Notre Dame Fighting Irish NCAA Football News

Notre Dame was ranked at the start of the year, but a crushing loss to Michigan in the Big House and an injury to top WR Michael Floyd seemed to begin a downward spiral for the Irish that culminated in losses to average teams UConn and Navy.

The UConn defense has made a lot of quarterbacks look like Heisman Trophy material.

Notre Dame junior wide receiver Golden Tate made the cut to three finalists Monday for the Biletnikoff Award, given annually to the nation's top wide receiver.

This late in the college football season, time for proclamations. We hold these truths to be self evident ... n Behind every struggling coach ... there are players having their hearts stomped on.

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

Dave Teggart's 29-yard field goal with 1:10 left in regulation tied the score at 20 and gave the Huskies even more confidence it could finish the Irish in overtime.

With Notre Dame's season in ruins, many people want to pin the blame on defensive coordinator Jon Tenuta.A They say there's nothing wrong with an offense that puts up 30 points a gamea 'an offense that has only lost the total yards battle twice this season .A They say it's the defense that's been responsible for the demise in 2009.

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

I'll always be a fan of Notre Dame Football. I love the idea of a team of student athletes playing competitively against the best team money can buy out on the West Coast.

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.