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100 Days Until Notre Dame Football (We Hope)

The countdown to Notre Dame football returning is on. Join us as we celebrating being within 100 days of Irish football returning! (we hope)

The countdown is on!

100 days from now (we hope) Notre Dame will return to the football field for Season 133 when the Irish take on Navy in a Week Zero affair.  Will the game be played as scheduled?  I’m guessing not in Ireland but perhaps with the way the news has gone this week we’ll see it get underway on time.

Each day from now until Notre Dame kicks off the year we’ll count down the days with the number and why it’s significant in the history of Notre Dame football.

Now we could take the easy route and start with perhaps the most-known 100 in Notre Dame football, that being Lou Holtz’s career win total as the Irish head coach.  Instead, we’ll go a little more obscure but still plenty impressive with our first entry.

100:  Michael Floyd’s total receptions during the 2011 season, the most ever by a Notre Dame player in a single season.  

Golden Tate’s 93 receptions in his Biletnikoff Award winning season of 2009 are the second most while Floyd’s 79 in 2010 and Jeff Samardzija’s 78 and 77 receptions in 2006 and 2005 round out Notre Dame’s single-season top-five.

100 days to go!!!

We really, really hope.

LeBron James, Twitter react to Michael Thomas’s record-breaking performance

New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas earned praise from LeBron James, James Harden, and Keyshawn Johnson after breaking records.

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New Orleans Saints wide Michael Thomas passed a historic milestone on Sunday against the Tennessee Titans by logging a dozen receptions for 136 yards and a touchdown. Those numbers, added to his season and career totals, passed two records established by NFL legends Marvin Harrison and Randy Moss.

Harrison set the NFL record for receptions in a single season back in 2002, when he caught 143 passes in 16 games. Thomas needed 15 games to beat that, catching 145 passes. Additionally, Moss gained an NFL-record 5,396 receiving yards through his first four seasons — and Thomas passed him, too, ending his day with 5,475 receiving yards. And he still has a game to play.

Those sort of big-time numbers draw big-time attention. These feats earned praise from Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James, who reached out to Thomas on Twitter. James lauded Thomas for the way he broke the single-season receptions record with an electrifying route, which beat Titans cornerback Logan Ryan off the snap and had the defender sprawling to try to recover.

But James wasn’t the only celebrity-athlete to congratulate Thomas for what he’s accomplished. James’s NBA rival (and a friend of Thomas’s), Houston Rockets centerpiece James Harden, also reached out. As did Thomas’s uncle, former NFL wide receivers Keyshawn Johnson, and Hall of Fame wideout Cris Carter. Former teammates with the Saints (like Chris Banjo) and the Ohio State Buckeyes (such as Braxton Miller) each sent their well-wishes:

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Russell Wilson can break franchise passing yards record in Week 16

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson can break the franchise record for passing yards in the team’s Week 16 game against Arizona.

Russell Wilson has established himself as the greatest quarterback in Seattle Seahawks franchise history in only eight years and has broken several franchise records on the way to cementing his stature in the NFL today. However, he can break another this Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals.

Wilson is only 102 passing yards behind Matt Hasselbeck for the most in Seahawks history. In addition to being the franchise leader in touchdown passes, wins and completion percentage, Wilson has 29,332 passing yards over his career and has an opportunity to pass Hasselbeck in his next game and further strengthen his legacy in the Emerald City.

Facing the Cardinals brings a prime opportunity for Wilson and the Seahawks offense to come alive and rack up yards. Seattle has notoriously played down to its competition when holding a sizable lead this season, but the sole blowout victory came against Arizona in Week 4. It could happen again.

The Seahawks currently have the No. 1 seed in the NFC, so their primary objective is winning their remaining two games in the regular season to claim it and obtain at least one home playoff game. However, it would be cathartic for many 12s to see Wilson break yet another Seahawks record and further solidify himself as the best signal-caller the team has ever had.

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Peyton Manning congratulates Drew Brees using his signature humor

Former Colts and Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning had a funny reaction when Saints quarterback Drew Brees broke his touchdown record.

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees threw four touchdown passes against the Indianapolis Colts on Monday evening, passing former Colts and Denver Broncos QB Peyton Manning to become the NFL’s all-time leader in touchdown passes (541).

When Brees broke Manning’s yardage record last year, the quarterback created a playful video “congratulating” the Saints signal-caller with his signature sense or humor.

“Drew, for 1,000 days I’ve held the record for all-time passing yards in the NFL. I’ve gotta tell ya, it’s been the greatest 1,000 days of my life,” Manning said in the video.

“And thanks to you, that’s over now. You’ve ruined that for me. So, thank you very much. [Now] I have nothing left to look forward to except slicing my tomatoes, making dinner for my family, putting together this wedge salad.”

A man off-camera then reminded Manning that Brees was also set to break his TD record, prompting an early congratulations for that record as well.

“Let this serve as the congratulations for the touchdown record, because as you can see, I am very busy,” Manning said. “I don’t have time to keep doing these videos for you, congratulating you.”

The video was in good fun and Manning wrapped it up on a serious note.

“In all seriousness, Drew, congratulations on this record, you’ve done it the right way,” Manning said. “All your hard work and dedication paid off.”

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Brandon McManus, Vic Fangio weigh on on nixed 65-yard field goal attempt

“I’m mad because I didn’t get to kick,” Broncos kicker Brandon McManus said.

Just before halftime of Sunday’s game against the Chargers, the Broncos were within range of a 65-yard field goal attempt. Had the team let kicker Brandon McManus attempt it, he would have been attempting to set an NFL record for the longest field goal in league history.

Fangio changed his mind about the attempt, though, and had McManus return to the sideline. The kicker was clearly furious about the decision and slammed his helmet on the ground. McManus was asked about his outburst after the game.

“I think we’re two grown men and we understand the ebbs and flows of the game,” McManus said. “He hasn’t been here that long to see my total range in training camp over the years and stuff like that. I knew I could make it. They’ve seen me make it in practice.

“We were right at the line that they gave them. I went out there the first time, went out there a second time, I was just proud. There is one way that you can take the frustration and let it affect you later throughout the game, but I was just happy with myself to hone it in.”

McManus got some consolation later in the game when he nailed a 53-yard game-winning field goal as time expired. Fangio believes not allowing McManus to attempt a 65-yarder may have helped him convert the game-winner later in the contest.

“I didn’t want to try the 65-yarder,” Fangio said on Sunday evening. “At that point, I didn’t think it was desperation. I’ve seen many times where guys go out there and try extra-long kicks. They alter the mechanics and it affects him the rest of the game. I’m going to say that that decision not to let him go out there for the 65-yarder led him to making the 52 and the 53-yarder.”

The coach and kicker aren’t necessarily on bad terms — McManus is upset he didn’t get a chance to break the record but he understands Fangio’s viewpoint.

“At the end of the day, I’m mad because I didn’t get to kick, and in his mind, he made the right decision for the team,” McManus said following a 23-20 win. “I have no problem with that, but like I said, I would love to have my name in the history books.”

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Badgers lead Boilermakers, 24-17, in record-breaking first half

Taylor and Hintze set some records in the first half of the Badgers’ Senior Day

At the half in Camp Randall, No. 12 Wisconsin led the unranked Boilermakers, 24-17.

In an action filled first-half, there could have been even more points had the Badgers not lost two fumbles, courtesy of AJ Taylor and All-American Jonathan Taylor.

That being said, there were a couple records that occurred in the first 30 minutes in Madison, and it was mostly good from Jonathan Taylor in likely his final home game as a Badger.

In the first quarter of the game, Taylor took a handoff for a modest gain, but in doing so, set a record for the most rushing yards by any player in the history of college football (FBS) in any span of three seasons, then with 5,658 yards in the three-year span. Taylor broke all-time great Herschel Walker’s record.

Then, with two seconds left in the second quarter, head coach Paul Chryst trotted out UW’s kickoff man, Zach Hintze, to attempt a 62-yard field goal, as follows:

Hintze, in remarkably just his second career attempt at a field goal, nailed the 62-yarder by a matter of inches, and set the Camp into a frenzy into the halftime recess.

The 62-yard field goal is a new Wisconsin record.

With Wisconsin only leading 24-17 at the break, there are certainly turnovers and defense to clean up in the second half, but it is always impressive to see a couple records broken in just one half of Senior Day.

Rodrigo Blankenship is now Georgia football’s all-time leading scorer

UGA K Rodrigo Blankenship is now Georgia football’s all-time leading scorer.

Rodrigo Blankenship is probably the most beloved kicker in the history of Georgia football, maybe even in all of college football.

And on Saturday, which happens to be Senior Day for him, he proved that he is deserving of that title, becoming the school’s all-time leading points scorer.

With his third field goal vs Texas A&M, Blankenship passed former Georgia kicker Blair Walsh for first in school history, and also passed him for second in SEC history.

Hot Rod, with 415, trails only Auburn’s Daniel Carlson, who finished his career with 480 in 2017.

Congratulations to Blankenship.

Respect the Specs.

UT News: November 22, 2019

UT News: November 22, 2019

The weekend is nearly here, but the excitement over Vols athletics have already begun. While the football team is gearing up for its pivotal road match against Missouri, the Tennessee swimming and diving team has started off on a tear, and a couple of golfers have made the top ranks. Additionally, the Lady Vols volleyball team get set to face Alabama tonight.

Day 1 of the Tennessee Invitational

The Vols swimming and diving teams both started out strong on Thursday, setting 48 combined personal bests to open the Tennessee Invitational.

Three Lady Vols swam sub-22 second 50 meter times either in their sprint or as a split in a relay. Bailey Grinter’s 21.95 seconds mark in the 50 meter sprint was her first under 22 seconds and was the fifth best all-time in Tennessee history.

The men’s team had five swimmers place on the top 10 board, led by Matthew Garcia who lowered his career-best in the 200 meter individual medley twice on Thursday; in doing so he set the program’s fourth-fastest 200 meter IM time at 1:44.71.

The meet continues today and tomorrow with preliminary races in the morning and the finals at 5:30 p.m. ET this evening.

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