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Heisman Trophy candidate Toby Gerhart ran for 205 yards and three touchdowns to lead Stanford past Notre Dame 45-38 in what very well could be Charlie Weis' final game as head coach of the Fighting Irish.

Forget any rumors about the next Notre Dame football coach. According to Irish athletic director Jack Swarbrick, there's no truth to any of the speculation swirling around the situation.

PALO ALTO, Calif. a ' Same old story: Almost enough offense. Not enough defense.

Charlie Weis deflected questions about his future after Notre Dame lost to Connecticut 33-30 in double overtime Saturday.

Arms locked with his players, emotions anything but in check, Charlie Weis walked onto the field at Notre Dame Stadium for what certainly will be the last time as Irish coach.

Beating Notre Dame clearly isn't what it used to be. But don't tell that to Connecticut.

CONN ND TD 10:59 0 7 CONN ND TD 14:32 0 14 TD 11:51 7 14 FG 03:14 Dave Teggart 39 Yd 10 14 CONN ND FG 09:29 David Ruffer 20 Yd 10 17 TD 09:17 17 17 CONN ND FG 10:47 David Ruffer 23 Yd 17 20 FG 01:10 Dave Teggart 29 Yd 20 20 OVERTIME CONN ND TD 27 20 TD 27 27 2ND OVERTIME CONN ND FG David Ruffer 36 Yd 27 30 TD 33 30 SOUTH BEND, Ind.

Freshman punter Ben Turk, who lost his starting job, didn't make the trip to Pittsburgh.

Not much is going in Notre Dame's favor these days -- and that includes instant replay reviews.

Point-blank, Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis was asked Tuesday if there's been any decision made on his future.

The Irish, after being held scoreless in the first half last week, put only three points on the board in the first half Saturday night.

Officials ruled that Jimmy Clausen fumbled the ball. Pitt recovered it and ran out the clock.

Notre Dame didn't have any trouble moving the ball Saturday, but the Irish did have trouble scoring when they got deep in Navy territory, and that proved to be their undoing.

David Ruffer kickoff for 64 yards returned by Carl Winston for 21 yards to the WshSt 27.

Charlie Weis has received a fair amount of questioning about why he didn't call a timeout with roughly 35 seconds left in the Southern California game after a pass to Robby Parris.

Notre Dame's defense did what it could in the second quarter, holding USC to two field goals as the Trojans took a 13-7 halftime lead.

Few questioned whether Brandon Walker would be the regular kicker for Notre Dame this season.

Call it a sinking feeling. Frustration. The harder you work, the worse the result.