Greetings Notre Dame friends and fans. Welcome to the 2011 season and our Fighting Irish! We were all very encouraged how the 2010 team matured and won throughout November. And beating the Miami Hurricanes in the Sun Bowl in El Paso or in Soldier Field in Chicago next season (October 6) is always sweet. We begin Head Coach Brian Kelly “2.0”  this weekend  vs. the University of South Florida Bulls. There is a history…

Returning to campus for a non-football weekend is different in many ways, though football still stirs. All players take Summer School these days, the Coaches live here year-around of course, and legendary Coach Ara Parseighan regularly gets his hair cut at Armando’s. We are remarkably on the same schedule. Ara is warm, gentle and engaging. It is hard to imagine the fiery Armenian in his prime lighting up his players…

I do not always drink beer at Abe Kohler’s ND tailgaters, but when I do…it is always fine brew from Indiana Beer and its incredibly flamboyant President Pat Flynn.” Indiana Beer….supplier to a thirty ND Nation

Hey Friends- Since sending this a few days ago, I have been subsequently reminded: Two Dillon Hall progeny are walk-on athletes and played prominent roles in the B-G game. Young Joe Romano made a couple of tackles and is Rocky’s son and Danny’s nephew. And Nick Lezynski made the final play of the game with an interception and he is of course, the son of Greg “The Bull”. Walk-on kicker…

It was a threatening Saturday morning with heavy rains forecast for game time at 2:00pm. Tailgating was very light and it lacked a real “Gameday” feel. However, perpetual South Bend host Pat Flynn ND ’78 –and his Class President all four years– had his gathering located just behind Legends on the grassy island. Remember…for all your tailgating needs, contact President Pat Flynn at Indiana Beer (574. 234.6075) The first formal stop…