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UNDERDOG IRISH BATTLE UCLA

Notre Dame travels to the Rose Bowl for the first time in 83 years on Saturday evening to play the high scoring UCLA Bruins. The game completes the 2006-07 home and home series between these schools that had not previously played each other for over 40 years. The Irish won last season’s thriller by 20-17…

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Weis Cracks and Crack Backs

From Kayo and Bacchus and Kayo (yeah, in that order.) Brock Sprack is happy his team won the game, but he’s still not quite sure what happened. Something must have come over him for the first 30 minutes, but he was back to his old self in the second half. The Purdue coaching staff is…

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IRISH SHOW FIGHT IN LOSS

Notre Dame dug itself another first half hole against Purdue on Saturday, but the Irish battled back behind freshmen receivers Golden Tate and Duval Kamara to put a scare into the Boilermakers before losing 33-19. Evan Sharpley took over for an injured Jimmy Clausen and threw a pair of fourth quarter touchdown passes, but continued…

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IRISH FACE PURDUE AIR SHOW

Notre Dame travels to Purdue on Saturday to take on the 4-0 Boilermakers. The Irish will face a different type of attack this week after engaging in four consecutive ground wars to open the season. Purdue’s Curtis Painter is the best quarterback Notre Dame will have faced to date, and he is sure to fill…

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My Two Cents

The 0-4 start by Notre Dame has prompted a spate of analyses, rationalizations and accusations by a number of well-meaning folks and the ever-present band of Irish haters across the country. Some good insights have washed ashore from this sea of words, but there are only two truths that merit further discussion. First, Charlie Weis…

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