Monday, October 12, 2015

USC Just Fired Head Coach Steve Sarkisian


Here's the official release from USC Athletic Director Pat Haden...

LINK:  TERMINATION

The 6th Ranked Fighting Irish -- Team Photo


Here's a first look at Muffet's 2015-16 Fighting Irish who are ranked #6 in the first preseason college basketball poll...

LINK:  RANKINGS

USC Head Coach -- After Loss to Washington


A Notre Dame Family: The Ruttura's


Left to right that's Nicole Ruttura Hogan '97, Jack Hogan '27, Audrey Ruttura and Tommy Ruttura.  A wonderful Notre Dame Family!

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Navy Coach & Players Talk Notre Dame Loss


Who is Clay Helton, USC's Interim Head Coach


Here's what I could find about USC's interim head coach Clay Helton...

LINK:  CLAY HELTON

USC Goes "Interim" Again vs. Notre Dame



USC AD Pat Haden announced today that the Trojans would be coached by interim head coach Clay Helton as Steve Sarkisian was placed on a leave of absence...

ND fans may remember that the last time USC came to town in 2013 they had an interim head coach in Ed Orgeron for the game against our Irish.  ND beat USC 14 - 10 that night.

Here's the story...

LINK:  INTERIM COACH

Five Teams in Notre Dame's Way of CFB Playoff

There are five teams -- listed below -- who stand in the way of Notre Dame earning one of the four COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF spots.  They hail from three conferences -- the Big 12, Pac 12 and ACC.

Here's what lies head for our Fighting Irish:
  1. We have to win every one of our games.  And we need to win by convincing scores.
  2. I'm going to give two spots in the College Football Playoff to the winner of the SEC and Big Ten Championship games.
  3. So, we need to finish ahead of the top team in two of the following conferences ACC, PAC 12 and Big 12 by the last week of the season

Here are the difficult games ahead for the FIVE SCHOOLS that stand in the way of Notre Dame's road to the College Football Playoff:

#2  BAYLOR
  • Oklahoma
  • Oklahoma State
  • TCU

#3  TCU
  • Oklahoma
  • Oklahoma State
  • Baylor

#6 CLEMSON 
  • Miami
  • Florida State
  • ACC Championship Game

 #7 UTAH
  • Arizona State
  • USC
  • Arizona
  • UCLA
  • Pac 12 Championship Game 

#8 FLORIDA STATE
  • Clemson
  • Florida
  • ACC Championship Game

Saturday, October 10, 2015

Game Highlights: Notre Dame 41 -- Navy 27


Coach Kelly After 41 to 24 Win Over Navy Today


Navy Week: Notre Dame Pep Rally Last Night


The "Experts" Pick the Winner of Navy vs. ND


Took a lap around the worldwide web this morning to see what the media is saying about today's game between the Naval Academy and our Notre Dame Fighting Irish...

Here's what I could find:

LINK:  FOX SPORTS

LINK:  MILITARY TIMES

LINK:  HEAVY SPORTS

LINK:  NAVY TIMES

LINK:  ESPN

Domer Pat Eilers Endows FB Coaching Position


It was announced yesterday that former Notre Dame football player Pat Eilers '90 and his wife Jana have made a $3 million gift to the University to endow the Defensive Backs Coaching position.

Here's the story.

LINK:  ENDOWED COACHING POSITION

Domer Matteoni Authors a Book on Sitting Bull


I had the great pleasure of meeting Norm Matteoni '63 -- a graduate of Notre Dame Law School -- and his beautiful wife Pam, a few weeks ago at a dinner here on campus.

Norm, a legal scholar with a successful law practice in Los Gatos, CA -- has a passion for the American West.

During dinner I learned Norm attended Bellarmine Prep High School in San Jose at the same time my Dad did back in the mid 50's.  I was honored to be able to reconnect the two Bellarmine "Bells" a couple of days later prior to the Texas vs. Notre Dame game

In his spare time, Norm found the time to write a book called Prairie Man: The struggle between Sitting Bull and Indian Agent James McLaughlin. 

Here's a Mercury News story about Norm and Prairie Man -- and a second link to where you can buy it from Amazon.

I highly recommend you buy this book!

LINK:  MERCURY NEWS 

LINK:  AMAZON 

LINK:  PRAIRIE MAN -- FACEBOOK PAGE

LINK:  NORM MATTEONI '63