Earning a "rare" AAA credit rating from Moody's this past month -- went a long ways in helping Notre Dame raise $400 million in bonds on Wall Street at an all-time record low interest rate for a 30-year corporate bond.
To put this in perspective -- there are only THREE U.S. CORPORATIONS with a AAA credit rating from Moody's; Johnson & Johnson, Exxon-Mobil and Microsoft.
Moody's cited the university's "national prominence," its history of strong fund
raising and robust demand from students to attend the school.
Mike Brey's #12 Fighting Irish won a big ACC ROAD game tonight over Georgia Tech -- overcoming an eight point halftime deficit -- to win 62 - 59! Notre Dame's 'first-ever' win in Atlanta.
And, Notre Dame did this with Zach Auguste back in South Bend dealing with an academic matter...
Here's a link to Jerian Grant's BIG BUCKET with 23 seconds left to give Notre Dame a three-point lead:
Two writers at Sports Illustrated presented a first look at who's in, who's on the bubble and who's going to be disappointed come NCAA Tournament time...
Well, they have our Fighting Irish as a "LOCK" to make the tournament!
Notre Dame's Lou Holtz and Brian Kelly were featured in Jimmy Kimmel's "Mean Tweets" -- during tonight's pre-game show on ESPN from the National Championship.
Here's the first four member of Notre Dame's incoming football recruiting class; Jerry Tillery (Louisisana), Tevon Coney (Florida), Tristen Hoge (Idaho) and Micah Dew-Tredway (Illinois) -- they start classes tomorrow morning...
The artwork above was "tweeted" by Notre Dame Football.
The teams from Eugune and Columbus will be carrying a little "Luck of the Irish" tonight on their rosters, sidelines and in the AT&T Stadium seats tonight...
Kick off is scheduled for around 8:30 PM ET on ESPN.
GO DUCKS! Sorry, the only time I root for the school in Ohio is when they play the school in Ann Arbor...
The Fighting Irish gave it a decent run last night against the undefeated #3 ranked Virginia Cavaliers 62 - 56. Here's the post game conferences for both Coach Tony Bennett and Coach Mike Brey:
There are two Notre Dame football players who have yet to decide if they were going to make themselves eligible for the 2015 NFL DRAFT -- Sheldon Day and Ronnie Stanley.
Now there is one...
Yesterday -- Sheldon Day made it official yesterday that he is returning! Here's the Indianapolis Star story:
Tony Bennett -- the man who has led the Virginia Cavaliers to an undefeated 13 - 0 start and a #3 ranking the country -- talked about tonight's game against our #12 ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame on his weekly radio show:
Warning -- you have to listen to Van Halen's "Jump" forever (FIFTEEN MINUTES) before the show starts. I don't know what the Virginia Cavaliers are thinking with forcing you to listen to music. They must not have anyone listening to the show, post production...
The #12 ranked Fighting Irish will host undefeated #3 Virginia (one of the 3 teams in the country still unbeaten) at SOLD-OUT Purcell Pavilion and in front of a national TV audience on ESPN2 at 6 PM ET.
Former Notre Dame All-American Thom Gatewood has just learned that he's the 45th player in Fighting Irish history to be elected to the College Football Hall of Fame!
Congratulations Tom!
You can see "Theisman to Gatewood" in the video link below:
Notre Dame "walk-on" turned scholarship student-athlete this fall for the Notre Dame Football team -- Tyler Plantz -- is headed to Chula Vista, CA this weekend for tryouts for the USA Olympic Rugby team...
Former Notre Dame All-American defensive back Todd Lyght has just taken a coaching job with the Vanderbilt Commodores. Lyght leaves Chip Kelly's staff in Philadelphia where he was an Assistant Defensive Backs Coach.
Here it is -- the 13 minute "30 FOR 30 SHORT" film -- directed by actor Ken Jeong (his directorial debut) on former Notre Dame student-athlete Reggie Ho...
Notre Dame alum Rear Admiral Mathias Winter '84, just took the helm as Chief of Naval Research -- in a recent change of command ceremony at the Pentagon.
Winter will oversee the Navy's $2 billion budget for naval science and technology programs.
Dick Nussbaum '74 & 77', was just named president of the Midwest League -- a minor league professional baseball organization. A former Fighting Irish baseball player, Nussbaum is also a member of Notre Dame's Board of Trustees.
The newly named South Bend Cubs are one of the 16 teams in the Midwest League.
Notre Dame alum Jimmy Small '08, surprised a family in Iowa last night by showing up in the middle of a snow storm offering to shovel their driveway.
What made this a Fox Sports news story is Small, the president of Iowa Speedway -- threw out this offerduring yesterday's snow storm (on TWITTER) as part of a ticket promotion...
Former Notre Dame walk-on kicker Reggie Ho is the subject of a "30 for 30 Short" ESPN FILM entitled "Student/Athlete The Story of Reggie Ho" directed by Ken Jeong -- his "directorial debut."
Houston Astro second baseman Craig Biggio (father to two Notre Dame baseball players; Conor '15 and Cavan '17) received the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a major league baseball player today -- he's been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame!
Biggio will become the first baseball player to be enshrined in Cooperstown wearing a Houston Astros hat...
The #12/#13 ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame went into Chapel Hill tonight and beat the #18 ranked Tarheels 71 - 70!
Notre Dame now leads the ACC with a 3 - 0 record!
10 three pointers and very good defense -- turned out to be the recipe in a game where North Carolina had 21 offensive rebounds and Notre Dame made only one basket from the field in the last 9:42 of the game!
The #13 ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame are in Chapel Hill, NC today -- SEE LINK BELOW -- awaiting their game tomorrow night against #19 North Carolina.
It's a nationally televised game on ESPN -- tipping off at 7 PM ET.
These are the new shoes the FIGHTING IRISH will be wearing from Under Armour tomorrow night...
If your friends ever give you a hard time about why "Notre Dame always has a seat at the table when it comes to Bowl, TV and Playoff negotiations" -- just remind them of this...
The 2014 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl ended up 8th among the 35 Bowl games in attendance -- though their bowl payout was 13th among the 35. Here's the TOP TWENTY (2014 - 2015) BOWL GAME attendance rankings: