I have enjoyed watching the ACC Network this season since ND is the topic of discussion daily.
Nice to have Jordan Cornette leads "The Huddle" and the other 3 hosts are interesting and fair.

One guy who is very funny to watch and listen to is Mark Herzlich. When I say funny, I am referring to his hate
for ND. It is so obvious that he can't stand anything to do with ND. I find that almost every BC player has issues with
ND and most of the grads also I guess BC being subpar football, and being known as the "2nd Catholic University" or "Fall back plan" (if denied admissions into ND), would piss me off too.

Today Herlich was asked which ACC Coach should get Coach of theYear. he said NC State's Coach. Thought it was funny that there was no mention of Kelly who probably gets the national Coach of the year award this year.

Detroit Mercy down 3 with 3 minutes to go.

Arizona State took a 2-0 lead just 1:55 into the contest on Thursday night and never looked back while 2-3 Notre Dame, fresh off a sweep of Michigan last weekend, fell to 0-3 this season on its home ice.

Trevor Janicke, Graham Slaggert and Nate Clurman all netted goals, but it was a rough night for Irish goaltender Ryan Bischel — who was the Big Ten First Star recipient this week after his excellent play at Michigan last weekend. Evan DeBrouwer stopped 31 shots to earn the victory in goal for Arizona State. Bischel made 20 saves before Dylan St. Cyr stopped the only two shots he faced in relief.

Notre Dame converted on its lone power play of the contest with Janicke converting his first of the season with 7:06 to go in the first frame. The Irish penalty kill also went 1-for-1. ND outshot Arizona State, 34-28.

The Fighting Irish and Sun Devils close out the first of their two series this season tomorrow night (Dec. 4) with a 7 p.m. game at the Compton Family Ice Arena (NBCSN).

Outside of cheeks and schrauth (s/p?). What top level prospects do you feel good about for ND? Mostly luke warm from these guys right now based on your read?

Wright will arrive at Notre Dame later today and will leave on Sunday.

For the hockey fans in here.

there is zero part of me that thinks Florida beat Alabama in the SEC title game ... zero

so with that said if Auburn wins this weekend I think we are 100% in the playoffs as long as we don't pull a Wisconsin and lose 50-0 in the Conference title game

so War Eagle this weekend

Looks like the date is set for Lou to receive his award. He'll receive the Presidential medal of freedom tomorrow.

He’s reportedly going to be the new OC at Tulane.
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They had a strong presence in the past, but recently cannot find the right leader for the program. They continually gets killed by Alphabet/Google, which is OSU. In the news for wrong reasons.

Other Programs

Alabama - Apple: Strong brand and willing to spend any amount of money
OSU - Alphabet/Google: Whips their main competitor regularly
Clemson - Amazon: Is able to get any recruit they want and outspend just about everybody but Apple
Notre Dame - Microsoft: Always discounted by the public, but is a top four program/market cap. Not considered as cool as the top three, but when looking at the fundamentals deserves to be up there.
LSU - Facebook: Controversial Leader
Georgia - Tesla: Outspoken leader of the program.
Oregon - Nvidia: Historically solid program that is killing it in the Semiconductor/Chip
USC - Intel: Strong historic program, but is no longer innovative. Is currently lagging behind Nvidia
OU - Netflix: Great offense, but not much else.
Texas - Dell: Both are located in Austin and are afterthoughts
Ole Miss - Uber: Former CEO was a black eye for the program/company

Syracuse at Notre Dame
Date: Dec. 5, 2020
Site: Notre Dame Stadium
Kickoff: 2:30 p.m. ET
Television: NBC
Radio: This game can be heard on Notre Dame’s IMG affiliates.
Series Facts: Notre Dame leads 6-3 and won the last meeting 36-3 in a game played at Yankee Stadium in New York City on Nov. 17, 2018.
Head coaches: Syracuse — Dino Babers (24‑35, fifth season); Notre Dame — Brian Kelly (101-37, 11th season).

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So if that's where Notre Dame is headed on New Year's Day, no tickets available. You wonder in these type of situations whether it should be moved elsewhere, e.g. Duke's campus in 1942 during World War II.
https://www.whsv.com/2020/12/03/no-fans-to-be-allowed-at-rose-bowl-for-cfp-semifinal-game/

Does he have a point? Thoughts?

Quote below referencing ND and Clemson. Link to the article also.

"If their two most highly ranked teams were, for instance, [ranked] five and six in the CFP Rankings, would this decision have been made?”

Did anyone see all 6 episodes? Pretty good

It's like these things almost always balance out. Kahanu Kia moved up from a low three-star to a high three-star on the Rivals scale without a senior season. Caleb Johnson flipped from Auburn to Notre Dame and moved up in the rankings. What's up conspiracy theorists?

No surprises here, but Los Angeles Loyola cornerback Ceyair Wright dropped his Top 12 tonight, which includes the Irish.

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Injury updates, Braden Lenzy, Ian Book among the topics discussed. Please give it a watch!

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Some pieces are gradually returning to action for the Irish, but developing continuity and chemistry collectively will take some time on the court.
https://notredame.rivals.com/news/fighting-irish-fall-to-no-24-michigan-76-66

But does a ND ACC championship win put ND @ #1 even if Bama wins the SEC?

Notre Dame is 2-0-1 on this date:

Bronze Medal, 1948: The Irish complete their third straight unbeaten season — but it comes with a tie at USC (14-14). Leon Hart scored the first touchdown on a superb catch and run (see video at 5:13 mark), but the Irish fall behind late before an 85-yard kickoff return by Bill Gay sets up Emil Sitko's TD with 35 seconds left, with Steve Oracko kicking the extra point. Notre Dame extends its unbeaten streak to 28 games with this 9-0-1 finish, but does not win a third straight national title, finishing No. 2.

Silver Medal, 1954: Twenty-six year-old Terry Brennan concludes his first season as head coach 9-1 with an eight-game winning streak and No. 4 finish after a 26-14 win versus SMU. Joe Heap scores twice for the Irish, the second on an 89-yard run.

Gold Medal, 1926: The first-ever meeting with USC has a capacity audience of 74,378 in the Coliseum, and comes the week after 8-1 Notre Dame was stunned at Carnegie Tech when head coach Knute Rockne opted to do public relations work at Chicago instead. The Irish rally late when Rockne inserts backup QB Art Parisien, a lefty, who leads the game winning drive and tosses a 22-yard touchdown to John Niemiec with two minutes remaining.

Well well well .... someone mentioned a thread on Willingham so here we are.

Why not, Syracuse week so not a ton on the agenda.

Since leaving ND he almost killed the Washington football program which had, at one time, been a national title contender.

He also was/is a member of the college football playoff committee for some unknown reason.

He was also a volunteer golf coach at the University of Stanford.

I call him the "Self-Imposed NCAA Death Penalty"

The other nicknames I've had for him are ...

• The Archbishop of Awful
• Harpo (since he was perpetually stoic on the sidelines and never said a word)
• Black Nicklaus (ok that hasn't aged well but I'm being honest here - but based on his love of golfing instead of working)
• The Talent Assassin (for how he would initially recruit talented players and have them wasted)

Anyone else wanna throw in some chestnuts?

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No bad news on Notre Dame's end continues on football — no positive tests this week through Wednesday — but men's basketball already has had two games cancelled this week because of player shortage for the opposition.

Over the last three weeks, nearly 60 FBS games have been cancelled.