AnnaLynne McCord at Notre Dame Friday

Here's the photo proof that actress AnnaLynne McCord was on the University of Notre Dame campus yesterday -- telling her story...

LINK:  LISA VARGA BLOG STORY ON ND VISIT

WAKE UP -- It Is Game Day at Notre Dame!

The best day of the week -- though if you took a look outside you might think you're at the South Pole, not in South Bend!

Game time temperatures are expected in the "High 20's."

Here's what the media types are saying about today's game between Northwestern and Notre Dame:

LINK:  CBS SPORTS

LINK:  SPORTS ILLUSTRATED

LINK:  ELKHART TRUTH

A Night of "BIG NUMBERS" at Purcell Pavilion

A Notre Dame basketball "doubleheader" took place tonight at Purcell Pavilion as Muffet's #3 Irish defeated UMASS-Lowell 105 - 51 and Mike Brey's Irish beat Binghamton 82 - 39.

The largest margin of victory in a basketball doubleheader in Notre Dame history -- 97 points!

Here's the "BIG NUMBERS" from the night:

• Brianna Turner scored 22 points in the first half, 29 in total -- setting a freshman single game scoring record in her first college start!
• Pat Connaughton scored his 1,000th career point, becoming the 56th player in the 110 year history of ND Men's Basketball to reach that milestone
• And, Mike Brey won his 400th career game in his 19 years as a head coach -- he's now 400 - 211 in his career.

LINK:  WOMEN'S POST GAME PRESSER

LINK:  WOMEN'S GAME HIGHLIGHTS

LINK:  MEN'S GAME HIGHLIGHTS

LINK:  COACH BREY POST GAME

Great Story on DOMER Sergio Brown

You're going to enjoy this Indianapolis Magazine story on former Notre Dame football player and now Indianapolis Colt Sergio Brown...

LINK:  SERGIO

Photo: Snow Removal at Notre Dame Stadium

Here's what it looks like inside the "House that Rock Built" -- as workers remove 12" of snow from Notre Dame Stadium in preparation for tomorrow's 3:39 PM ET kick-off between Northwestern and the Fighting Irish.

Photo taken by the South Bend Tribune's Rob Franklin

LINK:  SNOW REMOVAL VIDEO

Blue & Gold Weekly Review: Northwestern

The folks at City 360 TV produce a weekly segment on Notre Dame Football -- here's their take on this Saturday's game against Northwestern:

LINK:  BLUE & GOLD WEEKLY

Shark Tank's "Mr. Wonderful" @ ND Next Friday

Kevin O'Leary, one of the stars of the hit show SHARK TANK will be on the campus of the University of Notre Dame next Friday (November 21) -- and will be putting on an event at 3:30 PM ET at the Mendoza College of Business' Jordan Auditorium.

Rumor has it that O'Leary will:

• Show some clips from the Show
• Critique three new business plans -- like only he can
• And, take Questions from the crowd

Admission is FREE -- there aren't many seats -- so don't be late!

Replay of ESPN's Mike & MIKE at Notre Dame

Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic were at Notre Dame's "Heritage Hall" this morning to do their ESPN radio show.  Here's a link to a few of their interviews:

LINK:  BRIAN KELLY

LINK:  PAT FITZGERALD

LINK:  MIKE MAYOCK

Michigan Prez Admonished by Alums, Fans

The newly minted president of the University of Michigan offered up a simple critique -- "we need to graduate more student athletes..."  Well, that didn't sit well with the natives.

LINK:  DETROIT FREE PRESS STORY

LINK:  DETROIT NEWS STORY

LINK:  FREE PRESS COLUMNIST

A Stat Notre Dame Football is Not Proud Of...

Through 9 games this season -- Notre Dame has given up 78 points on turnovers this season -- the 16th most among the 128 teams in the FBS.

The most among teams with a winning record in college football.

Notre Dame has given up 228 points this season -- which means 34% of all points the Irish have given up have been the result of a TURNOVER...

Coach Brian Kelly With Media Last Night...

The Fighting Irish practiced in a snow storm Thursday afternoon -- getting ready for Saturday's game with Northwestern.

South Bend received a record 12.3" of snow yesterday.  The photos above were taken of their practice at Notre Dame Stadium late yesterday.

LINK:  PRESS CONFERENCE

First Snow Storm of Season @ Notre Dame!

We picked up a good 4" to 5" of snow this morning at the University of Notre Dame -- just in time for Saturday's football game with Northwestern. 

Enjoy the photo of Notre Dame's Main Building!

ESPN's Mike & MIKE Here at ND on Friday!

ESPN's Mike & MIKE Radio Show will be broadcasting LIVE from NOTRE DAME tomorrow -- from 6 AM ET to 10 AM ET.  You can watch it live on ESPN2.

The two are bringing their show to town to preview the "battle of the alma maters" on Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium.  Mike Greenberg is a Northwestern grad --- and we all know Mike Golic is a Domer...  Should be great fun!

If you'd like to attend the show -- the doors at Gates 1 & 2 of Purcell Pavilion will open up at 5 AM ET.

LINK:  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE STORY

Mike Brey Signs Three High School Stars Today

Notre Dame Men's Basketball head coach Mike Brey received the signed National Letter of Intents today of three top high school players from around the country.  Here are the three future Fighting Irish hoopsters;

• Rex Pflueger 6'-4" Guard (Mater Dei HS -- CA)
• Elijah Burns 6'-8" Forward (Burns Academy -- NJ) -- photo above
• Matt Ryan 6'-8" Forward (Iona Prep HS -- NY)

LINK:  SIGNING DAY PRESS CONFERENCE 

LINK:  MIKE BREY TALKS RECRUITS

Muffet McGraw "Re-Loads" Her Fighting Irish!

It was "Early-Signing" Period Day in the country and Notre Dame Women's Basketball inked three of the top guards in America!

Here's how ESPN ranked them individually amongst all of the players in the country:

• #10:  Arike Ogunbowale (photo above)
• #14:  Ali Patberg 
• #26:  Marina Mabrey

LINK:  SIGNING DAY PRESS CONFERENCE 

LINK:  MUFFET TALKS ABOUT HER RECRUITS

Veteran's Day Salute: Domer Blue Angel!

You'll enjoy this Fighting Irish Digital Media story on Notre Dame alum John Hiltz '02 who's been flying with the Navy's BLUE ANGELS since 2012.

John is a former basketball walk-on for the Fighting Irish!

LINK:  JOHN HILTZ

A Reality Check for Notre Dame -- RANKINGS

Let's look at how the College Football Playoff Committee looks at the teams with 2 losses in their latest rankings -- specifically Auburn, Ole Miss, UCLA, Michigan State, Kansas State, Georgia and Arizona -- compared to Notre Dame.

Frankly, if we're being honest -- looking at our quality wins (we don't have a single win right now versus a team currently ranked in the TOP 25).  And, if you look at our point differential in our two losses -- we have the highest point differential amongst all of the two-loss teams ahead of us...

We deserve to be ranked #18. Michigan State and Kansas State are over ranked... LSU, even with three losses, is still probably where they should be -- based on their two quality wins -- and two close losses (sans the game with Auburn).


#9 AUBURN:

• Wins Over Ranked Teams: #17 LSU, #10 Ole Miss
• Losses: #1 Mississippi State (15 point loss), #23 Texas A&M (3 point loss)

#10 OLE MISS:

• Wins Over Ranked Teams: #5 Alabama, #23 Texas A&M
• Losses: #17 LSU (3 point loss), # Auburn (4 points)

#11 UCLA:

• Wins Over Ranked Teams:  #6 Arizona State, #12 Arizona
• Losses: Utah (2 points) , #2 Oregon (12 points)

#12 MICHIGAN STATE:

• Wins Over Ranked Teams:  #16 Nebraska
• Losses:  #3 Oregon (16 point loss), #8 Ohio State (12 point loss)

#13 KANSAS STATE:

• Wins Over Ranked Teams: NONE
• Losses:  #9 Auburn (6 point loss), #4 TCU (21 point loss)

#14 ARIZONA:

• Wins Over Ranked Teams: #3 Oregon
• Losses:  #11 UCLA (10 point loss), USC (2 point loss)

#15 GEORGIA:

• Wins Over Ranked Teams:  #19 Clemson
• Losses:  South Carolina (3 point loss), Florida (18 point loss)

#17 LSU: 

• Wins Over Ranked Teams:  #25 Wisconsin, #10 Ole Miss
• Losses:  #1 Mississippi State (5 point loss), #5 Alabama (7 point OT loss), #9 Auburn (34 point loss)

#18 NOTRE DAME:

• Wins Over Ranked Teams: NONE
• Losses:  #3 Florida State (4 point loss), #6 Arizona State (24 point loss) 

LINK:  RANKINGS

Northwestern Week: Brian Kelly Presser

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media today to talk about the lingering effects of the "Debacle in the Desert" and this week's game with Northwestern...

LINK:  COACH KELLY

Veteran's Day Salute: Rocky Bleier '68

Former Notre Dame running back and Super Bowl Champion Rocky Bleier was recently back in his home state of Wisconsin and was interviewed by a local TV station...

LINK:  BLEIER

Notre Dame's 2015 National Title Run

ESPN's Notre Dame beat writer Matt Fortuna -- penned this story today...

LINK:  2015

Taylor Swift at Notre Dame Today!

Seven-time Grammy Award winning artist and "Notre Dame sister" -- Taylor Swift -- was on campus today to see her brother Austin (he's wearing the red tie in the photo above) perform in the play "Six Characters in Search of an Author."

The top photo that was just "tweeted" from just outside Notre Dame's DeBartolo Performing Arts Center by @ShaunGalWNDU

WNDU-TV's video of Taylor Swift waving at her fans -- is linked below:

LINK:  VIDEO OF SWIFT

Riddick's Game Winning Catch Today for Lions!

Former Notre Dame student-athlete Theo Riddick '13 (photo above), is making quite a name for himself in his sophomore season with the Detroit Lions...

Today, it was a game-winning catch with 29 seconds left!  Here's a link to the replay below.

Former Notre Dame All-American Golden Tate had another big day for the Lions catching 11 passed for 109 yards!

LINK:  GAME WINNER!

Notre Dame Dropped to #16 in Coaches Poll

The Amway Coaches Poll was just released and Notre Dame was dealt the biggest blow among the Top 25 teams -- dropping eight spots to #16 in their poll.

LINK:  COACHES POLL

Notre Dame Plays #1 Minnesota on ESPNU

Jeff Jackson's Fighting Irish take on the #1 ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers today at 5 PM ET on ESPNU.  #14 Notre Dame was shutout by the Gophers 5 - 0 in Friday night's game...

Minnesota is coached by Notre Dame alum Don Lucia '81 -- who's also the father of Irish hockey star Mario Lucia.

LINK:  NOTRE DAME vs. MINNESOTA

Golson's Post Game Media Session After ASU

Notre Dame QB Everett Golson met with the media after Arizona State's 55 - 41 win over the Irish...

LINK:  GOLSON

Coach Brian Kelly's Post Game Media Session

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media after yesterday's 55 - 31 loss to Arizona State...

LINK:  POST GAME PRESS CONFERENCE

An Awful 11 Minutes in Notre Dame FB History...

In just 10 minutes, 44 seconds of game time -- Arizona State outscored Notre Dame 49 - 0.

The all-time record for most points ever scored against Notre Dame in a full 60 minute football game is 59 -- Army did this in 1944 when they beat the Irish 59 - 0.

Arizona State's 49 points were scored on five offensive possessions totaling 183 yards -- and two "pick six" interceptions (a total of 20 plays from scrimmage / in a game that had 152 total plays) -- think about that.

Oh, by the way -- the other 49 minutes and 16 seconds of game time (132 offensive & defensive snaps) -- Notre Dame outscored Arizona State 31 - 6.


LINK:  SCORING CHART

A Closer Look at the Impact of IRISH Mistakes

Here's a close look at the major mistakes Notre Dame made today and the associated consequences -- a negative swing of as many as 38 points!!!

Turnover #1 -- on second offensive possession:

• Everett is tripped up and he loses the ball falling down
• ASU recovers on Notre Dame's 13 yard line
• They score the next play -- 7 POINTS

Turnover #2 -- on third offensive possession:

• Everett is intercepted on first offensive play
• Left tackle didn't cut the defensive end -- he tips the ball
• ASU intercepts and takes over on Notre Dame's 23 yard line
• They score three plays later -- 7 POINTS

Turnover #3 -- on fourth offensive possession:

• Everett is intercepted on first offensive play
• Another tipped ball for an interception
• ASU takes the ball into the endzone for a TD -- 7 POINTS 

Turnover #4 -- on first offensive possession of second half:

• Everett leads Notre Dame from their own 25 to the ASU 5
• Everett gets intercepted in the endzone
• ASU thwarts Notre Dame's momentum -- ND loses 3 to 7 POINTS

Turnover on downs -- botched field goal snap:

• Notre Dame was on a roll - scoring 2 TD's with a chance to close the gap to 14
• Field goal snap was dropped
• Notre Dame loses 3 POINTS

Turnover #5 -- Irish are down 10 points with 4 minutes left in the game:

• Golson fires a perfect pass to an open Corey Robinson
• Robinson attempts to catch the pass with his hands and it deflects up and behind him
• ASU intercepts the deflection and returns for a TD -- 7 POINTS

FINAL STATISTICS:

• ASU:  One turnover
• ND:  Five turnovers and a botched field goal snap

• ASU:  412 total yards (224 passing / 188 rushing)
• ND:  487 total yards (446 passing / 41 rushing)

UGH, What Could Go Wrong -- Did Go Wrong!

This was as ugly as it gets -- as the Irish erased a 31 point deficit -- only to give up 21 points in three minutes late in the game to give ASU a 55 - 31 win.

Here's what went wrong:

• Four interceptions
• 3 fumbles (one on a botched field goal)
• Five total turnovers
• Four of the five turnovers led to 28 points for Arizona State
• MANY, MANY SACKS given up on offense

LINK:  BOX SCORE

OT: Former Tarheel Files Lawsuit

This story is not going away anytime soon...

LINK:  CNN STORY

Photos of Notre Dame's Walk Through at ASU

Here's a few photos taken by @NDFootball of the team's walk through at Arizona State's Sun Devils Stadium...

The Media Makes Their Picks: ND vs. ASU

Took a lap around the worldwide web this morning to see what the "pundits" are saying about this afternoon's game between #10 Notre Dame and #9 Arizona State -- just click on the links below:

LINK:  ARIZONA REPUBLIC

LINK:  SPORTING NEWS

LINK:  LOU HOLTZ

LINK:  SPORTS ILLUSTRATED

LINK:  CBS SPORTS

Notre Dame Fans in Tempe -- Friday Night!

Here's a look at South Bend's ABC57's coverage last night from Tempe, AZ as the Notre Dame Nation get's ready for today's big game...

LINK:  THE IRISH INVASION

LINK:  PEP RALLY -- FRIDAY NIGHT

LINK:  PRE-GAME CELEBRATION

OT: One of the "Greatest Shows on Earth"

The Marine's SILENT DRILL PLATOON -- incredible!

LINK:  MUST SEE!

Taylor Swift's ND Sweatshirt "Photo Bomb!"

Seven time GRAMMY AWARD winning recording artist Taylor Swift -- was out getting some exercise in her NOTRE DAME SWEATSHIRT when she ran across a couple of girls posing for a photo shoot in a Nashville park.

Taylor's brother Austin is a student at the University of Notre Dame.

Click on the link below for the rest of the story!

LINK:  TAYLOR SWIFT

The Arizona Media Plays Up Notre Dame Game

It's the biggest late season football game in a long, long, long time in Tempe, AZ...

Here's what the media is saying:

LINK:  ARIZONA REPUBLIC

Video of Notre Dame Boarding Plane for AZ

The Fighting Irish left South Bend on the 767 pictured above -- during the noon hour today -- for their trip out to Phoenix International Airport and tomorrow's afternoon game with the Arizona State Sun Devils.

LINK:  VIDEO

Coach Brian Kelly Raves About Nyles Morgan

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly met with the media after today's practice -- as his #10 Fighting Irish prepare to fly to Phoenix tomorrow to take on #9 Arizona State Saturday afternoon...

LINK:  KELLY

Arizona State is "Cashing In" on Notre Dame

Arizona State -- ranked #9 in the College Football Playoff Poll -- has yet to sell out a football game this season...

That changes this Saturday afternoon when Notre Dame comes to town.

LINK:  NOTRE DAME ON THE SCHEDULE

Arizona Media Coverage of Notre Dame vs ASU

Took a lap around the State of Arizona to see what's being said about Saturday's big game between #9 Arizona State and #10 Notre Dame...

LINK:  ARIZONA REPUBLIC

LINK:  ARIZONA REPUBLIC #2