Friday, October 31, 2014

Robinson & Hunter on Brian Kelly Radio Show


Corey Robinson and Torii Hunter Jr. were guests last night on the Brian Kelly Radio Show. 

You'll want to hear Coach Kelly talk about "WE PLAY REAL GAMES..."

LINK:  BRIAN KELLY RADIO SHOW
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Thursday, October 30, 2014

Navy QB, FB and Head Coach Talk Notre Dame


Navy Football talks about Saturday night's game against Notre Dame...

LINK:  NAVY FOOTBALL
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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
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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
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A "Touchdown Jesus" Pumpkin Design!


My wife created this "TOUCHDOWN JESUS" pumpkin today -- pretty awesome if I say so myself!
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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
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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
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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
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Factoring Academics Into CFB Playoff Rankings

The folks at ESPN -- who rarely ever talk about graduation rates of college student-athletes -- created a formula called ESPN GRADE which factors in graduation rates when ranking teams. 

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


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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
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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!
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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:
  1.  Mississippi State
  2.  Florida State
  3.  Auburn
  4.  Ole Miss
  5.  Oregon
  6.  Alabama
  7.  TCU
  8.  Michigan State
  9.  Kansas State
  10.  NOTRE DAME
  11.  Georgia
  12.  Arizona
  13.  Baylor
  14.  Arizona State
  15.  Nebraska
  16.  Ohio State
  17.  Utah
  18.  Oklahoma
  19.  LSU
  20.  West Virginia
  21.  Clemson
  22.  UCLA
  23.  East Carolina
  24.  Duke
  25.  Louisville

LINK:  ESPN STORY
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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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
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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...
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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
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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.
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