Friday, October 11, 2013

Domer Talks "D.C. Dysfunction" on CNBC


Former Notre Dame Lacrosse "three-time" All-American Jim Keenan '98 and BlackRock's Managing Director -- was a guest this morning on CNBC talking about the government shutdown's impact on the stock market.

LINK:  JIM KEENAN

Lookout Hockey East! -- Here Come The Irish!


Notre Dame's move to the Hockey East Conference this year will put the Fighting Irish on some college campuses in towns we haven't seen before:  North Andover (MA), Durham (NH), Burlington (VT), etc.

And, it will place us back with a school in Chestnut Hill who knows how to play the game.  Should be fun!

LINK:  HOCKEY EAST

Thursday, October 10, 2013

The New "Big House" for College Football


Bristol Motor Speedway will be "building" a football field over top of their infield garage area -- to host a college football game between Tennessee and Virginia Tech in 2016. 

Bristol can seat 160,000 fans -- the artist illustration above shows how they plan on pulling this off...

Pretty cool.

"Romeo and His Roommates" -- MUST SEE !!!

The folks at Fighting Irish Digital Media just produced this story on ND football player Romeo Okwara and his life off the field with his buddies at Dillon Hall...

You're going to love this story:

LINK:  ROMEO'S ROOMMATES

Doug Brown -- Long Time Notre Dame Usher...


Notre Dame fans will recognize the face -- and probably not the name...

For thirty-five years you could find Elkhart native Doug Brown at every home football and basketball game at Notre Dame -- wearing that familiar blue blazer.

Doug Brown left for heaven Tuesday -- losing his battle with cancer.  A friend of his at the Elkhart Truth wrote a wonderful tribute to this "big man with a big heart" -- you'll want to read this.

LINK:  DOUG BROWN

Interim USC Football Coach Going Back in Time


Ed Orgeron, the interim head coach for the University of Southern California football team is showing videos of the good old days of Trojan football -- in an attempt to turn things around in Los Angeles.

The Trojans are 10 - 8 in their last 18 football games -- they play Arizona tonight in the LA Coliseum on Fox Sports 1 at 10:30 PM ET.

LINK:  GOING OLD SCHOOL

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Media Day for Notre Dame Men's Basketball


Mike Brey's Fighting Irish met with the media today -- as they tip-off their first season of competition in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Here's a report from today's event:

LINK:  NOTRE DAME PLAYERS

Paying Off a Bet to Notre Dame NFL Teammates


Baltimore Raven star Terrell Suggs is seen here wearing a Notre Dame sweatshirt as "payback" for Notre Dame's 37 - 34 win over his Arizona State Sun Devils.  That's former Irish stars and Raven teammates Kapron Lewis-Moore on the left and Jonas Gray on the right.

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Turning Point: SIX QB SACKS AGAINST ASU!


Have to admit it was exciting to see -- and it was a long time coming...

LINK:  TURNING POINT

Muffet's Lady IRISH Talk With Media Today!


The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame's women's basketball program -- fresh off three straight trips to the FINAL FOUR -- open the first season in sometime without a player named Skylar...

And believe it or not, they just might be more talented this season than last.

Here's a few of the Irish stars talking with the media today:

LINK:  MEDIA DAY

Muffet McGraw's Media Day Press Conference

Notre Dame women's head basketball coach Muffet McGraw met with the media this afternoon to talk about the upcoming season -- the Fighting Irish's first in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

You can watch the replay of the press conference right here!

LINK:  MUFFET McGRAW PRESS CONFERENCE

Monday, October 7, 2013

Women's Basketball Media Day -- Tuesday!


Muffet McGraw's Fighting Irish "tip-off" the 2013 - 2014 basketball season tomorrow afternoon with their annual media day.  The gang at Fighting Irish Digital Media will be in attendance.  The fun begins at 3:30 PM ET!

LINK:  WATCH MEDIA DAY LIVE -- RIGHT HERE!

Tommy Rees: Quieting His Many Critics !!!


Notre Dame QB Tommy Rees had a quality game Saturday night for the Irish as they upset #22 ranked Arizona State 37 - 34.  In the process -- he quieted a few of his critics...

LINK:  QUIETING THE CRITICS

Sunday, October 6, 2013

The View From the Sideline & Locker Room !!!


The folks at Fighting Irish Digital Media just released their show called IRISH CONNECTION -- which takes you to the sideline and into the locker room of Notre Dame's 37 - 34 win over #22 Arizona State.  Enjoy!

LINK:  IRISH CONNECTION

ASU's Todd Graham Talks Loss to Notre Dame

Here's a video of Arizona State head football coach Todd Graham with the media after their 37 - 34 loss to Notre Dame last night.

LINK:  TODD GRAHAM WITH MEDIA

Tommy Rees On Field Interview Last Night


Notre Dame QB Tommy Rees is interviewed on the field after their 37 - 34 win over Arizona State.  Here's the link:

LINK:  REES ON FIELD INTERVIEW

Irish Ranked #27 and #30 in Two Major Polls


The AP Poll and Coaches' Poll were released today and Notre Dame was ranked #27 and #30 -- respectively...

LINK:  COACHES POLL

LINK: AP POLL

Notre Dame Held Up Their End of History...


It was widely noted that no team had ever beaten USC and Notre Dame on consecutive weeks in the history of college football...

That streak remains in tact -- sorry coach!

Photo of Notre Dame's "Home Field" in Texas


The "house that Jerry built" turned over the keys to Notre Dame last night...

Mornin' After Notre Dame's Big Win Over ASU


There were very few "media experts" who were predicting a Notre Dame win last night -- especially Musberger, Corso and Herbstreit from ESPN and even NBC's Flutie and Hines -- who all picked Arizona State to beat our IRISH.

What though the odds...

Here's what the media is saying ten hours after Notre Dame's 37 - 34 victory:


LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE

LINK:  NBC'S NOTRE DAME CENTRAL

LINK:  DALLAS MORNING NEWS

LINK:  ARIZONA SPORTS

LINK:  FORTH WORTH TELEGRAM

LINK:  ESPN