Just wanted to share this since they're part of the ND family. The thoughts and prayers of everyone at HLS will be with the Schrage family. NOTRE DAME, Ind. - Jody Schrage, 45, wife of University of Notre Dame head baseball coach Dave Schrage, died this afternoon at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, following a six-week-long battle with cancer and related complications. "All of the thoughts and prayers of everyone at the University are with Dave, ...
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Two Phantom Touchdowns Seen Last Night in Tempe; Peter Venkman Called in to Investigate
TEMPE, Ariz.--As the final seconds of the Florida Gator's 41-14 rout of the Ohio State Buckeyes ticked away, parapsychologist and psychologist Dr. Peter Venkman stood on the sidelines, patiently waiting for his chance to investigate the endzone where, earlier in the game, two phantom touchdowns had been sighted. Back off, man. I'm a scientist. Venkman had been called in to investigate by Ohio State coach Jim Tressel, who watched his Buckeyes defense successfully stop the Gators at the ...
All-World, Heisman Winner, Feel-Good-Story-of-the-Media’s-Year QB Shits Bed, tOSU Gets Swamped
Now, I'm not one to say that Troy Smith wouldn't have gotten my vote the night of the ceremony. While I would've wanted to vote for Brady, I just couldn't have. Not after the USC game, and with Troy leading his team to victory over then-consensus-#2 Michigan the week prior. But wow, did we see a different player tonight. And his draft status will suffer. Troy Smith was a stellar 4 for 14 for 36 yards total passing tonight (and a nice 29% completion ratio) as the Buckeyes fell to a ...
Happy Pills – In Video Form
The 2006 Highlight Video. Thanks, Oldie. [youtube]3ESlnKRolCw[/youtube] ...
Bob Davie’s Grapes are Sour
 Per Q's earlier post, "Mr." Bob Davie has taken it upon himself to take Chuck Weis to task...with such lame-ass statements as "the mystique has worn off" and "I don't know that the program is going in a positive direction" and "I am so damn jealous that sometimes I just sit in my tub, with the shower running hot, and cry while hugging a fuzzy bunny rabbit I nicknamed Shorty." You know, I never disliked Bob. He wasn't a great coach, but it really wasn't his fault - he shouldn't have ...
“It’s just impossible to beat.” Matt Romine is Irish.
Matt Romine committed to play for Charlie Weis and the Fighting Irish at the All-American game this weekend. Romine, hailing from Tulsa, OK chose the Irish over Oklahoma and Miami. Matt is a scholar-athlete that will help shore up a quickly-becoming-amazing OL haul that Weis has pulled together to protect whichever superstar standout QB ends up starting over the next 4 years. How say you, Matt? "Notre Dame was just the total package with the academics and the football tradition and ...
Army All American Game Dominated By Irish – On and Off the Field
If you watched the Army All American Game today, you may have noticed a few things: There were A LOT of soon-to-be-Irish playing in the game. A few hoped-for recruits did not commit to the Irish. They also didn't get a lot of media coverage after the game, unlike ND's recruits. I guess the producers of the game were just trying to simulate the college game as much as possible. Matt Romine decided to join what has to be one of the greatest 2-year Offensive Line recruiting hauls in Irish ...
CSI: New Orleans
Grissom: What do you have for me, doc? Dr. Robbins: Division 1 College Football Team, University of Notre Dame, 11 National Championships, 7 Heisman winners, countless All Americans. Grissom: Sounds pretty good. What are they doing here? Dr. Robbins: Attacked by Tigers earlier this week. Grissom: Ah. Yeah. That'll end ugly most of the time. Dr. Robbins: 'fraid this time was no different. Grissom: Signs of a struggle? Robbins: Yes. Evidence here and here shows that, at ...
Farewell to The Chin
I know it's not ND news, but I just had to post a fond farewell to soon-to-be-former Head Coach of my hometown Pittsburgh Steelers Bill Cowher. (He coached the Bus, doesn't that make it close enough?) Cowher Power will be missed in the 'burgh, and around the league. Best of luck Bill. ...
Recruiting: The Difference
The difference between years prior and the C-dub years is that ND is pulling in, or in the hunt for, the very top recruits in the country. Charlie is a tireless recruiter, on the trail whenever possible, giving his straight ahead talk trying to bring in his type of players (smart, nasty, ATHLETIC) so that in the future the kind of mismatches we saw last night won't happen again. And it's working. Check out last year's Top 5 class. Or this year's (rated #1 to #12 by the major evaluation ...