Friday, September 5, 2014

Coach Kelly Speaks at Football Luncheon


Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly spoke at today's Football Luncheon -- on the eve of Saturday night's PRIME TIME game with "that school from Ann Arbor..."

LINK:  COACH KELLY

Michigan vs. Notre Dame Pep Rally Tonight!


Here's a look at tonight's Notre Dame Pep Rally in the shadow of TOUCHDOWN JESUS!  Lou Holtz does ND right -- as did the Golf Channel's David Feherty...

Only Notre Dame!

LINK:  NOTRE DAME PEP RALLY

Michigan Media Picks Winner of MI vs. ND


Well, I guess I'm not surprised with who they're picking...

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS WRITERS

LINK:  DETROIT NEWS WRITERS

Michigan Week: Friday's MI Media Report


Here's the latest from our media friends north of the Notre Dame campus -- on tomorrow's game between Michigan and our Fighting Irish.  Click on the links below:

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS #1

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS #2

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS #3

LINK:  DETROIT NEWS #1

LINK:  DETROIT NEWS #2

LINK:  M-LIVE #1

LINK:  M-LIVE #2

LINK:  M-LIVE #3

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Ohio State & Notre Dame to Play: 2022 & 2023


News broke late this morning that Ohio State and Notre Dame have agreed to a "home & home" series in 2022 and 2023.  Just goes to show you -- Notre Dame will continue to schedule big-time opponents.

You're going to want to read the Sports Illustrated story -- linked below.

LINK:  BUCKEYES vs. FIGHTING IRISH

LINK:  MUST READ -- SPORTS ILLUSTRATED STORY

The Most Expensive Ticket in College Football...


And, it's not for sale in Eugene, OR this weekend.

Saturday night's game between Michigan and Notre Dame -- continues to be the most sought after ticket in college football.  Maybe the ticket buying public knows something the College Gameday crew doesn't...

LINK:  MOST EXPENSIVE TICKET IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Michigan's Brady Hoke Talks ND on Wednesday


Michigan head football coach Brady Hoke met with the media yesterday to talk about Saturday night's game with our Fighting Irish.  Here's the coverage of his press conference:

LINK:  HOKE ON THE IRISH

Michigan Week: MI Media Thursday Update


As we have all week here at the ND GO IRISH BLOG -- I took another lap around the Michigan media websites to see what they're saying about Saturday night's game.  Just click on the links below:

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS #1

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS #2

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS #3

LINK:  DETROIT NEWS #1

LINK:  M-LIVE #1

LINK:  M-LIVE #2

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

A Michigan Site "Breaks Down" ND's Offense


Thought you might want to see what the football fans in Michigan are doing to prepare themselves for Saturday night's PRIME TIME game between their Wolverines and our Fighting Irish:

LINK:  FILM STUDY

A Notre Dame Fan's Creative Landscape Work!


Fighting Irish fan Bruce Straughan created this replica of the new Field Turf design -- inside Notre Dame Stadium -- in his yard...

See the story:

LINK:  ULTIMATE FAN

Michigan Week: MI Media Wednesday Update


Here's what I've found this Wednesday morning on the Michigan media sites about Saturday's game between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.  Just click on the links below:

LINK:  DETROIT NEWS #1

LINK:  DETROIT NEWS #2

LINK:  M-LIVE #1

LINK:  M-LIVE #2

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS #1

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS #2

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS #3

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS #4


Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Want to Attend the University of Notre Dame?


If the answer is yes -- you're going to want to tune-in tomorrow at NOON ET to an interview with Don Bishop, Notre Dame's Associate Vice President for Undergraduate Enrollment.  Don will talk about how his team selected the Class of 2018 -- a must see for anyone interested in applying to ND.

Just click on the link below to register -- it's free!

LINK:  REGISTER HERE

Michigan Week: Brian Kelly's Tuesday Presser


Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media today to talk about Saturday's game with Michigan.  Here's a link to the press conference:

LINK:  BRIAN KELLY

Notre Dame Moves Up a Spot to #16 in AP Poll


The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame are ranked #16 this week in the AP Top 25 Poll -- a move up of one spot from the AP's Preseason ranking.  If we continue this pace -- we'll be TOP FIVE come the end of November and PLAYOFF BOUND!

Michigan, Notre Dame's opponent this week, remains un-ranked after beating Appalachian State this past Saturday.

LINK:  AP TOP 25 POLL

Michigan Week: The MI Media Tuesday Report


Took a lap around the media landscape in "Pure" Michigan to see what they're saying this morning about Saturday's game between their Wolverines and our Fighting Irish.  Just click on the links below:

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS #1

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS #2

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS #3

LINK:  DETROIT NEWS #1

LINK:  DETROIT NEWS #2

LINK:  DETROIT NEWS #3

LINK:  M-LIVE #1

LINK:  M-LIVE #2

Monday, September 1, 2014

Michigan Week: Trick Shot Monday Edition


Here's a look at today's TRICK SHOT MONDAY -- just click on the link below:

LINK:  TRICK SHOT MONDAY

First Gray Field Turf -- and Now This at EMU...


You have got to wonder who thought this was a great idea...

LINK:  EMU'S TEAM ENTRANCE

Michigan Football Talks Notre Dame Game...


Well, here's what the Wolverines coaches and players had to say today in Ann Arbor about Saturday night's game with our Fighting Irish.  Just click on the links below:

LINK:  BRADY HOKE

LINK:  GREG MATTISON

LINK:  PLAYERS

LINK:  INSIDE MICHIGAN FOOTBALL

OT: Baylor's New Stadium -- Brick Wall Paper


The brand new Baylor football stadium hung a "wall paper" of bricks in its new $266 million home.

I guess a "quarter of a billion" can't buy you real bricks these days...

The bottom photo shows the white concrete Stadium walls before they hung the wall covering.

I'm guessing they didn't have time to get the brick work done for the opening game...

It is still a beautiful stadium.

South Bend Tribune's Hansen Talks "Poultry"


May of 2013, Michigan head football coach Brady Hoke made headlines when he said Notre Dame was "chickening out" of the football series between the two schools...

The school in Ann Arbor did beat us -- a few months later -- along their way to a 7 - 6 season.

The South Bend Tribune's Eric Hansen participated in an interview of Coach Brian Kelly yesterday -- where he brought up the choice of music that played inside Michigan Stadium at the end of last year's game...

LINK:  TALKING CHICKEN