Updated Photos: ND Football Practice Facility

Here's the latest photos -- the final pieces of the steel structure are going up...

ESPN Favors Notre Dame in Every Game!

Here's a link to the ESPN FPI (Football Power Index) -- and their look at every Notre Dame Football game this season and the probability of a Fighting Irish VICTORY!

You're going to like what you see!

LINK:  ND SCHEDULE -- WIN PROBABILITY

Notre Dame Football's "Mental Coach"

Here's a link (below) to Dr. Amber Selking (ND alumna) -- Notre Dame Football's Mental Performance Coach -- talking her craft -- along with a link to her company's website:

LINK:  SELKING

LINK:  COMPANY WEBSITE

ESPN's FPI Has 8 Teams Favored All Season

The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame are one of the eight football teams that ESPN's Football Power Index has favored in every game they play this season...

Here are the eight teams:

• NOTRE DAME
• Alabama
• Washington
• Georgia
• Clemson
• Miami (FL)
• Ohio State 
• Oklahoma

Domer Skylar Diggins-Smith Receives Award

"The important part is showing up, but it's to keep showing up."

Inside the work of @SkyDigg, our @DawnStaley Community Leadership Award winner, with the Boys & Girls Club! pic.twitter.com/pWMPc3vWdA

— WNBA (@WNBA) July 20, 2018

The WNBA honored former Notre Dame All-American Skylar Diggins-Smith with their DAWN STALEY AWARD for Community Leadership.  Congrats Skylar!

Domer Samardzija Dealing With "Dead Arm"

The former two-sport star at Notre Dame is dealing with an injury that has him on the Disabled List.

The word is the San Francisco Giants have let the New York Yankees that Samardzija would be available in a trade...

See stories below:

LINK:  SAMARDZIJA TREATMENT

LINK:  SAMARDZIJA TO NEW YORK?

Vandy HC & Finebaum: "Notre Dame is Special"

This is an interview that took place back in May...

Move forward in the interview to the 3 minute mark to hear the Notre Dame talk.

At yesterday's SEC MEDIA DAYS -- Vanderbilt's head football coach sang a different tune.  See link below:

LINK:  VANDY COACH

Know Thy Opponent: Criticism of Harbaugh

Former Michigan Wolverine Armani Toomer takes Harbaugh and his team to task...

Video Replay: Arike Wins an ESPY Last Night!

Notice how Terrell Owens "whiffs" on the pronunciation of OGUNBOWALE...

Photos: Notre Dame Takes Over the ESPYS

"Come see us on the court."

Arike Ogunbowale and @ndwbb are bringing another 🏆 back. This time, it's the Best Play award from the @ESPYS!#GoIrishpic.twitter.com/YbMEuVvBI2

— The Fighting Irish (@FightingIrish) July 19, 2018

OT: This Story Absolutely Made My Day...

I would hire this young man in a second.  Read the entire story below...

LINK:  FULL STORY

The Notre Dame Family Needs to Rally!!!

Please take a moment before NOON ET tomorrow (Wednesday) and vote for an ESPY for Notre Dame Women's Basketball.

Here's where to vote:

LINK:  VOTE HERE

A Family Business Celebrating 100 Years!

Ruttura and Sons -- a concrete business located on Long Island, NY -- celebrated their 100th year in business this weekend.  CONGRATULATIONS!

Four generations of Ruttura's have worked in the family business -- this Notre Dame family is very special to me.

That's Tommy Ruturra (a ND Dad) reppin' NOTRE DAME as he spoke to the gathered crowd at their celebration.  I'm not surprised with what he chose to wear...

FYI:  That's my awesome neighbor Rocky Geans directly over Tommy's shoulder -- they have been best friends for many years.

LINK:  COMPANY WEBSITE

Golden Tate is "Top Domer" at Golf Tournament

Four former Notre Dame football stars and Head Coach Brian Kelly -- played this week in the American Century Championship at Lake Tahoe.

The tournament is scored by a modified Stableford format -- giving points for eagles, birdies and pars...

Here's the final standings amongst the Notre Dame crowd:

1. Golden Tate -- 29 points, tied for 37th
2. Jerome Bettis -- 22 points, tied for 42nd 
3. Joe Theismann -- 20 points, tied for 45th
4. Tim Brown -- 11 points, tied for 48th
5. Brian Kelly -- 7 points, 52nd 

Former Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo won the tournament - but passed on the $125,000 first place check.  He's heading out tomorrow to qualify for the US Amateur.

Side note:  Ohio State Head Coach Urban Meyer (a former ND Assistant Coach) ended up with 4 points and finished tied for 55th. 

LINK:  FULL LEADERBOARD

Wedding Bells Yesterday for ND Linebacker

Notre Dame Football Captain Drue Tranquill got married yesterday! 

Looks like the outdoor wedding may have been a little warm.

Domer Becca Huffer Shoots 65 -- Now in Sixth!

Former Notre Dame women's golf star Becca Huffer shot a 65 yesterday at the Donald Ross Course at the French Lick Resort to move up to a tie for 6th place going into today's FINAL ROUND.

The 65 tied the lowest round of the tournament.  Becca is playing some of the best golf of her career, coming off of a 2nd place finish in the last Symetra Tour event.

Good luck today Becca!

LINK:  LEADERBOARD

Domer Leaderboard After First Round...

Here's a look at how the Notre Dame crowd did today during the first round of the American Century Celebrity Golf Classic...

• Jerome Bettis:  14 points in a tie for 20th
• Golden Tate:  10 points in a tie for 33rd 
• Brian Kelly:  8 points in a tie for 37th
• Tim Brown:  8 points in a tie for 37th
• Joe Theismann:  5 points in a tie for 45th

That's Coach Kelly with NBC's Kathryn Tappen and Doug Flutie today.

LINK:  LEADERBOARD

Domers Playing in Celebrity Golf Classic!

There are a number of former Notre Dame football stars and our head football coach -- playing in this weekend's American Century Celebrity Golf Classic at Lake Tahoe...

Here are their Friday tee times and playing partners (PT TIME):

• 7:49 AM PT:  Joe Theismann, Alex Smith and Mark Rypien
• 8:07 AM PT:  Tim Brown, Adam Thielen and Sterling Sharpe
• 9:10 AM PT:  Jerome Bettis, Marcus Allen and Terrell Davis
• 9:46 AM PT:  Golden Tate, Reggie Bush and Deron Williams
• 9:55 AM PT:  Brian Kelly, Doug Flutie and Kathryn Tappen

The Golf Channel will broadcast the tournament LIVE at 3 PM ET -- Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

LINK:  LEADERBOARD

ND Football: Steel Structure Almost All In Place!

Looks like we have about 10 yards to go -- the "North End Zone" of the new Notre Dame Football Indoor Practice Facility -- before the steel frame will be complete!

To give you a sense for the size of this structure -- those are workers standing on the roof...

Indiana's College Football Teams' Top Games

Never thought I'd ever look at a list like this...

What shocked me was one of the INDY STAR'S pick as the "top two" games involving college football teams from the State of Indiana.  See story linked below:

LINK:  TOP GAMES