John Heisler
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Retired UCF Senior Associate Athletics Director/Strategic Communication ..... former Sr Assoc. Athletics Dir. at Notre Dame ..... Mizzou alum
Joined January 2009
Exactly a year ago today my wife Karen was diagnosed with cancer — boy, has it been a wild ride since then in so many ways (7 hours of surgery and chemo week after week for her)— but thanks to so many of our friends and neighbors in both South Bend and Orlando we are still here!!.
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Tim passed away last night — he was a huge part of Notre Dame football game days for decades. #Tim McCarthy // Strong of Heart // University of Notre Dame
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UCF star receiver Ryan O’Keefe makes cover of Lindy’s CFB preview
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Art misses Karen. He wants to know when she’s coming home. I don’t have an answer.
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Notre Dame-LSU in Citrus Bowl earned 5.5 overnight rating (up 32% from last year's LSU-Louisville game) and better than 5.1 for UCF-Auburn in Peach and 3.1 for Michigan-South Carolina in Outback.
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Just in case you missed it — worth remembering that UCF football is 30-2 at home since the start of the 2017 season…. .
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Purdue is playing Auburn and both athletic directors — Mike Bobinski and Allen Greene—plus Auburn associate athletics director Brant Ust are all former Notre Dame baseball players.
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Notre Dame Wins 12th Straight National Title in Graduation Based on 2018 NCAA Graduation Success Rate Numbers
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UCF in two games already has had 13 different players catch at least one pass. That compares to a year ago in 2018 when 12 Knights caught passes in the 13 games combined.
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Today would have been our 40th wedding anniversary— but not anything close to the same when one of of us is missing from the celebration……
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Notre Dame Wins 11th Straight National Title in Graduation Based on 2017 NCAA Graduation Success Rate Numbers
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Saturday at the annual University of Notre Dame Department of Film, Television, and Theatre senior reception, the award presented to a graduating senior for outstanding work in television studies was renamed the Karen Croake Heisler Television Studies Award . Very proud!!.
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In 1992 I traveled with the ND MBB team to MSG where the Irish defeated Dean Smith and his UNC team. I thought John MacLeod might like to celebrate the win in NY. Instead, he invited me to accompany him to 5 pm Mass at St. Pat's Cathedral--and I did. That was John MacLeod . .
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Hard to believe, but considering the years I worked in sports information as an undergrad at Mizzou, this is my 50th year in college football . a little scary!.
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NCAA says UCF led the AAC in football attendance average per game in 2022, also ranking 54th nationally at 41,542 per game (5th highest avg. in UCF history)--ahead of 6 ACC teams, 4 from Pac-12, 2 from Big 10 and 1 from SEC. UCF avg. was up 2.75% from a year ago . .
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Notre Dame finished its football regular season having played the second toughest schedule in America in 2017--with Irish opponents playing at .659 rate (81-42). Maryland was 1st at .667 (78-39).
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Let's remember that Mikey Keene led 4th-period TD drives of 77 and 75 yds vs Cincinnati and then 61 and 50 yds @Memphis and UCF needed all 4 drives (263 combined yds) to win those 2 games--any "backup" QB anywhere ever done that in back-2-back games?.
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A year ago today we lost Karen—wife, mother, confidante and mentor to us all. It seems like just yesterday and it hasn’t been the same since. There’s a void that isn’t going to be filled. I miss her smile, her optimistic banter, her unfiltered on the mark advice ………
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Big night at Dubsdread with the Mikey Awards — UCF AD Terry Mohajir joins honorees and UCF legends McKenzie Milton (left) and George O’Leary (right)
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UCF has scored more touchdowns in nine games than any other NCAA FBS team in the country so far in 2019 (with 56). Clemson is next (53), then Alabama and Ohio State (52 each). A year ago (13 games), UCF scored 75 and ranked 8th in that category.
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The UCF football squad just left campus headed to Georgia Tech -- a significantly smaller travel party from administrative standpoint, one extra team bus for distancing, extra ballroom space in team hotel for distancing, etc.
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Notre Dame's current mark of 324.8 rushing yards per game is 37.1 yards better than best Irish season mark in any of the last 43 seasons.
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Veteran College Athletics Publicist John Heisler Retires - UCF Athletics - Official Athletics Website
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No player in FBS college football has more receptions than the 23 by Marlon Williams of UCF . .
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On behalf of UCF Athletics: We are aware of scheduling decisions announced today by the Atlantic Coast Conference. We continue to monitor the landscape and consult with the American Athletic Conference regarding the 2020 football schedule.
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I am now an official Floridian as a homeowner and now in possession of a Florida driver’s license and Florida plate (Go Knights! Charge On!)
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Michigan Street in downtown South Bend became Fighting Irish Drive this morning, as mayor Pete Buttigieg (center), his chief of staff Laura O’Sullivan and John Heisler did the honors.
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Notre Dame LB Jaylon Smith had career-high 14 tackles vs. Stanford (previous high was 12 vs. Pittsburgh in 2013). He had 1 sack, 2.5 TFL.
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Notre Dame Wins 10th Straight National Title in Graduation Based on 2016 NCAA Graduation Success Rate
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LSU's Paul Mainieri: "This whole weekend, we just totally were outclassed: playing, coaching, everything. They came down here very prepared, very tough. Everything they did, they did extremely well. I've got to give them a lot of credit. They came down here and took it to us.".
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According to ESPN, UCF's 45-3 win Saturday made Oklahoma State only the second top-15 team in the AP poll era (since 1936) to lose by more than 40 points to a sub-.500 team.
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Notre Dame hockey is 8-0 in Big Ten play and has won 11 games in a row overall, the longest winning streak in the country and Notre Dame's longest in 30 years.
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When I was little, after dinner on Christmas Eve, I would sit in the living room, all by myself, and listen to Christmas music. And somehow it was perfect. This morning I did the same thing, with a black dog snuggled on either side of me. And it was still perfect. Merry Christmas.
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Only 10 schools in the country had more players selected in the 2021 NFL Draft than UCF.
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Bob Crable just inducted into NFF College Football Hall of Fame
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UCF in 2023 has had football games decided by 2, 1, 2, 2 and 1 point …. Boise, Baylor, Oklahoma, Cincinnati and today Texas Tech.
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Karen so loved coming to Leelanau County with friends and family. So today we left some of her ashes in Lake Michigan — and Karen we all so wish you were still here with us instead……
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A look at Notre Dame’s new FieldTurf football practice field
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My little buddy Art and I took an early walk and then sat out back on a nice cool Mother’s Day morning. He was unusually calm and finally decided to lay by my feet. I think he misses his mom. I know I do ……
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According to the Orlando Sentinel there are 29,766 UCF specialty license plates on cars in the state of Florida as of Jan. 15 registrations.
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This is hardware won by UCF teams in 2018-19 — with classes beginning tomorrow the quest for 2019-20 starts anew .
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McKenzie Milton crowned greatest UCF Knight in school history
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ESPN+ will offer “Our Time: UCF Football” throughout 2021 season
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No broadcaster lent more credibility to a CFB game than Keith Jackson. His very presence said, "This is a big-time event." He had a great way of making you feel like he was sitting next to you watching from your living room--and there was no better way to spend a Sat. afternoon.
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81 degrees and sunny while watching finale of UCF opening baseball series today — safe to say that was never something to be said in South Bend in mid-February.
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UCF women’s hoops now #25 in just released AP poll …. first time in history in those rankings.
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UCF Officially Joins Big 12 Conference - UCF Athletics - Official Athletics Website
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I didn’t exactly threaten any Cub roster spots with my (poor) execution during my brief stop on the mound at Wrigley…
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Caught up with former ND coach Mike Brey before Magic game tonight
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You'll see these sorts of scenes as you head down Notre Dame Stadium stairwells
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A colleague just emailed me this observation: "Ara was proof you can win with dignity." So true.
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As of today, Notre Dame has three #1-ranked teams: hockey, women's fencing and men's fencing. Has that happened before in Notre Dame athletic history?.
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Only 10 CFB teams have finished in the final AP top 25 each of the last three years (2017-18-19): LSU, Clemson, Ohio State, Georgia, Oklahoma, Alabama, Penn State, Notre Dame, Boise State--and UCF.
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This week in FBS football stats:. Total Offense.1. UCF (617.7).2. Washington (614.7).3. USC (580.7).4. Oregon (579.7).5. Syracuse (542.7). Rushing.1. Air Force (320.7).2. UCF (299.3).3. UCLA (270.3).4. Louisville (251.7).5. two teams at 242.7. U.
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So, ICYMI, UCF baseball and softball teams combined to go 7-0 over the weekend, all the games away from home -- five of the wins came over top-12 SEC opponents and by a combined score of 41-8 -- and when's the last time anyone accomplished something like that?.
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UCF's Pro Day is April 1 -- tentative list of NFL attendees includes 25 individuals from 16 teams, three each from Cardinals, Dolphins and Bears--plus one CFL team rep.
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That's Joe Schmidt's 2nd INT of 2014 -- he also had one vs. Purdue.
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Sitting on the patio with a second cup of coffee— a little Van Morrison — 73 degrees and a little breeze — this Florida stuff isn’t too bad.
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UCF in 2021-22 now has won four AAC titles, all in women’s sports: volleyball, basketball, indoor track and field and today softball— two more opportunities yet this weekend for Knight women’s teams in outdoor track and field and rowing …. .
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Memphis had won 11 straight games since 2014 coming off bye weeks. UCF ended that streak Saturday at Memphis.
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UCF finishes regular season 4th nationally in rushing (233.2) and 8th in total offense (492.2), #2 in Big 12 in both categories.
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UCF’s Alex Ward receives 3M STEM Scholar-Athlete Award at Military Bowl
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UCF players packing boxes in USO Packing for the Troops event Tuesday
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RJ Harvey leads the Big 12 in TDs, Colton Boomer leads the league in scoring, Kobe Hudson leads the Big 12 in receiving yards and Timmy McClain is 2nd in Big 12 in passing efficiency and 1st in passing yards per completion.
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Tomorrow (Sept. 28) is the 100th anniversary of Knute Rockne's first victory as Notre Dame head football coach -- a century later he remains the winningest coach in college football history (.881 winning percentage).
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Notre Dame’s overall 2017 football schedule currently stands fourth in degree of difficulty in NCAA rankings . .
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Irish have the number 26 on backs of their helmets representing the Sandy Hook (Conn.) victims.
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Everett Golson's 26 straight completions tie NCAA record by Dominique Davis of East Carolina vs. Navy in 2011.
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