Notre Dame Fighting Irish NCAA Football News

Sunday mornings at the Edsall house were not unlike other sports-minded families back in the 1960s.

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.

Notre Dame center Eric Olsen has gotten good at knocking opponents down. Line coach Frank Verducci said that's one way he measures the progress of the 6-foot-5, 305-pound senior from Staten Island, N.Y., who moved last winter from guard to center in an effort to stabilize the Irish's offensive front.

SOUTH BEND a ' A late-night weekend bus route will begin running between downtown and the University of Notre Dame in a couple of weeks.

Saturday, 2:30 Line: Notre Dame by 6 UCONN RUNNING GAME VS. NOTRE DAME RUN DEFENSE -- Jordan Todman is becoming a star but Andre Dixon isn't finished yet.

Each week as he watches film to devise a game plan, Pitt football coach Dave Wannstedt studies the strengths and weaknesses of the opposing quarterback, particularly which passes the QB can make easily and those with which he struggles.

Coach Charlie Weis predicted they would lay the foundation for the Fighting Irish to remain among the college elite for years to come.

Saturday will be the first, and perhaps the only, time that UConn football takes on the storied Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Walking into the door as a scrawny freshman out of Hendersonville, Tenn, Golden Tate knew one route.

University of Notre Dame junior wide receiver Golden Tate has been selected a semifinalist for the Walter Camp Player of the Year award, the Walter Camp Football Foundation announced.

For Pitt defensive coordinator Phil Bennett, the path to victory is clear when the eighth-ranked Panthers play Notre Dame on Saturday night: The once oft-maligned Pitt secondary must render Irish quarterback Jimmy Clausen ineffective.

Line: Notre Dame by 6. Series Record: First meeting. What's at Stake Maybe Charlie Weis' job and Notre Dame's Gator Bowl hopes.

You know the type. Deep down, hea TMs a good guy, really. But hea TMs never been able to hold a long-term relationship.

Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis is getting tired of answering big picture questions.

Irish sophomore tight end Kyle Rudolph may be out for the rest of the season with a shoulder injury, but he's still being recognized for the year he's had to this point.

It's been a fun nine weeks , watching the slow, tortuous slide into mediocrity of the Longhorn football program, even as its deluded fans continue to fantasize about a BCS title, completely unaware that Notre Dame is breathing down their back ready to take that title away.

Not shockingly, like in one of those time-lapse videos of sprouting weeds, the fictitious rumors and unsubstantiated character assaults burst forth this week.

Slate will have MRI on leg on Monday, but his season seems to be over. MANHASSET, N.Y. -- COURTESY: MARSHALL SPORTS INFORMATION The Nassau County Sports Commission has announced the eight semi-finalists for the 2009 John Mackey Award and Marshall's Cody Slate is among them.

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

The boldest statement to come out of Notre Dame Sunday regarding the state of its distressed football program was that there wouldn't be any.