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Desert Meltdown Dooms Irish

Arizona State converted three Notre Dame turnovers into 21 first half points in a four minute span and spanked the error-prone Irish by 55-31 on Saturday afternoon under the hot desert sun. A blitzing defense pressured quarterback Everett Golson into an avalanche of sacks and errant passes while Notre Dame’s depleted defense could not contain…

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Three Yards and a Cloud of Controversy

Notre Dame’s heroic attempt at a game-winning drive in the final seconds came up empty when an apparent touchdown by Corey Robinson was negated by offensive pass interference, and the Irish fell by 31-27 to Florida State in a hard fought contest on Saturday night. The Seminoles had staged their own comeback in the second…

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Golson Leads Irish Romp Over Rice

Everett Golson threw two long touchdown passes and ran for three more scores to lead Notre Dame to an easy 48-17 victory over the Rice Owls in the season opener. The Irish rolled up 576 yards of total offense under the direction of Golson, who recorded 295 passing yards in three quarters of action. The…

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