Monday, October 23, 2017
Sunday, October 22, 2017
How Will NC State Handle Cold-Wet Weather?
Interesting "Fun Fact" on the Football Season
When was the last time we saw this kind of stat coming from Notre Dame Football? It's been a long time coming!
Notre Dame: AP Voter Break Down for Week 9
Here's a look at every AP voter and where they placed Notre Dame on their ballot for week 9.
Quick highlights:
- Three voters had Notre Dame at #5 in this week's poll
- Eleven voters had Notre Dame at #7 and eleven had them at #9
- And, eleven did not place Notre Dame in their Top Ten
LINK: AP VOTERS
Notre Dame Moves Up to #9 in the AP POLL
The win over USC moved the Fighting Irish up 4 spots in today's AP POLL.
Ohio State and Clemson are the only 1 loss teams ranked higher than Notre Dame this week.
LINK: AP TOP 25
Los Angeles Media Talks About ND's Win...
Notre Dame fans will enjoy reading this...
LINK: LOS ANGELES TIMES
LINK: LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
LINK: ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
LINK: COLUMNIST -- WOLF
LINK: COLUMNIST -- WHARTON
HEISMAN VOTERS: Running Back "A" vs. "B"
Folks, it has to be said -- Josh Adams is not getting the love he deserves...
Here's the stats for the supposed HEISMAN FRONT-RUNNER according to the folks in Bristol -- compared to our favorite running back at Notre Dame.
Let's call one of the running backs "A" and the other "B"
UNKNOWN RUNNING BACK "A"
- 105 carries
- 967 yards rushing
- 9.3 yards per carry
- 8 TD's
- 84 yard TD run
UNKNOWN RUNNING BACK "B"
- 117 carries
- 757 yards rushing
- 6.5 yards per carry
- 8 TD's
- 80 yard TD run
Running back "A" -- is Josh Adams -- running back "B" is Saquon Barkley...
FYI: Josh Adams has sit out 9 quarters of football all ready -- more than two full games of action.
Saturday, October 21, 2017
Friday, October 20, 2017
NBC Promo: #13 USC vs. #11 Notre Dame
Notre Dame. USC. You won't want to miss this. Sat. 7:30P ET on NBC. pic.twitter.com/DI5nQztVcX— Notre Dame on NBC (@NDonNBC) October 20, 2017
MEDIA Predictions: USC vs. Notre Dame
Took a lap around the worldwide web (over lunch) to see what the media experts are predicting as the outcome for Saturday night's PRIME TIME matchup between the #11 USC Trojans and our #13 Fighting Irish of Notre Dame;
LINK: LA DAILY NEWS
LINK: CHICAGO TRIBUNE
LINK: SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
LINK: SB NATION
LINK: CBS SPORTS
Thursday, October 19, 2017
Domer Connaughton Leads Trail Blazers to Win!
Not a bad start!
A NBA career high 24 point performance for the former Fighting Irish star on opening night of the 2017-18 season!
The Trail Blazers 124 - 76 victory over the Phoenix Suns was the largest point differential in NBA history for an opening night game.
LINK: GAME HIGHLIGHTS
LINK: PORTLAND COACH TALKS ABOUT CONNAUGHTON
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
CBS Sports' Analysts Talk USC vs Notre Dame
Just a FYI: All four of them picked us to beat Georgia...
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Week 8 AP Voters -- Where They Ranked ND
Here's a very quick analysis of the AP Vote for week 8 of the college football season -- as it pertains to our favorite team, the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame.
Highest ranking given to Notre Dame this week:
- 6th -- Jason Galloway, Wisconsin State-Journal
Total number of AP Voters who placed Notre Dame in its Top 10 this week:
- 15 AP voters -- of the 61 AP voters
Lowest ranking given to Notre Dame this week:
- 19th -- Jerry DiPaola, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
LINK: AP VOTERS AND WHERE THEY RANKED ND
NBA's Opening Night for (4) Former Irish Stars
There are four former Fighting Irish basketball stars on NBA rosters;
- Jerian Grant, Chicago Bulls
- Pat Connaughton, Portland Trail Blazers
- Demetrius Jackson*, Houston Rockets
- Jack Cooley*, Sacramento Kings
*Denotes -- signed a two-way contract, between NBA club and NBA G League club
USC Week: Clay Helton's Sunday Media Call
USC's head football coach Clay Helton met with the media Sunday -- takes questions on game with Notre Dame...
LINK: HELTON MEDIA CALL
Monday, October 16, 2017
Updated National Rankings: Notre Dame Teams
Took a lap around the "ranking landscape" to see how our Fighting Irish teams are ranked this week:
- Women's Basketball: #5
- Hockey: #5
- Men's Soccer: #5
- Women's Swimming: #6
- Men's Swimming: #7
- Football: #13
- Men's Basketball: #14
Sunday, October 15, 2017
Domer Golden Tate Taking it to the House!
It's #Showtime in NOLA! ✨ pic.twitter.com/Dfdsl8a7Wd— Detroit Lions (@Lions) October 15, 2017
Domer Jac Collinsworth Pranks Rex Ryan
Rex Ryan is just trying to get to work, man. pic.twitter.com/RJJvhvDCqm— ESPN (@espn) October 15, 2017
Notre Dame the "Sixth Ranked One Loss Team"
The Football Writers Association of America released their SUPER 16 this morning and they ranked Notre Dame #13 -- ranking five other teams with one-loss ahead of them. Here are those teams -- along with Notre Dame and the team that beat them this season, game score and location:
#6 Ohio State:
- Lost to #8 Oklahoma 31 - 16 at home
#7 Clemson:
- Lost to un-ranked (3-3) Syracuse 27 - 24 on the road
#10 Oklahoma State:
- Lost to #4 TCU 44 - 31 at home
#11 Washington:
- Lost to un-ranked (3-3) Arizona State 13 - 7 on the road
#12 USC:
- Lost to #14 Washington State 30 - 27 on the road
#13 NOTRE DAME:
- Lost to #2 Georgia 20 - 19 at home
LINK: FWAA SUPER 16
OT: WMU's Football Field is Under Water
The Western Michigan Broncos were scheduled to play their homecoming game yesterday but thunderstorms and torrential rain forced the re-scheduling to today at 1 PM.
More than 8" of rain fell yesterday -- more today!
Today's update...
LINK: STORY
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