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Notre Dame Rout Over Utah Lifts Bowl Hopes, Optimism for Future

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Notre Dame has the greatest fight song in all of sports. And for a generation or two, the Irish had a football tradition like no other. There actually was a time when the Irish were a force nationally. Notre Dame either was contending for (or winning) a national championship, was a fixture in...

Notre Dame Receivers: All Hands on Deck Needed Against Navy

In the parlance of Brian Kelly's offense, the four receiver positions are termed W, X, Y, and Z. The recent spate of injuries amongst the Notre Dame skill positions, however, calls to mind another set of letters for Saturday's game versus Navy: MIA. At least two, and possibly all four, of quarterback Dayne Crist's...

Notre Dame Notes: Road Sweet Road

It was pointed out to Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly on Tuesday that, while the sample size is only five games, Notre Dame (2-3) seems to play better on the road than it does at home. "We seem to do our best work at night, quite frankly," agreed Kelly, referring to the 8 p.m. start times of the two road games at Michigan...

Notre Dame Needs More Te'os on Defense, More Running From Crist

Brian Kelly was slightly less impressed -- specifically, by a margin of two tackles -- than the statisticians were with Manti Te'o's 21-tackle effort versus Stanford last Saturday. "He played very well, obviously," Kelly said of the inside linebacker from Laie, Hawaii. "I think we had him for 19 tackles." When a media...

Two-Way Player Owen Marecic Takes Center Stage in Stanford Win

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Owen Marecic dipped a tired arm into a box holding post-game snacks and only pulled out one bag. Certainly, he had earned two during Stanford's 37-14 victory over Notre Dame. Less than an hour earlier Marecic, who starts at both fullback and middle linebacker for Stanford, had scored two touchdowns on...