all he had to give
So it's yours to use and cherish
For as long as you may live
If you lost the watch he gave you
It can always be replaced;
But a black mark on your name
Can never be erased
It was clean the day you took it
And a worthy name to bear
When he got it from his father
There was no dishonor there
So make sure you guard it wisely
After all is said and done
You'll be glad the name is spotless
When you give it to your son
It was all he had to give
So it's yours to use and cherish
For as long as you may live
If you lost the watch he gave you
It can always be replaced;
But a black mark on your name
Can never be erased
It was clean the day you took it
And a worthy name to bear
When he got it from his father
There was no dishonor there
So make sure you guard it wisely
After all is said and done
You'll be glad the name is spotless
When you give it to your son
Happy Father's Day to My Dad & All the Dads!
This is a photo of my Dad (in the middle) celebrating the news, with four of his teammates, that he had just become a Dad for the first time!
He was a professional baseball player and in the middle of a road trip when word got to the team that I was born. Back in the "good old days" baseball teams didn't allow you to stay home for the birth of a child. Thankfully, those days are in the past...
I've been very lucky to have a wonderful Dad in my life -- who is as big of a Notre Dame fan as me!
Happy Father's Day -- DAD!
On a side note -- I had never seen this photo until a week ago. My Aunt Barb found this in a box and gave it to my cousin Mike Doyle to text it to me to see if I could identify who was in the photo with my Dad.
Saturday, June 16, 2018
Mike McGlinchey and Joe Staley's "Bromance"
The two offensive tackles share a common bond in San Francisco -- they both played for Brian Kelly...
LINK: STORY
Friday, June 15, 2018
OT: FSU Bulldog Super Fan in Tennessee!
I received a text this morning from my cousin Patrick Doyle (like me, a huge Notre Dame fan) with a photo of a young man named Dan DelGrosso (pictured above) sporting a Ferris State Bulldogs National Championship T-shirt at Two Rivers Ford in Mt. Juliet, TN.
Our Ferris State Bulldogs won the NCAA Division II National Championship in basketball this past April!
Dan, a 1973 Ferris grad, grew up in Dearborn, MI -- but now calls the Volunteer State home. Pat's son Dustin (he's my cousin but, I think of him as a nephew) works with Dan in their Commercial Sales Department.
I loved seeing Dan representing the "crimson and gold" of Ferris (my alma mater and Pat's too!) in an area fond of the color orange...
When was the last time they won a National Championship in Tennessee?
Thanks Dan!
Go Bulldogs!
Thursday, June 14, 2018
Zack Martin -- Biggest NFL Contract in History!
In the last 24 hours, former Notre Dame All-American Zack Martin signed a contract extension with the Dallas Cowboys for six years and $84,000,000. The largest contract in NFL history for an Offensive Guard!
The link below is of a TV interview he did today...
LINK: RECORD SETTING CONTRACT
LINK: DALLAS MORNING NEWS STORY
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Monday, June 11, 2018
Sunday, June 10, 2018
"Triple Crown Effect" on College Football's Best
Here's a look at the NINE WINNINGEST TEAMS in FBS college football history -- and how they fared in years when a race horse won the TRIPLE CROWN:
- NOTRE DAME: 107 - 11 - 5
- Alabama: 102 - 18 - 12
- Oklahoma: 93 - 24 - 7
- Michigan: 88 - 23 - 4
- Penn State: 86 - 28 - 4
- Texas: 83 - 37 - 5
- Ohio State: 81 - 27 - 7
- USC: 80 - 42 - 5
- Nebraska: 63 - 49 - 8
GO IRISH!
Triple Crown Winners a Good Omen for ND!
There are now 13 Triple Crown Winners in the history of horse racing -- and you know what -- in the football season that follows, Notre Dame Football has won 87% of its games and 5 National Championships!
- 1919: Sir Barton wins Triple Crown / Notre Dame: 9 - 0
- 1930: Gallant Fox wins Triple Crown / Notre Dame: 10 - 0
- 1935: Omaha wins Triple Crown / Notre Dame: 7 - 1 - 1
- 1937: War Admiral wins Triple Crown / Notre Dame: 6 - 2 - 1
- 1941: Whirlaway wins Triple Crown / Notre Dame: 8 - 0 - 1
- 1943: Count Fleet wins Triple Crown / Notre Dame: 9 - 1
- 1946: Assault wins Triple Crown / Notre Dame: 8 - 0 - 1
- 1948: Citation wins Triple Crown / Notre Dame: 9 - 0 - 1
- 1973: Secretariat wins Triple Crown / Notre Dame: 11 - 0
- 1977: Seattle Slew wins Triple Crown / Notre Dame: 11 - 1
- 1978: Affirmed wins Triple Crown / Notre Dame: 9 - 3
- 2015: American Pharoah wins Triple Crown / Notre Dame: 10 - 3
- 2018: Justify wins Triple Crown / ???
Triple Crown Years / Notre Dame Football Record: 107 - 11 - 5
The years that are BOLDED -- Notre Dame won the National Championship!
This fun fact is courtesy of Tim Bourret '78 -- a Notre Dame alum who just retired after spending 40 years as Clemson's Sports Information Director. Tim was inducted into the SID Hall of Fame.
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