Celebrating South Bend and Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame is touting new records when it comes to its research funding in the last fiscal year. The university says it submitted 1,310 proposals for external funding totaling just over $1 billion, the first time it has surpassed that mark. Source: Notre Dame surpasses $1 billion in research funding proposals – Inside INdiana Business
Marcus Freeman certainly bought the heat himself on a 90-degree night at Texas A&M.
‘This doesn’t work if you do it every week.
It works when a head coach saves it for the right time and when a coach, most importantly, is SINCERE about it.
Freeman says he can’t worry about being someone else but instead has to be himself in order to have success as Notre Dame’s head coach.
From the way things went and how Notre Dame reacted in a hostile environment, it’s clear this team would walk through the gates of hell for the real Marcus Freeman.”
Source: See Notre Dame Head Coach’s Epic Entrance to Texas A&M Game
James E. Rohr Director of Athletics Pete Bevacqua speaks to the Notre Dame Football team during fall camp in this excerpt from Here Come The Irish.
Seeing Rudy in the Notre Dame stadium is a special experience that every Notre Dame fan needs!
Under exuberant coach, Knute Rockne, Notre Dame set the standards for football excellence. But off the field, the Fighting Irish was a PR sensation, capturing the hearts of a riveted nation…
Can we agree? There is no greatness like NOTRE DAME greatness!
So earlier today I was mortified when I finally understood that my beautiful ‘Belle of South Bend’ herself did not understand the origin of the phrase ‘win one for the Gipper’. So, for all of you who would stand with her in this moment I offer you this bit of Americana/NotreDameiana….
…consider yourself schooled!
Win one for The Gipper. Has there ever been a better-known and widely-used exhortative phrase in sports? Not likely. But who was the “Gipper,” this mythical-like sports figure whose nickname has aroused, in turn, awe, wonderment, curiosity, and amusement since the second decade of the twentieth century, and why is his story important? Answering those questions is the formidable task taken on here by veteran sportswriter Jack Cavanaugh, whose Pulitzer Prize-nominated biography of boxing legend Gene Tunney was referred to as “impressively researched and richly detailed” by Sports Illustrated.
“𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬; 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣,” says Aniyah Mack with a warm, growing smile. “Linden Grill has always been a part of my life, and I’m looking forward to making this really great place even better.”
𝗔𝗻𝗶𝘆𝗮𝗵’𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗱. Her father, Alfonso Mack, grew up in South Bend and learned to cook in the kitchens of his mom and grandma. While attending college in Mississippi, he honed his skills by cooking for his college basketball teammates before returning to South Bend to open the first Linden Grill location on Linden Avenue in 2000.
“Well, I’m 25 now, so, yeah… I’ve been around the Linden Grill for as long as I can remember.” Even when she moved to Mississippi for college and obtained her degree in Information Technology, Aniyah was always thinking about how she could apply her learning to the family restaurant back home.
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What stands out with the Dallas Cowboys’ 53-man roster? “A unit that could surprise people this season would be the linebacker room. Rookie Marist Liufau was blossoming in the preseason, and with a Mike Zimmer disciple like Eric Kendricks to lead and teach, Liufau has the potential to have an incredible rookie season.” Source: 4 takeaways from the Dallas Cowboys 53-man roster
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