Sunday, October 6, 2013
Mornin' After Notre Dame's Big Win Over ASU
There were very few "media experts" who were predicting a Notre Dame win last night -- especially Musberger, Corso and Herbstreit from ESPN and even NBC's Flutie and Hines -- who all picked Arizona State to beat our IRISH.
What though the odds...
Here's what the media is saying ten hours after Notre Dame's 37 - 34 victory:
LINK: SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
LINK: NBC'S NOTRE DAME CENTRAL
LINK: DALLAS MORNING NEWS
LINK: ARIZONA SPORTS
LINK: FORTH WORTH TELEGRAM
LINK: ESPN
Replay of Shamrock Series Pre-Game Show
If you missed WatchND's pre-game coverage from AT&T Stadium -- you can watch it right here...
LINK: REPLAY OF PRE-GAME SHOW
Coach Brian Kelly's Post Game Media Session
Notre Dame beat #22 Arizona State 37 - 34 last night in the "house that Jerry built." Here is what Coach Kelly had to say to the media after the BIG WIN!
LINK: BRIAN KELLY
Video: Shamrock Series Weekend in Texas!
A fun video to watch of Notre Dame's Shamrock Series weekend in Texas. Enjoy!
LINK: SHAMROCK SERIES WEEKEND
NBC FULL REPLAY: Notre Dame 37 - ASU 34
If you'd like to watch the replay of Notre Dame's win over Arizona State tonight -- here it is!
LINK: FULL GAME REPLAY
Quick Media Reaction to Notre Dame's Victory!
Notre Dame beat #22 Arizona State this evening 37 - 34 in a game that had more turns than a mountain road. WOW!
Here's a look at the media's quick reaction to the Fighting Irish victory!
LINK: SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
LINK: CHICAGO TRIBUNE
LINK: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
LINK: ARIZONA REPUBLIC
Here's a look at the media's quick reaction to the Fighting Irish victory!
LINK: SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
LINK: CHICAGO TRIBUNE
LINK: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
LINK: ARIZONA REPUBLIC
Pass Rush Pressure! IRISH BEAT #22 ASU!!!
Folks, Arizona State's high scoring offense was kept in check tonight by the Fighting Irish -- as Notre Dame beats the #22 ranked team in the country tonight 37 - 34!
BIG TIME WIN for the IRISH!
LINK: GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Not Surprised: Most Popular Team in America
Harris Interactive just released the results of a survey of the most popular brand in college athletics...
LINK: NOTRE DAME IS #1
"Vine" of Coach Brian Kelly's Locker Today
The Notre Dame Football Equipment gang posted this "vine" of Coach Kelly's locker at AT&T Stadium.
LINK: KELLY'S LOCKER
Notre Dame Football's Travel Gear for Texas
Here's what the Fighting Irish are wearing on their road trip to a "home" game in Arlington, TX this weekend. Pretty slick!
LINK: SHAMROCK SERIES GEAR FOR SALE -- RIGHT HERE!
Domer Justin Tuck Starring on Bowhunter TV
Former Notre Dame All-American and NFL Super Bowl Champion Justin Tuck -- traveled this past off-season to Argentina to hunt an axis deer. Here's a link to the video. Special thanks to ND GO IRISH BLOG regular Mike Doyle for alerting me to this!
LINK: TUCK HUNTING
For the Notre Dame Fans @ Home Today...
Here's the web and TV schedule that will get you ready for tonight's game between our Fighting Irish and the Sun Devils -- the photos above are courtesy of @NDFootball as the IRISH arrived for their walk through at AT&T Stadium yesterday afternoon...
- 5:30 PM ET -- WatchND goes live with their pre-game show: CLICK HERE TO WATCH
- 7:00 PM ET -- NBC Sports Network -- pre-game show
- 7:30 PM ET -- NBC's telecast of Arizona State vs. Notre Dame
- 10:30 PM ET -- WatchND's post game show: CLICK HERE TO LISTEN
Here's What's Being Said About ASU vs ND
Took my customary lap around the worldwide web this morning to see what the media is saying about Notre Dame's game tonight with #22 ranked Arizona State. Just click on the links below:
LINK: ESPN'S NOTRE DAME BLOG
LINK: CHICAGO TRIBUNE
LINK: SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
LINK: NBC'S NOTRE DAME CENTRAL
LINK: ARIZONA SPORTS
Only Notre Dame Could Pull This Off in Texas...
Look at the crowd assembled at a Notre Dame pep rally in Forth Worth, TX last night -- 1,059 miles from campus -- for a regular season game.
LINK: VIDEO OF PEP RALLY
Friday, October 4, 2013
WatchND's PreGame Show Saturday: 5:30 PM
As you can see in the photo above -- the gang at WatchND is inside AT&T Stadium getting ready for tomorrow's pre-game show at 5:30 PM ET. Two hours before kick-off of Arizona State vs. Notre Dame!
LINK: WATCH IT LIVE RIGHT HERE
New Turf in Notre Dame Stadium This Week
The grounds crew at Notre Dame Stadium has been busy these past few days stripping off the old turf and putting down some new. As you can see in the picture above -- the turf is gone!
Notre Dame Stadium's turf has not held up well in the first three home games -- here's hoping it will be ready by October 19th when USC rolls into town.
LINK: REPLACING THE SOD
ACC Digital Network Previews: ASU vs ND
LINK: ACC DIGITAL NETWORK
Jack Swarbrick Addresses Football Post Game
Notre Dame's Director of Athletics Jack Swarbrick -- sent a letter this afternoon to the Observer that addressed the football team's policy regarding the Alma Mater after home games. Here's the link:
LINK: SWARBRICK'S LETTER
Druckenmiller @ Notre Dame Wednesday Night!
Folks, the man who was one of the first to predict America's last financial crisis -- will be on the campus of the University of Notre Dame Wednesday, October 9th giving a presentation at Washington Hall.
Stanley Druckenmiller has an estimated net worth of 2.9 billion -- making him one of the wealthiest people on the planet. When he speaks -- investors listen...
So, if you have any interest in our economy, your own financial stability, etc., -- you need to be at this event. It is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Druckenmiller's talk begins at 7 PM -- I would advise you to get their early!
In addition, Notre Dame Trustee Jimmy Dunne '78 and Notre Dame's Chief Investment Officer Scott Malpass '84 will be participating in the panel discussion. Both are among the very best in the world at their craft -- it's going to be a very special evening.
LINK: DRUCKENMILLER ON CNBC
Head Coach Brian Kelly With Media Last Night
Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media after Thursday's practice to talk about the state of his team -- and Saturday night's game in Texas with Arizona State.
LINK: COACH KELLY WITH MEDIA
Thursday, October 3, 2013
David Robinson Talks Notre Dame Basketball
Mike Brey's Fighting Irish hit the practice floor for the first time this past weekend as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Notre Dame fans will enjoy the interviews of David Robinson and a couple of other former Irish hoops stars who happened to be in attendance. Enjoy!
LINK: NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Domer Leading Detroit Tigers' PR Department
Aileen Villarreal '10, is just three years out of the University of Notre Dame -- yet, she finds herself leading the public relations efforts of the reigning American League Champion Detroit Tigers.
The folks at the Detroit News profiled Villarreal in this story:
LINK: SHE'S A TIGER
Arizona State Fans Looking Forward to IRISH
It's what we've come to realize as fans of the Fighting Irish -- our opponents look forward to playing against Notre Dame.
Arizona State fans have been talking about the game with Notre Dame -- for months...
LINK: EXCITED TO PLAY NOTRE DAME
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Arizona State Coach Returns to His Roots...
Arizona State head coach Todd Graham will be "going home" to play the IRISH this Saturday night...
LINK: COACH GRAHAM
Coach Brian Kelly Talks Arizona State Game
Notre Dame's head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media today at noon to talk about the Shamrock Series game this Saturday night against Arizona State. Click on the link below:
LINK: COACH KELLY ON ARIZONA STATE
Domer's Dad's Band -- National Champions!
OTN Speedwagon, the company rock band of Ciena Corporation, won the Fortune Magazine Corporate Battle of the Bands at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH on Saturday night.
Notre Dame parent Bob Rodio (that's Bob holding the Platinum record the band received for winning the competition) plays bass guitar in the band. Bob’s son Michael graduated from Notre Dame in 2012 with a music degree.
OTN Speedwagon was voted the best company band in America by a panel of veteran musicians, including Liberty DeVitto (drummer for Billy Joel), Rob Arthur (keyboards for Peter Frampton), Jeff Carlisi (guitarist for .38 Special) and Ricky Byrd (guitarist for Joan Jett and the Black Hearts). Antoinette Folett, the editor-in-chief of Making Music, rounded out the judges’ panel.
Two of Bob’s co-workers took home individual honors at the Rock Hall: Saxophonist Steve Darflinger won “best horn player” and Paul Bullock won “best guitarist.”
Oh, and get this—OTN Speedwagon earned their spot on a wild-card bid, after a different panel of judges chose not to advance the band from the Nashville regional competition. Not sure what those judges were thinking…the “real deal” judges knew who could really play!
LINK: BEHIND THE SCENES
LINK: BAND PERFORMING EARLIER THIS YEAR
Monday, September 30, 2013
Adidas vs. Nike -- Helmet & Uniform War...
The Irish unveiled their "all white" jersey and pants -- with their chrome shamrocked helmets that they'll be wearing in Saturday night's game, earlier this summer...
LINK: NOTRE DAME'S SHAMROCK SERIES GEAR
Well, the Sun Devils of Arizona State will be sporting this look in Texas.
I know which looks better to me!
Roof to be Closed @ AT&T Stadium Saturday
The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame will be playing a "home game" this Saturday night in Texas...
The annual Shamrock Series game will pit the Arizona State Sun Devils versus our Irish in a game in the newly named AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX. Just this afternoon the decision was made to close the roof for the game since the forecast is calling for a 30% chance of rain.
Here's a few links to video tours of the world's biggest football stadium...
LINK: AT&T STADIUM TOUR
LINK: VIP TOUR
LINK: FOX SPORTS TOUR
LINK: OFFICIAL TOUR VIDEOS
Tyler Eifert's Blog Post on "Made-Man"
Former Notre Dame All-American and Cincinnati tight end Tyler Eifert -- was asked to write a post on a blog called MADE MAN. Here's a link:
LINK: TYLER EIFERT
Good Morning America @ Notre Dame Tuesday!
The folks from ABC'S Good Morning America will be on the campus of the University of Notre Dame tomorrow morning -- beginning at 6:20 AM ET -- to promote the kick-off of BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
You should see LIVE REPORTS from Notre Dame between 8 AM ET and 9 AM ET
If you'd like to participate, they will be shooting in front of the Hesburgh Library "AKA Touchdown Jesus" -- so where your pink! Coach Brian Kelly and his wife Paqui will be just a couple of the guests scheduled to appear.
LINK: GOOD MORNING AMERICA -- FROM NOTRE DAME
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Stoops Ask Photographer for Special Photo
Oklahoma head football coach Bob Stoops posed for a photograph on the field of Notre Dame Stadium yesterday with his wife and mother...
A special moment for his Irish Catholic family.
LINK: A SPECIAL MOMENT
A special moment for his Irish Catholic family.
LINK: A SPECIAL MOMENT
399 Football Games @ Notre Dame Stadium !!!
Stanley Weber (Tiffin, OH) -- who is 89 years young -- was in the stands at Notre Dame Stadium yesterday for the 399th football game in his life-time! He has every single ticket stub from those 399 games...
That's Stanley on the left with his great-nephew Joe Fretz. Joe and Stanley make the three-hour drive from Tiffin to Notre Dame -- every home game Saturday morning. Stanley and Joe's season tickets are in the front row of Section 1 -- on the east side of the TUNNEL entrance. My wife Susan and I sit a row behind them...
Stanley has missed only one home football game since the 1950 season because he was hospitalized with an aneuyrsm. The game -- Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech in 1975 when some walk-on named "Rudy" sacked a QB.
His first game at Notre Dame Stadium -- was November 22, 1941. Frank Leahy was in his first year coaching the IRISH and Stanley saw Notre Dame beat USC 20 - 18. The Irish went undefeated that season.
Ironically, Stanley's 400th game in Notre Dame Stadium will be October 19th against USC!
Stanley and his wife Anna are the proud parents of Tom Weber, a member of Notre Dame's Class of 1966. Anna stopped coming to games with Stanley eight years ago because she didn't like the long walk "up and down the steps" to and from their seats. They have been married 70 years!
This man has had a "front row seat" to college football history -- imagine the stories he can tell. I'm looking forward to shaking Stanley's hand and asking to have my picture taken with him at game #400. Pretty incredible.
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Coach Kelly Post Game Press Conference
Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media after today's 35 - 21 loss to Oklahoma. Click on the link below:
LINK: BRIAN KELLY
LINK: BRIAN KELLY
Post Game Player Interviews After ND Loss
Here's some video interviews courtesy of the gang at IRISH SPORTS DAILY:
LINK: TOMMY REES
LINK: T.J. JONES
LINK: BENNETT JACKSON
Game Highlights: Oklahoma 35 -- ND 21
Here are the highlights from today's game between Oklahoma and Notre Dame:
LINK: NBC GAME HIGHLIGHTS
LINK: UND GAME HIGHLIGHTS
LINK: IRISH CONNECTION
Quick Media Reaction to Oklahoma's Win...
Two quick touchdowns by Oklahoma in the first three minutes of the game was too much for Notre Dame to come back from. As the Irish fall to 3-2 this season. Here's what the media is saying about the game:
LINK: NBC'S NOTRE DAME CENTRAL
LINK: SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
LINK: CHICAGO TRIBUNE
LINK: NORMAN TRANSCRIPT
LINK: FORT WAYNE JOURNAL GAZETTE
Coach Kelly Post Game with NBC's Flanagan
Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly on the field with NBC's Alex Flanagan -- right after today's 35 - 21 loss to Oklahoma.
LINK: COACH KELLY WITH ALEX
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