Friday, December 19, 2014
The #1 College Football Stadium Experience
The "House that Rock built" was just named the #1 College Football Stadium Experience by Stadium Journey Magazine...
LINK: RANKINGS
LINK: NOTRE DAME STADIUM -- REVIEW
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Les Miles Talks About Notre Dame Game...
Les Miles was talking with reporters about the Music City Bowl game against Notre Dame -- got the sense he's not too worried about either Golson or Zaire...
LINK: LES MILES
NBC Sports Network To Televise ECHOES 14
I don't think there is another football team on the planet whose annual awards show is aired on one of the national sports networks... ONLY NOTRE DAME!
Be sure to tune-in this Saturday afternoon (December 20) at 1:30 PM ET to the NBC Sports Network to watch Skylar Diggins and Mike Mayock host ECHOES 14.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Long-Time Notre Dame Team Doctor Passes...
98 year-old Dr. Les Bodnar left for heaven this morning...
Bodnar served as Notre Dame Football's Team Doctor from Frank Leahy to Gerry Faust -- 35 years on the job -- while building his own private practice, South Bend Orthopedics.
He authored two books, served Joe Montana the legendary "chicken soup" in the Cotton Bowl game against Houston -- and worked the sidelines of four Notre Dame National Champions; 1949, 1966, 1973 and 1977.
He lived quite a life.
I want to thank ND GO IRISH BLOG regular Janet Geans for alerting me to this story.
LINK: BODNAR OCTOBER INTERVIEW
LINK: BUY HIS BOOK!
Bodnar served as Notre Dame Football's Team Doctor from Frank Leahy to Gerry Faust -- 35 years on the job -- while building his own private practice, South Bend Orthopedics.
He authored two books, served Joe Montana the legendary "chicken soup" in the Cotton Bowl game against Houston -- and worked the sidelines of four Notre Dame National Champions; 1949, 1966, 1973 and 1977.
He lived quite a life.
I want to thank ND GO IRISH BLOG regular Janet Geans for alerting me to this story.
LINK: BODNAR OCTOBER INTERVIEW
LINK: BUY HIS BOOK!
LSU Safety Talks Notre Dame QB Preparation
The MUSIC CITY BOWL is only 13 days away...
Here's LSU safety Ronald Martin talking about the Notre Dame QB's and how they're preparing for them.
LINK: LSU PLAYER
Domer Jimmy Clausen Gets Sunday NFL Start
Word on the street is former Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen will get his first NFL start (since 2010) when he leads the Chicago Bears against the first-place Detroit Lions this Sunday at Soldier Field.
Good luck Jimmy!
LINK: BEARS BENCH CUTLER
LINK: CLAUSEN CAREER STATS
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Notre Dame Men's Hoops Now Ranked #21
Mike Brey's Fighting Irish have moved up in the polls to #21 in both the AP and Coaches Poll -- after the 20 point win over Florida State Saturday night.
Notre Dame is the "fifth" highest ranked team among the ACC schools.
LINK: BASKETBALL POLLS
Monday, December 15, 2014
Coach Brian Kelly: "Both QB's Will Play..."
Well, I can't say I'm surprised...
Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media today after the Fighting Irish's third practice for the Music City Bowl game against LSU -- and he broke the news that both Everett Golson and Malik Zaire would play against the Tigers...
LINK: COACH KELLY
Replay: Domer Rust Scores First NHL Goal!
Former Notre Dame hockey player Bryan Rust scored his first NHL goal tonight (in the second NHL game of his career) for the Pittsburgh Penguins!
Here's the replay:
LINK: REPLAY OF RUST'S FIRST GOAL
A Blind Notre Dame Fan's First Football Game!
Mitchell, a blind 8th grader at the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired -- attended his first Notre Dame game this season...
You must watch this!
LINK: MITCHELL
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Coach Mike Brey Talks Win Over Florida State
Notre Dame is 1 - 0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference after last night's 83 - 63 win over Florida State. After the game Coach Brey met with the media -- click on the link below:
LINK: BREY POST GAME
No Flag! IRISH Defeat Florida State -- (AGAIN)
Mike Brey's Fighting Irish got the first crack against Florida State -- since "the flag" in Tallahassee -- and they delivered!
Notre Dame hammered the Seminoles 83 - 63 with a display of dunks like we haven't seen on this campus in a long-long time. It got so fun that the "twitter-verse" started renaming Purcell Pavilion to "Dunks DuLac."
Here's a look at the DUNKS along with a trip inside the Notre Dame locker room:
LINK: DUNK HIGHLIGHTS
LINK: LOCKER ROOM
LINK: ESPN DUNKS
Saturday, December 13, 2014
OT: America's Game: Nike vs. Under Armour
It's Army vs. Navy -- it's also Nike (Army) vs. Under Armour (Navy). Both typically roll out a helmet, uniform, shoe combination for "America's Game."
Here's what Under Armour has created for the Naval Academy today:
LINK: DON'T TREAD ON ME STORY
America's Game -- Army vs. Navy -- MUST SEE
Folks, I must admit I tear up every time I watch the "tease" videos that CBS creates for the Army Navy Game. If this doesn't get to you -- I'm afraid nothing will -- click on the link below.
The telecast begins at 3 PM ET on CBS.
LINK: MUST WATCH
LINK: 2010 TEASE
LINK: 2009 TEASE
Notre Dame's "Early Action" Admit Letters...
There will be many high school seniors around this country and around the world -- running to their mailbox today, Monday and Tuesday -- hoping to learn if they've been offered early admittance to Notre Dame's Class of 2019.
Here's a video of Notre Dame's AVP of Undergraduate Enrollment -- Don Bishop -- signing the letters!
LINK: EARLY ADMIT!
Photos: Notre Dame Football Awards Show
- Monogram Club MVP: Joe Schmidt
- Offensive Player of the Year: Will Fuller
- Defensive Player of the Year: Jaylon Smith
- Nick Pietrosante Award: Cam McDaniel
- Lineman of the Year: Sheldon Day
- Guardian of the Year: Ronnie Stanley
- Next Man In Award: Justin Utopo
- Offensive Newcomer of the Year: Torii Hunter, Jr.
- Defensive Newcomer of the Year: Drue Tranquill
- Special Teams Player of the Year: C.J. Prossise
- Rockne Student-Athlete of the Year: Cory Robinson
- Offensive Scout Team Player of the Year: Tyler Plantz
- Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year: Austin Larkin
- Irish Around the Bend Award: Kyle Brindza
- Father Lange Iron Cross Award: Christian Lombard
- TireRack.com Play of the Year: Ben Koyack
LINK: WNDU-TV
LINK: WSBT-TV
LINK: SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
Friday, December 12, 2014
Watch Skylar Diggins Host "ECHOES" Tonight!
Former Notre Dame All-American Skylar Diggins and NBC's Mike Mayock will host this evening's FOOTBALL AWARDS SHOW...
The show begins at 8 PM ET -- and will be broadcast live at the link below:
LINK: ECHOES
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Under Armour's Value Up 67% Since ND Deal!
Under Armour's market cap stands at $14.49 Billion at today's close -- an increase of 67% since their Notre Dame announcement 325 days ago.
That's $5.53 billion more in value!
Should have bought this stock...
LINK: UNDER ARMOUR STOCK
Jewell Loyd Scores 41 in ND's 94 - 93 OT Win!
Notre Dame's Jewell Loyd proved once again that she's the "GOLD STANDARD" in women's college basketball...
Coming off a 31 point performance against #2 UCONN -- Jewell goes on the road to Chicago to play #25 DePaul and she ties the school record with 41 points, the last two were free throws in OT with 5.3 seconds remaining (with the Irish down 93 - 92) to win the game!
This was Notre Dame's 28th straight win on the road.
Here's the story:
LINK: HIGHLIGHTS
LINK: JEWELL'S NIGHT!
LINK: BOX SCORE
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Nice Comments About Domer Dad Torii Hunter
Minnesota Twins' Torii Hunter -- the father of Notre Dame wide receiver Torii Hunter Jr. -- received high praise from his former manager at Major League Baseball's "Winter Meetings" in San Diego this week.
LINK: WE'RE GOING TO MISS HIM
Zack Martin Named to "All Fundamentals" Team
Former Notre Dame student-athlete Zack Martin '13, was one of 26 NFL players selected to USA Football's "All Fundamentals" Team...
LINK: MARTIN HONORED
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Domers Watt & Robinson: A Kid's Christmas
Former Notre Dame student-athletes Chris Watt (#65) and Trevor Robinson (#60) -- joined their Chargers' offensive line teammates and 27 kids from the San Diego community at a San Diego Macy's for a Christmas "shopping spree" last night.
LINK: SEASON OF GIVING
LINK: PHOTO GALLERY
OT: NIKE -- I've Got To Hand It To You...
This is pretty awesome...
Nike has created a "base layer" (this is the latest rage in uniform design) for Ohio State to wear in the upcoming College Football Playoff that features WOODY HAYES' last few chalkboard sessions as a head coach for the Buckeyes.
The "68" is a shout out to their 1968 National Championship team.
BRILLIANT!
ND FANS will get a kick out of this Woody Hayes' WIKI entry:
During his tenure at Ohio State, Hayes would joke that he considered himself to be Notre Dame's best recruiter because if he could not convince a recruit to come to Ohio State instead of Michigan he would try to steer the recruit to Notre Dame, whom Ohio State did not play.
While Hayes' public stance was that he refused to play Notre Dame because he was afraid of polarizing the Catholic population in Ohio, Notre Dame's long-time athletic director Moose Krause said that Hayes had told him that Hayes liked having Michigan as the only tough game on the Ohio State schedule and that having the Buckeyes play Notre Dame would detract from that.
Domer Jeff Samardzija Traded To White Sox
Former Notre Dame All-America wide receiver Jeff Samardzija is headed "back" to Chicago to play professional ball -- this time for the White Sox.
LINK: SAMARDZIJA TO WHITE SOX
Monday, December 8, 2014
Notre Dame Men's Basketball Ranked #25 !!!
The Associated Press Poll is out and Notre Dame has cracked the AP TOP 25 with their win this past week against Michigan State.
Notre Dame is one of "six ACC teams" ranked among the Top 25.
LINK: AP TOP 25
Brian Kelly Talks Music City Bowl & L.S.U.
Yesterday afternoon, the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame accepted an invitation to play in the Music City Bowl on December 30th against the Tigers of Louisiana State University. This will be Notre Dame's first trip to play in the Music City Bowl and the eleventh game in history against L.S.U.
Notre Dame is 5 - 5 all-time against Louisiana State University.
Coach Kelly met with the media last night to talk about the game and his team -- just click on the link below:
LINK: BRIAN KELLY TALKS MUSIC CITY BOWL
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Notre Dame to Play LSU in the Music City Bowl!
The Fighting Irish will be traveling to Nashville to play a (8 - 4) LSU team in the Music City Bowl on December 30, 2014.
LINK: BUY YOUR TICKETS RIGHT HERE!
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