Wednesday, March 2, 2016

#2 Ranked Fighting Irish Win Another ACC Title



Notre Dame's Women's Fencing team won their 2nd TEAM ACC TITLE to go 38 - 0 on the season! 

Muffet Named ACC Coach of the Year Today!



It's the second time in three season in the ACC that Coach McGraw has received this honor!

In addition -- Notre Dame sophomore Brianna Turner was named ACC Defensive Player of the Year!

HUGE GAME Tonight on ESPN2 for the IRISH!



Notre Dame take on the #7 ranked Miami Hurricanes tonight in a game televised by ESPN2 beginning at 7 PM ET.

The Fighting Irish need to win this game to still have a chance at a "double-bye" in the upcoming ACC Tournament and for a higher seed in the NCAA Tournament.

LINK:   GAME NOTES

Monday, February 29, 2016

Got to Love the Green ND Hockey Jersey!


I love this color green -- FIGHTING IRISH GREEN!

#4 Notre Dame Dominates California 21 - 2


NFL Combine: Notre Dame's Top Performers


Here you go -- now that the 2016 NFL Scouting Combine has finished in Indianapolis, I've taken a look at Notre Dame's top performers / performances -- Will Fuller, Elijah Shumate (photo above) and C.J. Prosise made the most noise:

WILL FULLER:

LINK:  FULLER -- 40 YD DASH -- 2ND FASTEST / OVERALL

LINK:  FULLER -- 60 YD SHUTTLE -- 8TH FASTEST / WR

LINK:  FULLER -- BROAD JUMP -- 9TH FARTHEST / WR

LINK:  FULLER -- 3 CONE DRILL -- 12TH FASTEST / WR


ELIJAH SHUMATE:

LINK:  SHUMATE -- BENCH PRESS -- 5TH MOST / SAFETY

LINK:  SHUMATE -- 40 YD DASH -- 6TH FASTEST / SAFETY

LINK:  SHUMATE -- VERTICAL JUMP -- 10TH HIGHEST / SAFETY 

LINK:  SHUMATE -- BROAD JUMP -- 12TH FARTHEST / SAFETY 

LINK:  SHUMATE -- 20 YD SHUTTLE -- 12TH FASTEST / SAFETY


C.J. PROSISE:

LINK:  PROSISE -- 40 YD DASH -- 8TH FASTEST / RB

LINK:  PROSISE -- VERTICAL JUMP -- 8TH HIGHEST / RB

LINK:  PROSISE -- BROAD JUMP -- 10TH FARTHEST / RB


ROMEO OKWARA:

LINK:  OKWARA -- BROAD JUMP -- 5TH FARTHEST / DL


NICK MARTIN:

LINK:  MARTIN -- 3 CONE DRILL -- 10TH FASTEST / OL


Sunday, February 28, 2016

Fuller .09 Seconds Away from $1 Million Bonus!

https://youtu.be/jcaqypkvLZk

Notre Dame student-athlete Will Fuller was nine hundredths of a second away from a $1 million bonus -- yesterday morning in Indianapolis.

Fuller's time of 4.32 seconds for the FORTY YARD DASH fell short of Chris Johnson's 4.24 forty time -- the time he needed to beat to earn a $1 million bonus from Adidas.

I still think this time is going to earn him at least a million dollar bonus -- as he's now being discussed as a FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK.