Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Photo: Irish Waterford Crystal ND Helmet!
The folks at Aer Lingus College Football Ireland has this traveling around the Emerald Isle to promote next year's game between Navy and Notre Dame in Dublin. It has the ND Monogram on one side and the Navy "N" on the other...
Monday, October 7, 2019
First Ever -- Friday Night Bash at Notre Dame!
This Friday night -- we'll be hosting a party inside Notre Dame Stadium's Concourse -- for the very first time! And, we're bringing in some heaters, just in case it gets a little cold for our friends from USC.
- Food Trucks (five of them)
- Beer & Soda
- Bands -- two of them will be performing
Click on image above to enlarge...
The fun begins at 7 PM and goes to 10 PM!
100% of the ticket price goes to fund FINANCIAL AID for deserving Notre Dame students.
Get your tickets right here: TICKETS
Saturday, October 5, 2019
Brian VanGorder Talks Return to Notre Dame
The former Notre Dame defensive coordinator was interviewed this week by ABC57 earlier this week...
LINK: VANGORDER
Friday, October 4, 2019
Thursday, October 3, 2019
A Photo of Campus from Notre Dame Stadium
Just took this photo of the Main Building and Basilica from the 9th floor Terrace at Notre Dame Stadium this evening...
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
A Proposal For Compensating Student-Athletes
The bill that passed in California this week -- which would allow college athletes to hire agents and negotiate endorsement deals (beginning in 2023) -- has taken the paying of student-athletes to an all new level.
The challenge here is we're probably only talking about a very few college athletes who would benefit from this legislation...
Six years ago -- I proposed this idea -- a way the NCAA could direct some form of compensation to all scholarship student athletes. Here's what I posted on September 2, 2013:
It's simply this -- create a "pension program" for all NCAA Division I scholarship athletes. It would look something like this:
- The NCAA would create a pension program that they and each of the 340 Division I member institutions would agree to contribute to -- out of television and licensing revenues each year.
- Eligibility: Every NCAA Division I "student-athlete" -- who signed a National Letter of Intent out of high school with their original school, was on this team's roster a minimum of four academic school years and received a (four-year) college degree from that same institution.
- Pension Benefit Payments would be available to the qualified student-athlete once they reach the age of 65.
Here's what this proposed program does for college athletics:
- It requires student-athletes to remain in college all four-years and earn a degree.
- It puts some 'monetary value' in remaining at the school you signed your original National Letter of Intent with.
- And, it treats "every scholarship student-athlete" the same -- no matter what school you played for or sport you played.
For those who feel the requirements are too severe -- the NCAA could easily pay out a "lesser percentage" to those who transferred to another school or, failed to play all four years or graduate...
What do you think?
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Monday, September 30, 2019
Sunday, September 29, 2019
Games Played by Top 10 Teams vs. Ranked...
#1 CLEMSON
- 52 - 14 (W) over Georgia Tech
- 24 - 10 (W) over #23 Texas A&M
- 41 - 6 (W) over Syracuse
- 52 - 10 (W) over Charlotte
- 21 - 20 (W) over North Carolina
- No more game against ranked opponents
#2 ALABAMA
- 42 - 3 (W) over Duke
- 62 - 10 (W) over New Mexico State
- 47 - 23 (W) over South Carolina
- 49 - 7 (W) over Southern Mississippi
- 59 -31 (W) over Mississippi
- 3 games left against ranked opponents
#3 GEORGIA
- 30 - 6 (W) over Vanderbilt
- 63 - 17 (W) over Murray State
- 55 - 10 (W) over Arkansas State
- 23 - 17 (W) over #10 Notre Dame
- 3 games left against ranked opponents
#4 LSU
- 55 - 3 (W) over Georgia Southern
- 45 - 38 (W) over #11 Texas
- 65 - 14 (W) over Northwestern State
- 66 - 38 (W) over Vanderbilt
- 4 games left against ranked opponents
#5 OHIO STATE
- 45 - 21 (W) over Florida Atlantic
- 42 - 0 (W) over Cincinnati
- 51 - 10 (W) over Indiana
- 76 - 5 (W) over Miami of Ohio
- 48 - 7 (W) over Nebraska
- 4 games left against ranked opponents
#6 OKLAHOMA
- 49 - 31 (W) over Houston
- 70 - 14 (W) over South Dakota
- 48 - 14 (W) over UCLA
- 55 - 16 (W) over Texas Tech
- 2 games left against ranked opponents
#7 AUBURN
- 27 - 21 (W) over #13 Oregon
- 24 - 6 (W) over Tulane
- 55 - 16 (W) over Kent State
- 28 - 20 (W) over #23 Texas A&M
- 56 -23 (W) over Mississippi State
- 4 games left against ranked opponents
#8 WISCONSIN
- 49 - 0 (W) over South Florida
- 61 - 0 (W) over Central Michigan
- 35 -14 (W) over #20 Michigan
- 24 - 15 (W) over Northwestern
- 3 games left against ranked opponents
#9 NOTRE DAME
- 35 - 17 (W) over Louisville
- 66 - 14 (W) over New Mexico
- 23 - 17 (L) to #3 Georgia
- 35 - 20 (W) over #18 Virginia
- 2 games left against ranked opponents
#10 FLORIDA
- 24 - 20 (W) over Miami (FL)
- 45 - 0 (W) over Tennessee Martin
- 29 - 21 (W) over Kentucky
- 34 - 3 (W) over Tennessee
- 38 - 0 (W) over Towson State
- 3 games left against ranked opponents
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Friday, September 27, 2019
OT: My Brother Jay -- Doing the Right Thing!
My brother Jay Small -- President of Precision Building Systems in Denver, CO -- talks about his company's involvement with St. Judes.
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Thursday, September 26, 2019
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
First-Class Move By Domer Jimmy Dunne!
Jimmy paid for this full-page ad in the Athens Banner-Herald...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
If You Hear "Talking Heads" Saying This...
"Notre Dame has no path to the playoffs, they don't have a conference championship game..."
Just remind them of this little fact -- from just two seasons ago:
Alabama made the College Football Playoff as the #4 seed with this resume in 2017:
- 11 - 1 regular season record
- A road loss to the #6 ranked team in the country (Auburn) 26 - 14
- 3 wins over ranked opponents
- Only 10 wins over FBS opponents
- 1 win over a FCS opponent -- Mercer
- No appearance in a conference championship game
Notre Dame can still make the playoffs -- step one, beat Virginia!
Monday, September 23, 2019
Sunday, September 22, 2019
Here's How Notre Dame Ends Up In CFP!
Okay, with the loss to Georgia -- we drop to #10 in the polls -- meaning we have the next eleven weeks to move up six more spots. Here's how we do it.
Week #1 -- BEAT #18 Virginia
- There's only two games this week -- with ranked teams taking on each other. Beat Virginia and ND probably remains #10
Week #2 -- BEAT Bowling Green
- Auburn and Florida play this week -- Florida loses, drops below Notre Dame.
- Win big over Bowling Green and Notre Dame moves to #9
Week #3 -- BEAT #21 USC
- Alabama travels to Texas A&M -- don't expect the Tide to lose this
- Texas travels to Oklahoma -- Longhorns beat Oklahoma
- Notre Dame beats USC handily -- and move up to #8
Week #4 -- SIT BACK and WATCH
- No teams ahead of Notre Dame play a ranked opponent this week.
- Notre Dame remains #8 in the polls
Week #5 -- BEAT #20 Michigan
- Auburn travels to LSU -- Auburn loses to LSU, drops below Notre Dame in the polls
- Notre Dame beats Michigan -- and moves up to #7 in the polls
Week #6 -- BEAT Virginia Tech
- Georgia travels to Florida -- Georgia handles the Gators
- Notre Dame beats VT -- and remains #7 in the polls
Week #7 -- BEAT Duke -- KEY WEEKEND FOR NOTRE DAME
- LSU travels to Alabama -- Bama wins handily, LSU drops below Notre Dame in the polls
- Iowa travels to Wisconsin -- Badgers lose to Hawkeyes, Wisconsin drops below Notre Dame in the polls
- Notre Dame beats Duke -- moves up to #5 in the polls
Week #8 -- BEAT Navy
- Georgia travels to Auburn -- Georgia wins handily
- Notre Dame beats Navy -- remains #5 in the polls
Week #9 -- BEAT Boston College
- Penn State travels to Ohio State -- Ohio State rolls the Nittany Lions
- Notre Dame rolls over BC -- remains #5 in the polls
Week #10 -- BEAT Stanford -- KEY WEEKEND FOR NOTRE DAME
- Alabama travels to Auburn -- Bama wins
- Ohio State travels to Ann Arbor -- Harbaugh saves job, beats Buckeyes -- who drop behind Notre Dame in the polls
- Notre Dame destroys Stanford -- moves up to #4 in the polls
Week #11 -- Conference Championships
- Georgia beats Alabama to win SEC
- Notre Dame moves up to #3 in the CFB Playoff
- Gets another shot at Clemson -- who drops to #2 behind Georgia (strength of schedule comparison vs. Georgia)
CFB PLAYOFF FINAL RANKINGS:
- Georgia
- Clemson
- Notre Dame
- Big Ten Champ or Big Twelve Champ
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