ND Law Prof Nominated by President Trump

It's being reported that Amy Coney Barrett, a Notre Dame law professor (and ND Law grad) will be  nominated by President Trump to serve as judge for the United States Courts of Appeals for the 7th Circuit (Chicago).

LINK:  NEW YORK TIMES STORY

LINK:  COURTS OF APPEALS

ND Engineering Students -- Aircraft's 1st Flight

Notre Dame students built this plane from scratch. Here's their Notre Dame Day interview above -- below, is a video of its maiden flight!

CNBC: Domer Picked "Top 10 Business Grad"

Casey Gelchion -- a member of Notre Dame's Class of 2017 was just featured by CNBC one of the TOP TEN BUSINESS GRADS this year!

Congratulations!

LINK:  STORY

Way Too Early Top 25 for Women's Hoops

Muffet's Irish getting some respect...

LINK:  WAY TOO EARLY

ND Men's Hoops -- in CBS Sports Top 15 Poll!

Great to see -- even though we have six months until the season starts!

LINK:  CBS HOOPS POLL

Then there is this poll -- which doesn't have us ranked at all:  FOX SPORTS

Browns Head Coach High on DeShone Kizer

Thought you'd enjoy reading this story...

LINK:  HUE JACKSON TALKS KIZER

Notre Dame's Monogram Club Ceremony

OT: I'm Rooting for Patch & Irish War Cry...

The 143 Kentucky Derby will be starting soon on NBC -- thought I'd share my two favorites:  Patch and Irish War Cry...

LINK:  PATCH

LINK:  IRISH WAR CRY

OT: This Gets Me Every Time...

Gerry Faust Interviewed by Steve Beuerlein

OT: A Young Man I'm Quite Proud Of...

If you're a long-time follower of the ND GO IRISH BLOG you may remember the stories of Nick Becker -- a young man with Down syndrome here in South Bend.

LINK:  THE SWISH HEARD ROUND SOUTH BEND

LINK:  A DAD, HIS SON AND NOTRE DAME

Well, Rick Becker (AKA Nick's Dad) sent me a note this morning about their speech to the St. Joseph County Right to Life Dinner this past week here in South Bend. 

Here's the coverage of Nick & Rick's testimony in the Catholic Register.


LINK:  MUST READ

Domers Diggins & Smith Tie the Knot!

Former Notre Dame "All-Everything" Skylar Diggins married her college sweetheart, Daniel Smith -- former Fighting Irish wide receiver.

Congratulations!

LINK:  MORE WEDDING PICS 

 

First look at Skylar's new name on back of jersey!

Scully & ND Glee Club: Here Come the Irish

The Golic's Talk the Notre Dame Trail

An Open Letter from a Coach to His Player

DeShone Kizer's Opening Press Conference

Kizer met with the media in Cleveland yesterday...

LINK:  PRESS CONFERENCE

Fox Sports: Way too Early 2018 NFL Mock Draft

Do you think NFL folks believe Notre Dame has the best LEFT SIDE O-LINE in college football?

LINK:  2018 NFL MOCK DRAFT

Notre Dame Lacrosse Plays for ACC Title Today

Kevin Corrigan's Fighting Irish play North Carolina today for the ACC Championship on ESPU -- LIVE at Noon ET!

Here's the game story:  GO IRISH!

Notre Dame Players Signing With NFL Teams

Here's the list (below) of Notre Dame football players signing free agent deals with NFL teams -- click on their names to read the stories.

You may recall Romeo Okwara signed as a "free agent" (this time last year) with the New York Giants.  Okwara went on to earn significant playing time in his rookie season...

I will bet -- the same happens with James Onwualu with the Chargers.  I know for a fact that SEVENTEEN NFL TEAMS called James today -- trying to get him to sign an NFL free agent deal with them.  They all know he will out work every player in their training camp...

The journey begins next week.

• James Onwualu -- Los Angeles Chargers

• Jarron Jones -- New York Giants

• Cole Luke -- Carolina Panthers

2017 NFL Draft Rookie Pay Scale Chart

Here's what the NFL teams can pay their 2017 draft picks.  See every player drafted and the value of their first NFL contract at the link below.

NOTRE DAME PLAYERS DRAFTED -- 2017 DRAFT CLASS -- only money guaranteed is the signing bonus:

DeShone Kizer -- pick #52

• Signing bonus: $1,748,230
• Total 4-year contract value:  $4,961,316
• First year salary:  $902,507

Isaac Rochell -- pick #225

• Signing bonus:  $88,099
• Total 4-year contract value:  $2,443,009
• First year salary:  $487,002

LINK:  WHAT EVERY NFL ROOKIE WILL MAKE