University of Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media today to talk about this week's game against Purdue. Here's a link to the press conference:
LINK: PURDUE PRESS CONFERENCE
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Purdue Week: Coach Kelly's Press Conference
University of Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media today to talk about this week's game against Purdue. Here's a link to the press conference:
LINK: PURDUE PRESS CONFERENCE
Second Half Highlights: Notre Dame vs. Navy
Here's a condensed version of CBS's coverage of the second half action from Notre Dame's 50 - 10 win over the Naval Academy in Dublin's AVIVA Stadium. Enjoy!
LINK: SECOND HALF HIGHLIGHTS
First Half Highlights: Notre Dame vs. Navy
Here's a compilation of most of the action that took place in the first half of Saturday's Notre Dame game against Navy in Dublin on CBS. Just click on the link below:
LINK: FIRST HALF HIGHLIGHTS
Irish Move to #22 in the Polls This Week
LINK: WEEK 2 -- COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKINGS
Saturday's Mass From Dublin Castle -- Replay
More than 4,000 members of the Notre Dame Family celebrated Mass this past Saturday morning in the courtyard of historic Dublin Castle. Dublin's Archbishop Diarmuid Martin was the celebrant along with 40 other concelebrants. Here's a link to the video of Mass -- when you get to the site linked below go to the SEARCH BOX and enter NOTRE DAME OPEN AIR MASS and you'll find the video:
LINK: MASS AT DUBLIN CASTLE
Monday, September 3, 2012
Trick Shot Monday is Back -- Only Notre Dame
The Fighting Irish Football Team started a new weekly tradition last year called TRICK SHOT MONDAY -- well today's episode saw Jake Golic (photo on left) make a remarkable shot...
LINK: TRICK SHOT MONDAY
Irish Connection -- ND Football in Dublin
The gang at UND.COM produced their first IRISH CONNECTION video of the 125th Anniversary season of Notre Dame Football and you're going to enjoy the view from the sidelines, locker room and all around Dublin...
And, you'll hear a song entitled "WE ARE THE IRISH."
LINK: IRISH CONNECTION #40
CBS' Replay of Notre Dame vs. Navy
Here's a link to a number of videos hosted on the CBS SPORTS site of their coverage of Notre Dame's 50 - 10 win over Navy Saturday in Dublin.
LINK: CBS COVERAGE OF NOTRE DAME vs. NAVY
"Nothing is Wrong with Notre Dame" -- Forde
Yahoo! Sports' national college columnist, Pat Forde -- wrote a story late last week that defended Notre Dame's unwillingness to compromise values for wins.
NOTRE DAME FANS -- THIS IS A MUST READ.
LINK: HOW DARE NOTRE DAME!
The Irish Sun: A Dame Fine Day at AVIVA
ND GO IRISH BLOG regular Pat McDonough forwarded me a note he received from his daughter Lauren '04 who was in Dublin for Notre Dame's weekend in Ireland. You'll enjoy the link to a story in the IRISH SUN about Saturday's game that Lauren had forwarded to Pat:
LINK: A DAME FINE DAY
Crist and Ragone Team Up for Kansas Victory
Dayne Crist '12 and Mike Ragone '12 teamed up for a TD Saturday afternoon in Kansas University's 31 - 17 win over the South Dakota State "Jackrabbits" in the first game in the Charlie Weis '79 era.
Crist completed 47% of his passes (17 for 36) for 169 yards with one TD and one INT -- in front of 46,601 fans in Kansas' home opener (stadium capacity 50,071).
LINK: GAME STORY
LINK: BLOG
IRISH TIMES: A Proud Emotional Homecoming
A columnist with Dublin's IRISH TIMES -- wrote a column about Notre Dame's "homecoming" this past weekend -- you'll want to read this!
LINK: IRISH TIMES
The ESPN Experts Talk ND's Game in Dublin
The folks at ESPN were saying NICE THINGS about the Fighting Irish this weekend -- check that, all of them not named Mark May...
Here's a link:
LINK: ESPN RECAPS ND'S WIN OVER NAVY
Notre Dame vs. Navy -- Postgame Video
The good folks at Fighting Irish Digital Media were "across the pond" in Ireland for Notre Dame's 50 - 10 win over Navy. Here's their postgame coverage:
LINK: POST GAME PRESS CONFERENCE
LINK: POST GAME CELEBRATION
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Sunday Update: Know Thy Opponent
Took a lap around the "hometown" newspapers of all of the teams the IRISH play this season -- to see what they're saying about WEEK ONE of the COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON.
Notre Dame's opponents went 8 - 4.
Just click on the team's name and you'll find their news report:
LINK: NAVY
LINK: PURDUE
LINK: MICHIGAN STATE
LINK: MICHIGAN
LINK: MIAMI
LINK: STANFORD
LINK: BYU
LINK: OKLAHOMA
LINK: PITTSBURGH
LINK: BOSTON COLLEGE
LINK: WAKE FOREST
LINK: SOUTHERN CAL
T. Boone Pickens Still Talkin' Notre Dame...
Billionaire T. Boone Pickens spoke with the media yesterday about "wanting to play Notre Dame..."
His alma mater, Oklahoma State, pounded Savannah State 84 - 0 yesterday afternoon.
LINK: T BOONE WOULD LIKE TO PICK NOTRE DAME
A Weekend Notre Dame Will Never Forget!
WOW...
That's the best description I can come up with after returning home this evening from Dublin.
I spent the past four days in Ireland with 35,000 Notre Dame fans in what's being called "America's most traveled to single day sporting event -- outside the United States -- in our 236 year history!
Think about that.
For those of us who had the opportunity to make the trip to Ireland -- we will never forget. For those who were not as fortunate -- here's a few links to a number of the special events that took place this weekend. ENJOY!
LINK: DUBLIN PARADE
LINK: NOTRE DAME FANS IN DUBLIN
LINK: TEAM'S TOUR OF DUBLIN
LINK: NOTRE DAME GAME PREVIEW
Replay: Notre Dame's Dublin Pep Rally
Folks, it was a special night in Dublin for some 9,000 Irish fans. Here's a full replay of Friday night's show from O2 Arena:
LINK: NOTRE DAME DUBLIN PEP RALLY
Hours After -- The View From Dublin, Ireland
It's been a few hours since the Fightin' Irish put a "half a hundred" on the Naval Academy this afternoon at AVIVA Stadium. The 50 - 10 final score put a nice bow on what has been a special weekend for the University of Notre Dame and the ND Family.
From Friday Night's "Welcome Home" celebration to Mass this morning with thousands of Notre Dame fans at historic Dublin Castle -- to our team's performance on the field -- you just couldn't have had a better time in IRELAND if you were an IRISH fan!
In the past few minutes I've taken a lap around the worldwide web to see what the early reaction is to ND's dominating win -- and what the IRISH people are saying about Notre Dame's visit to their country:
LINK: ESPN BLOG
LINK: ESPN
LINK: NBC NOTRE DAME CENTRAL
LINK: IRISH INDEPENDENT
LINK: IRISH INDEPENDENT #2
LINK: IRISH TIMES
LINK: WNDU-TV
LINK: DAILY MAIL UK
Friday, August 31, 2012
FACT: Nowwhere Else But Notre Dame!
I challenge any of your friends that root for schools other than Notre Dame -- and I will name them for you; Michigan, USC, Alabama, Florida, Oregon, Ohio State, etc. -- and ask them if they've ever experienced this:
- A Pep Rally televised on NATIONAL TELEVISION -- in a country THOUSANDS of miles away from home -- with forty of that countries "top artists" performing along with the Band of the Fighting Irish. With MILLIONS more watching it online!!
Folks -- Friday's Pep Rally in Dublin is INCREDIBLE!!!
I had the good fortune of sitting in on the Band of the Fighting Irish's performance yesterday and I will tell you it's off the charts (PHOTO ABOVE OF REHEARSAL). College Football has never seen anything like this --- EVER!
I can't stress enough how special this night will be for the University of Notre Dame and its family!
So, if you're sitting back in the States -- just click on the link below and you can watch a one-hour TAPE DELAY of the Pep Rally at the link below. THE SHOW BEGINS at 4:30 PM ET:
LINK: WATCH THE NOTRE DAME DUBLIN PEP RALLY HERE!
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Notre Dame Endzone -- Aviva Stadium
Here's a photo I took this afternoon at AVIVA Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. As you can see they're in the process of painting IRISH in the endzone. This is a beautiful stadium!
If you look closely in the bottom left of the photo you'll see some media assembled to take pictures of the FIGHTING IRISH who were getting their first look at the stadium.
The NOTRE DAME DOORS of IRELAND...
If your travels ever take you to Dublin, Ireland -- you'll see a blue door with a green carpet outside and the iconic NOTRE DAME MONOGRAM on Merrion Square.
It just happens to be the entrance to the University of Notre Dame's O'Connell House.
LINK: NOTRE DAME'S O'CONNELL HOUSE
NOTRE DAME TAKES OVER DUBLIN!
35,000 Notre Dame football fans have begun to make their arrival known here in Dublin, Ireland! Here's some of the coverage:
LINK: IRISH TIMES
LINK: AVIVA STADIUM
Watch Notre Dame's Dublin Pep Rally!!!
If you'd like to watch Notre Dame: A Welcome Home -- an eighty minute "extravaganza of IRISH TALENT and NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL - you can!!!
At 4:30 PM ET this FRIDAY -- the WORLD can watch Notre Dame's celebration in IRELAND on the web! Click on this link below:
LINK: WATCH THE DUBLIN PEP RALLY -- HERE AT 4:30 PM ET
Monday, August 27, 2012
Photo of Notre Dame Locker Room Plates
Here's what will be hanging above the lockers in Notre Dame's locker room at Dublin's Aviva Stadium. Makes you kind of wonder what the jersey color might be???
This photo was "tweeted" by Notre Dame Football Equipment Manager Ryan Grooms.
Diggins Earns Silver @ World Skills Challenge!
Notre Dame's Skylar Diggins competed in a skills competition this past weekend in Athens, Greece -- and she walked away with SILVER!
LINK: WORLD SKILLS CHALLENGE
Skylar Diggins Leads USA to WORLD TITLE!
Skylar Diggins spent the last week in Athens, Greece -- representing the United States of American in the inaugural 3x3 World Championships --and she's a WORLD CHAMPION! This three-on-three tournament featured Notre Dame's Skylar Diggins, Stanford's Chiney Ogwumike and UCONN's Bria Hartley and Ann Strother. Here's the story:
LINK: SKYLAR'S A WORLD CHAMPION!
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Bringing "Home" the Fighting Irish to Ireland
The man who played the key role in bringing Notre Dame back to Dublin -- along with his good friend Don Keough, Life Trustee -- is Ireland businessman and Trustee Emeritus, Martin Naughton . (Photo -- that's Naughton on the left and Keough on the right)
Notre Dame fans will enjoy this story that ran in the IRISH TIMES yesterday. Click on the link below.
LINK: NAUGHTON & KEOUGH
LINK: AN INTERVIEW OF MARTIN NAUGHTON
Vatican's Papal Nuncio to Ireland -- a Domer!
The Archbishop will be one of 40 expected concelebrants for Saturday's Mass at Dublin Castle -- prior to kick-off of the Notre Dame / Navy game.
LINK: ORDINATION OF ARCHBISHOP CHARLES BROWN
LINK: ARCHBISHOP BROWN IN THE NEWS
Irish Eyes Just Might Be Smiling in Dublin!
Here's a first look at the weather forecast for Notre Dame's opening game this Saturday in Dublin, Ireland...
I'm liking what I see for Thursday, Friday and Saturday -- have my fingers crossed!
LINK: NOTRE DAME WEATHER IN DUBLIN
Domer On David Letterman Last Thursday
Michael Somerville '94, was on The Late Show with David Letterman last Thursday night doing his stand-up comedy routine -- FUNNY! Here's a link to Michael's performance and a link to his official website:
LINK: MICHAEL SOMERVILLE ON LETTERMAN
LINK: OFFICIAL WEBSITE
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Notre Dame Football Facemask Turns GOLD!
I am lovin' this move!!!
I can't wait to see what the finished product looks like -- but word broke today that the facemasks on the GOLD HELMETS of Notre Dame are being replaced with a new mask that has some GOLD in them!
This photo was "tweeted" by Ryan Grooms, Notre Dame Football Equipment Manager.
Notre Dame Sets Guinness World Record!!!
The folks at Guinness World Records just announced that the University of Notre Dame set a world-record on March 2, 2012 in the Purcell Pavilion in a game called "knock-out basketball."
433 participants -- smashed the previous world record of 379!
Here's a link to how you play this game -- along with a link to the World Record:
LINK: KNOCKOUT BASKETBALL RULES
LINK: GUINNESS WORLD RECORD!
Friday, August 24, 2012
Golden Tate Returns Punt 92 Yards for TD!
Tonight in an NFL Exhibition game, former Notre Dame All-American Golden Tate -- returned a punt 92 yards for a TD! The Seahawks rolled over the Chiefs 44 - 14. Here's a link to Tates' TD!
LINK: GOLDEN GOES 92!
Photo "Tweets" -- ND Football Equipment Mgr.
Ryan Grooms has been busy packing the Fighting Irish for Ireland -- yet, he continues to find time to "tease" the Notre Dame Nation with his tweets. His "tweet' associated with the photo above was "back up jerseys" for Ireland..."
Coach Kelly with ESPN's Mike & MIKE
Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly was on ESPN's Mike & MIKE show this morning. Here's an audio link to the segment:
LINK: BRIAN KELLY ON MIKE & MIKE
Notre Dame Football Tickets On Sale Today!
LINK: TICKETS RELEASED FOR PUBLIC SALE
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Coach Kelly Names ND's Starters for Navy
In today's press conference, Coach Kelly let the media in on who we would see on the field first on both sides of the ball. And, you're going to see some new faces! (One of those new faces is starting corner Keivarae Russell -- pictured above.)
LINK: COACH KELLY'S PRESS CONFERENCE
Is this the FASTEST ND Offense of All-Time?
I ask this question for good reason...
If you were to go "five wide" on offense with these players -- it just might be the FASTEST team ever to wear the GOLD HELMET -- add don't forget our QB Everett Golson:
- George Atkinson III
- Chris Brown
- Davonte Neal
- Davaris Daniels
- TJ Jones / Cierre Wood / Theo Riddick
Can you think of five with more speed in the same offense at Notre Dame?
Davonte Neal: The Next Rocket @ ND?
Now, we all remember the IRISH had a total of 3 return yards ALL SEASON in the punt return game in 2011. I'm counting on Davonte surpassing that on his first return!
I've been following ND football for a very long time -- and on film -- I must say he's the closest I've seen to Mr. Raghib "Rocket" Ismail in an IRISH uniform. He has special skills with the football in his hands -- as you'll see in his highlight video linked below. YOU MUST WATCH HIS VIDEO!
I can't wait until Navy's first punt...
LINK: THE NEXT ROCKET?
Notre Dame Football Names its Starting QB!
Folks, there's not a more scrutinized position in all of sport than the QB for the University of Notre Dame...
This afternoon, Coach Kelly announced that Everett Golson had won the starting position for the IRISH!
Everett Golson joins a select fraternity of some of the greatest names in college football history; Huarte, Hanratty, Theismann, Lamonica, Montana, Clements, Rice, Jackson, Mirer, Rice, Beurlein, Quinn, etc., -- who've worn the GOLD HELMET under center.
Everett -- the Notre Dame Nation will be rooting for you! To get you excited about Mr. Golson's talents -- here's some video highlights from his senior year in high school and his first official press conference as a starter:
LINK: EVERETT GOLSON
LINK: PRESS CONFERENCE
NINE DAYS to NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL!!!
Folks, if you're like me -- you can't wait!!!
Here's a video that will get you fired up for the start of the 125th season of the greatest college football program in the land...
GO IRISH!
LINK: ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Coach Longo Firing Up His Troops!
Notre Dame Football's head strength and conditioning coach Paul Longo is seen in this video (linked below) coaching his boys. You'll enjoy the intensity he brings to his craft.
LINK: GO IRISH
Samardzija Talks Notre Dame Football
Folks, former Notre Dame football All-American Jeff Samardzija was on TV with a couple MLB "talkin' heads" -- click on the link below -- pretty funny...
LINK: JEFF SAMARDZIJA
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Photo: Turf Additions to Notre Dame Stadium
The University of Notre Dame's highly acclaimed photographer Matt Cashore -- took this recent photo of the interior of Notre Dame Stadium. You'll note the addition of "field turf" that rings the grass field and covers the Irish and opposition sidelines.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Domer Gets Four-Year Contract Extension
Former Notre Dame basketball star Monty Williams -- signed a four-year contract extension today to continue on as coach of the NBA's New Orleans Hornets. Congratulations Monty!
LINK: MONTY WILLIAMS EXTENSION!
The Maturation of ND's Everett Golson
The South Bend Tribune's Eric Hansen sat down with Notre Dame QB Everett Golson to discuss his journey to what looks like will be a starter's role 12 days from now in Dublin, Ireland. You'll enjoy this story.
LINK: EVERETT GOLSON -- MATURING
Domer Gains Membership to Augusta National
Normally this wouldn't be public knowledge...
However, today's breaking news that Notre Dame alumna Condoleezza Rice '75, had become a member at Augusta National Golf Club -- is significant in that she's among the first two females ever extended membership to this exclusive club.
Congratulations Condi!
LINK: RICE A MEMBER AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL
Tickets for ND's Dublin Pep Rally Available
If you're going to Notre Dame's game against Navy in Dublin -- and you haven't purchased your ticket to Friday night's Pep Rally, you still have time!
On Thursday, August 30th and again on Friday, August 31st (if still available) -- a limited number of tickets will go on sale at the O'Connell House in Dublin from 10 AM to NOON each day.
Folks, this is not your typical NOTRE DAME PEP RALLY -- it's a huge production. See the promotional video below. I've also included a second link with directions to the O'Connell House.
LINK: NOTRE DAME: A WELCOME HOME!
LINK: DIRECTIONS TO O'CONNELL HOUSE
Navy "Beats" Notre Dame Scout Team Saturday
Well, this has to be a first.
The Washington Examiner published a story yesterday about Navy's 45 - 0, closed scrimmage, victory Saturday over their Notre Dame "scout team." Really?
LINK: NAVY SHUTS OUT NOTRE DAME
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