Lineup shake-up lifts Irish
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Notre Dame coach Mike Brey will never be a screamer on the sidelines, or in the locker room for that matter. Heâsa playersâ coach who trusts his guys to motivate themselves.
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Notre Dame found a familiar way to make its problems go away &#151; beat Michigan. Using the ingredients that vaulted them to wins in coach Tyrone Willingham's first eight games two years ago, the Fighting Irish used a stingy defense, an opportunistic offense and a key special teams play to beat No. 8 Michigan 28-20 on Saturday.
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Notre Dame actually won a defensive struggle, scoring just enough points to avoid a major upset at the start of its most anticipated season in years.
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Notre Dame had one of its best offensive games of the past two seasons. Coach Muffet McGraw still wasn&#39;t completely happy. She was pleased to see six players score in double figures for the 10th-ranked Irish
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After three up-and-down seasons that briefly brought the Notre Dame football program back to elite status, then quickly returned it to mediocrity, it was announced Tuesday
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SOUTH BEND, IND. - Notre Dame found a familiar way to make its problems go away - beat Michigan. &quot;Anytime you knock off a top-10 team it is a big win.
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There are dozens of other games going on as this story is filed at 7:28 Eastern time on a crazy Saturday, but Notre Dame&#39;s win over Michigan might be the craziest in the bunch.
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The victory over Syracuse was the first for Notre Dame at the Big East tournament since 2004.
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Quarterback Brady Quinn seemed to fade as a Heisman trophy candidate in the first half before bouncing back in the second as the Fighting Irish overcame a 17-point deficit to raise their record to 3-1.
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Notre Dame&#39;s search for a football coach appears to have turned from Utah eastward toward Kentucky, where sources familiar with the process said the Irish
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Notre Dame hit new depths Saturday, becoming the first team in the school's 119-season history to lose its first four games.
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. _ The names on the back of the white jerseys on the floor may not have been all that familiar: Peoples, Harden, Ayers, Piller and Andree.   But by the end of the game, as the final seconds ticked off, there was little need for Notre Dame's starters to remain on the court.
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Notre Dame knew what it needed to do but couldn&#39;t get it done for the fourth year in a row against Boston College. &quot;We knew we had to come out in the second half and play our best football,&quot; Irish coach Tyrone
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Revolution coach Steve Nicol is shifting into an improvisational gear as the team prepares for preseason matches in Mexico this week. Forward Pat Noonan (groin) and defender Michael Parkhurst (separated shoulder) are returning to Boston for treatment and will be replaced in the lineup by first-year professional Adam Cristman and James Riley.
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The Fighting Irish opened the season Saturday night with a 20-17 loss at Brigham Young, a performance that doesn&#39;t give much hope for a turnaround season.
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Notre Dame&#39;s &quot;win one for Ty&quot; vow was only a fantasy. Derek Anderson&#39;s arm and the leaky Irish secondary made sure of that.
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Just in case the stories were true -- just in case chaos, confusion, indecision and regret had replaced the Four Horsemen at Notre Dame -- Fighting Irish senior linebacker Mike Goolsby took refuge in his campus apartment and didn&#39;t emerge for a week.