2010 • F O OT B A L L S P R I N G P R O S P E C T U S
Media information
Covering Practice
Credentials for Blue-Gold Game
Members of the media are welcome to attend practice on days scheduled to be open to practice viewing. This spring, media are invited to watch practice from 3:15-4:00 pm on March 26, March 31, April 7 and April 12, and can view the entire practice from 9:00-11:00 am on April 17. Media members should gather outside the gates at the northwest corner of the LaBar Practice Complex and wait to be escorted into practice by members of the Notre Dame sports information staff. If practice is inside, media members should gather in the hallway connecting the Guglielmino Athletics Complex and Loftus Sports Center. All practice dates and times are subject to change.
All requests for working press, photo and broadcast credentials for the 2010 BlueGold Spring Game should be made in writing on company letterhead by Monday, April 12. Direct all requests to John Heisler, Senior Associate Athletics Director, University of Notre Dame, C112 Joyce Center, Notre Dame, IN 46556. All credentials which cannot be mailed are left at the press will call site. The press will call site for Notre Dame Stadium is at the press box elevator on the west side of the stadium between Entrances D and E. All members of the media will have to provide photo identification and the name must match the name on the credential.
Interview Schedule A schedule detailing the availability of head coach Brian Kelly and his assistants plus members of the Fighting Irish has been created and is available by request from Brian Hardin. Requests for interviews with coaches or players following a practice should be made to Brian Hardin by noon on the day of the proposed interview. All post-practice interviews will be conducted on the practice field immediately following practice. Members of the media should gather outside the gates at the northwest corner of the LaBar Practice Complex and wait to be escorted into practice by members of the Notre Dame sports information staff. If practice is inside, media member should gather in the hallway connecting the Guglielmino Athletics Complex and Loftus Sports Center. All availability to players and coaches are subject to change.
For practices sessions open to the media, photographers and videographers are permitted around the perimeter of the fields being used. Tripods are not allowed at any time during Notre Dame’s football practices and should be left outside the practice facility. For the Blue-Gold Spring Game, credentials must be requested in the same manner as other members of the media. All photographers must pick up vests necessary for admittance to the sideline area at the press will call window at Notre Dame Stadium. The press will call site for Notre Dame Stadium is at the press box elevator on the west side of the stadium between Entrances D and E. All members of the media will have to provide photo identification and the name must match the name on the credential. Photographers are not permitted inside the 30-yard lines and must remain outside the restraining lines surrounding the field.
Practice Location
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Notre Dame’s football team will practice outside at the LaBar Practice Complex unless inclement weather forces the team to Meyo Field inside the Loftus Sports Center. The LaBar Practice Complex is located directly south of the Guglielmino Athletics Complex (The Gug) and immediately east of Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center. The Loftus Sports Center is connected to the Guglielmino Athletics Complex and is just east of The Gug and north of the Courtney Tennis Courts.
Most of Indiana, including the South Bend area, now observes Daylight Savings Time, changing clocks in the spring and fall while remaining in sync with the Eastern Time Zone year round. Notre Dame and South Bend are now on the same time throughout the year as the East Coast and one hour ahead of Chicago and most of the Midwest. Note that not all counties in Indiana are on Eastern Time, including the Northwest Indiana counties of Lake, Porter and LaPorte, aligning themselves with Chicago and the Central Time Zone.
Media Parking Videographers from television stations and photographers with heavy equipment may park in the loading dock of the Guglielmino Athletics Complex as long as it does not block the entrance or exit to the gated staff parking lot. Reporters and other media members without heavy equipment should park south of Purcell Pavilion or Alumni Stadium. Parking is NOT permitted on the Jordan Hall of Science driveway immediately west of the main entrance to the Guglielmino Athletics Complex.
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UND.com All Notre Dame football information is available on the official athletics department website of the University of Notre Dame, UND.com. Game notes, depth chart, biographies of players and coaches, transcripts of press conferences, video archives of interview sessions and special features can all be found at UND.com
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