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Irish Season on the Line

Notre Dame (5-2) completes a grueling stretch of eight consecutive games to start the season when the Fighting Irish host undefeated archrival USC (6-0) on Saturday evening. The Trojans have barely survived their two most recent battles against unheralded PAC-12 foes and have lost ground in the polls. Coach Marcus Freeman’s squad has lost two…

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Traveling Irish Play Cards

Notre Dame (5-1) is spending the second of two consecutive weekends on the road as the Fighting Irish visit the unbeaten Louisville Cardinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference on Saturday. The hosts are off to a 5-0 start for the first time since 2013. This will be the seventh game of the season for the…

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Rebound on the Road

Notre Dame takes to the road on Saturday to play the undefeated Duke Blue Devils of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Fighting Irish are coming off a heartbreaking loss but will find no sympathy from a resurgent opponent looking to shock the world. Coach Marcus Freeman’s job this week is to rally his troops and…

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Irish Seek Breakthrough vs. OSU

The early season romps are over for a pair of top ten heavyweights as Notre Dame (4-0) hosts the Ohio State Buckeyes (3-0) on Saturday night. Each team rolled over inferior opponents and traveled to face a quasi-competitive conference member to work out a few kinks. Both Indiana and North Carolina State pestered the Buckeyes…

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Irish Host Chippewas

Notre Dame (3-0) returns home on Saturday to face Central Michigan (1-1) of the Mid-American Conference. The Fighting Irish have won their first three games of the season by an average score of 48-10. This week’s contest appears to be more of the same but the emphasis for the hosts will be on their own…

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