Former Notre Dame running back Cierre Wood rushed for 106 yards tonight against the Dallas Cowboys on just 16 carries! And, for good measure -- he caught three passes for 29 yards more!
The Fightin' Irish held practice inside Notre Dame Stadium tonight -- as they prepare for Saturday's home opener. After practice, Coach Kelly met with the media -- here's the link to the coverage:
Former Notre Dame running back Theo Riddick scored two TD's tonight in the Detroit Lions exhibition win over the Buffalo Bills. Riddick caught two passes for TD's and he also ran for 26 yards on six carries.
Theo is in a big-time battle for a roster spot -- this had to help his chances...
His name is Dan Hicks and his wife is none other than Hannah Storm '83 of ESPN fame. Dan takes over for Tom Hammond -- officially this Saturday. The folks at the Chicago Tribune recently caught up with Dan to talk about his new gig:
Matt Ruhle will run out of Notre Dame's famed tunnel as a head football coach for the first time in his career less than 72 hours from now. Not a bad place to make your debut! A Philadelphia Inquirer reporter penned this story on Ruhle's "opening act."
They picked their top FLOP team for 2013 and five out of seven picked our Fightin' Irish. I trust Coach Kelly will bring this to his team's attention...
Temple's head football coach Matt Ruhle, met with the media today to talk about their football game Saturday with Notre Dame. Here's what he had to say:
Took a look at what the Philadelphia media is saying about Temple and their game this Saturday with our Fightin' Irish -- click on the links below. This is the FIRST MEETING -- EVER -- on the football field between these two schools.
"The last great college football season" -- is what you'll see on the cover of UNBEATABLE, a look back at Notre Dame's 1988 National Championship.
Jerry Barca '99 (pictured), a Notre Dame alum -- authored this look back at that magical season for the Fightin' Irish. Here's a link to an excerpt from the book and a second link to where you can buy it!
Took a lap around the worldwide web this afternoon to see what's being said about former Notre Dame football stars in the NFL. You can watch a number of former IRISH stars tonight in the game on NBC between the Vikings and 49ers. (That's Harrison Smith, Kyle Rudolph, Jimmy Clausen and Michael Floyd LtoR in the photo above.)
This morning -- 36 former Notre Dame football stars were still on NFL rosters -- unfortunately, that could change before day's end!
With the opening game just six days away -- the gang at Notre Dame Stadium is hard at work getting the "house that Rock built" ready for 80,000 fans and the Fightin' Irish.
This photo was "tweeted" by Fighting Irish Digital Media's Jack Nolan. You can follow Jack on Twitter @NDJackNolan
It's a special day at Notre Dame -- and a sad one...
The Class of 2017 says good-bye to its parents this afternoon -- for the first time -- as Orientation 2013 comes to a close.
The first video link is of the Alma Mater "Notre Dame Our Mother" being sung at the end of today's Mass. The second link is of the Band of the Fighting Irish playing the Victory Clog and the "greatest of all college fight songs" the Notre Dame Victory March at the Spirit of Notre Dame celebration. Enjoy!