Sunday, December 22, 2019
Saturday, December 21, 2019
Friday, December 20, 2019
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
National Signing Day for Notre Dame Football
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
SPECIALIST
Here's a link to the BIO's of the entire Notre Dame Football 2020 recruiting class -- CLICK ON THIS
DEFENSE
SPECIALIST
Here's a link to the BIO's of the entire Notre Dame Football 2020 recruiting class -- CLICK ON THIS
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
OT: Rich Eisen Says Good-Bye to His Dad...
Yes, he's from that school in Ann Arbor -- but, I thought what he said today was worth sharing to all...
Domer Mark Baldwin Earns Back His Tour Card
The former Fighting Irish golf star -- shot a fifteen under (-15) score over the final four rounds of the Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying event in Winter Gardens, FL. Mark's score was good for a 13th place finish -- earning him starts in eight Korn Ferry Tour events in 2020.
Congrats Mark!!!
Here's a video of Mark making an eagle, earlier this year at the PGA Tour's 3M Open.
LINK: GREAT SHOT
Monday, December 16, 2019
The "Un-Talked About" Story on Recruiting...
It's a term called "over-signing" and some college football programs are willing to do more of it, than others...
Remember -- the NCAA limits FBS teams to 85 full scholarships on their football roster.
Here's a look at the last four signing classes (2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019) for the teams going into this year's College Football Playoff -- compared to Notre Dame, Alabama, Georgia, Michigan and USC.
I've also added in a comparison of total wins over the last three football seasons (including bowls / playoffs):
LSU:
- 2016: 27 -- 2nd ranked class
- 2017: 24 -- 7th ranked class
- 2018: 22 -- 15th ranked class
- 2019: 25 -- 5th ranked class
- Total / Avg: 98 signed -- 7.25 average class rank
- Total wins -- last three seasons: 32
OHIO STATE:
- 2016: 25 -- 4th ranked class
- 2017: 21 -- 2nd ranked class
- 2018: 28 -- 2nd ranked class
- 2019: 17 -- 14th ranked class
- Total / Avg: 91 signed -- 5.5 average class rank
- Total wins -- last three seasons: 38
CLEMSON:
- 2016: 21 -- 11th ranked class
- 2017: 14 -- 16th ranked class
- 2018: 17 -- 7th ranked class
- 2019: 29 -- 10th ranked class
- Total / Avg: 81 signed -- 11.0 average class rank
- Total games won -- last three seasons: 39
OKLAHOMA:
- 2016: 21 --19th ranked class
- 2017: 28 -- 8th ranked class
- 2018: 23 -- 9th ranked class
- 2019: 24 -- 6th ranked class
- Total / Avg: 96 signed -- 10.5 average class rank
- Total games won -- last three seasons: 36
ALABAMA:
- 2016: 25 -- 1st ranked class
- 2017: 29 -- 1st ranked class
- 2018: 22 -- 5th ranked class
- 2019: 27 -- 1st ranked class
- Total / Avg: 103 signed -- 2.0 average class rank
- Total games won -- last three seasons: 37
GEORGIA:
- 2016: 23 -- 6th ranked class
- 2017: 26 -- 3rd ranked class
- 2018: 26 -- 1st ranked class
- 2019: 25 -- 2nd ranked class
- Total / Avg: 100 signed -- 3.0 average class rank
- Total games won -- last three seasons: 35
USC:
- 2016: 21 -- 10th ranked class
- 2017: 24 -- 4th ranked class
- 2018: 18 -- 4th ranked class
- 2019: 25 -- 20th ranked class
- Total: 88 signed -- 9.5 average class rank
- Total games won -- last three seasons: 24
MICHIGAN:
- 2016: 28 -- 8th ranked class
- 2017: 30 -- 5th ranked class
- 2018: 19 -- 22nd ranked class
- 2019: 26 -- 8th ranked class
- Total: 103 signed -- 10.75 average class rank
- Total games won -- last three seasons: 27
NOTRE DAME:
- 2016: 23 -- 15th ranked class
- 2017: 21 -- 10th ranked class
- 2018: 27 -- 10th ranked class
- 2019: 22 -- 16th ranked class
- Total: 93 signed -- 12.75 average class rank
- Total games won -- last three seasons: 32
Sources: 247Sports for Recruiting info and ESPN for season wins
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!
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
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...
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.
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