Football

No Mercy in Troy

Notre Dame closed the regular season and possibly the Charlie Weis era with a whimper on Saturday as USC embarrassed the Irish by 38-3. The Trojan defense was so dominant that Notre Dame did not even record a first down until the final play of the third quarter. Meanwhile, Mark Sanchez led a balanced USC…

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USC Awaits Reeling Irish

Notre Dame concludes its regular season schedule with a visit to Los Angeles to play the University of Southern California in the Coliseum. The Irish are significant underdogs after an inexplicable loss to Syracuse, and there are concerns as to how well prepared and motivated the players and coaches will be after being dragged through…

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Chasing Greatness

(The Rock Report) – Notre Dame has lost four of its last six games and will likely finish this season by losing five out of its last seven (2-5); this following a horrendous 3-9 campaign last year. We’re in historically bad waters. I just read Charlie’s defense of this season where he rationalized our current…

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It’s Time

This one really hurts. The last two didn’t hurt, but this one does. Okay, the last two hurt, but not in the same way. The last two times we fired guys, they were guys who didn’t really care about ND as a place and decided to treat it as a career way-station on their planned…

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Orange Crusher

Syracuse scored on an 11-yard pass from Cameron Dantley to Donte Davis with 42 seconds remaining to stun Notre Dame by 24-23. The touchdown capped an improbable comeback from a 23-10 fourth quarter deficit for the underdog Orange, who survived a last ditch 52-yard field goal attempt by Brandon Walker as time ran out. As…

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