Very Thankful Weekend

Happy Monday! Here’s hoping your Thanksgiving weekend was filled with family, food and fun.

Two Dash All-Stars are very thankful for this weekend, thanks to Notre Dame. Outfielders Michael Earley and Brady Shoemaker are big Fighting Irish fans, and Notre Dame clinched a spot in the BCS National Championship Game Saturday night with a 22-13 win over USC.

The Irish have not played for a national title since the 1989 Fiesta Bowl, when Shoemaker was one year old and Earley was nine months old. They were understandably excited Saturday night:

Have waited every Saturday during college football my whole life for ND to be in this situation! #biggestfan

— brady shoemaker (@this_is_BS21) November 25, 2012

Have some! ND, booking hotel now! #miami

— Michael Earley (@MoneyMikeEarley) November 25, 2012

The Irish will likely be underdogs when they play either Alabama or Georgia in the title game January 7, but both Earley and Shoemaker will be believers. Notre Dame is one of the marquee programs in college football, so it is great to see the Irish return to the national title game.

In another Dash-football connection, 2012 Dash trainer Cory Barton attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and his Crimson Hawks will square off with Winston-Salem State in the quarterfinals of the Division II football playoffs. IUP held on for a dramatic 17-14 win over New Haven this weekend, while WSSU rolled Shippensburg 37-14 to advance to this week’s “Barton Bowl.”

Did your football team win this weekend? Let us know in the comments.

Go Browns.

- Brian