BGI Gazette - Thursday, November 5

Football

Football Update - Wednesday, Nov. 4
Release • UND.com
The University of Notre Dame football team continues its preparations for its ninth game of the season this weekend and its annual matchup with the Naval Academy.

Jimmy Clausen And Golden Tate Named Semifinalists For Maxwell Award
Release • UND.com
University of Notre Dame junior quarterback Jimmy Clausen and junior wide receiver Golden Tate were both selected as semifinalists for the 2009 Maxwell Award, presented annually to college football's player of the year, the Maxwell Football Club announced Wednesday.

Captains Press Conference Transcript - Navy Game Preview (Nov. 4)
Release • UND.com
Offensive captains Jimmy Clausen and Eric Olsen, as well as defensive captain Kyle McCarthy and special teams captain Scott Smith, sat down with the media Wednesday to discuss Saturday afternoon's matchup with the U.S. Naval Academy (2:43 p.m. ET, NBC).

Notre Dame football: Wenger back in the trenches for Irish
Al Lesar • South Bend Tribune
Ego issues never became a problem. Dan Wenger wouldn't allow it. Thirteen starts at center for Notre Dame in 2008 didn't mean a thing in 2009.

Irish plan to ground Navy running game
Tony Krausz • Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Notre Dame linebacker Brian Smith cannot wait to play against Navy on Saturday.

Spill in San Antonio becomes turf-toe setback for Notre Dame's Jimmy Clausen
Brian Hamilton • Chicago Tribune
Not that the aching digit on his right foot was ever going to feel perfect any time soon, but at least Jimmy Clausen felt there was progress with his turf toe malady entering last weekend.

Weis's Future Might Depend on Crist's Knee
Brian Cook • The Sporting News
It doesn't take much to construct a universe in which Charlie Weis is staring down the barrel of an almost certain firing in 2010.

Esther Miller, 102, of Annapolis: Living Link to Notre Dame's
Jim Lefebvre • Forever Irish
Edgar “Rip” Miller was a standout student and football player at Notre Dame in the early 1920s, when he was asked by teammate Russ Arndt to come along on a short trip to nearby Elkhart, Indiana.


Basketball

Luke Harangody Named To 2009-10 Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List
Release • UND.com
Luke Harangody, who earlier this week was named the leading vote-getter on the Associated Preseason All-America Team, was one of 50 players named to the 2009-10 Naismith Trophy Presason Watch List, as announced by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.

Notre Dame men's basketball: Identity will come slowly for Irish
Tom Noie • South Bend Tribune
Nobody said navigating the college basketball seas back toward the NCAA Tournament shores would be smooth sailing for Notre Dame.

Ben Hansbrough, Tyler's younger brother, hopes to add intensity to Notre Dame lineup
Tom Coyne • Associated Press
Ben Hansbrough doesn't have the same size or talent as his more famous older brother, Tyler, now a rookie with the Indiana Pacers.

With Harangody back, Notre Dame looks tourney-ready
Seth Davis • SI.com
In the spring of 2001, following Mike Brey's first season as the coach at Notre Dame, Troy Murphy, the team's star junior forward, decided to forego his final season in college and declare himself eligible for the NBA draft.

Notre Dame women's basketball: Diggins gets past nerves in Irish debut
Curt Rallo • South Bend Tribune
South Bend's Skylar Diggins checked into the Notre Dame lineup at the 15:42 mark of the first half of Tuesday's women's basketball exhibition game against the University of Indianapolis.


Hockey

Ninth-Ranked Irish Head North To Alaska To Face High Flying 14th-Ranked Nanooks
Release • UND.com
Notre Dame takes to the road for its first weekend road series of the season when the Irish travel to Fairbanks, Alaska for a pair of games on Nov. 6-7 versus the Alaska Nanooks.

Irish Hockey Announces Time Change For Nov. 14 Game Versus Northern Michigan
Release • UND.com
The start time for the Notre Dame - Northern Michigan hockey game on Saturday, Nov. 14 at the Joyce Center rink has been moved up to 5:05 p.m. (EST).


More Irish Sports

#4/7 Irish Off To New England For BIG EAST Championship Weekend
Release • UND.com
In a season that has featured as many twists and turns as a John Grisham novel, No. 4/7 Notre Dame will turn the next page in its postseason book at 7:30 p.m. (ET) Friday when it takes on St. John's in a BIG EAST Conference Championship semifinal contest at Morrone Stadium in Storrs, Conn.

Irish Head to National Indoor Championship, Western Michigan Invitational
Release • UND.com
The Notre Dame women's tennis team will end its tournament season this weekend at the ITA National Indoor Championships and the Western Michigan Invitational.