Sunday, January 24, 2016

Domers in Super Bowl: Jansen, Bruton & Harris


Super Bowl 50 will feature three former Notre Dame stars -- two will play in the game:
  • David Bruton Jr. (Broncos) -- team captain / out with injury
  • Ryan Harris (Broncos) -- Right Tackle
  • J.J. Jansen (Panthers) -- Long Snapper 

Photo above:  That's Ryan Harris taking a selfie with his QB Peyton Manning.

Notre Dame Bench: 42 Pts -- Va Tech Team 41



The #3 Fighting Irish of Notre Dame beat Virginia Tech today 80 - 41.

The big story was the Notre Dame bench -- scoring 42 of Notre Dame's 80 points -- and outscoring Va Tech's entire team.


Joe Schmidt Reaching Out to Grieving Family


Notre Dame fans -- this is a must read...

LINK:  JOE SCHMIDT

Michael Floyd Talks NFC Championship Game


The former Notre Dame All-American will be front and center this evening as his Arizona Cardinals take on the Carolina Panthers for a trip to Super Bowl 50!

LINK:  MICHAEL FLOYD

Saturday, January 23, 2016

These Four Have Worn the ND Gold Helmet


Domers left to right;  Elijah Shumate, Brady Quinn, Romeo Okware and Chris Brown at today's East West Shrine Game.

Troy Murphy Inducted Into ND's Ring of Honor


"Notre Dame's" East West Shrine Game -- 4 PM

The folks at the East West Shrine Game have put together TEAM NOTRE DAME -- with three players, two alumni and a Domer Dad on the same sideline!

Team East has; Elijah Shumate, Chris Brown and Romeo Okwara playing their last game before the upcoming NFL Draft -- and coaching them are Charlie Weis '78, Brady Quinn '07 and Notre Dame parent Jon Bon Jovi.

Game is televised on the NFL Network beginning at 4 PM ET.

Here's Weis being interviewed by former ND/NBC sideline reporter Alex Flanagan...

LINK:  WEIS

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Indiana's All-Time HS Scorer -- Jackie Young!



Incoming Notre Dame women's basketball recruit, Jackie Young -- just set the all-time Indiana high school scoring record for girls AND BOYS!!!

The video above is point number 3,135 for this McDonald's All-American!

During tonight's ND women's basketball game against Syracuse -- the public address announcer made the announcement that Jackie had just broke the state scoring record.  Here's what the scoreboard looked like:




Coach Mike Brey After Win Over Virginia Tech


Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Domer Dad Bon Jovi & Brady Quinn Join Weis


Domer Dad Jon Bon Jovi and former Notre Dame All-American QB Brady Quinn are working this week on Charlie Weis' East Team coaching staff for the East West Shrine Game.

Here's the story...

LINK:  ND INFLUENCE AT SHRINE GAME

Coach Brey in Locker Room After Win Over VT!



Inside Look at ND's Win Over Duke Saturday!


Key Plays in Notre Dame's Win over VT!





Notre Dame beats Virginia Tech 83 - 81 to go 4 - 2 in the ACC and move up to a tie for 4th place in the conference.

LINK:  BOX SCORE

Domer Fleming Rescues Woman In Car Crash



Former Notre Dame student-athlete Darius Fleming played Saturday's NFL Playoff game with 22 stitches in his leg -- resulting from an injury he sustained after kicking in a car window of a "smoky" car to pull the woman out...

This happened two days prior to Saturday's game -- a mile from the Patriot's Foxboro Stadium.

Here's the story:

LINK:  DARIUS FLEMING

ND vs. Virginia Tech -- 1973 NIT Championship



Mike Brey's Fighting Irish host the 2nd place Virginia Tech Hokies in ACC action tonight -- a big game for Notre Dame.

The video above -- a game against Virginia Tech that broke my heart...

Must Read: Elijah Shumate's NFL Draft Diary


Former Notre Dame student-athlete Elijah Shumate is playing in the East West Shrine Game this Saturday.  His coach this week -- none other than former Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis '78.

You'll enjoy what Elijah has to say about this experience.

LINK:  ELIJAH SHUMATE

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Domer Mike Golic Jr. Earns ESPN Radio Gig!


Former Notre Dame student-athlete Mike Golic, Jr. '12 -- will be co-hosting a Saturday radio show (5 PM to 8 PM) on the ESPN Radio Network!

The show debuts on Saturday, January 30th.

Congratulations Michael!

LINK:  NEW ESPN RADIO PROGRAMS

Connaughton: "In My Mind I Will Pitch in MLB"


Thought you'd find this of interest...

LINK:  CONNAUGHTON ON BASEBALL

42 Years Ago Today: ND Breaks UCLA Streak!



Notre Dame beat UCLA 71 - 70 -- 42 years ago today -- to break their all-time record 88 game winning streak!  Digger's gang was down by 11 points with 3 minutes left in the game -- see the final minutes in the video above!

Special thanks to ND alum Bob Quakenbush '76 -- for alerting me to this special day!