The link below shows all of the AP writers and who they voted for.
LINK: AP POLL -- HOW THE WRITERS VOTED
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Irish Move Up to #7 in the National Rankings
The link below shows all of the AP writers and who they voted for.
LINK: AP POLL -- HOW THE WRITERS VOTED
College Gameday's Interview of Manti Teo
Folks, if this doesn't move you to tears...
LINK: MANTI TEO INTERVIEW
FYI: ESPN's College Gameday will be at Notre Dame next weekend -- first time in a long time.
Post Game Locker Room: ND Beats Miami!
The gang at Fighting Irish Digital Media outdid themselves this evening -- knocking out this video of Notre Dame's post game celebration after the 41 - 3 win over Miami. You'll enjoy seeing Manti hugging Jack Swarbrick and Fr. John Jenkins...
Good stuff here!
LINK: IRISH CONNECTION -- NOTRE DAME LOCKER ROOM
Quick Reaction: Notre Dame Rolls Miami!
Didn't see this coming.
- 12 Quarters of football against Michigan State, Michigan and Miami and NO TD's given up!
- Almost 400 yards of rushing - 376 to be exact -- the most in 12 seasons!
- 587 yards of total offense
- No punts in the second half
- DOMINATION!
Here's a quick look at what the media has to say about Notre Dame's convincing win over the Miami Hurricanes -- along with links to coverage of Coach Kelly and Coach Golden's post game press conferences:
LINK: COACH KELLY: POST GAME PRESS CONFERENCE
LINK: GAME HIGHLIGHTS
LINK: MIKE MAYOCK TALKS IRISH
LINK: COACH KELLY WITH ALEX FLANAGAN
LINK: NBC SPORTS -- NOTRE DAME CENTRAL
LINK: ESPN -- ND BLOG
LINK: CHICAGO TRIBUNE
LINK: POST GAME WITH BRAXSTON CAVE
LINK: CHICAGO SUN TIMES
LINK: SUN SENTINEL #1
LINK: MIAMI COACH PRESS CONFERENCE
LINK: MIAMI HERALD
LINK: MIAMI HERALD #2
LINK: ESPN BLOG
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Charlie Weis '78 Talks Manti Teo Recruitment
University of Kansas head football coach Charlie Weis '78, was interviewed recently about his recruitment of Notre Dame All-American linebacker Manti Teo. Here's a link to the story:
LINK: CHARLIE'S TRIPS TO HAWAII
Notre Dame Football Takes on Chicago...
The gang at UND.COM produced their first video last night -- of DAY ONE for Notre Dame football in Chicago. You'll enjoy this!
LINK: NOTRE DAME TAKES ON CHICAGO
Friday, October 5, 2012
Did You Know? Soldier Field & Notre Dame
I learned something this evening -- the largest crowd ever to attend a college football game was held at Chicago's Soldier Field -- when 123,000 people watched Notre Dame beat USC; 7 to 6 on November 26, 1927.
FYI: Soldier Field now only seats 61,000 -- the smallest football stadium in the National Football League.
Notre Dame has played eleven games at Soldier Field and the Irish are unbeaten! The IRISH have given up only 72 points in eleven games at Soldier Field -- pitching three shutouts. Offensively, Notre Dame scored 88 points in their first 9 games at Soldier Field and 84 in the last 2 games...
Here's the scores of the previous eleven games:
- 1924: Notre Dame 13 -- Northwestern 6
- 1927: Notre Dame 7 -- USC 6
- 1928: Notre Dame 7 -- Navy 0
- 1929: Notre Dame 19 -- Wisconsin 0
- 1929: Notre Dame 19 -- Drake 7
- 1929: Notre Dame 13 -- USC 12
- 1930: Notre Dame 7 -- Army 6
- 1931: Notre Dame 0 -- Northwestern 0
- 1942: Notre Dame 13 -- Great Lakes 13
- 1952: Notre Dame 42 -- Northwestern 7
- 1994: Notre Dame 42 -- Northwestern 15
Tim Brown to Meet ND Fans on Saturday!
Former Notre Dame All-American Tim Brown -- will be located just east of Chicago's Field Museum from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM CT tomorrow (Saturday) with his HEISMAN TROPHY. It's the 25th Anniversary of Tim's Heisman season at Notre Dame -- and the folks at Sports Illustrated and Nissan are putting on this event.
LINK: SPORTS ILLUSTRATED'S HEISMAN TOUR
Notre Dame's Soldier Field Makeover: PHOTO!
Here's the first photo I've seen "tweeted" of Notre Dame's Soldier Field! I like what we've done to the walls of the Stadium -- AWESOME!
Notre Dame's Chicago Pep Rally -- PHOTO!
Thousands of Notre Dame fans took over the Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago's Millennium Park this evening for the traditional Friday Pep Rally. Here's a photo of The Band of the Fighting Irish on the stage.
Chicago Weather: Notre Dame vs. Miami
The weather's looking pretty good for this weekend in Chicago!
The latest forecast has partly sunny skies with a very little chance for rain. Here's the forecast for the big events this weekend:
- Friday's Pep Rally: 51 degrees -- mostly cloudy
- Saturday's Kick-Off: 47 degrees -- ZERO CHANCE OF RAIN
LINK: CHICAGO -- WEATHER CHANNEL FORECAST
Miami Week: Coach Kelly With Media Thursday
The University of Notre Dame's head football coach Brian Kelly -- met with the media after practice yesterday for the last time before Saturday night's game with Miami. Take a look!
LINK: COACH KELLY WITH MEDIA
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Manti Inteview: College Gameday Saturday
University of Notre Dame All-American linebacker Manti Teo was interviewed this week for a segment that will air Saturday morning on ESPN's College Gameday. Here's a photo of ESPN's Gene Wojciechowski with Manti during the interview.
Notre Dame Football Players Talk Miami
The University of Notre Dame football team will be heading "just up the road" tomorrow for the Shamrock Series game at Soldier Field against the Miami Hurricanes Saturday night. This will the third PRIME TIME appearance in a row for the IRISH!
Here's a link to a UND.COM interview with a number of the IRISH players:
LINK: ND FOOTBALL TALKS MIAMI
Saint Mary's Creates Their Own "Animal House"
Senior students at Saint Mary's College (Notre Dame, IN) were given the option this fall semester to bring their dog or cat to school -- to LIVE with them -- in their dorm room. It was a marketing effort to get more seniors to live in the dorms -- and it worked!
I've been meaning to share this story for sometime. Click on the links below:
LINK: ANIMAL HOUSE
LINK: SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE STORY
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Notre Dame Connection to MLB's Triple Crown!
And, the first to win it in the last 45 years -- when a former Notre Dame student by the name of Carl Yastrzemski (photo) won the Triple Crown in 1967 playing for the Boston Red Sox.
As a fan of the Detroit Tigers and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish I just had to make this connection!
LINK: YAZ TALKS ABOUT CABRERA
"Save Jimmy Johnson's ___ For Me" -- Holtz
It's been 24 years since these words were said in the Notre Dame locker room prior to the game against Miami in 1988...
This story will be told forever.
The gang at Fighting Irish Digital Media caught up with Coach Holtz, Pat Terrell, Steve Belles, Tony Rice and Scott Kowalkowski to talk about that moment.
LINK: SAVE JIMMY JOHNSON FOR ME...
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Coach Kelly: Miami Week Press Conference
Coach Kelly met with the media for the first time in ten days -- as the IRISH get ready for Saturday's Shamrock Series game against Miami at Chicago's Soldier Field. It's going to be a good one!
LINK: COACH KELLY PRESSER
Fox's Jimmy Johnson Talks ND vs. Miami
It didn't take long for the folks at the Sun Sentinel to reach out to the former Miami Hurricanes coach to talk about Notre Dame. As you will see in this story -- he hasn't lost his bravado...
LINK: JOHNSON TALKS NOTRE DAME
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