ABC Post Game Interview of Coach Brian Kelly

Here is a link to Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly's post game on-field interview with an ABC/ESPN reporter.

LINK:  COACH KELLY

Video Replay: Torii Hunter Jr.'s First Catch a TD!

Torii Hunter Jr., has been waiting for this moment for a long time...

His first career catch, came in the 4th quarter of tonight's 31 - 16 victory and it went for a TOUCHDOWN!  It was also Everett Golson's 25th straight completion -- a Notre Dame record!

Here's the video proof -- along with a look at Torri's reaction and his teammates to TD #1!

LINK:  HUNTER'S TD CATCH

LINK:  TEAM & TORII'S SIDELINE REACTION

Everett Golson's "Imperfect - Record" Night

Notre Dame QB Everett Golson completed a school record 25 straight passes tonight on his way to a 4 TD, 362 yards of passing performance in the Fighting Irish's 31 - 16 win over Syracuse...

The 25 straight completions fell one short of the NCAA record.

Unfortunately, a fumble, two interceptions -- one a "pick six" -- gives Everett, Coach Kelly and Coach LaFleur something to work on this weeK as the Irish prepare for #16 Stanford.

Here is Everett with the media after the game:

LINK:  GOLSON WITH MEDIA

#8 Notre Dame Gets Win #4 Tonight in Jersey

The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame won a game tonight in front of the largest crowd to ever see a college football game at MetLife Stadium.

Notre Dame's 31 - 16 win over Syracuse -- marked the first time a Notre Dame team has scored 30 plus points in four straight games to start a season since 1943.  And, it included a ND record for most consecutive completions by a QB! (25 or 26 -- still waiting for final clarification)...

And, the good news -- it took me this long to bring up the five turnovers...

Here's the quick media reaction to tonight's victory:

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE

LINK:  ESPN NOTRE DAME BLOG

LINK:  FORT WAYNE JOURNAL GAZETTE

Pre-Game Video Clips from MetLife Stadium

The Fighting Irish will be kicking it off in less than fifteen minutes.  Here's your last look at Notre Dame getting ready for the Syracuse game:

That's Coach Kelly with Kirk Herbstreit and George Whitfield (QB whisperer) a few minutes ago...
 

LINK:  SLOW MOTION GOLSON PASSING

LINK:  WARMING UP

LINK:  COUNT ON ME!

The Most Expensive Syracuse Football Ticket!

The Fighting Irish prove once again -- they are the biggest draw in college football...

Game attendance:  76,802 -- largest crowd ever for a college football game at MetLife Stadium.

LINK:  MOST EXPENSIVE TICKET!

Photo of Everett Golson Before Game Starts

Here's a photo of Notre Dame QB Everett Golson signing a few autographs before putting on the GOLD HELMET for tonight's game against Syracuse at MetLife Stadium.

Closing the All-Time Wins Gap With Michigan

Here's a look at the college football all-time WINS LIST for FBS schools -- as of 12:43 AM ET, Sunday morning.

As you'll see below Notre Dame is now #2 on the list to Michigan -- who has been playing football eight more seasons than the Fighting Irish...

Notre Dame is the all-time winningest team in college football history with a winning percentage of 73% 

1. Michigan -- 912 wins
2. NOTRE DAME -- 878 wins
3. Texas -- 876 wins
4. Nebraska -- 869 wins
5. Ohio State -- 851 wins

Note:  Notre Dame entered the 2014 season #2 on the All-Time Winning % list and #3 on the All-Time Wins list.

Domer Bevacqua Leads PGA at 2014 Ryder Cup

Pete Bevacqua '93 is the CEO of the PGA of America.  The Notre Dame grad is over in Scotland cheering on TEAM USA this weekend at the Ryder Cup.

Here is a link to Friday's NBC interview of Bevacqua:

LINK:  PETE BEVACQUA

LINK:  BIO

Notre Dame's Morning MetLife Walk-Through

The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame are over at MetLife Stadium this morning -- getting a feel for the surroundings at MetLife Stadium.  Click on the video linked below:

LINK:  TEAM ARRIVAL AT METLIFE

LINK:  MORNING WALK-THROUGH

LINK:  VIDEO #2 FROM METLIFE

13 Super Bowl Facilities -- Notre Dame Football

There's college football and then there is Notre Dame Football...

The Fighting Irish will play tonight in MetLife Stadium -- one of 13 Super Bowl facilities to host the GOLD HELMETS of Notre Dame.

ND Live's Jac Collinsworth -- Syracuse Week

Notre Dame student Jac Collinsworth is chasing a career in the TV business.  You'll enjoy this.

Now, I have to admit I was shocked with how Frank Leahy's last name was pronounced...

LINK:  ND LIVE

Less Than 12 Hours to PRIME TIME for ND!

It's the first PRIME TIME -- national TV appearance EVER for the Syracuse Orange football program...

It's just another game under the bright lights for the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame.

Here's what the media has to say about tonight's game:

LINK:  ESPN NOTRE DAME BLOG

LINK:  SPORTING NEWS

LINK:  WASHINGTON POST

LINK:  FORT WAYNE JOURNAL GAZETTE

LINK:  NEWS SENTINEL

LINK:  INDIANAPOLIS STAR

LINK:  NBC'S NOTRE DAME CENTRAL

Notre Dame's Endowment Grows 19.7% !!!

The University of Notre Dame's Investment Office produced a 19.7% gain for the Endowment over a 12 month period from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014.  INCREDIBLE!

The University's Endowment as of June 30, 2014 -- $9.8 BILLION

LINK:  ENDOWMENT GROWTH

OT: The Ryder Cup's First Tee Shot -- WOW

There's nothing like the pressure of the first tee at the Ryder Cup.  Look at this photo from today's first tee at Gleneagles Resort PGA Centenary Course in Scotland -- WOW!

#20 Notre Dame Beats #2 Virginia Tech Tonight

The Fighting Irish women's soccer team traveled down to Blacksburg and beat the #2 ranked Hokies of Virginia Tech 2 - 0!!!

LINK:  BIG WIN FOR IRISH!

OT: South Bend's Mayor Returns Home Tonight

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg returned home tonight from a seven-month tour of duty in Afghanistan.  Here's the video proof!

That's Notre Dame professor Joe Buttigieg in the video welcoming his son home to town...

LINK:  MAYOR PETE BACK IN TOWN

Coach Brian Kelly Talks About Syracuse Today

The head coach of the Fighting Irish met with the media today for the last time leading up to Saturday night' PRIME TIME match-up with Syracuse.  Here's the story:

LINK:  BRIAN KELLY

Syracuse Coach's First Time Encountering ND

Notre Dame fans will get a chuckle out of this...

Syracuse head football coach Scott Shafer recalls his time as an assistant, coaching a game at Notre Dame Stadium -- funny stuff:

LINK:  HOLTZ INTIMIDATING

Syracuse Head Coach Talks Notre Dame Today

Here's the latest from Syracuse head football coach Scott Shafer.  He met again with the media today to talk about Saturday's game against Notre Dame.

LINK:  SCOTT SHAFER

Sergio Brown Giving Back to Indianapolis

Former Fighting Irish football player Sergio Brown -- now with the Indianapolis Colts -- was hard at work today helping out those in need...

Louis Nix Placed on NFL's Injured Reserve List

Former Notre Dame student-athlete Louis Nix '14, was placed on the NFL's Injured Reserve List this morning by the Houston Texans -- effectively ending a rookie season that never started...

Nix had knee surgery during summer training camp.  Here's the story:

LINK:  NIX OUT FOR SEASON

Know Thy Opponent -- Syracuse Talks ND Game

Syracuse Head Coach Scott Shafer and Defensive Coordinator Chuck Bullough -- and a few players -- met with the media to talk about Saturday's game with our Fighting Irish....

LINK:  SYRACUSE VIDEO

Coach Brian Kelly's Tuesday Press Conference

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media to talk about his Fighting Irish and Saturday's game with Syracuse at the Meadowlands.  Just click on the link below...

LINK:  PRESS CONFERENCE

OT: Rickie Fowler's Ryder Cup USA Haircut!

It's become one of the great events in all of sport -- The Ryder Cup.

This year team USA has traveled to Scotland to take on Europe in golf's biennial grudge match.

To spice things up -- American Rickie Fowler cut his famous locks...

LINK:  FOWLER'S HAIR CUT

LINK:  GOLF MAGAZINE STORY

LINK:  STORY

A "Must Read" Notre Dame Magazine Story!

Folks, this is quite a story...

LINK:  KICKER'S POST GAME VISIT TO GROTTO

Michigan Pulls Coca-Cola Free Ticket Promo

 

The story broke earlier today that you could buy two bottles of Coca-Cola  and receive TWO free tickets to the Minnesota vs. Michigan football game this Saturday in Ann Arbor...

Two Michigan football tickets typically cost $150 and Coca-Cola will give them to you FREE for a $3 purchase -- quite a deal!

Well, in the last few minutes -- the University of Michigan's Athletic Department released the statement above...

LINK:  M-LIVE STORY

LINK:  NBC STORY

Trick Shot Monday from Coach Kelly's Balcony

The most difficult Trick Shot Monday in the history of Notre Dame Football -- took place earlier today...

LINK:  TRICK SHOT MONDAY

Knute Rockne's South Bend Home for Sale

Knute Rockne's home in South Bend is going up for sale -- with an asking price of $500,000.  The home, built in 1929, was the site of Rockne's wake after his death from a plane crash in 1931.

Here's the details:

LINK:  HOME FOR SALE

New Wall Art for Notre Dame Women's Hoops!

Visitors to the Women's Basketball office at the University of Notre Dame are now greeted by this in the lobby.

Got to love it -- where Champions come to play!

Notre Dame Now #8 in Football Power Rankings

ESPN's College Football Power Rankings have the Notre Dame Fighting Irish up to #8 this week -- click on the link below:

LINK:  FOOTBALL POWER RANKINGS

Notre Dame Moves Up to #8 in Coaches Poll

Well, in just a little more than two weeks time -- our Fighting Irish have moved up from #16 in the college football rankings to #8...

LINK:  LATEST RANKING

OT: FSU Head Coach's Prepared Statement

After #1 Florida State's thrilling OT win last night over Clemson -- head coach Jimbo Fisher read a prepared statement.  He strayed a little from the script when he made this declaration at the 1:14 mark of the press conference:

"When your players misstep, you balance education, which we do a lot more than anybody in America, as much as anybody in America..."

Now I must admit, I don't know what "balance education" means -- but, I trust Coach Fisher wasn't referring to the graduation rate of his football players at Florida State University -- this is from the NCAA and a recent University of Pennsylvania study:

• Florida State -- all football players:  55% graduation rate
• Florida State -- black male football players:  37% graduation rate

LINK:  COACH FISHER PRESSER

LINK:  STORY ON BLACK ATHLETES' GRADUATION RATES

PHOTO: The End of Michigan's Game vs. Utah

A long thunderstorm delay combined with a lackluster performance by the Wolverines -- led Michigan fans to head home by the "tens of thousands" with almost 8 minutes left in the game...

Domer Dad Has Sixth Straight Multi-Hit Game!

Torii Hunter Sr., Detroit Tiger outfielder and father of Notre Dame student-athlete Torri Jr., had his sixth straight game where he had two or more hits!!!  The first time in his career!

Torri's first hit was a home run -- his 17th of the season -- as the Tigers beat Kansas City 3 - 2 to take a 2 1/2 game lead with 8 games left in the season.  Detroit's "magic number" is now 6 games!

LINK:  DOMER DAD'S HOMER!

OT: The Best QB You've Never Heard About?

Since the Fighting Irish aren't playing today -- I'm driving up to Big Rapids, MI to see "my" Ferris State Bulldogs take on "Brian Kelly's" Grand Valley State Lakers tonight in a battle for the "Anchor-Bone" Trophy.

The Bulldogs -- ranked #16 in the country, NCAA Division II -- are led by a 6'-4" 241 lb. "bulldozer" of a QB named Jason Vander Laan.  The junior is a favorite to win Division II's "Heisman Trophy" -- the HARLAN HILL TROPHY -- coming off a sophomore season where he had these crazy stats:

• 1,607 yards rushing -- ALL-TIME RECORD FOR A QB IN DIV. II
• 1,493 yards passing
• 29 TDs -- 13 passing / 16 rushing

You're going to want to watch his highlight reel!

LINK:  JASON VANDER LAAN -- HIGHLIGHTS

LINK:  STORY

Justin & Lauran Tuck -- Their R.U.S.H. Initiative

Former Notre Dame defensive end Justin Tuck and his wife Lauran have a charity by the name of R.U.S.H. which stands for:  Read, Understand, Succeed and Hope for Literacy.  Here's what they were up to this week in Oakland...

LINK:  THE TUCK'S

Jerome Bettis Making A Difference in Pittsburgh

Former Notre Dame running back Jerome Bettis continues to do his adopted home of Pittsburgh -- right.  Here's what he's up to now...

That's Jerome above giving Ed Stack (Chairman of Dick's Sporting Goods) his Jerome Bettis Humanitarian Award.

LINK:  JEROME BETTIS

Domer Jake Golic Talks ND Reunion This Week

Former Notre Dame student-athlete Jake Golic was asked about this Saturday's game between the Cincinnati Bearcats and the Miami Redhawks -- a game featuring many former players and coaches with ties to the Fighting Irish...

LINK:  JAKE GOLIC

Unique Insurance Plan for College Playoff Fans

I received an email from former Notre Dame quarterback Steve Beurlein the other day -- alerting me to a new company called TickAssure! that he's associated with...

Here's how it works -- you can buy a TickAssure! Ticket Protection Plan for your favorite team (THE FIGHTING IRISH).  Then, when Notre Dame advances to the college football playoff semifinals and championship game, purchase your game tickets from a National Association of Ticket Broker-member.

TickAssure! will then refund you the difference of the cost of the tickets you purchased and the face value of those tickets --- up to $2,000 a ticket for the National Championship game or $750 a ticket for the Semi-Final game.

As of 7:45 PM ET this evening - here was the cost of a TickAssure policy for Notre Dame tickets:

• $122.27 for the SEMI-FINAL GAME
• $160.43 for the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

PLEASE NOTE -- TICKASSURE! IS NOT ASSOCIATED, NOR IS IT ENDORSED -- BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME

LINK:  TICKASSURE!

Brady Quinn's Broadcasting Debut for Fox

Former Notre Dame All-American Brady Quinn made his broadcasting debut this past Saturday night in Texas...

Quinn did the "analysis" work alongside Tim Brando in Fox's college football telecast of TCU'S 30 - 7 win over Minnesota.

Here's the story:

LINK:  QUINN IN BROADCAST BOOTH

Zack Martin '13 Earning Praise from Cowboys!

Former Notre Dame offensive tackle Zack Martin is turning heads with the Dallas Cowboys -- the right guard is earning high praise from teammates and coaches alike.  Click on the links below:

LINK:  MARTIN IS BETTER...

LINK:  MEDIA INTERVIEW

The Minnesota Vikings' "Emerging Star"

A nice story about former Notre Dame Football Captain Harrison Smith who's becoming quite a player for the Minnesota Vikings.

"One of the best in the game..."

I missed reporting on his 81 yard interception TD return -- see the video link below -- analysis provided for former Notre Dame linebacker Pete Berchich:

LINK:  HARRISON SMITH

LINK:  INTERCEPTION RETURN FOR TD

NFL Domers Bruton & Watt Visit Schools Today

A couple of former Fighting Irish student-athletes were visiting schools today (on their day off) representing their NFL teams -- and always Notre Dame.  The Denver Broncos David Bruton visited Aurora West College Prep Academy and the Charger's Chris Watt visited the King-Chavez Academy of Excellence in San Diego.

Not surprised these NFL teams select Domers for gigs like this!

Just click on the links below to learn more about Bruton's and Watt's respective visits to these two schools:

LINK:  DAVID BRUTON'S SCHOOL VISIT

LINK:  CHRIS WATT'S SCHOOL VISIT