Rockne Website a Real Hoot for ND Fans

I’m not sure if you’ve bookmarked the home page of Knute Rockne like I have, but maybe after this blog you will. The legend of Knute Rockne is such that he deserved a postmortem website in his honor. The page has some pretty cool stuff, including a quotes section, and a list of commandments that Rockne himself wrote down for his players to live by. God had ten such commandments. Rockne: 25. You be the judge.

Also, did you know that Rockne, Texas was named after the legendary coach? Well, now we know of two Notre Dame greats with towns named after them: Joe, Montana, and Rockne, Texas. After Rockne’s death in 1931, the school children of the former town of Walnut Creek, Lehman, and Lehmanville, decided to name the place Rockne after the famous coach. In 1988, the town opened its fist post office for just two days. The occasion was to mark the arrival of the new Knute Rockne stamp.

Rockne is only present on the Notre Dame football field in memory, but you can get Notre Dame Fighting Irish football tickets to see the gridiron he used to command by visiting SutbHub.com.

Permalink - Posted in General on June 20, 2007 - Post a comment

Knute Rockne, All American

Knute Rockne, All American, is a film made in 1940 about the legendary Notre Dame Fighting Irish football coach. Rockne is largely considered to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest college football coach of all time. The film stars Pat O’Brien, Ronald Reagan, Gale Page, Donald Crisp, Albert Bassermann, Owen Davis Jr., Nick Lukats, Kane Richmond, William Marshall and William Byrne.

The “Win one for the Gipper” speech in the film goes like this:
“The last thing George said to me, ‘Rock,’ he said, ’sometime when the team is up against it and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go out there with all they’ve got and win just one for the Gipper.’

Ronald Regan gives the films most famous performance, portraying the character George Gipp, otherwise knows as “The Gipper.” After the film, Ronald Regan was nicknamed “The Gipper” as well, often humorously citing the role in speeches. In fact, two different Republican National Conventions used the phrase, including the 2004 Convention, when George W. Bush commented shortly after Regan’s death that Bush and Cheney could “now truly win one for the Gipper.”

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Permalink - Posted in General on June 19, 2007 - Post a comment

Knute Rockne: Perfection to a T

Knute Rockne, the legendary Notre Dame Fighting Irish football coach, was famous for, among many other things, inventing the “shift” as part of an offensive strategy. The “T” formation was very popular back in Knute Rockne’s days, but Rockne put his own little spin on the concept by having one of the players lined up in the backfield shift to another position right before the snap, creating an overloaded side for which a more successful run attempt could be attempted.

With the famous “Four Horsemen of Notre Dame” Knute Rockne perfected this shifty T formation to win many games. However, after Rockne’s reign as coach was over, Frank Leahy shifted the strategy to a standard box T.

It’s too bad that so many creative plays are already in standard use. There’s just nothing original or surprising out there anymore. At any rate, you can get Notre Dame Fighting Irish football tickets to see Coach Weis try out something new by visiting StubHub.com, your source for all the best college football tickets.

Permalink - Posted in General on June 18, 2007 - Post a comment

Clausen to Undergo Elbow Procedure

Jimmy Clausen, the highly touted Notre Dame quarterback hopeful, will reportedly undergo an elbow procedure this week. The specific cause is unknown, though sources close to Clausen know that he has had bone spurs in his elbow as recently as January.
In Clausen’s last year of high school, he played through an injury to his arm, and was considering a treatment for it in the future. A team spokesman for the University of Notre Dame reported that Jimmy Clausen would be ready for the beginning of fall practice on August 6th.
This might add another layer of intrigue to the high-profile quarterback competition in South Bend. If you would like front row Notre Dame Fighting Irish football tickets to see the winner of this battle, you ought to check out StubHub.com sooner rather than later.

Permalink - Posted in General on June 15, 2007 - Post a comment

Knute Rockne: Notre Dame’s Greatest Coach?

Who do you think is the greatest Notre Dame coach of all time? Many would tell you that they believe Knute Rockne is. One thing is for sure, Knute has the numbers on his side. In his 13 seasons as the head coach of America’s favorite team, Rockne amassed the highest wining percentage of any coach in history (.881). His totals are: 105 wins, 12 losses and 5 ties.

Rockne also was the coach during several of the most memorable Notre Dame football moments and teams, including the “win one for the Gipper” speech. He was coach of the famous “Four Horsemen of Notre Dame” in the mid ’20s. As a player, Knute Rockne wasn’t bad either, but he will always be remembered as one of the greatest coaches in college football of all time.

If StubHub.com could sell you some Notre Dame Fighting Irish tickets for games in which Knute Rockne was the coach, I’m sure they would. However, we will just have to settle for coach Charlie Weis until we can invent the time machine.

Permalink - Posted in General on June 14, 2007 - Post a comment

Frazer Gets Permission to Contact Other Schools

In the continuing saga that is the search for the next Notre Dame quarterback, one prospect for the role just further distanced himself from the field- in the wrong way. Zach Frazer was granted premission from the University of Notre Dame to contact other schools that might be interested in him. According to NCAA rules, a player who is currently on scholarship with a team cannot contact other universities about switching programs, unless given permission.

Among the schools that have showed an interest in Frazer, some of the bigger names include Rutgers, Connecticut, Miami, East Carolina and Louisville. Ever since Frazer was left off the list of three players fighting for playing time next season, it has been expected that he would be interested in searching out a place where he could potentially earn a starting role.

Who you will see playing quarterback next year is still up in the air, but you can always count on StubHub.com to have some great Notre Dame Fighting Irish football tickets available to cheer for whoever is taking the snaps.

Permalink - Posted in General on June 13, 2007 - Post a comment

A.J. Pollock a 2007 Freshman All-America

It has been announced that Notre Dame’s third baseman, A.J. Pollock, recently was named a 2007 Freshman All-America by both “Collegiate Baseball” magazine and Pingbaseball.com.

Pollock himself just be came the fourth freshman to ever lead the Notre Dame baseball team in a season batting average, his being .372. To see all the excitement of Notre Dame sports for yourself, make sure you get your tickest at stubhub.com!

Permalink - Posted in General on June 12, 2007 - Post a comment

Notre Dame Sports 18th Place!

It has been announced that the University of Notre Dame currently has 18th place in the second set of spring sports standings. These standings were released in the 2006-2007 United States Sports Academy Division 1 Directors’ Cup all-sports competition.

THis competition is sponsored by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. If you want to see the incredible sports encompassed within Notre Dame’s sports teams, make sure you get your tickets at stubhub.com today!

Permalink - Posted in General on June 11, 2007 - Post a comment

2007 U.S. National Junior Evaluation Camp

It has been announced that three incoming Notre Dame feshman are going to be among a group of 45 hockey players that are invited to attend the 2007 U.S. National Junior Evaluation Camp. The Camp will be held August 3-11 in Lake Placid, New York.

All the players in this event are candidates for the 2008 U.S. National Junior Team and this promises to be a great event. For tickets to this event and all other Notre Dame events make sure you visit stubhub.com today!

Permalink - Posted in General on June 8, 2007 - Post a comment

Notre Dame Game Makes Bad List

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football team made a list they probably wish they weren’t on a few days ago. ESPN.com released a list of the biggest blunders in NCAA Football history, and the Irish showed up int he #8 spot, though the ones credited with the blunder were not related to Notre Dame. The #5 biggest blunder was the Cal-Stanford “The band is on the field!” game, which I though would surely be a lot higher, but still.

The Notre Dame game in question was the 1988 ND-Miami game when the officials mistakenly turned the ball over in Notre Dame’s favor when the play should have been called a first down for Miami. The Irish got the benefit of the call, and the refs were the blunderers.

You might be able to see another good blunder if you get Notre Dame Fighting Irish tickets at StubHub.com, though we always hope that the Irish win fair and honest.

Permalink - Posted in General on June 7, 2007 - Post a comment


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