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Army Highlight Video

Nevin's videos at their best!!!
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This just in: The guys at Irish Roundtable are requiring that all ND fans watch this every day this week, and twice on Saturday.

Air Force Highlight Video

Sorry it's late everyone, Nevin has been sick the past couple of weeks and unable to make a video for the AF game; I can tell he has been working hard to get these videos done. Notice the music from Ferris Bueller's Day Off? Ohhh yeaahh.
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Notre Dame 41, Army 9

Brady Quinn and the Irish came out of the tunnel with their green jerseys for the second straight year, but this time they came out with a win, beating Army 41-9.


Derek Landri blocked his fourth kick this season-he is a plow!!! (Special teams note-Carl Gioia also missed another PAT. What else is new???)


Darius Walker had a big game, scoring two touchdowns. (He should've had three, but fumbled the ball prior to the goal line, and it was recovered by David Grimes)


Victory Lap for the Seniors


"Beat SC!!! Beat SC!!! Beat SC!!!"

Notre Dame 39, Air Force 17

Free safety Chinedum Ndukwe finished the game with a career high 22 tackles, which places third in the Notre Dame record books for most tackles in a single game. Linebacker Bob Crable holds the record, as he tallied 26 tackles in 1979 against Clemson.


Rhema McKnight had a record breaking day, too. He now has passed Tom Gatewood for the school record in career receptions; Rhema now has 158 career receptions.
He also passed Jim Seymour for the school record in single season receptions and is now tied with Jeff Samardzija; Rhema has 55 receptions this season.
Rhema is now tied for third place in career receiving touchdowns; he has 19 receiving touchdowns now.


Terrail Lambert had a huge 76-yard return off a blocked field goal, thanks to Trevor Laws. Notre Dame has been great this season by means of blocking kicks; Trevor Laws and Derek Landri are an awesome pair on the field goal block team. Obey the Laws.


This is a picture of the "Jolly Green Feet" decal that the Irish wore on their helmets to honor DB coach Bill Lewis's son, Gregg, who was killed in a helicopter training mission accident in 1988. The logo with the feet is a tribute to him because he was on his high school's track team, and was elected as a team captain his senior year.

This Beast Is Our Beast

Yesterday, the monster offensive tackle Emeka Nwankwo called up Charlie Weis and told him he was committing to Notre Dame. He is 6-5, 270, and is the #23 ranked offensive tackle in the nation on Scout.com. Great news for the Irish. Keep it up, Rob Ianello (ND's recruiting coordinator)!!!

North Carolina Highlight Video

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Photo(s) of the Week

Two great coaches; two great sweatshirts.

Notre Dame 45, North Carolina 26

The Shark breaks the record for career touchdown catches with this touchdown, his 23rd touchdown catch in his career at Notre Dame. Hard to believe this when he started for the first time last season, racking up 15 touchdowns, and so far, 8 this season.


Zibby returns a punt 52 yards to the house.

Surprise, surprise, John L. is almost done

By Paul Costanzo @ The Daily Forecast

I guess the only surprising part of today's announcement was that John L. Smith will be keeping his job for the remainder of the season.

I mean, let's be honest, the Spartans have been really bad over the last few weeks, and as faithful forecast reader Jay Dubs pointed out, the decline of Drew Stanton has been painful to watch.

So what's next for MSU?

Well, you can start with a giddy Mike Valenti tomorrow on the radio. His famous rant will forever live in the annals of sports radio greatness, and I get the feeling he wasn't the biggest fan of Smith and his staff (Teddy Ruxpin anyone?).

But really, let's start in the present, as in the next three games, which JLS will be coaching.

Don't be at all surprised if Sparty comes out fired up and puts on a show for its embattled coach over the next three weeks. Now I realize that he's kind of lost control of his team, but I think that the players do like him.

Up first is a home date with Purdue, which isn't any good, then Minnesota, also not any good.

The one road game is at Penn State, which is always a tough place to play, but the Nittanies are definitely beatable.

So my prediction is the Spartans finish 7-5 and make it to the Motor City Bowl where they will play ...

The next coach.

Brian Kelly.

Yup.

First of all, CMU has a GREAT chance of winning the MAC this year, and I'm guessing that the Chippewas at least make it to the MAC Championship game, likely putting them in a bowl game. But that's beside the point.

Kelly is definitely looking for a step up, it was clear when he came from Grand Valley that was the case. Well, this is it.

For those of you who say Kelly isn't ready for Big Ten football, you're probably right, but he wasn't ready for MAC football either in his first season. Now, in his third, he's working on his second winning season and possibly a MAC title. Believe me, three years ago, those two phrases were part of a strange foreign language in Mt. Pleasant.

And I realize that the learning curve is steeper in the Big Ten than it is in the MAC, but if you can coach, you can coach.

Now there a few reasons that I think Kelly is better for this job than say Mooch. The main reason is that his offense is run much like the current MSU offense, and when run efficiently with the right parts, it's pretty hard to stop. Mooch on the other hand would bog down the MSU offense with his incredibly stagnant play-calling.

What about Mooch's name and recruiting? Well, that might not be a bad thing, but with offensive guys like Charlie Weis and the draw of Michigan already in the area, Mooch's name won't mean much. Plus, you have to remember that most of the kids he'll be recruiting will mostly remember his Detroit days.

Kelly, on the other hand, has been a very good recruiter considering where he's been. At Grand Valley he convinced every kid that didn't have D-I grades (and some that did) to come play for a D-II National Title. At CMU, he's brought in his own guys in a matter of three years and made it one of the MAC's top teams.

Look, I am by no means a Spartan fan, but if they want to succeed, I think Kelly would be an excellent choice.