The University of Notre Dame announced home kickoff times for the upcoming 2013 season yesterday, the highlight being another prime time affair against USC. NBC will broadcast all six home games nationally, and will also handle the broadcast for the Shamrock Series game in Cowboys Stadium, where they’ll take on Arizona State. The rest of…... read more...

Former Scottsdale (Az.) Notre Dame Prep QB Jordan Gehrke finally gets elusive FBS offer read more...

Notre Dame received a pledge from its fourth offensive line prospect for the 2014 cycle nearly nine months prior to National Signing Day. Friday's commitment of four-star tackle/guard Alex Bars (Nashville, TN) fills the program's projected need at the crucial position, but that doesn't mean the door is closed for offensive linemen No. 5 when the faxes arrive next February… read more...

Marshall announced their fourth signee in the 2013 recruiting cycle on Friday, Jaylen Brantley of Notre Dame Prep (MA). Brantley is perhaps best known for being the lead guard for several years on one of the top grassroots teams in the country, BABC. According to a release from Marshall, Brantley averaged 16 points and 5 assists [...] read more...

Monster offensive line prospect Alex Bars has spurned Michigan and committed to Notre Dame. The 6-foot-6, 287-pound tackle announced his decision via Twitter (@Alex_Bars70) late Friday afternoon. "I have officially committed to The University of Notre Dame! #playlikeachampiontoday," he tweeted. Bars, a Nashville (TN) product, is a four-star prospect the No. 9 overall pla... read more...

The future depth chart along the offensive line for Notre Dame just received another star-studded name when Tennessee’s Alex Bars gave his verbal commitment to the Irish coaching staff. The 6-foot-6, 280-pound linemen picked Notre Dame over an elite offer list, turning down Michigan, Ohio State, LSU, Penn State and Stanford among a slew of…... read more...

Notre Dame added another prospect to their  2014 recruiting class, with Illinois tight end Nic Weishar pledging his commitment yesterday. Weishar had a nice list of offers that included Michigan, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Wisconsin and others. Weishar, who hails from the south side of the Chicagoland area and Marist High, has visited Notre Dame…... read more...

Just a few days after adding one of the top running backs in the country, the Notre Dame coaching staff accepted the verbal commitment of New Jersey offensive lineman Quenton Nelson. The 6-foot-5, 285-pound offensive tackle had offers from Alabama, Miami, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Stanford and a slew of others. Nelson joins a growing offensive…... read more...

Taryn Griffey is following in the footsteps of her older brother. As one of the nation’s top high school basketball recruits, the daughter of future Baseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. had scholarship offers from a number college basketball powerhouses. But she instead chose to forge her own legacy at a school not known for it’s women’s basketball, Arizona, where her br... read more...

While fans of both Notre Dame and USC certainly won’t appreciate having their teams mentioned in the same breath, the two schools apparently have been working with the same facemask manufacturer to highlight the gold in their color schemes.  The NEW color Notre Dame, SoCal, & Baylor will be using in 2013! The Grey to Gold color shift available only thru us! twitter.com/Gr... read more...

Notre Dame unveiled a plan Thursday to add buildings and more than 3,000 revenue-producing premium seats in and around Notre Dame Stadium in a push to make that area of campus more of a community hub. The stadium that opened in 1930 and was expanded in 1997 is used fewer than 10 times a year for football games, commencement and recreational events. The idea is to use the ... read more...

The news of Gunner Kiel leaving Notre Dame was hardly a surprise. The talented young quarterback, who redshirted during the Irish’s 2012 run to the BCS Championship game, departed before spring practice, with an eye on finding an opportunity to play. It was another switch on an already wayward journey for Kiel, one of the…... read more...

There has been a tidal wave of articles, posts, tweets, message board chatter, and comments ever since the news was released that Notre Dame was looking as possibly renovating Notre Dame Stadium along with presenting the above image. I'm just gonna leave this right here. news.nd.edu/news/39703-not…See you Monday everyone! — oak (@oaknd1) May 2, 2013 That was a wee... read more...

With the spring game in the rearview mirror, and the long abyss ahead of us before fall camp, we thought it was a good time to get the old band back together, with the Irish Blogger Gathering reuniting for a one-day special. With Josh Flynt off to greener pastures at the Monogram Club, we’re waiting…... read more...

I guess Lennay never showed T… Notre Dame star and San Diego Chargers rookie Manti Te’o was front and center at the Maxim Hot 100 party even though his fake dead girlfriend was named to the No. 69 spot on Maxim’s list. It would be unbelievable to see Manti have a real girlfriend one day, or at the very least, another fake one.-TO San Diego Newspaper Goes in on Manti Teo Ma... read more...

Are you out of work, behind on your house payments, the electric is about to be shut off and you need to pay for a divorce? Ge… read more...

O'Malley's annual "Trouble Spots" countdown continues its look at Notre Dame's toughest game situations for 2013... read more...

When you think back to this time last year, there were so many unanswered questions about the Notre Dame offense. We were quoting Nelly and analyzing pie charts, hoping to get to the bottom of what was wrong with an offense that couldn’t stop shooting itself in the foot and struggled getting any efficiency. Everett…... read more...

Li’l Strut’s happy ass is getting married tomorrow (to a diehard Notre Dame fan LOL!) so when he asks for a post topic, he damn well gets it. After all, this is the same guy who happened to be the giver of the first card that I opened up the day after my wedding when both families were sitting around watching. The first words that I read on it were “BIG BLACK DILDO” among ... read more...

In a TV interview shortly after the death of longtime girlfriend Lennay Kekua, former Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o referred to Kekua as "the most beautiful girl I've ever met." Kekua, of course, turned out not to be real, and Te'o's admission that he'd been duped by an elaborate online prank ended up making international headlines (and, perhaps, dropping him to the se... read more...