Thursday, October 30, 2014
Coach Kelly Talks Navy One Last Time Today
Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media today after practice -- the last time he'll meet with the press prior to Saturday night's PRIME TIME game with the Naval Academy.
LINK: PRESS CONFERENCE
Muffet's Fighting Irish Ranked #3 in AP Poll
Notre Dame's women's basketball team was ranked #3 in the country in today's Associated Press Preseason Poll -- not bad for a team that lost three starters -- two drafted in the first nine picks to the WNBA...
Muffet just reloads!
LINK: TOP 25
A "Touchdown Jesus" Pumpkin Design!
My wife created this "TOUCHDOWN JESUS" pumpkin today -- pretty awesome if I say so myself!
Brian Kelly on the Jay Mohr Sports Radio Show
Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly was a guest yesterday on the Jay Mohr Sports Show -- you'll enjoy this interview:
LINK: KELLY ON MOHR
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Know Thy Opponent: Navy Football Video
Here's an "inside" look at the Naval Academy's football program -- as they prepared to play San Jose State last week...
LINK: NAVY FOOTBALL
Even Bob Stoops Questions ND's #10 Ranking
You can add Oklahoma head football coach Bob Stoops to the bandwagon of those questioning why Notre Dame is ranked only 10th in the first College Football Playoff Ranking.
Here's Stoops on his radio show last night:
LINK: STOOPS ON NOTRE DAME
Factoring Academics Into CFB Playoff Rankings
Unfortunately, it doesn't get any play...
Well, ESPN's Gregg Easterbrook penned this piece where he took the College Football Playoff Rankings and "mashed-up" the ESPN GRADE ranking system against their TOP 25. Here's the new rankings of teams based on graduation rates:
LINK: CFB PLAYOFF RANKING
Rolling Stone's Take: "Worldwide Cheerleader"
Notre Dame fans are going to want to read this article penned by the Rolling Stone's Jordan Burchette about ESPN's "cheerleading" for the SEC...
LINK: THE WORLDWIDE CHEERLEADER
ND Go Irish Blog Follower Count: 950,000 !!!
At 11:23 PM ET last night a Notre Dame fan from Marble Falls, TX became ND GO IRISH BLOG unique follower #950,000.
Moving ever close to the ONE MILLION mark...
Thanks again for making the ND GO IRISH BLOG one of your Notre Dame stops on the worldwide web!
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Notre Dame Ranked #10 in CFB Playoff Ranking
Well, the "first-ever" College Football Playoff Poll was released in the past 30 minutes and our Fighting Irish are ranked #10 -- with six weeks left in the college football season.
If you look at the rankings -- each of the "Power Five" Conferences have a team ranked ahead of Notre Dame -- is that a coincidence? I don't think so.
We're the "eighth best" one-loss team in the country? Really???
Here's the TOP TWENTY-FIVE:
- Mississippi State
- Florida State
- Auburn
- Ole Miss
- Oregon
- Alabama
- TCU
- Michigan State
- Kansas State
- NOTRE DAME
- Georgia
- Arizona
- Baylor
- Arizona State
- Nebraska
- Ohio State
- Utah
- Oklahoma
- LSU
- West Virginia
- Clemson
- UCLA
- East Carolina
- Duke
- Louisville
LINK: ESPN STORY
Theo Riddick Playing Ahead of Reggie Bush?
That is the question being floated around by the Detroit media these days...
The former Notre Dame student-athlete had his best game as a professional in London, England this past Sunday -- subbing for the often injured Reggie Bush.
Here's what they're saying about Theo Riddick:
LINK: RIDDICK OVER BUSH
Instead of a College Football Playoff Ranking...
What if, the College Football Playoff Committee announced a list of the 28 teams today -- still in consideration for one of the FINAL FOUR SPOTS -- instead of a ranking? Then, every week -- for the next six weeks -- they eliminate four more teams from the list.
So, on Tuesday, December 2nd -- the Committee would announce the list of EIGHT TEAMS still under consideration for the College Football Playoff -- with the Final Four announced on Sunday, December 7th. The Committee would then announce their seeding of those four teams at that time.
So, here's my list of the 28 teams that would still be under consideration for the COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS on October 28, 2014:
ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE:
- Florida State
- Clemson
- Louisville
- Duke
BIG TEN CONFERENCE:
- Michigan State
- Ohio State
- Nebraska
- Wisconsin
SEC CONFERENCE:
- Mississippi State
- Auburn
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Ole Miss
- Missouri
PAC-12 CONFERENCE:
- Oregon
- Arizona State
- Utah
- UCLA
- Arizona
BIG-12 CONFERENCE:
- TCU
- Kansas State
- Baylor
- Oklahoma
AT-LARGE:
- Notre Dame
- East Carolina
- Marshall
- Colorado State
- North Dakota State
Navy Week: Coach Kelly Press Conference
Notre Dame fans can tune-in LIVE at NOON ET today to watch Coach Kelly's press conference. He'll be addressing another Fighting Irish PRIME TIME contest this Saturday night against the Naval Academy.
Just click on the link below:
LINK: COACH KELLY
Enter the Notre Dame Pumpkin Carving Contest
Do you have some "mad skills" as a pumpkin carver? Well, if you do -- now's your chance to show them off!
College Football Playoff Poll Released: 7:30 PM
The "first-ever" College Football Playoff Rankings will be released today at 7:30 PM ET on ESPN. This poll, which is the work of a 12 person committee, will lead to a FINAL FOUR which will be unveiled on December 7th.
Here's what a few of the media prognosticators are thinking how the Committee will rank the teams -- and what to look for this evening:
LINK: DETROIT FREE PRESS
LINK: BIRMINGHAM (AL) NEWS
LINK: CBS SPORTS
LINK: YAHOO! SPORTS
LINK: NEW YORK POST
Monday, October 27, 2014
Photos From Notre Dame's Campus in October
Took a walk around the University of Notre Dame campus this evening and took these photos with my iPhone...
MUST SEE: Navy's "Beat Notre Dame" Video
I don't think we'll be seeing any Notre Dame students doing something like this for a game against Navy.
However, this is really good...
BRAVO!!!
LINK: BEAT NOTRE DAME
NFL Teams With Three + Domers on Payroll...
There are five teams in the NFL that have at least three former Notre Dame student-athletes on their payroll this morning -- and they are a combined 26 - 13 this season...
- ARIZONA CARDINALS: 6 - 1
- DETROIT LIONS: 6 - 2
- NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS: 6 - 2
- SAN DIEGO CHARGERS: 5 - 3
- MINNESOTA VIKINGS: 3 - 5
Four of the five would be in the NFL Playoffs if they started this week -- do you think some NFL General Managers are taking notice?
ARIZONA CARDINALS
- Michael Floyd
- Jon Carlson
- Robert Hughes
- Troy Niklas
DETROIT LIONS
- Golden Tate
- Theo Riddick
- T.J. Jones
- Joseph Fauria -- he transferred out of ND
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
- Jonas Gray
- Darius Fleming
- Kona Schwenke
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS
- Chris Watt
- Manti Te'o
- Trevor Robinson
MINNESOTA VIKINGS
- Harrison Smith
- R.J. Blanton
- Kyle Rudolph
- John Sullivan
That's DOMERS Michael Floyd and Robert Hughes in the photo above.
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Notre Dame Moves Up to #6 in AP Poll
The AP Poll and the Amway Coaches Poll were released today and Ole Miss' loss to LSU moves the Fighting Irish up one spot in each poll.
The poll that counts -- the College Playoff Poll will be released this Tuesday, October 28th at 7:30 PM ET on ESPN.
LINK: POLLS WEEK 10
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