Month: October 2008

October 9, 2008
1

Zeke Motta Commits to Notre Dame

Zeke Motta, who ESPN says attacks the line of scrimmage like a torpedo, committed to Notre Dame on Thursday giving the Irish 16 commitments so far this year. Motta is…
October 9, 2008
11

Looking For Some Help From Our Regulars

I want to make some improvements over here on the blog in terms of the formatting and the features (not content related) offered here. As you probably have noticed, I’ve…
October 8, 2008
10

Coverage Map Released, Get Ready for OSU-Purdue Californians

The offical coverage maps for this weekend’s ABC games have been released, and if live west of the Mississippi, you are pretty much screwed. ABC/ESPN has decided to make the…
October 8, 2008
1

Hey Tiller, Get Better… Not Bitter

There was an interesting tid bit from Joe Tiller in today’s South Bend Tribune. Purdue’s head coach was lamenting about two of their losses this year – one of them…
October 8, 2008
7

Walker Still Kicking For Irish

Charlie Weis held another kicking competition in practice this week and once again Brandon Walker won running away. According the South Bend Tribune… Walker will retain his job for Saturdays…
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October 8, 2008
0

Autry’s Den: Keeping the Momentum

I think I can speak for every Notre Dame alumni or fan to say it felt great to head into the Stanford game with the confidence that we should and…
October 7, 2008
2

Weis on “Punt-Gate”, Allen Didn’t Touch the Ball

Ok, this is my last post last Saturday’s most controversial play. As well all know by now, Stanford fans and beat writters and head coach Jim Harbaugh are convinced that…
October 7, 2008
2

Answers Coming Wednesday on Kicking Situation

Charlie Weis talked quite a bit Tuesday about the place kicking situation now that Brandon Walker is just 1 of 7 kicking field goals this year. It sounds like there…
October 7, 2008
4

Irish Blogger Gathering: Heart of Darkness Edition

This week’s Irish Blog Gathering is hosted by OC Domer. In case you missed last week’s inagural Gathering Post, Subway Domer came up with the idea of doing a weekly…
October 7, 2008
0

Underclassmen Carrying Scoring Load

Here is the Irish touchdown production through five games. The future continues to look bright. TD PRODUCTION SDSU UM MSU PU STAN TOTAL FRESHMAN 6 Michael Floyd 1 1 1…
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October 7, 2008
2

Flashback: Joe Montana Rallies Notre Dame over UNC in 1975

Saturday will be 23 years to the day since Notre Dame’s last trip to Chapel Hill to face the Tar Heels. In that game a sophomore quarterback came off the…
October 7, 2008
3

Notre Dame Leading for Shaquelle Evans?

According to Gerg Biggins of ESPN.com, not only did Shaquelle Evans remove the soft commitment to USC from his name, but he also now favors Notre Dame. “Right now, I’m…
October 6, 2008
1

UHND Opponent Poll – Week 6

Pitt moves up a couple notches after upsetting #10 South Florida and Michigan tumbles after getting embarrassed by Illinois. 2008 UHND Opponent Poll – Week 6 Opponent Last Game Next…
October 6, 2008
6

Weis Thinks Irish on Cusp of Top 25, I Agree

When asked whether or not he thought his team should be ranked in the top 25 on Sunday, Charlie Weis said that his team was on the cusp of the…
October 6, 2008
15

Harbaugh Reprimanded, Stanford Beat Writers Still Blind

The Pac 10 reprimanded Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh for criticizing the officials following Notre Dame’s 28-21 win over Harbaugh’s Cardinal. The Pac 10 also went so far as to say…
October 6, 2008
5

Floyd Getting Some Props

Freshman wide receiver is starting to get noticed by some of the national media after posting back to back 100 yard receiving games just five games into his college career. …
October 5, 2008
3

Looking Back at What to Watch for Stanford

Here’s a look back at how I did with this week’s What to Watch – four out of five isn’t too bad. Armando Allen. Allen followed up his breakout performance…
October 5, 2008
2

The San Francisco Chronicle Needs a DVR

Apparently Jim Harbaugh isn’t the only person in the Bay Area complaining about a play that they seem to think happened. Harbaugh opened his press conference on Saturday complaining about…
October 5, 2008
2

Kamara to Tight End?

Charlie Weis was asked about the possibility of moving Duval Kamara to tight end at some point this year considering the depth problems at tight end with Mike Ragone injured…
October 5, 2008
0

No News on the Yeatman Front

There still is no resolution for Will Yeatman’s situation following last week’s news that the junior tight end will now face charges for his earlier DUI arrest. Q. Any update…
October 5, 2008
3

Sounds Like Changes Coming at Place Kicker

After Brandon Walker started the season just 1 for 7 on field goal attempts, it should come as no surprise that Charlie Weis and Brian Polian are considering using junior…
October 5, 2008
1

One More Turkovich Injury Update

Charlie Weis addressed the health of starting LT Michael Turkovich at his Sunday press conference and things sound a lot better than the report from NBC’s Alex Flanigan during the…
October 5, 2008
0

Happy Birthday Victory March… Again

Here’s a video of the Notre Dame band performing at half time of this weekend’s game against Stanford. The Band of the Fighting Irish paid its tribute to the Victory…
October 5, 2008
5

Harbaugh Snubbed Clausen After the Game?

After yesterday’s 28-21 win over Stanford, Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen went over to shake hands with Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh. Clausen extended his hand to Harbaugh and said “Good…
October 5, 2008
4

Another Turkovich Injury Update

Don’t know how much it means, but the SBT had a little blurb on Michael Turkovich’s injury on Sunday. Senior left offensive tackle Mike Turkovich was carried from the field…