Game 2 of the Brian Kelly era at Notre Dame is this Saturday at South Bend as the Fighting Irish host the Michigan Wolverines. Both teams are hoping to restore their reputations after down seasons in 2009 and both are coming off wins in their season openers last Saturday. NBC has the game and we have the press release from the network’s sports division.
NOTRE DAME & MICHIGAN RENEW HISTORIC RIVALRY THIS SATURDAY
NEW YORK – September 8, 2010 – Notre Dame (1-0) and Michigan (1-0) renew their historic rivalry at Notre Dame Stadium this Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on NBC more than 120 years after their first meeting.Tom Hammond (play-by-play), Mike Mayock (analyst) and Alex Flanagan (sideline reporter) anchor NBC Sports’ coverage. Mayock, one of television’s premier college football and NFL Draft experts, made his NBC Sports debut last week during the Notre Dame-Purdue game and was called “impressive” by Sports Illustrated. Mayock was hired in August to fill the game analyst role vacated by Pat Haden, who left to become the new athletic director at USC, his alma mater. For additional information on Mayock, click here: http://tinyurl.com/2wdq2boMichigan has won three of the last four meetings between the two teams and leads Notre Dame 21-15-1 in the all-time series, which dates back to 1887. The Wolverines won the first-ever game that year, 8-0, and won last year’s game, 38-34, at Michigan Stadium in dramatic fashion. Michigan’s Tate Forcier threw a five-yard touchdown pass to Greg Mathews with 11 seconds remaining. However, the Fighting Irish have won four of the last five games played between the two schools at Notre Dame Stadium. Both teams won their openers last week.MAYOCK: “Michigan had a big win with UCONN (and with) Rich Rodriguez on the hot seat. (It’s) one of the most fabled rivalries in college football history…Somebody is going to step up and get a W, and somebody else’s season is going to go in a different direction.”Click here to watch a Notre Dame-Purdue recap and Mayock’s Michigan comments: http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/22825103/vp/38979334#39010408ActionCam, an overhead cable-camera system, returns for Michigan. It debuted at Notre Dame Stadium last week during the Purdue game and provided viewers with never-before-seen angles.
I hope to post a few more releases later today.
