— Detroit Lions (@Lions) August 17, 2018The former Notre Dame running back has caught 224 passes in his NFL career so far for 1,854 yards and 14 yards -- out of the backfield in Detroit!
Saturday, August 18, 2018
Domer Theo Riddick's Run N' Catch Last Night
Domer Okwara Puts Huge Hit On Lions' QB
Former Notre Dame defensive end -- Romeo Okwara -- put a huge hit on a Detroit Lions' QB, causing a fumble...ICYMI: Romeo's big hit moments ago #NYGvsDET pic.twitter.com/shtp9nuTHo— New York Giants (@Giants) August 18, 2018
Friday, August 17, 2018
Things Are Looking Up for DeShone Kizer!
QB @deshonekizer reacts to his two-touchdown performance against the Steelers Thursday night.— Green Bay Packers (@packers) August 17, 2018
🎥: https://t.co/qOlnajwhXh#PITvsGB #GoPackGo pic.twitter.com/b1V0xhwSnY
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Team Photo Today at Notre Dame Stadium
Say 🧀! @NDFootball wrapped up Media Day with the annual team photo! 📸#GoIrish☘️ pic.twitter.com/F5GQLNCydt— The Fighting Irish (@FightingIrish) August 15, 2018
Monday, August 13, 2018
Sunday, August 12, 2018
Nice Things Being Said About Josh Adams...
.@eagles #JoshAdams has a real chance to “stick” very productive @NDFootball . With 2 top 10 drafted OL everyone had long looks at his career the last 2 seasons and yet, UDFA. Join the club JA. Keep the chip on the shoulder. #BaldyBreakdowns pic.twitter.com/D0yairPtyZ— Brian Baldinger (@BaldyNFL) August 11, 2018
Saturday, August 11, 2018
Friday, August 10, 2018
Notre Dame in the NFL -- Exhibition Update
Took a lap around the worldwide web this morning to see how a number of former Notre Dame football players fared last night in their NFL Exhibition Season debut...
VIDEO INTERVIEWS:
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS:
- Quenton Nelson (#56) -- Colts
- DeShone Kizer -- 51 yard pass
- DeShone Kizer -- 1st down run
- KeiVarae Russell (#20) -- Interception
STORIES:
Thursday, August 9, 2018
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Domer Golden Tate Talks with NFL Network...
.@MarvinJonesJr on #Lions WRs: "Week in and week out, we're alway battling"— Detroit Lions (@Lions) August 8, 2018
(via @nflnetwork) pic.twitter.com/0VW713zy2e
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Jose Castellano -- He Loved Notre Dame...
I saw this tweet (above) a few days ago -- and I reached out to the Son (Joachim Castellano) who wrote this about his Dad, Jose Castellano -- pictured below in his (ever present) Notre Dame hat on a family trip to Yellowstone in 1999.
I learned that one of Jose's sons (Ken Castellano, Class of 1996) attended the University of Notre Dame -- the school their Dad had told them all about as kids. I also learned about a wonderful tribute to Jose -- that I asked for permission to share on the ND GO IRISH BLOG
Joachim, thanks for agreeing to share this with your Notre Dame Family!
A Toast to Lolo and Dad
If you searched Google Maps for our house 10 years ago, you’d actually see my dad, from a bird’s eye view, mowing the lawn. He was wearing jeans, a work shirt, and a well-worn University of Notre Dame hat. I often wondered what was the big deal about ND? I get it, we’re Catholic, but South Bend is far away from New Jersey, and we’re not even Irish! When I asked Dad about it, ND was much more than a football team, it was a beacon of the American Dream that helped inspire him to immigrate to this country.
Growing up in post-war Manila, on Sundays after Mass, he’d listen to ND football games on the U.S. Armed Forces Network radio station. It was here he learned that Notre Dame is an institution of excellence and virtue. The Fighting Irish helped plant a seed of the American Dream in him. After graduating from college and marrying my mom, he chose not to live a comfortable life in the Philippines, and instead go for the risky play, and start a career and family life in America.
Dad was courageous, he was bold. He wanted his children to grow up in the states and compete with the best, because he believed in all of us. Now, listen carefully, Lolo’s grandchildren: education was very important to Lolo. However, unlike a Strict Asian Dad, he never punished me for bad grades (perhaps because I earned straight A+s). I remember on every report card day, he would walk up to me, laughing, firmly shake my hand, pat me on the head, and walk away, laughing.
Dad was generally quiet. He went about life with humility and grace. He never bragged about his own life achievements or dictated what we should do. He led by example. But he did like to talk about his kids and especially his grandkids. Each one of you has Lolo in your blood which manifests through love of music, dance, education, or generosity of spirit.
Speaking of generosity, Dad had plenty to give. When he was courting my mom, I found out that he would never come to my lola’s house empty-handed. He would buy basketball tickets for my tito Boy, a record for my tita Maris, firecrackers on New Years and at the very least, chicken salad prepared by his dearest eldest sister, tita Choeling. He bought Pat his first guitar, Orchid a cat, Gerard, weightlifting equipment, Ken a basketball hoop, and me....a set of encyclopedias and math software.
Dad was a big tipper. Before going to the Philippines, he would bring a huge wad of singles that he would hand out like candy to anybody who helped him, including the Filipino immigration officer. One of my treasured memories is when my mom and dad came to visit me in Osaka. After a lunch of tonkatsu, he left a tip for our waitress, even though I told him that tipping is not customary in Japan. She chased Dad outside the restaurant to return his money, but he wouldn’t accept it back.
Dad was most generous with his cooking. He loved spending time in the kitchen, making food from back home. Photos throughout the years showed many smiling faces gathered around dishes prepared by my dad. He even built his own rotisserie in the backyard to roast lechon.
Dad lost his father because of the World War 2, at age five. So he had no reference, no father figure. I think that’s why he turned to his faith for guidance from our Heavenly Father. And throughout his life he provided us a great example of how to live. You’ve worked so very hard until the very end, you lived like a champion, now let’s toast to your victorious life, Jose Castellano!
Written by son, Joachim Castellano
Glossary
Tagalog is one of the official languages of the Philippines, English is the other.
lolo - Tagalog word for grandfather
lola -Tagalog word for grandmother
tita - Tagalog word for aunt
tito - Tagalog word for uncle
lechon - spit-roasted pig
Joachim, I look forward to meeting you in person along with a number of your family members at the Ball State Game!
Joachim, I look forward to meeting you in person along with a number of your family members at the Ball State Game!
PACKERS: Latest On Equanimeous St. Brown
The folks in Green Bay are starting to notice former Notre Dame wide receiver Equanimeous St. Brown...
LINK: THREE THINGS
We Don't Have "a QB Battle" at Notre Dame...
I see the lead to this ESPN.COM story -- so misleading...
Brandon Wimbush is our QB. Period.
LINK: TOP 25 STORYLINES
Monday, August 6, 2018
Notre Dame's "Pure Michigan Defensive Ends"
Kahlid Kareem and Daelin Hayes -- both from the state of Michigan, talk defensive line play today...
ND Fan Patrick Reed's "Green Out Tweet"
Got to love this -- the "ultimate" green piece of clothing if you love the game of golf...
Irish wear GREEN for the Michigan game!
Sunday, August 5, 2018
ESPN’s College GameDay: UM vs. ND
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) August 4, 2018It’s happening!
The Michigan vs. Notre Dame just got a little bigger...
Going to be fun!
Saturday, August 4, 2018
Friday, August 3, 2018
Pro Football Hall of Famers by College...
Not surprised with who leads the pack -- though I am surprised with a few of the schools on this list.
Here's the complete list of former Notre Dame football players and alums in the Pro Football Hall of Fame:
Thursday, August 2, 2018
Notre Dame Ranked #11 in a Couple Polls
The Amway Coaches Poll came out today -- along with the ESPN FPI rankings...
This is also the first year -- in many -- that Notre Dame will go into a season not playing a team ranked higher than them in the Coaches' preseason poll.
LINK: COACHES POLL
LINK: ESPN FPI
Skylar Diggins-Smith's Talks Puma's Return...
The former Notre Dame "All-Everything" -- sat down with a writer from The Undefeated...
LINK: PUMA'S RETURN
Wednesday, August 1, 2018
The National Champs Inside the Colosseum!
Photos taken today of the National Champions (the Fighting Irish) inside the Colosseum in Rome.
Why do I believe this is the first time a NCAA National Championship trophy has been inside this edifice!
It's Finally Happened -- We Wear Green for ND!
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) August 1, 2018
Those who follow this blog know I've been rallying for this -- for years...
I've been frustrated that we've never united as a Notre Dame fan base around wearing one color when we go anywhere (home or away) to root on the Fighting Irish.
That changes the first Saturday in September -- we all WEAR GREEN!
IT'S TIME!
Here's my post from 2015:
LINK: WEARING "FIGHTING IRISH GREEN"
NFL Training Camp Updates: Notre Dame
LINK: QUENTON NELSON -- Colts
LINK: MATHIAS FARLEY -- Colts
LINK: ZACK MARTIN -- Cowboys
LINK: JAYLON SMITH -- Cowboys
LINK: SCOTT DALY -- Cowboys
LINK: RONNIE STANLEY -- Ravens
LINK: BENNETT JACKSON -- Ravens
LINK: HARRISON SMITH -- Vikings
LINK: KYLE RUDOLPH -- Vikings
LINK: JAMES ONWUALU -- Chargers
LINK: ISAAC ROCHELL -- Chargers
LINK: JOHN SULLIVAN -- Rams
LINK: SHELDON DAY -- 49ers
LINK: MIKE MCGLINCHEY -- 49ers
LINK: C. J. PROSISE -- Seahawks
LINK: TYLER EIFERT -- Bengals
LINK: KEIVARAE RUSSELL -- Bengals
LINK: STEPHON TUITT -- Steelers
LINK: GOLDEN TATE -- Lions
LINK: T.J. JONES -- Lions
LINK: THEO RIDDICK -- Lions
LINK: DESHONE KIZER -- Packers
LINK: GREER MARTINI -- Packers
LINK: EQUANIMEOUS ST. BROWN -- Packers
LINK: ANDREW TRUMBETTI -- Bears
LINK: JARRON JONES -- Giants
LINK: ROMEO OKWARA -- Giants
LINK: GEORGE ATKINSON -- Jets
LINK: JOSH ADAMS -- Eagles
LINK: MANTI TE'O -- Saints
LINK: MICHAEL FLOYD -- Saints
LINK: DURHAM SMYTHE -- Dolphins
LINK: SAM YOUNG -- Dolphins
LINK: J.J. JANSEN -- Panthers
LINK: COLE LUKE -- Panthers
LINK: WILL FULLER V -- Texans
LINK: NICK MARTIN -- Texans
LINK: BEN KOYACK -- Jaguars
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