Saturday, August 31, 2013
Tough Day for Former ND QB's in the NFL...
Both Brady Quinn and Jimmy Clausen were released today from the Seahawks and Panthers respectively... Hopefully, they'll be picked up by other teams in the next day or two...
I wonder what Coach Weis '79 must be thinking...
LINK: QUINN RELEASED
LINK: CLAUSEN RELEASED
Brady Hoke Talks Win Over Central Michigan
The Wolverines put up 59 points today in a rout over Central Michigan University -- a team expected to finish "next to last" this year in the Mid American Conference.
Here's what Hoke and his QB had to say about their big win...
LINK: MICHIGAN WINS BY 50
Here's what Hoke and his QB had to say about their big win...
LINK: MICHIGAN WINS BY 50
Swarbrick Announces Coach Kelly's Contract
Just minutes after Brian Kelly's Fightin' Irish delivered him career victory #200 -- Notre Dame's Director of Athletics Jack Swarbrick announced they had finalized a new contract with the head football coach.
IT'S A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION.
Congratulations Coach Kelly!
LINK: ANNOUNCEMENT
Notre Dame Pays Tribute to Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney, the famous Irish poet and Nobel Prize winner, passed away yesterday at the age of 74. Heaney, who received an honorary degree from Notre Dame in 2008, first visited campus back in 1995. Notre Dame president Fr. John Jenkins C.S.C. -- offered the statement linked below...
LINK: HEANEY
LINK: IRISH TIMES
Great Proof That Stats Don't Score Points!
Here's a look at Notre Dame's offensive productions today as compared to Michigan's offensive production:
POINTS:
- Notre Dame: 28
- Michigan: 59
TOTAL OFFENSE:
- Notre Dame: 543 yards
- Michigan: 463 yards
RUSHING OFFENSE:
- Notre Dame: 188 yards
- Michigan: 242 yards
PASSING OFFENSE:
- Notre Dame: 355 yards
- Michigan: 221 yards
TURNOVERS:
- Notre Dame: 0
- Michigan: 3
Notre Dame Beats Temple 28 - 6 in Opener
It looked like a rout -- just three minutes into the game. Notre Dame scored 14 points on six offensive plays to start the game...
And then -- as ol' Lindsey Nelson would say -- "let's pick up the action late in the 4th quarter..."
The good was this:
- No turnovers on offense
- No turnovers on offense
- No turnovers on offense
Now we can be quite sure that our next opponent "that school in Ann Arbor" will feel quite confident -- as will their fan base... I suspect the gang in Vegas will make them the favorites. I LIKE THIS!
LINK: HIGHLIGHTS
LINK: TROY NIKLAS INTERVIEW
LINK: GAME STATS
Notre Dame's Pep Rally Last Night
Thousands of Notre Dame fans descended on the South Quad last night in front of the Rockne Memorial to hold the first pep rally of the 2013 football season. Here's the link:
LINK: NOTRE DAME PEP RALLY
LINK: NOTRE DAME PEP RALLY
Notre Dame vs. Temple -- Media Predictions
Took a lap around the worldwide web this morning to see what the media "experts" are saying about today's game between our Fightin' Irish and the Owls from Temple. Click on the links below:
LINK: CHICAGO TRIBUNE
LINK: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
LINK: SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE -- HANSEN
LINK: FORT WAYNE JOURNAL GAZETTE
LINK: NBC: NOTRE DAME CENTRAL
LINK: ESPN: NOTRE DAME BLOG
LINK: PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
LINK: PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER #2
LINK: PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER #3
LINK: PHILADELPHIA BUSINESS JOURNAL
IT IS GAME DAY AT NOTRE DAME!
We've been waiting for this day ever since the IRISH walked off that field in Florida last January...
I've got the Notre Dame / Irish music pumping on all of the outdoor speakers, the Notre Dame flag is flying and I am ready!
To get you ready -- I've brought back a few classic videos that should get you fired up for today's game with Temple. ENJOY and GO IRISH!
LINK: BOB COSTAS INTRO -- NOTRE DAME vs. FLORIDA STATE
LINK: ROCKET "BRAWL MIAMI"
LINK: COACH KELLY "WE ARE ND"
Friday, August 30, 2013
ESPN Previews Notre Dame vs. Temple
Here it is -- ESPN blogger Matt Fortuna talks about Notre Dame's game with Temple tomorrow. Just click on the link below:
LINK: PREVIEW -- NOTRE DAME vs. TEMPLE
Notre Dame Football Weather Forecast -- HOT!
Folks, it is hot here! If you're going to the Pep Rally this evening -- be prepared for the high humidity and heat. Sounds like we could be in for more of the same tomorrow with a possible thundershower in the morning. Here's a link to live weather radar for South Bend:
LINK: NOTRE DAME WEATHER RADAR
Fighting For South Bend -- Notre Dame...
The University of Notre Dame's award winning "Fighting For" TV spots that air on NBC every Saturday -- will run this TV spot tomorrow during halftime. Enjoy!
LINK: FIGHTING FOR -- MY HOMETOWN
ND FANS -- THIS IS A MUST HAVE APP!
If you haven't downloaded the 2013 Notre Dame Football App yet -- you are missing out!
I am not easily impressed -- but I must admit, I was blown away with the quality of this APP. It is incredible! And, it is FREE.
So, get out your iPad and download this now -- it's a MUST HAVE for every Notre Dame fan!
LINK: VIDEO PROMO
Domer's Dad -- Walk-Off Homer for Tigers!
Torri Hunter Sr. -- father of Notre Dame student-athlete Torii Hunter Jr., hit a dramatic two-out, two strike, three-run homer to propel the Tigers past the Oakland A's yesterday afternoon! Here's a replay of the homer and his post-game interview:
LINK: REPLAY OF WALK-OFF HOMER!
LINK: POST-GAME INTERVIEW
Notre Dame Football -- FUN FACTS FRIDAY
Notre Dame Football's Media Relations team -- released their game notes this week and there a few fun facts to keep in mind as you watch Saturday's first meeting between our Fightin' Irish and the Temple Owls. Here goes:
LINK: ADDITIONAL FUN FACTS
- If Notre Dame wins this game -- Coach Kelly will have his 200th career victory!
- Temple will be the 71st different opponent to visit Notre Dame Stadium -- ND is (57-12-1) in those games
- Temple is the 142 opponent to play Notre Dame in the 126 years of ND Football. Notre Dame is (118-20-3) when facing an opponent for the first time!
LINK: ADDITIONAL FUN FACTS
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Cierre Wood Rushed For 106 Yards Tonight!
Former Notre Dame running back Cierre Wood rushed for 106 yards tonight against the Dallas Cowboys on just 16 carries! And, for good measure -- he caught three passes for 29 yards more!
WOW!
LINK: WOOD CONFIDENT
LINK: STATS
Coach Kelly Meets With Media Tonight...
The Fightin' Irish held practice inside Notre Dame Stadium tonight -- as they prepare for Saturday's home opener. After practice, Coach Kelly met with the media -- here's the link to the coverage:
LINK: COACH KELLY PRESSER
LINK: COACH KELLY PRESSER
Theo Riddick Scores Two TD's Tonight vs. Bills!
Former Notre Dame running back Theo Riddick scored two TD's tonight in the Detroit Lions exhibition win over the Buffalo Bills. Riddick caught two passes for TD's and he also ran for 26 yards on six carries.
Theo is in a big-time battle for a roster spot -- this had to help his chances...
LINK: STATS
Wear Your College Colors Day -- FRIDAY!
Tomorrow is WEAR YOUR COLLEGE COLORS DAY around the country! So, ND FANS -- wear your BLUE & GOLD tomorrow!
LINK: WEAR YOUR COLLEGE COLORS
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
NBC's New Voice for Notre Dame Football
His name is Dan Hicks and his wife is none other than Hannah Storm '83 of ESPN fame. Dan takes over for Tom Hammond -- officially this Saturday. The folks at the Chicago Tribune recently caught up with Dan to talk about his new gig:
LINK: NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL
It's a Big Stage for Temple and its New Coach
Matt Ruhle will run out of Notre Dame's famed tunnel as a head football coach for the first time in his career less than 72 hours from now. Not a bad place to make your debut! A Philadelphia Inquirer reporter penned this story on Ruhle's "opening act."
LINK: THE FIRST TIME
LINK: THE FIRST TIME
Sports Illustrated Writers -- Not High on Irish
They picked their top FLOP team for 2013 and five out of seven picked our Fightin' Irish. I trust Coach Kelly will bring this to his team's attention...
LINK: PICKED TO FLOP
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Temple Football Coach Press Conference Today
Temple's head football coach Matt Ruhle, met with the media today to talk about their football game Saturday with Notre Dame. Here's what he had to say:
LINK: MATT RUHLE
Temple Week -- Coach Kelly Press Conference
Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media today -- as is customary on Tuesday of game week -- to talk about Temple. GO IRISH!
LINK: TEMPLE WEEK PRESS CONFERENCE
NBC's Mike Mayock Talks Notre Dame Football
With the Fightin' Irish of Notre Dame kicking-off the 2013 football season this Saturday -- the media is asking the question -- can the Irish repeat?
Mike Mayock is the "analyst" on NBC's TV coverage of Notre Dame football. Here's a link to what Mayock thinks of ND's chances this season:
LINK: MIKE MAYOCK ON ND
Monday, August 26, 2013
Strong & True: Building Bonds from NBC
Here's the replay of Saturday's NBC Sports Network's airing of "Strong & True: Building Bonds" -- a look at Notre Dame Football. Enjoy!
LINK: BUILDING BONDS
Temple Owls -- Media Coverage Today
Took a look at what the Philadelphia media is saying about Temple and their game this Saturday with our Fightin' Irish -- click on the links below.
This is the FIRST MEETING -- EVER -- on the football field between these two schools.
LINK: PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
LINK: ASSOCIATED PRESS
LINK: PHILLY COM
Brian Kelly on the Dan Patrick Show Today
Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly appeared on the Dan Patrick Radio Show today -- here's a link to the interview:
LINK: COACH KELLY ON DAN PATRICK SHOW
Forbes: Notre Dame's Enduring Brand
A Forbes writer penned an interesting piece on what we can learn about an enduring brand from the University of Notre Dame. Good stuff here...
LINK: AN ENDURING BRAND
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Excerpt from "UNBEATABLE" -- 1988 Team
"The last great college football season" -- is what you'll see on the cover of UNBEATABLE, a look back at Notre Dame's 1988 National Championship.
Jerry Barca '99 (pictured), a Notre Dame alum -- authored this look back at that magical season for the Fightin' Irish. Here's a link to an excerpt from the book and a second link to where you can buy it!
LINK: BOOK EXCERPT
LINK: BUY THE BOOK HERE
Jerry Barca '99 (pictured), a Notre Dame alum -- authored this look back at that magical season for the Fightin' Irish. Here's a link to an excerpt from the book and a second link to where you can buy it!
LINK: BOOK EXCERPT
LINK: BUY THE BOOK HERE
The Latest on Notre Dame Players in the NFL...
Took a lap around the worldwide web this afternoon to see what's being said about former Notre Dame football stars in the NFL. You can watch a number of former IRISH stars tonight in the game on NBC between the Vikings and 49ers. (That's Harrison Smith, Kyle Rudolph, Jimmy Clausen and Michael Floyd LtoR in the photo above.)
This morning -- 36 former Notre Dame football stars were still on NFL rosters -- unfortunately, that could change before day's end!
Just click on the player's name below:
LINK: JONAS GRAY
LINK: CIERRE WOOD
LINK: THEO RIDDICK
LINK: ZEKE MOTTA
LINK: JIMMY CLAUSEN
LINK: JAMORIS SLAUGHTER
LINK: BRAXSTON CAVE
LINK: BRADY QUINN
LINK: GOLDEN TATE
LINK: MICHAEL FLOYD
LINK: MANTI TE'O
LINK: SAM YOUNG
LINK: ANTHONY FASANO
LINK: ROBBY TOMA
LINK: MIKE GOLIC JR.
LINK: DAVID BRUTON
LINK: ERIC OLSEN
LINK: DEREK LANDRI
LINK: DARRIN WALLS
LINK: JUSTIN TUCK
LINK: HARRISON SMITH
LINK: TYLER EIFERT
LINK: JOHN SULLIVAN
LINK: KYLE RUDOLPH
LINK: TREVOR ROBINSON
LINK: JOHN CARLSON
LINK: R.J. BLANTON
LINK: IAN WILLIAMS
LINK: RYAN HARRIS
LINK: ARMANDO ALLEN
LINK: ROBERT HUGHES
LINK: SERGIO BROWN
LINK: DARIUS FLEMING
LINK: BRIAN SMITH
LINK: TOM ZBIKOWSKI
LINK: J.J. JANSEN
University of Notre Dame's Orientation 2013
It's a special day at Notre Dame -- and a sad one...
The Class of 2017 says good-bye to its parents this afternoon -- for the first time -- as Orientation 2013 comes to a close.
The first video link is of the Alma Mater "Notre Dame Our Mother" being sung at the end of today's Mass. The second link is of the Band of the Fighting Irish playing the Victory Clog and the "greatest of all college fight songs" the Notre Dame Victory March at the Spirit of Notre Dame celebration. Enjoy!
LINK: NOTRE DAME ALMA MATER
LINK: NOTRE DAME VICTORY MARCH
Another "NFL ALL PRO" Tight End from ND!
Kyle Rudolph caught nine TD passes last season and earned a spot in the NFL Pro Bowl game -- where he walked away with the MVP honors. Here's a story on how Kyle is doing with the Vikings:
LINK: A COMPLETE TIGHT END
Didn't Enjoy Waking Up to this Prediction...
The South Bend Tribune's Al Lesar went a little "negative" this morning on our Notre Dame football team -- forecasting a down season for the Irish. Here's his prediction:
LINK: LITTLE CAESAR'S BOWL?
Video of Michael Floyd's TD Catch Last Night
He looked like the old Floyd last night -- making a great TD catch. Here's the video below:
LINK: HIGHLIGHTS
LINK: HIGHLIGHTS
Saturday, August 24, 2013
USA Today Football Story on Notre Dame
The gang at USA Today has been previewing the college football season and yesterday they took a look at our Fightin' Irish. Here's a link to the story:
LINK: NOTRE DAME
Golden Tate's "Fail Mary" Touchdown Catch
Former Notre Dame All-American Golden Tate -- returned to the "scene of the catch" last night as his Seattle Seahawks played the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field.
The infamous "catch / non-catch," that eliminated the Packers from the NFL Playoffs last season, was the subject of a story at Channel 4 in Green Bay:
LINK: FAIL MARY
Our Man Golden Tate -- Having Some Fun!
I don't think the Green Bay Packer fans will find this amusing...
However, you've got to give it to former Notre Dame All-American Golden Tate and the creativity of some Seahawk fans in this t-shirt design. Classic!
LINK: GOLDEN TATE -- DON'T HATE
Friday, August 23, 2013
Jonas Gray "On the Bubble" with Dolphins
Just found this story that has Jonas Gray "on the bubble" to make the 53 man NFL roster of the Miami Dolphins. Gray, the former Notre Dame running back,, is coming off a major knee injury that shortened his senior season with the Irish and placed him on the "physically unable to perform" list this past NFL season.
Going into the Dolphin's fourth exhibition game tomorrow night -- Jonas leads Miami in rushing yards!
I'm rooting for this young man to make the Dolphins!
LINK: ON THE BUBBLE?
LINK: MIAMI OFFENSIVE STATS
Last ND Practice Report Before Temple Game
This video is the last you'll see on the practice field of the Fightin' Irish before they head out of the tunnel to play Temple next Saturday. You'll see a number of the freshman offensive players in this video -- plenty of young talent!
LINK: NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL
Brian Kelly's Media Day Press Conference
The 126th season of Notre Dame football "kicked off" officially yesterday afternoon as the Fightin' Irish held their annual Media Day. Here's what Coach Brian Kelly had to say:
LINK: PRESS CONFERENCE
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