Dan Murphy has played hockey in Pennsylvania, baseball in New England, American football in America and Aussie rules football in Australia. He's boxed in Indiana and surfed in Hawaii, but discovered he's much safer writing about all of them from behind a computer screen. He graduated from Notre Dame in 2009 and is currently working on his master's in journalism at Northwestern University.

What makes you the biggest fan of the Big East?

ND is home to the greatest fans in the conference and the country, can't wait to be their mouthpiece for the next 4 months.

Location: Notre Dame, IN

Enrollment: 11,311

Founded: 1842

Nickname: Fighting Irish

Colors: Blue and Gold

Joined BIGEAST: 1995

University: nd.edu

Athletic: und.com