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Will Bob Stoops be Notre Dame's next head coach? The Sun-Times, on Nov. 15, first reported Stoops' interest in the job which will be vacated when Charlie Weis is fired following the Irish regular-season finale at Stanford today.

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.

Mishawaka's Dewey Thompson turns the corner against Penn in last week's sectional championship game.

Dear Notre Dame football fans, Dona t try to be a hero. Just manage the pain. If you feel the irrepressible drive to drink, give in to that urge and hoist away.

While I may not have agreed with the conservative game plan, on paper, I agree that it could have and should have worked vs.

Last weekend was the toughest weekend for Notre Dame fans all season. The loss to Navy hurt.

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

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

Numerous times on Tuesday during his weekly press conference, Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis was asked about his future, which has come into question after last week's loss to Navy.

Notre Dame's practice Tuesday had a familiar face. Former Irish and NFL quarterback Steve Beuerlein was on the sidelines, and before practice started, Beuerlein talked with quarterback Jimmy Clausen who rode a stationary bike during agility drills and quarterbacks coach Ron Powlus.

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.

For a few hours Wednesday night, Charlie Weis got to be just a fan. For the record, the Notre Dame head football coach didn't demand anyone get fired.

Notre Dame backup quarterback Dayne Crist will undergo surgery on Friday and miss the remainder of the season.

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

Before he took his first snap in college, Jimmy Clausen arrived on the Notre Dame campus in a stretch limo to announce he would sign a letter of intent with the Fighting Irish.

Golden Tate's up-for-grabs touchdown catch against Washington State had people talking.

Before Notre Dame raced onto the dome-away-from-home turf, a Jumbotron montage announced an unofficial annexation: "Texas Is Our House," the slogan declared, the place apparently recast as the Loan Star State after the Irish established temporary residency for the weekend.

He had delayed NFL millions - made the most improbable decision in college football history - and this was Sam Bradford's reward.

A good chunk of the Notre Dame football senior class spent the week reliving and recounting their memories of the scintillating near-upset of No.

The game this Saturday between Notre Dame and USC will be a good measuring stick as to where Notre Dame is.