Give Thanks, Give Glory & Give 'Em Hell!

Happy Thanksgiving from Notre Dame!

8FOR8 at Notre Dame:  We gave 8 incoming Notre Dame students a GoPro camera to capture their first 8 weeks of college...


The Phone Call:  A Notre Dame student talks about the "greatest moment" of her life.


This is Home:  A freshman student opens up about her life and the home she's found at Notre Dame.


Halfway Around the World:  A freshman student from China talks about the gift of his Notre Dame education.

Stanford Head Coach Talks Notre Dame Game

Inside Notre Dame's Win Over BC at Fenway

ND Players Talk Drop in CFB Playoff Rankings

New York Times Story on ND QB DeShone Kizer

Thought you'd enjoy reading this...

LINK:  NEW YORK TIMES

ESPN Talks Oklahoma or ND...

Take the Test -- Rank the TEAMS in the Playoff

Well, the Notre Dame family has its IRISH UP!

We just saw our Fighting Irish drop from #4 to #6 -- with three teams jumping us this week in the CFB Playoff Rankings.  Here's what happened Saturday to precipitate this change:

• #4 Notre Dame beat Boston College (3 - 8) 19 - 16 -- despite five turnovers
• #5 Iowa beat Purdue (2 - 8) 40 - 20 at home
• #7 Oklahoma beat TCU (9 - 1) 30 - 29 -- stopping TCU's two point conversion to win the game
• #9 Michigan State beat Ohio State (10 - 0) 17 - 14 -- last second FG

We keep hearing the term "body of work" -- so, here it is -- the body of work for each of the teams ranked #3 to #6 in the CFB Playoff Rankings.  Now it's your turn to sit on the Committee.  You rank the teams...

TAKE THE CFB PLAYOFF COMMITTEE TEST! 
Rank these four "nameless" teams -- in order of #3 to #6.  I'm willing to bet you that if you just use the body of work -- you won't see the Fighting Irish outside the TOP FOUR!

TEAM A  10 - 1

• FBS Opponents' Record:  69 - 59
• FBS Opponents with 8+ wins: 3

TEAM B  11 - 0

• FBS Opponents' Record:  53 - 68
• FBS Opponent's with 8+ wins:  3

TEAM C  10 - 1

• FBS Opponents' Record: 70 - 60
• FBS Opponent's with 8+ wins:  4

TEAM D  10 - 1

• FBS Opponents' Record:  73 - 58
• FBS Opponents with 8+ wins: 5

If you need "tie-breakers" to assist you in determining the rankings of these four teams -- here they are:

• Team D beat Texas 38 - 3
• Team A lost to Texas 24 - 17

• Team D beat Pittsburgh:  42 - 30 @ Pitt
• Team B beat Pittsburgh:  27 - 24 @ Home (on a last second FG)  

Cheat Sheet: Team A is Oklahoma, Team B is Iowa, Team C is Michigan State and Team D is Notre Dame.

A "Sneak Peek" -- A Season With Notre Dame

Go behind-the-scenes as @NDFootball made their home away from home @fenwaypark ​tonight,10p/9c. #ASeasonWith #NDvsBC https://t.co/RMUL9071p1

— A Season With (@ASeasonWith) November 25, 2015

On Showtime this evening at 10 PM ET.

Stanford Week: Coach Kelly Press Conference

OT: Pope Francis' Miracle Kiss...

   

Romeo Okwara Talks With Jac Collinsworth

Coach Kelly Talks BC Win with Jack Nolan

Tonight's CFB Playoff Rankings...

Folks, here's the drill...

Whether we're #3, #4, #5 or #6 tonight -- it really doesn't matter.

WE HAVE TO BEAT STANFORD SATURDAY ON THE ROAD -- we do that and I like our chances of finishing in the TOP FOUR.  Here's why:

• The ACC will have one team in the CFB Playoff
• The SEC will have one team in the CFB Playoff
• The Big Ten will have one team in the CFB Playoff 

This is a given.

It will come down to who looks better on paper out of these three teams -- for one of those four positions in the Playoff:

• 11 - 1 Notre Dame
• 11 - 1 Oklahoma or an 11 - 1 Oklahoma State

Here's what that "paper" looks like right now:

NOTRE DAME:

• FBS Opponents:  11
• Opponents Records:  73 - 58
• Opponents with 8+ wins:  5
• Common opponent Texas: Notre Dame 38 - Texas 3

Please note:  if Pitt beats Miami this Saturday -- ND will have 5 opponents with 9+ wins this season.

OKLAHOMA:

• FBS Opponents:  11
• Opponents Records:  69 - 59
• Opponents with 8+ wins:  3 
• Common opponent Texas:  Texas 24 - Oklahoma 17

OKLAHOMA STATE:

• FBS Opponents: 9
• Opponents Records:  67 - 60 
• Opponents with 8+ wins: 3
• Common opponent Texas: Oklahoma State 30 - Texas 27

We beat Stanford Saturday night -- it will be difficult to keep us out of the Playoff!

BC Head Coach Talks Loss to Notre Dame

Full Game Replay: ND 19 - BC 16 @ Fenway

Here's a link to the full game replay of Notre Dame's win over Boston College last night at Fenway Park...

LINK:  ND 19 - BC 16

BC Game: Coach Kelly's Post Game Presser

Brian Kelly Talks With ESPN After Win Over BC

David Ortiz's Request of Notre Dame Football

This is pretty cool.

Notre Dame Football Equipment Manager Ryan Grooms @NDFBEquipment sent out this tweet, acknowledging that Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz requested that Notre Dame wide receiver Torii Hunter, Jr. (son of recently retired baseball star Torii Hunter, Sr.) -- be assigned his locker for tonight's game at Fenway Park.

Classy move.

Photo: Notre Dame Helmet Atop Green Monster

Notre Dame Football's Equipment Manager Ryan Grooms @NDFBEquipment "tweeted" out these two photos yesterday...