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Notre Dame's loss to Navy cost them a shot at a BCS bowl game this year.A It also cost them a chance at the National Championship next year.A How so, you ask? A few weeks ago, I felt Notre Dame was a legitimate contender for next seasona TMs national championship game.A Then, they played against USC and despite the painful loss I felt more then ...

After the disastrous loss to Navy, should Charlie Weis be relieved of his duties? Is it time to find a new head coach to take the potentially loaded 2010 Irish to new heights, or should everyone calm down and wait to see how the final few games go? The CFNers crank up the debate in the latest Tuesday Question.

Notre Dame's spot in the Top 25 is gone after a surprising loss, and with that likely went its hopes of a trip to a BCS game.

Notre Dame's offense has suffered another big loss. Tight end Kyle Rudolph will likely miss the last three games of the season.

Quarterback Bill Stull was disappointed when he missed last year's four-overtime, 36-33 win at Notre Dame.

Dave Wannstedt and Charlie Weis began their college coaching careers Sept. 3, 2005, on opposite sidelines at Heinz Field.

As institutions, Stanford, Northwestern and Notre Dame have a lot in common. All are academically renowned private schools with Division I-A football programs.

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.

Since Buddy Green became Navy's defensive coordinator in 2002, the Midshipmen have faced six quarterbacks who went on to become first-round NFL draft picks, including current NFL starters Philip Rivers, Jay Cutler, Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco. But when Green is asked about Notre Dame junior Jimmy Clausen, the veteran coach thinks back to 1990, and a quarterback from Southern Mississippi. He sees Brett Favre.

Clausen 'reminds me of the way Favre was playing when he was a senior,' said Green, who was an assistant at North Carolina State when the Wolfpack beat Favre's Golden Eagles in the All-American Bowl. 'The way he's throwing the ball, the way he's scrambling out of the pocket when he gets pressure, and hitting people on the run, his reads, picking you apart -- soft corners, hard corners, deep balls -- he reminds me so much of Favre.'

He quotes Scripture - and Lou Holtz. He even quotes Scripture in Lou Holtz's voice.

The way Eddie George sees it, this season's Heisman Trophy race is a tight one. George should know.

Generally, until juniors actually declare themselves for the NFL draft, they don't receive the official write-ups the pros do for seniors.

Navy's football team has done a remarkable job of not losing consecutive games over the last seven years.

Notre Dame star Golden Tate is better than Rocket Ismail: Sean O'Shea: Rocket is the most storied wide receiver in Notre Dame recent history but Golden is better than the man rated the 75th greatest player to ever play the college game.

Notre Dame got just what it needed in a 40-14 blowout of Washington State on Saturday in San Antonio's Alamodome.

Maybe it's fitting that on a week when the Notre Dame football team travels 1,303 miles to play a "home" game, that this week's Twitter Mailbag was cluttered with questions about the Iowa football program.

Washington State coach Paul Wulff has expressed concern that his young team might get caught up in the aura of Notre Dame's storied football tradition and forget to focus solely on the Fighting Irish team that takes the field today in the Alamodome.

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Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis is looking for the Irish to play a "full 60-minute game across the board," against Washington State on Saturday.

The Washington State Cougars will attempt to upset the 25th-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish this weekend in non- conference action, as the two meet at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.