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SOUTH BEND a ' Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen is expected to be in the starting lineup Saturday night at Stanford, with one black eye and the painful lesson of knowing what being in the wrong place at the wrong time feels like.

It was snowing the first time Zach Frazer walked into Notre Dame Stadium. And you know what his first urge was? To wake up the echoes? Shake down the thunder? Strike the Heisman pose in one of Lindsey Nelson's psychedelic sports jackets? "I just wanted to make a snow angel on the field," the UConn junior quarterback said Tuesday.

Notre Dame practiced indoors Tuesday as it was overcast in South Bend with intermediate bouts of rain.

Zach Frazer always envisioned himself starting games at Notre Dame Stadium. Just not as the Connecticut quarterback.

Point-blank, Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis was asked Tuesday if there's been any decision made on his future.

Before the season, it was assumed a 9-3 record would mean Charlie Weis would return for his sixth season as Notre Dame 's coach and a 7-5 mark or worse would mean Weis would be shown the door.

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett In what was most assuredly his last series of the game in the third quarter against Washington State, Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen ran into some bad luck.

Evan Sharpley was a bit impish about all the attention he was receiving. It's been a couple of years since Sharpley was part of the Notre Dame football conversation.

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett Here's some of what's being written about Notre Dame as the Irish approach their game against Navy on Saturday: The Notre Dame offensive line has made great progress this year, Brian Hamilton writes in the Chicago Tribune.

It's almost like watching the perfect storm start to form.A The ingredients for the Notre Dame-Pitt game, only nine days away, are starting to come together and turn it into one of the biggest games both teams have played in years.

For a brief moment, linebacker Ram Vela didn't know how to react after Navy ended more than four decades of frustration by beating Notre Dame on Nov.

We have documented weekly just how Notre Dame is moving inexorably towards a BCS championship while UT is deluding itself that it is doing so.

Evan Sharpley has replaced Dayne Crist as the back-up to Jimmy Clausen on the Irish depth chart.

Golden Tate scored two touchdowns including a remarkable Hail Mary catch for a score to close out the first half as 25th ranked Notre Dame rolled over Washington State 40-14 in San Antonio on Saturday.

OUTH BEND, Ind. - The last time Boston College was at Notre Dame two years ago, the legend of young Jimmy Clausen was taking a pretty sizable hit.

Jimmy Clausen was ridiculed for arriving in a stretch Hummer at a news conference held at the College Football Hall of Fame to announce his intention to play for Notre Dame.

Don't bother doing the math: It's not actually the halfway point of the Notre Dame football season.

The Marshall football team moved one step closer to reaching the playoffs on Friday night.

Irish quarterback Jimmy Clausen and running back Armando Allen were both in full pads at practice on Tuesday, the first for the Irish since Saturday's win over Purdue.

With starting quarterback Jimmy Clausen slowed by a turf toe injury on his right foot, sophomore backup Dayne Crist got plenty of time in practice this week to show how he has progressed.