Torii Hunter, Sr. -- father of Notre Dame wide receiver Torii Jr. -- met with the media today to talk about his retirement from major league baseball...
Time to root full-time for the Fighting Irish!
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Domer Dad's Retirement Press Conference
Torii Hunter, Sr. -- father of Notre Dame wide receiver Torii Jr. -- met with the media today to talk about his retirement from major league baseball...
Time to root full-time for the Fighting Irish!
Notre Dame -- 9th Straight -- #1 GSR Rate !!!
The Notre Dame Athletics Department can now claim its 9th straight NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP as 19 of ND's 22 varsity athletic sports had perfect NCAA Graduation Success Rates (GSR) !!!
LINK: STORY
A Weekend Look at the NEW TOP TEN -- CFB
Here's what lies ahead this weekend for the teams ranked in the TOP TEN of the College Football Playoff Rankings:
#1: Clemson (-12) -- plays #16 Florida State (7 - 1) at home
#2: LSU (+6.5) -- plays #4 Alabama (7 - 1) on the road
#3: Ohio State (-24) -- plays Minnesota (4 - 4) at home
#4: Alabama (-6.5) -- plays #2 LSU (7 - 0) at home
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#5: Notre Dame (-8.5) -- plays Pittsburgh (6 - 2) on the road
#6: Baylor (-17) -- plays Kansas State (3 - 4) on the road
#7: Michigan State (-6) -- plays Nebraska (3 - 6) on the road
#8: TCU (-5) -- plays #14 Oklahoma State (8 - 0) on the road
#9: Iowa (-7) -- plays Indiana (4 - 4) on the road
#10: Florida (-21) -- plays Vanderbilt (3 - 5) at home
What's shocking to me:
- Clemson is a 12 point favorite over Florida State
- Michigan State is only a 6 point favorite over Nebraska
- Notre Dame is the 2nd biggest road favorite of the TOP Ten and they play a 6 - 2 PIttsburgh squad that is 12 points from being undefeated.
Well Written Story on ND QB DeShone Kizer
You'll want to find time to read this story in Sports Illustrated's "Campus Rush."
LINK: DESHONE KIZER
Pitt Coach: "Notre Dame Should Have to Join..."
Pitt Panthers head coach Pat Narduzzi just spoke to the media and he openly questioned Notre Dame's scheduling (really?) and their ability to play for the National Championship without joining a conference -- see link below...
STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE RANKINGS as of 11/05/15
- #5 Notre Dame
- #34 Pittsburgh
I for one -- think Notre Dame Football would LOVE to play the same teams Pitt is playing this year, next year -- every year...
- Youngstown State
- Akron
- Villanova
LINK: NARDUZZI ON IRISH
ESPN's Bomani Jones Talks ND & CFB Playoff
ESPN radio host Bomani Jones talks "Notre Dame bias" in the College Football Playoff ranking...
LINK: BOMANI JONES
Russillo & Kanell Talk CFB Playoff Rankings
Here is ESPN Radio's Ryen Russillo and Danny Kanell talking about the first week of rankings for the College Football Playoff with Committee Chair Jeff Long...
LINK: RUSSILLO & KANELL
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Notre Dame Football Featured in Gatorade Ad
This is an ad campaign from Gatorade where they claim to feature some of the "world's best athletes and teams..."
And, they picked the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame!
Mike & MIKE Talk ND & CFB Playoff Rankings
ESPN's morning radio show -- talks the first rankings from the CFB Playoff and Notre Dame...
LINK: MIKE & MIKE -- CFB PLAYOFF RANKINGS
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Six Game Playoff For a National Championship!
Here's what we know right now -- after being ranked #5 by the College Football Playoff Committee -- we win our next six football games this season, we are NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!
Playoff Game #1: PITTSBURGH
Playoff Game #2: WAKE FOREST
Playoff Game #3: BOSTON COLLEGE
Playoff Game #4: STANFORD
Playoff Game #5: TBD (Orange Bowl or Cotton Bowl)
National Championship Game: TBD (AT&T Stadium -- Dallas)
It just got real...
CFB Playoff Committe Has Notre Dame #5 !!!
This is going to create a conversation in Waco, East Lansing, Fort Worth, Iowa City and Tallahassee and a few other locations. Shows you the CFB Playoff Committee is looking at strength of schedule.
TOP 6:
- CLEMSON
- LSU
- OHIO STATE
- ALABAMA
- NOTRE DAME
- BAYLOR
This means we win the rest of our games -- we "SHOULD" be in the PLAYOFF!!!
Fenway Park Readies for Notre Dame Football
Here's some early photos of the grounds crew at Fenway Park preparing to convert the baseball park into the home of the Shamrock Series game between Boston College and our Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Saturday, November 21st.
Monday, November 2, 2015
Two Domers Secure "Shark Tank" Investment
Notre Dame alums Mike Doyle and Drew Mitchell -- co-founders of "Rent Like a Champion" were guests on ABC's hit show SHARK TANK this past Friday night and they secured a $200,000 investment for 10% of their company from Mark Cuban and "guest Shark" Mark Sacca.
Here's the Forbes story:
LINK: DOMERS GET SHARK MONEY!
If you want to watch the "negotiation" -- you'll have to click on the link below which will take you to the entire show:
LINK: SHARK TANK EPISODE 6
Notre Dame Now #2 in the FEI Ranking!
The creator of the Fremeau Efficiency Index is a colleague of mine here at the University of Notre Dame by the name of Brian Fremeau. Brian has been doing this statistical analysis work on football for a number of years --- really smart stuff.
And, his latest FEI rankings has the Fighting Irish ranked #2 in the country behind Clemson!
The Fremeau Efficiency Index (FEI) is a college football rating system based on opponent-adjusted drive efficiency. Approximately 20,000 possessions are contested annually in FBS vs. FBS games. First-half clock-kills and end-of-game garbage drives and scores are filtered out. Unadjusted game efficiency (GE) is a measure of net success on non-garbage possessions, and opponent adjustments are calculated with special emphasis placed on quality performances against good teams, win or lose. Other definitions:
- SOS: Strength of Schedule, measured as the likelihood of an elite team going undefeated against the given team's regular season schedule. Schedule strength data based on FEI ratings and calculated across other dimensions can be explored in this interactive visualization.
- FBS MW: Mean Wins, the average number of games a team with the given FEI rating would be expected to win against its regular season schedule of FBS opponents.
- FBS RMW: Remaining Mean Wins, the average number of games a team with the given FEI rating would be expected to win against the remainder of its regular season schedule of FBS opponents.
- OFEI: Opponent-adjusted Offensive Efficiency value generated per possession.
- DFEI: Opponent-adjusted Defensive Efficiency value generated per opponent possession.
- STE: Special Teams Efficiency value generated per game possession.
- FVE: Field Value Efficiency value generated per game possession.
LINK: FEI RANKING -- ALL 128 FBS TEAMS
Sunday, November 1, 2015
AP Poll: Notre Dame Jumps Stanford for #8
The latest Associated Press Poll has the Fighting Irish sitting at #8 -- between #7 Alabama and #9 Stanford...
LINK: AP POLL
Niklas & Floyd -- 3 TD Catches for Cardinals!
Former Notre Dame All-American Michael Floyd caught a 60 yard TD pass today and former ND student-athlete Troy Niklas caught his first and second TD passes of his career in the Arizona Cardinals game vs. Cleveland.
At the time of this post --- the game was still in the 3rd QTR with Arizona leading 24 - 20.
LINK: NIKLAS' FIRST CAREER TD!
LINK: MICHAEL FLOYD'S 60 YARD TD!
LINK: NIKLAS' SECOND CAREER TD!
ND's Turner: Home to Say Good-Bye to Mom
Notre Dame student-athlete John Turner wasn't in Philadelphia yesterday with his Fighting Irish teammates -- instead, he was at home with his family in Indianapolis.
He made the right decision.
John's Mom Stephanie is dying from Breast Cancer. You're going to want to read this story...
LINK: ONE LAST GAME
Note: Stephanie Turner left for Heaven today (November 2nd) -- John Turner posted this message on his Twitter account this morning:
OT: Miami's Controversial Win Over Duke
Some in the media this morning -- are calling for the ACC to reverse the final call by its officials. See the stories linked below -- along with Duke's head coach David Cutcliffe's post game press conference:
LINK: ESPN STORY
LINK: SB NATION
LINK: DUKE CHRONICLE
LINK: CBS SPORTS
LINK: AUSTIN STATESMAN
Best Notre Dame Costumes at Game Last Night
Here's a look at some of the top "Notre Dame themed" Halloween costumes at the game last night in Philadelphia...
- Old time ND football player
- "Touchdown" Jesus
- Mary statue on top of Golden Dome
- "First Down" Moses statue
- Leprechaun
These are awesome!
Courtesy of @fightingirish -- follow them on Twitter!
Media Reaction: Notre Dame 24 - Temple 20
Took a quick lap around the web to see what the media has to say about Notre Dame's 24 - 20 win over Temple...
LINK: ESPN
LINK: PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
LINK: CHICAGO SUN TIMES PHOTO GALLERY
LINK: SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
LINK: ASSOCIATED PRESS
Notre Dame Fans Cheering the Fighting Irish!
Big cheers from the ND crowd here at @LFFStadium as the Irish leave the field with their seventh victory pic.twitter.com/9EHwEEuHA7
— Mary Green (@MaryEGreen15) November 1, 2015
Saturday, October 31, 2015
DeShone Kizer's 79 Yard Touchdown Run!
Sophomore, first-year starter DeShone Kizer led the Irish with 342 yards of total offense -- 299 yard passing / 143 yards rushing!
The 79 yard run is the 2nd longest run by a ND QB from scrimmage in history!
KeiVarae's Late Interception Seals Irish Victory!
Notre Dame beats Temple 24 - 20 in Philly tonight.
Reigning ACC Champs -- Back to Work Friday!
The three freshmen; Pflueger, Ryan and Burns -- all made their first college field goal attempts last night -- A THREE, A THREE and a TWO!
OT: New Zealand's "All Blacks" Haka Dance
I watched them do this on NBC before the start of the Rugby World Cup Final today against Australia -- WOW!
Let's Take a Look at Temple's Football Schedule
Since we have all day to worry about this game -- allow me to shed some light on the undefeated Owls and the "great" defense we will be playing this evening...
Here's a look at who Temple has played so far -- and the offensive rankings of each team. For a point of comparison -- here's how ND ranks (against all 128 teams in FBS):
- Rushing Rank: #15
- Passing Rank: #33
- Offensive Rank: #17
Penn State
- Temple 27 -- Penn State 10
- Penn State's record: 6 - 2
- Penn State Rushing Rank: #82
- Penn State Passing Rank: #92
- Penn State Offensive Rank: #111
Cincinnati
- Temple 34 -- Cincinnati 26
- Cincinnati's record: 4 - 3
- Cincinnati's Rushing Rank: #34
- Cincinnati's Passing Rank: #8
- Cincinnati's Offensive Rank: #7
UMASS
- Temple 25 -- UMASS 23
- UMASS's record: 1 - 6
- UMASS's Rushing Rank: #120
- UMASS's Passing Rank: #24
- UMASS's Offensive Rank: #50
Charlotte
- Temple 37 -- Charlotte 3
- Charlotte's record: 3 - 5
- Charlotte's Rushing Rank: #58
- Charlotte's Passing Rank: #112
- Charlotte's Offensive Rank: #104
Tulane
- Temple 49 -- Tulane 10
- Tulane's record: 3 - 4
- Tulane's Rushing Rank: #122
- Tulane's Passing Rank: #84
- Tulane's Offensive Rank: #122
UCF
- Temple 30 -- UCF 16
- UCF's record: 0 - 8
- UCF's Rushing Rank: #128
- UCF's Passing Rank: #90
- UCF's Offensive Rank: #128
East Carolina
- Temple 24 -- East Carolina 14
- East Carolina's record: 4 - 4
- East Carolina's Rushing Rank: #96
- East Carolina's Passing Rank: #29
- East Carolina's Offensive Rank: #55
NOTE: When you look at Penn State vs. Cincinnati -- this might be the best argument ever that Defense is more important than Offense -- or, you need to play a BIG TEN schedule...
Brian Kelly on ESPN GameDay This Morning
This was obviously filmed last night when the Fighting Irish did their "shake-out."
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