My thoughts by Paul M. Dugan

http://t.co/go8C3OOoRi - #PinstripeBowl: #NotreDame vs. Rutgers - #WeAreND!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #GoIrish!!!!!!!!!!!! #NDFB needs to play hard today!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope all my family & friends are having a safe and health holidays into the year 2014 also. Take care & Peace to all too!!!!!! Here is a picture of our #ChristmasTree we have at home.

#NotreDame will play game at #FenwayPark - #NDFB rocks on always!!! #WeAreND!!!!!!! #GoIrish!!!!!! Here is 2014, 2015 & 2016 #NDFBschedule. What do you think of schedules? http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2013/12/20/acc-future-notre-dame-football-schedules-shamrock-series/4142365/ Go Irish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.und.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/122013aaa.html Go Irish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.und.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/122013aad.html Go Irish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.und.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/122013aaf.html Go Irish always!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go Irish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2013/12/18/college-footballs-most-valuable-teams-2013-texas-longhorns-cant-be-stopped/?utm_campaign=forbestwittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm

My Facebook is off line on the Internet at this moment and I don't know what happen to it. So I hope your Facebook is still online. I am only using my Facebook app on my iPhone. Take care too...

My cookies I made for the holidays this year. I use peppermints hershey kisses, round mini pretzels, m&m's - milk chocolate flavor (red & green colored) and more m&m's - milk chocolate flavor with mint also (light and dark green colored). Pictures are here also to. I put the single hershey kiss on a single Preztel  many times on two to three cookie sheets to cook in the oven at 170 degrees F. for 6 mins then I take them out to put each one a m&m candy on top of the melted kiss that's on a top of a pretzel. I do it allot for each cookie sheet then I out the cookies while on cookie sheet out on the porch table (on the porch) to cool enough to stick together.

Great job #NDFB!!!!!!!!!!!! #GoIrish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #WeAreND!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - What do you think of this? http://news.nd.edu/news/44905-notre-dame-rutgers-the-only-bowl-with-graduation-rates-higher-than-85-percent/

It snowed some here but it's melting also so watch out for frozen ice falling off trees and etc. Be careful & safe during the crazy weather going on here.

Some snow & sleet hit us but it's raining before more snow comes our way tomorrow. Take care & be safe too...

BCS Standings RK TEAM RECORD 1 Florida State 13-0 2 Auburn 12-1 3 Alabama 11-1 4 Michigan State 12-1 5 Stanford 11-2 6 Baylor 11-1 7 Ohio State 12-1 8 Missouri 11-2 9 South Carolina 10-2 10 Oregon 10-2 11 Oklahoma 10-2 12 Clemson 10-2 13 Oklahoma State 10-2 14 Arizona State 10-3 15 UCF 11-1 16 LSU 9-3 17 UCLA 9-3 18 Louisville 11-1 19 Wisconsin 9-3 20 Fresno State 11-1 21 Texas A&M 8-4 22 Georgia 8-4 23 Northern Illinois 12-1 24 Duke 10-3 25 USC 9-4

AP Top 25 RK TEAM RECORD PTS 1 Florida State  (56) 13-0 1496 2 Auburn  (4) 12-1 1444 3 Alabama 11-1 1376 4 Michigan State 12-1 1278 5 Stanford 11-2 1217 6 Baylor 11-1 1185 7 Ohio State 12-1 1130 8 South Carolina 10-2 1099 9 Missouri 11-2 1066 10 Oregon 10-2 880 11 Oklahoma 10-2 878 12 Clemson 10-2 848 13 Oklahoma State 10-2 797 14 LSU 9-3 726 15 UCF 11-1 629 16 Arizona State 10-3 614 17 UCLA 9-3 544 18 Louisville 11-1 525 19 Wisconsin 9-3 383 20 Texas A&M 8-4 282 21 Fresno State 11-1 227 22 Duke 10-3 201 23 Georgia 8-4 196 24 Northern Illinois 12-1 144 25 Notre Dame 8-4 76 Dropped from rankings:  Texas 23 Others receiving votes:  USC 74, Iowa 48, Miami (FL) 47, Vanderbilt 25, Texas 22, Cincinnati 11, Bowling Green 10, Washington 9, Rice 7, North Dakota State 4, Minnesota 2

USA Today Poll RK TEAM RECORD PTS 1 Florida State  (62) 13-0 1550 2 Auburn 12-1 1486 3 Alabama 11-1 1414 4 Michigan State 12-1 1342 5 Baylor 11-1 1275 6 Ohio State 12-1 1211 7 Stanford 11-2 1188 8 South Carolina 10-2 1108 9 Missouri 11-2 1088 10 Oklahoma 10-2 913 11 Clemson 10-2 899 12 Oregon 10-2 887 13 Oklahoma State 10-2 845 14 LSU 9-3 719 15 UCF 11-1 658 16 Louisville 11-1 611 17 Arizona State 10-3 602 18 UCLA 9-3 520 19 Wisconsin 9-3 408 20 Fresno State 11-1 344 21 Duke 10-3 247 21 Texas A&M 8-4 247 23 Northern Illinois 12-1 149 24 Georgia 8-4 135 25 Miami (FL) 9-3 73 Dropped from rankings:  Cincinnati 23, Texas 24 Others receiving votes:  Cincinnati 47, Vanderbilt 40, USC 33, Iowa 30, Texas 27, Rice 23, Bowling Green 12, Notre Dame 8, Minnesota 6, Ball State 2, Nebraska 1, Virginia Tech 1, Washington 1