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Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen throws a touchdown pass against Washington State.

Question: What do you get when you combine the nation's top pass rush and its seventh-leading rusher? Answer: You get Pittsburgh.

I wrote a feature article for today's paper about Navy cornerbacks Blake Carter and Kevin Edwards, both of whom had big games against Notre Dame.

Notre Dame's 23-21 home loss to Navy Saturday was such a disaster that the National Guard may have to be called in to help clean up the mess.

Navy's victory celebration wasn't as emotional and raucous as the last time it beat Notre Dame here.

TV/radio: 1:30 p.m., WMAQ-Ch. 5, WLS-AM 890. Records: Notre Dame 6-2; Navy 6-3. Last meeting: Notre Dame won 27-21 on Nov.

Charlie Weis and Jack Swarbrick are brilliant men. For Coach Weis and AD Swarbrick to push a 7-4-1 schedule model, successfully execute an off-site home game in San Antonio, and solidify a New York City game amidst the already hallowed confines of Yankee Stadium is ingenious.

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

Coming off its most productive offensive performance in four seasons, Notre Dame now welcomes back one of its most important weapons.

John Goodman remembers the Alamodome, all right. It's the last stadium in which he caught a touchdown pass.

Golden Tate scored on a 36 yard touchdown in the 4th quarter and the Irish defense came up with four 2nd half turnovers as Notre Dame ended its 6-game losing streak against Boston College with a 20-16 win over the Eagles at the Stadium on Saturday.

Golden Tate scored two touchdowns, including a spectacular grab of a desperation heave at the end of the first half, and No.

Another week of vulgarity, pulling hair, and sighs from my living room. It has been too long since the Irish have been able to put together a complete game and take a kneel with a comfortable lead.

Down three, in the fourth quarter, against a rival school to whom Notre Dame had lost three times, the Irish faced a fourth-and-goal from the 1-yard lineA...with their Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback on the sideline.

Notre Dame will try to make the Alamodome feel like home Saturday, when the Irish ''host'' Washington State in San Antonio: The band will make the trip.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis is hoping the Fighting Irish won't feel quite at home Saturday in Texas.

As often as Notre Dame's pass defense looked either dazed, confused or both dazed and confused on Saturday against Boston College, you wouldn't think the subject of stability in the secondary would come up during coach Charlie Weis' Sunday press conference.

We interrupt Notre Damea s latest defensive crisis to deliver the news that the Irish are back in the college football Top 25 - both of them, in fact .

In the end, they didn't want to make an excuse, point a finger, or second-guess anything they had or hadn't done.

Panic isn't part of the nature of this Notre Dame football team. Down by three with nine minutes to play? No problem.