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The smile on Robby Parris' face at first looked forced as he faced a final walk up the Notre Dame Stadium tunnel.

This year's seniors won't leave Notre Dame with the same accolades bestowed when they signed with the school and coach Charlie Weis predicted they would lay the foundation for the Fighting Irish to remain among the elite teams for years to come.

Robby Parris and the other seniors also talked about what saying goodbye at that last home game Saturday will be like.

As coaches around the country continue to distance themselves from rumors regarding Notre Dame's coaching situation, the man that currently holds that job simply pressed on.

Notre Dame's QB talks about the loss to Pitt and what went wrong. Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen threw for 283 yards and a touchdown in the Irish's 27-22 loss to Pitt .

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

No. 8 Iowa finally ran out of time. Robby Parris, Blake Carter Click to enlarge Notre Dame wide receiver Robby Parris, right, fumbles after a reception while being tackled by Navy cornerback Blake Carter during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game in South Bend, Ind., Saturday, Nov.

Embattled Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis can only watch as Irish wide receiver Robby Parris fumbles the ball in the first quarter against Navy.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - - This time, there was no wild celebration when the final seconds ran off the clock in a Navy victory over Notre Dame .

Thanks in part to the second-longest scoring play of the season, Navy leads Notre Dame 21 to 7 late in the third quarter.

The injury report continues to vary on all fronts for Notre Dame this week. Star wide receiver Michael Floyd makes his return from a broken collar bone on Saturday against Navy, while backup quarterback Dayne Crist is out for the season with a torn ACL.

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

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

Maybe it's fitting that on a week when the Notre Dame football team travels 1,303 miles to play a "home" game, that this week's Twitter Mailbag was cluttered with questions about the Iowa football program.

With 1-6 Washington State awaiting his Notre Dame football team this week, the phrase "trap game" was quickly mentioned during Charlie Weis' weekly press conference.

Notre Dame tailback Armando Allen Jr. and receiver Robby Parris might not play against Washington State on Saturday because of injuries.

USC safety Taylor Mays prides himself on making physical plays, but he was shocked that some recent ones resounded all the way to the nation's capital.

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.

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

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett What we learned from Notre Dame in its 20-16 win over Boston College: 1. The defense is opportunistic, if not good: On the plus side, Notre Dame held the Eagles to just 16 points and shut down running back Montel Harris.