Sunday, December 15, 2019
Saturday, December 14, 2019
My Favorite "Non-Notre Dame" Football Game
The 120th Army vs. Navy game begins today at 3 PM ET on CBS. I hope to see this game in person someday...
Friday, December 13, 2019
Keep An Eye Out For This Before Christmas...
Had some fun last night with seven Notre Dame student-athletes and the Notre Dame Leprechaun -- filming a Christmas message for the Rockne Athletics Fund.
Left to right in photo above: Mikayla Vaughn (basketball), Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa (football), Marist Liufau (football), Abby Sweet (softball), Sam Jackson (Leprechaun), Hannah Thompson (volleyball), Liam Eichenberg (football) and Jemma Yeadon (volleyball).
Click on photo to enlarge.
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Notre Dame Continues to Buck National Trends
The total number of donors to the University of Notre Dame continues to rise -- this is not the norm (see Against The Odds linked below).
And, If you don't think every gift matters -- think about this for a second...
Gifts of less than $200 (taken in during the last academic year) have paid for the full cost of attendance for 43 students to attend the University of Notre Dame this year.
LINK: AGAINST THE ODDS
LINK: MAKE A GIFT TO NOTRE DAME
Monday, December 9, 2019
Iowa State's Coach & Players Talk Notre Dame
This will be Iowa State's first ever football game against Notre Dame...
A Notre Dame Family Receives Game Ball...
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San Francisco 49ers (@49ers) December
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The York family owns the San Francisco 49ers...
John York (Dad), Jed York (Son) are Notre Dame grads. Mom (Denise Debartolo York) is a Saint Mary's College grad...
John and Denise's son Tony, committed suicide a year ago. Tony attended Tulane University -- which is located in New Orleans...
Sunday, December 8, 2019
Looking For Camping World Bowl Tickets?
Here's the detail on Notre Dame's upcoming Camping World Bowl game in Orlando...
- Date: Saturday, December 28th
- Time: Noon ET
- Opponent: Iowa State Cyclones
And, here's what Notre Dame has planned for the Bowl game: ND BOWL ACTIVITIES
LINK: GET YOUR TICKETS HERE
Saturday, December 7, 2019
How Many of These Two & Three Loss Teams...
Will be ranked ahead of our Fighting Irish tomorrow when they release the final College Football Playoff Rankings?:
Here's a look at the resumes of each of these teams (two or more losses) that are currently ranked ahead of Notre Dame:
#3 GEORGIA: 11 - 2
- Wins over teams currently ranked: 3
- Wins over teams with 8 or more wins: 3
- Biggest win of the season: #9 Florida
#5 UTAH: 11 - 2
- Wins over teams currently ranked: 0
- Wins over teams with 8 or more wins: 0
- Biggest win of the season: Washington
#7 BAYLOR: 11 - 2
- Wins over teams currently ranked: 1
- Wins over teams with 8 or more wins: 2
- Biggest win of the season: #25 Oklahoma State
#8 WISCONSIN: 10 -3
- Wins over teams currently ranked: 3
- Wins over teams with 8 or more wins: 3
- Biggest win of the season: #14 Michigan
#9 FLORIDA: 10 - 2
- Wins over teams currently ranked: 1
- Wins over teams with 8 or more wins: 1
- Biggest win of the season: #11 Auburn
#10 PENN STATE: 10 - 2
- Wins over teams currently ranked: 2
- Wins over teams with 8 or more wins: 2
- Biggest win of the season: #14 Michigan
#11 AUBURN: 9 - 3
- Wins over teams currently ranked: 2
- Wins over teams with 8 or more wins: 2
- Biggest win of the season: #12 Alabama
#12 ALABAMA: 10 - 2
- Wins over teams currently ranked: 0
- Wins over teams with 8 or more wins: 0
- Biggest win of the season: Texas A&M
#13 OREGON: 11 - 2
- Wins over teams currently ranked: 2
- Wins over teams with 8 or more wins: 2
- Biggest win of the season: #5 Utah
#14 MICHIGAN: 9 - 3
- Wins over teams currently ranked: 2
- Wins over teams with 8 or more wins: 2
- Biggest win of the season: #15 Notre Dame
#15 NOTRE DAME: 10 - 2
- Wins over teams currently ranked: 3
- Wins over teams with 8 or more wins: 4
- Biggest win of the season: #22 USC
BOLD indicates this team leads in this area.
LINK: COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RANKINGS
OT: Ferris State's on to NCAA Div II Semi's
For the third time in the last four seasons -- the Ferris State Bulldogs (my alma mater) have made it to the Final Four in the NCAA Division II National Championship Playoffs...
The Bulldogs are 72 - 7 over the last six seasons -- the winningest program in all of college football.
Friday, December 6, 2019
OT: A Must Read Story About "The Game" in NJ
Wow -- this is the first I've heard of this story, this game...
A special shout out to Notre Dame alum Pat Scanlon for alerting me to this story!
LINK: MUST READ
Thursday, December 5, 2019
My Granddaughter's First Year as a ND Fan!
Happy Birthday #1 to Kinley Joan Walsh -- I hope you'll remember your first lap of the Sun -- forever!
Your Grandpa Jim!
Kinley's "first" birthday cake...
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Domer Counsell Named Manager of the Year!
Baseball America just announced this evening that Notre Dame alum Craig Counsell -- manager of the Milwaukee Brewers -- is their Manager of the Year in Major League Baseball for 2019!
Congrats Craig!
LINK: MANAGER OF THE YEAR
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Notre Dame Behind Teams With < Resumes
Well, I guess it doesn't matter who you have beaten -- or, who you have played. The latest College Football Playoff Rankings were just released and the Fighting Irish have been parked in a spot as low as they could possibly be ranked...
Oh, well -- go win a bowl game.
LINK: RANKINGS
Monday, December 2, 2019
Sunday, December 1, 2019
Chase Claypool's Ride Home to Notre Dame...
Have to admit -- this would have been the perfect way for Chase Claypool to have traveled home to Notre Dame last night after the way the Canadian star played on the Pacific Coast last night.
The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train passed through South Bend just after midnight...
Fighting Irish Bounce Back and Beat #21 USF
Muffet's Fighting Irish bounce back after losing two games in two days -- to beat the #21 ranked team in the country.
Saturday, November 30, 2019
Here Are All of the 10-2 Ranked Teams...
Thought we'd start the argument right now -- these are all of the 10-2 teams in college football that are ranked ahead of Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff Rankings.
I ask the question -- does Notre Dame deserve to be ranked higher than any of these teams?
#5 ALABAMA -- beat 9 FBS teams
- Wins over teams currently ranked: 0
- Wins over FBS teams with 8+ wins: 0
- FBS opponents' wins: 65
#8 FLORIDA -- beat 8 FBS teams
- Wins over teams currently ranked: 1
- Wins over FBS teams with 8+ wins: 1
- FBS opponents' wins: 70
#10 MINNESOTA -- beat 10 FBS teams
- Wins over teams currently ranked: 1
- Wins over FBS teams with 8+ wins: 2
- FBS opponents' wins: 72
#12 PENN STATE -- beat 9 FBS teams
- Wins over teams currently ranked: 2
- Wins over FBS teams with 8+ wins: 3
- FBS opponents' wins: 77
#13 WISCONSIN -- beat 10 FBS teams
- Wins over teams currently ranked: 2
- Wins over FBS teams with 8+ wins: 2
- FBS opponents' wins: 82
#14 OREGON -- beat 9 FBS teams
- Wins over teams currently ranked: 1
- Wins over FBS teams with 8+ wins: 1
- FBS opponents' wins: 69
#16 NOTRE DAME -- beat 10 FBS teams
- Wins over teams currently ranked: 3
- Wins over FBS teams with 8+ wins: 4
- FBS opponents' wins: 81* -- Navy still has one game to play
Bold connotes leader in this category.
LINK: COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RANKINGS
Stanford's "Motivational Video" For Today...
Notre Dame takes on Stanford -- today at 4 PM ET on FOX.
Go Irish!
Friday, November 29, 2019
In Muffet's Fighting Irish's 4 Losses...
Here's what has transpired in the four games that Notre Dame has lost so far this season -- as you'll see, something different each night has cost the Irish...
TENNESSEE LOSS (74 - 63)
- Notre Dame shot poorly from the field: 31.4%
- Tennessee shot great from the field: 47.1%
- Tennessee made 42.1% of their three point attempts // Notre Dame hit 28%
- Tennessee had 15 offensive rebounds to Notre Dame's 11
- Tennessee took 8 more foul shots than Notre Dame
MICHIGAN STATE LOSS (72 - 69)
- Notre Dame out shot MSU -- 48% to 40.3%
- MSU made 8 three pointers to Notre Dame's 3 (yet ND hit a higher percentage)
- Notre Dame took 15 more free throw attempts than MSU -- but missed 13 of them
- MSU had 20 offensive rebounds to Notre Dame's 13
- Notre Dame blocked 8 shots to MSU's 4 blocks
FLORIDA GULF COAST LOSS (69 - 60)
- Florida Gulf Coast made 9 three pointers to Notre Dame's 3
- Florida Gulf Coast had 14 offensive rebounds to Notre Dame's 7
- Notre Dame had 25 turnovers to Florida Gulf Coast's 10
- Florida Gulf Coast took 71 shots compared to 49 for Notre Dame
- Notre Dame out shot Florida Gulf Coast 46.9% to 38%
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE LOSS (65 - 59)
- Notre Dame was 1 for 17 from behind the three point line
- South Dakota State had 18 offensive rebounds to Notre Dame's 5
- South Dakota State had 22 turnovers to Notre Dame's 10
Just a FYI -- Notre Dame's women's basketball program has not lost more than 4 games since the 2010-11 season. That year they ended up going 31 - 8, losing the NCAA Championship game to Texas A&M...
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