A Notre Dame Family's Tribute to Eli Manning

John and Mary Beth Wilcox (Long Island, NY) parents of three Domers; Alex '16, Christopher '20 and Julia '23 -- are lifelong fans of the New York Giants.

They're also big fans of Eli Manning, who likely made his last home start for the Giants.  To show their appreciation for Manning -- the Wilcox's brought their home made signs to MetLife Stadium yesterday for the Giants win over the Dolphins.

That is John and Mary Beth holding up their signs for Eli on the cover of today's New York Daily News.  (John and Mary Beth are furthest left in the image above).

Got to love devoted fans like this!

Notre Dame's Recruiting Class -- Hype Video

The early signing period for Notre Dame Football begins this Wednesday, December 18th!

Notre Dame's Advent Series: December 15

A Nice Win Over UCLA for Notre Dame

Notre Dame's Advent Series: December 14

Coach Kelly With Media After Bowl Practice #1

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...

Chase Claypool Named Notre Dame's MVP

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.

Notre Dame's Advent Series: December 13

Know Thy Bowl Opponent: Iowa State vs KSU

Muffet & Frosh Talk Loss to #16 DePaul

Notre Dame's Advent Series: December 12

Know Thy Bowl Opponent: Iowa State vs Texas

Notre Dame's Advent Series: December 11

ND Students Sing Silent Night in Holy Land

Know Thy Bowl Opponent: ISU vs OK State

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

Notre Dame's Advent Series: December 10

Know Thy Bowl Opponent: Iowa State vs Iowa

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...

This one meant more.

For Tony🙏 #FootballisFamily pic.twitter.com/exQSEKfCSb

— San Francisco 49ers (@49ers) December 9, 2019

 
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...

Notre Dame's Advent Series: December 9

Know Thy Bowl Opponent: ISU vs. Baylor

Know Thy Bowl Opponent: ISU vs. Oklahoma

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

Notre Dame's Advent Series: December 8

Notre Dame's Scott Malpass on Fox Business

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.

Notre Dame's Advent Series: December 7

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

Notre Dame's Advent Series: December 6

Army / Navy Gear -- My Favorite Non-ND Game

I always look forward to this football game...

Go Navy!

Notre Dame's Advent Series: December 5

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...

Inside Look at Notre Dame's Win Over Stanford

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

Notre Dame's Advent Series: December 4

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

Hawaii TV Station Reporting That Manti Te'o...

Has signed a contract with his former team -- the New Orleans Saints!

LINK:  STORY

Notre Dame's Advent Series: December 3

Replay: Muffet McGraw's Radio Show Monday

Notre Dame's Advent Series -- December 2

Notre Dame's Advent Series -- December 1

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...

Notre Dame Players Talk Win Over Stanford

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.

Stanford's Shaw & Players Talk Loss to IRISH

Coach Kelly Talks 45 - 24 Win Over Stanford