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Notre Dame Ends Losing Streak to USC With Rain-Soaked Victory

The rain came down, and the reign ended. Notre Dame halted eight years of misery at the hands of USC Saturday evening with a 20-16 victory as sheets of rain blanketed the Los Angeles Coliseum. If ever there were weather that augured the end of a drought, this indeed was it. This was a baptism of sorts for a Fighting Irish...

Notre Dame Defense Goes From Sour to Suddenly Super

NEW YORK -- Notre Dame is winning football games in November. Notre Dame is winning football games in November with defense. Notre Dame is winning football games in November with defense and without its "best defensive player," nose tackle Ian Williams. Which of those three sentences is most astounding? Does it...

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 'Happy Happy Happy' After Manhandling Boston College

BOSTON -- Was there happiness in the Notre Dame locker room after Saturday night's game? "Oh, happy. Happy, happy, happy -- everybody's happy in Notre Dame land," coach Brian Kelly said after his team ended its three-game losing streak with a 31-13 rout of Boston College. Added quarterback Dayne Crist: "It feels great....

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...