Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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Under the Dome 1 By The Numbers Notre Dame's ranking on a list of schools that fans root against the most in college football, according to the December 2012 issue of Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal. Notre Dame received 19 percent of the vote and Ohio State was second with 13 percent. In basketball, Duke was first with 30 percent, Kentucky was second with 17 percent, and the Fighting Irish were in a three-way tie for ninth at two percent. Notre Dame was the lone school to appear on both the football and basketball lists. 5 Former Notre Dame assistant coaches who are now head coaches. Two-time national champ Urban Meyer (1996-2000) led Ohio State to a 12-0 campaign in his first season with the Buckeyes, Charlie Strong (1996-98) directed Louisville to a Sugar Bowl upset of Florida to finish No. 6 in the final Associated Press poll, and Steve Addazio (1999‑2001) accepted the Boston College post this winter after two seasons at Temple. A fourth, graduate assistant Dan Mullen (1999-2000), has led Mississippi State to a 29‑22 record and three bowl games the past four years. On Jan. 11, 38-year-old Brian Polian (2005-09) was hired as the head coach at Nevada, succeeding College Football Hall of Fame coach Chris Ault. Polian had been Texas A&M's tight end coach and special teams coordinator the past two years, and was at Stanford in 2010-11. 14 Consecutive years Notre Dame has had an alumnus play on a Super Bowl team, with defensive tackle Ian Williams of the San Francisco 49ers the most recent. Nebraska has the longest current streak with 20, while the Fighting Irish and Purdue are tied at No. 2 with 14 apiece. The Notre Dame streak began in 1999 when cornerback Todd Lyght's St. Louis Rams defeated punter Craig Hentrich's Tennessee Titans in the 2000 Super Bowl. 30-1 Odds given by Las Vegas on Jan. 30 of Notre Dame winning the 2013 BCS national title, tying it for 12th with Clemson, Texas and Michigan. The top three were Alabama (5-2), Ohio State (6‑1) and Oregon (8-1, dropping from 5-1 when head coach Chip Kelly took the Philadelphia Eageles' job). $2,424,301 Made in school pay — not including bonuses and other revenue (shoe contract, TV show, etc.) — by Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly, according to a USA Today survey. There were 27 other college coaches listed with higher school pay, led by Alabama's Nick Saban ATTENTION IRISH FANS Packages are available for all Notre Dame home games during the 2013 season 2013 HOME GAMES Aug. 31 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 19 Nov. 2 Nov. 23 Temple Michigan State Oklahoma USC Navy B.Y.U ALL HOME GAME PACKAGES INCLUDE *Game Tickets endzone to the 40 yard line. *Two Night Hotel *Great Customer Service Please visit www.diamondtravel.com for complete details 1.602.870.9197 DIAMOND TRAVEL 25 YEARS IN BUSINESS