Notre Dame Fans -- Meet Avery Sebastian !!!

Notre Dame made it official today -- Avery Sebastian, a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley -- has been accepted as a grad student-athlete.

The safety will join the Fighting Irish this summer and will be wearing that GOLD HELMET this fall!

Here's a little info on Avery:

LINK:  INTERVIEW

LINK:  ESPN STORY

LINK:  CHICAGO TRIBUNE STORY

NFL "Pre-Combine" Draft Grades -- ND Players

Three former Notre Dame student-athletes will "officially" begin their quest to play professional football this weekend in Indianapolis at the 2015 NFL COMBINE.  Here's what the talent evaluators think of each...

LINK:  KYLE BRINDZA

LINK:  DAVARIS DANIELS

LINK:  BEN KOYACK

Our New Defensive Line Coach? -- Mic'd Up

The rumored new Notre Dame defensive line coach Keith Gilmore -- is seen in this video during his time at Illinois coaching the "d-boys."  Enjoy!

LINK:  GOING TO BE FUN

On Track For One of the All-Time Great Records

In 110 years of Notre Dame Men's Basketball -- 23 wins in a season, has only been bettered TEN TIMES in history!

The #10 Fighting Irish, with their win tonight over Wake Forest, are now 23 - 4 on the season -- the ELEVENTH MOST WINS in a season in history. 

Here's the list of the "top-five WIN" seasons in Notre Dame Men's Basketball history:

ALL-TIME TOP FIVE MOST WINS IN A SEASON:

• 1908-09:  33 - 7  -- coached by Raymond Scanlon
• 2010-11:  27 - 7  -- coached by Mike Brey
• 1973-74:  26 - 3  -- coached by Digger Phelps
• 2007-08:  25 - 8  -- coached by Mike Brey
• 2012-13:  25 - 10 -- coached by Mike Brey

News: Gilmore & Denson Join Notre Dame Staff

Keith Gilmore, currently the defensive line coach at the University of North Carolina -- is rumored to be taking the same position here at Notre Dame.  And, Notre Dame's all-time leading rusher Autry Denson is rumored to have accepted the running backs coach position.  STORY

THERE HAS BEEN NO CONFIRMATION OF THEIR HIRING BY NOTRE DAME.

Gilmore -- a new name to IRISH fans in the coaching rumor mill -- has served on Brian Kelly's coaching staff at Grand Valley State, Central Michigan and Cincinnati. 

Here's what I could find about Keith Gilmore:

LINK:  COACHING BIO

LINK:  INTERVIEW -- NATIONAL SIGNING DAY

LINK:  INTERVIEW -- CINCINNATI COACHING STAFF

ND Freshman Scores SIX GOALS in First Game!

It didn't take long for Mikey Wynne (Sykesville, MD) to become a name on "scouting reports" all over the college lacrosse world...

Wynne was the "fourth ranked" high school lacrosse player in the country last year.

The freshman -- playing in his first ever college game -- scored SIX GOALS in #2 Notre Dame's 14 - 12 opening game win over Georgetown.

Here's some of the highlights -- and a couple of stories:

LINK:  ND BEATS GEORGETOWN

LINK:  LACROSSE MAGAZINE 

LINK:  STORY

Manti Te'o Talks to Nike Football Campers

 

Former Notre Dame All-American Manti Te'o recently spoke at a Nike Football Camp in his home state.  Here's what he had to say to the next generation of Hawaii football stars...

LINK:  MANTI

Jimmy Clausen's Wedding Photos Today!

Former Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen married USC alum Jess Gysn this afternoon. 

Congratulations!

Domer Dunne & Reed -- THIRD PLACE FINISH!

Notre Dame alum and Board of Trustee member Jimmy Dunne III '78, finished in third place this afternoon at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am!

Dunne and U.S. Ryder Cup team member Patrick Reed finished at (-39) for the four-day tournament -- just three shots behind the winning team of Pat Perez and his amateur partner Michael Lund (co-founder of Pandora).

Jimmy had quite a week on the Pacific coastline -- he contributed TWENTY-SEVEN STROKES to their team score -- with handicap -- over the four-day tournament.

Dunne shot a 69 at Pebble Beach (without handicap) on Thursday -- beating his playing partner Patrick Reed (who shot a 70), the #15 ranked player in the world!!!

Congratulations Jimmy -- I don't think an amateur had a better tournament than you this week!

Photo above:  That is Jimmy in a pink shirt / white pants on the 13th tee at Monterey Peninsula Country Club during Friday's round -- as his PGA Tour playing partner Patrick Reed tees off.

LINK:  FINAL LEADERBOARD

Domer Dunne & Reed Tee Off at 12:35 PM ET

If you're hoping to see Notre Dame Board of Trustee member Jimmy Dunne '78, on TV today -- you'll want to be watching the first two hours of the Golf Channel's coverage (1:00 PM ET to 2:30 PM ET) of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.   

CBS picks up their coverage beginning at 3:00 PM ET going to 6:30 PM ET.

Dunne and his PGA Tour playing partner Patrick Reed tee-off at 12:35 PM ET off of the 10th tee at Pebble Beach -- meaning they'll be playing the closing holes on the back nine around 2 PM ET or so...

Jimmy's the only amateur in the foursome of Patrick Reed, Dudley Hart and Greg Chalmers -- should be quite a day for the Domer!

They are in FIFTH PLACE going into today's Final Round -- five strokes behind the leaders.

LINK:  TEE TIMES AND PAIRINGS

LINK:  LEADERBOARD

Jimmy Clausen and DOMER Wedding Photos

Former Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen will get married Sunday -- and all week long he's been joined by a bunch of his former Fighting Irish teammates.  You'll see Clausen and his USC Trojan alum wife in the top photo and additional photos with Golden Tate, Michael Floyd, Kyle Rudolph...

Domer Dunne in 5th Place Going Into Sunday!

Jimmy Dunne, '78, and his PGA Tour playing partner Patrick Reed are in FIFTH PLACE going into tomorrow's final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

The Notre Dame Board of Trustee member and his Ryder Cup team member partner are five strokes back after shooting a 64 today at Spyglass Hill GC.  Dunne had another great day on the course contributing SEVEN SHOTS to their eight under team score!!!

Only the top 25 Pro-Am teams get to play in Sunday's final round -- which will be televised on the Golf Channel and CBS -- here's the broadcast schedule:

• GOLF CHANNEL:  1:00 PM ET to 2:30 PM ET
• CBS:  3:00 PM ET to 6:30 PM ET

LINK:  LEADERBOARD

Notre Dame Hockey Shutout of #10 Providence

The Fighting Irish beat #10 Providence tonight 2 - 0 -- as Notre Dame freshman goalie Cal Peterson turns away 38 shots on goal!

The win puts ND into a tie for third place in Hockey East!

Here's the game story!


LINK:  PROVIDENCE JOURNAL

LINK:  NOTRE DAME STORY

Domer Dunne & Reed: 4th Place After Round 2

Notre Dame Board of Trustee member Jimmy Dunne III '78, and his PGA Tour playing partner Patrick Reed continued their great play at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am -- shooting a (-9) score in today's 2nd Round -- giving them a two-day score of (-20) good for fourth place!

Dunne, once again came up big -- contributing FIVE SHOTS to their team score!  To those of you counting -- that's now 14 shots Jimmy has contributed to their team score in two days -- playing with the #15 ranked player in the world!

You can see Jimmy and Patrick play tomorrow on the Golf Channel and CBS -- they will play Spyglass Hill GC -- here's the broadcast schedule:

• Golf Channel:  1:00 PM ET to 2:30 PM ET
• CBS:  3:00 PM ET to 6:00 PM ET

The top 25 pro-am teams after tomorrow's third round make the cut for Sunday's final round...

GO JIMMY & PATRICK!

LINK:  PRO-AM LEADERBOARD

Torii Hunter Jr. Playing Notre Dame Baseball!

The story broke today that Notre Dame student-athlete Torii Hunter, Jr. is adding "baseball" to his list of Fighting Irish teams he's playing for...  Can't say I'm surprised when you carry that name around.

The football wide-receiver is with Mik Aoki's baseball team this weekend in Oklahoma -- wearing uniform #2 and playing the outfield.

Notre Dame fans will remember that Torii was drafted by the Detroit Tigers (36th Round of the 2013 MLB Draft) coming out of high school -- here's Torii talking about playing baseball for the IRISH:

LINK:  TORII TALKS ND BASEBALL 

LINK:  NOTRE DAME RELEASE

LINK:  TIGERS DRAFT HUNTER JR.

Domer Dunne in 4th Place After First Round!

Jimmy Dunne III '78, a member of Notre Dame's Board of Trustees is in 4th place after today's first round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am!

Dunne and his PGA Tour playing partner -- US Ryder Cup team member Patrick Reed -- are at (-11) after their round today at Pebble Beach.  Reed shot a 2-under 70 -- meaning Jimmy contributed NINE SHOTS to their team score with his 4 handicap...

Folks, if you haven't figured it out, Dunne is quite a player -- he holds the course record at Shinnecock Hills with a 63 -- he shot this in 2011.

Reed and Dunne tee off at 3:50 PM ET tomorrow at Monterey Peninsula Country Club's Shore Course.  You can watch the tournament LIVE on the GOLF CHANNEL tomorrow from 3 PM ET to 6 PM ET.

The TV broadcast schedule for Saturday & Sunday:

• Golf Channel:  1:00 PM ET to 2:30 PM ET
• CBS:  3:00 PM ET to 6:00 PM ET -- 6:30 PM ET on Sunday's Final Round

Good luck Jimmy!!!

LINK:  PRO-AM LEADERBOARD

Is This Alford's Replacement at Notre Dame?

Deland McCullough is one of the latest rumors swirling around the media as a potential replacement for recently departed Tony Alford.

He's currently the running back coach at Indiana University -- where he's served the Hoosiers in that capacity the past four seasons.  Deland was a four-year starter at Miami of Ohio at running back before bouncing around NFL rosters in Cincinnati and Philadelphia for a few seasons.

The Big Ten Network picked him as one of the top assistant coaches in the conference this past season -- see link below.

Here is Deland being interviewed by the media:

LINK:  DELAND -- TALKING HOOSIER RB'S

LINK:  TOP ASSISTANT COACHES -- BIG TEN

Vanderbilt Has Already Replaced Todd Lyght

And, he hasn't been announced yet as a coach at Notre Dame...

LINK:  VANDY REPLACES LYGHT

ND Women Picked an "Early" #1 NCAA Seed

The NCAA Women's Division I basketball committee released their "top four" teams -- as of today...

And, the IRISH are sitting in the #3 overall position -- not a bad place to be this season.

UCONN is the overall #1 seed followed by South Carolina, Notre Dame and Tennessee.

Here's the story:

LINK:  NOTRE DAME A TOP SEED

Notre Dame Fans: Get to Know Mike Sanford Jr.

Took a lap around the worldwide web this evening to see what I could find in regards to Mike Sanford Jr., -- the rumored "soon to be hired" football coach at Notre Dame...

Here's what I've found:

LINK:  INTRODUCTORY NEWS CONFERENCE AT BOISE STATE

LINK:  INTERVIEW AFTER FIESTA BOWL WIN

LINK:  TALKING BOISE STATE QB'S