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COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKINGS: Notre Dame Rises to #3 During Bye Week; Irish Probably Should Be #1 — ND Only Top-5 Team to Beat Another Top-5 Team, As Currently Ranked

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[click here to jump to polls] Notre Dame rose to #3 in both the AP and Coaches Poll during their bye week, thanks to previous-#2 Ohio State getting blown out at Purdue.  The Fighting Irish are the only top-5 team that has beaten another top-5 team, as currently ranked. That fact alone should have propelled Notre Dame into the #1

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKINGS: Undefeated Notre Dame Sustains #8 Ranking; College Football Playoff Implications Next Week

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[click here to jump to polls] After their strong road win over Wake Forest, Notre Dame sustained their #8 ranking in the AP and Coaches Polls, as the Irish head into a two-game gauntlet against the only ranked opponents still looming on their schedule. In the next two weeks, Notre Dame has #7 Stanford at home before taking on Virginia

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKINGS: Undefeated Notre Dame Still Nurses Top-10 Ranking, Even After Lackluster Wins Over Unranked Opponents; Meanwhile, Only Two Future Opponents Remain Ranked

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[click here to jump to polls] Despite two close calls in a row against unranked Ball State and Vanderbilt, Notre Dame has sustained their #8 ranking in the unofficial AP and Coaches Polls. Of perhaps greater interest in the long run, only three Notre Dame opponents are still ranked, down from five in the preseason polls. Notre Dame’s two remaining

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PRESEASON TOP-25: Notre Dame Has Top-11/12 Perch For Plausibility Run, Perhaps Not a National Title Run

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[click here to jump to polls] Notre Dame’s preseason #11/12 ranking should be enough of a perch for them to attempt what has become an annual Road to Plausibility. (By comparison, it might be a little hard to think of Notre Dame making a would-be “national title run” since, according to the official record books at least, they have not

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IRISH NEWSWATCH: “Irish Trio Named To Bednarik,Maxwell Watch Lists” – UND 7.16.18

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“University of Notre Dame senior defensive lineman Jerry Tillery and senior linebacker Te’von Coney were both selected to the 2018 Bednarik Award Watch List. Fighting Irish senior quarterback Brandon Wimbush was also chosen to the 2018 Maxwell Award Watch List. The Bednarik Award is given to college football’s defensive player of the year, while the Maxwell Award is presented to

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IRISH NEWSWATCH: “Sam Mustipher Named To Rimington Trophy Watch List” – UND 5.30.18

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“University of Notre Dame graduate center and captain Sam Mustipher was named to the 2018 Rimington Trophy Spring Watch List … [for the trophy] given annually to the most outstanding collegiate center. Mustipher has played in 34 games and started 25 contests during his career. He has started all 25 games over the last two seasons. Mustipher did not surrender

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[PDF] IRISH NEWSLINK: “UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME PUBLIC INFRACTIONS DECISION, NOVEMBER 22, 2016” – NCAA

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“… The agreed-upon violations in this case centered on multiple years of academic violations by a former student athletic trainer and football student-athletes …”

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IRISH NEWSLINKS: “A Letter from the [University of Notre Dame] President on the NCAA Infractions Case” – NDedu

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“We are deeply disappointed by and strongly disagree with the denial of the University’s appeal, announced today by the NCAA, of an earlier decision by the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions to vacate Notre Dame’s 2012 and 2013 football victories due to academic misconduct by several student-athletes. Our concerns go beyond the particulars of our case and the record of two

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IRISH NEWSLINK: “NCAA appeals committee upholds vacation of Notre Dame wins ” – NCAA

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“Notre Dame must vacate all records in which football student-athletes participated while ineligible during the 2012-13 and 2013-14 football seasons, according to a decision issued by the NCAA Division I Infractions Appeals Committee. In the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions’ decision, the panel found a former Notre Dame athletic training student violated NCAA ethical conduct rules when she committed

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IRISH VIDEO/ IRISH LORE: “Josh Adams Record-Setting 98-Yard Touchdown Run – Notre Dame vs. Wake Forest 2015” – WatchND Throwback Thursday

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Josh Adam’s 98-yard touchdown run against Wake Forest in 2015, the longest-ever touchdown run at Notre Dame Stadium.  

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IRISH VIDEO: “Brian Kelly Thursday Press Conference Looking Ahead to Notre Dame vs. Wake Forest” – WatchND

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Brian Kelly’s Thursday press conference looking ahead to Notre Dame vs. Wake Forest.  

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IRISH & OPPOSITION DEPTH CHARTS: Notre Dame vs. Wake Forest – Dual-Column Depth Charts

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[click here to jump directly to depth charts] Notre Dame and Wake Forest depth charts follow below in a responsive layout, with parallel dual columns on a regular desktop or laptop view; with smaller screens, columns might jump down and stack up.  Keep in mind that Brian Kelly sometimes features extensive rotation at some positions.  This year, right tackle, especially, is a shared position.  … Alizé Mack is still

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NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL TICKETS: Notre Dame Still Has Tickets Available For Notre Dame vs. Wake Forest

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As of the wee hours of the night heading into game day, Notre Dame still has tickets available for general public sale for Notre Dame vs. Wake Forest in Notre Dame Stadium, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, kickoff shortly after 3:30 p.m. ET. As of this posting, there still are a limited number of tickets available, ranging from $70 to $110. 

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IRISH NEWSLINK: “[Preview:] Wake Forest at Notre Dame; Irish Illustrated’s staff gives its predictions for Saturday’s matchup between the 5-3 Demon Deacons and the surging, third-ranked Irish.” – Irish Illustrated/NotreDame.247Sports

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IRISH NEWSLINK: “Adams Hauls In Maxwell Semifinalist Honors; Irish RB leads the nation with seven runs of at least 60 yards this season.” – UND

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IRISH NEWSLINK: “Notre Dame TE Alizé Mack Mack (concussion) won’t play Saturday” – ESPN

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IRISH NEWSLINK: “With Alizé Mack out, Notre Dame digs into its tight end depth” – ND Insider/South Bend Tribune

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Notre Dame Penciled Into College Football Playoff With Four Games Left; Irish #3 in NCAA’s CFP Poll Based on Strength of Schedule

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Reality imitates overhype in the NCAA’s inaugural College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings of 2017, with Notre Dame penciled into the playoff at the #3 spot. Georgia, source of Notre Dame’s sole loss, is at #1, in part because of their 1-point win over Notre Dame. The committee chairman reportedly credited Georgia and Notre Dame’s strength of schedule as factors in

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[PDF 55 pages] IRISH NEWSLINK: Notre Dame vs. Wake Forest extended game notes – UND

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“… RB Josh Adams is the only player in FBS since at least 1996 to break a TD run of at least 70 yards in four consecutive games. Per STATS, he passed four players since ‘96 who had TD runs of 70-plus in three straight games, including Heisman trophy winner Ricky Williams. …”

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IRISH NEWSLINK: “Third-Ranked Irish Look To Keep Rolling Versus Wake; Notre Dame hosts Demon Deacons on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. on NBC.Third-Ranked Irish Look To Keep Rolling Versus Wake Notre Dame hosts Demon Deacons on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. on NBC” – UND

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IRISH VIDEO: “Inside Notre Dame Football: Post-North Carolina State and Pre-Wake Forest” – WatchND

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Inside Notre Dame Football: Brian Kelly and Jack Nolan take a look at Notre Dame Football after the victory over North Carolina State and looking ahead to Wake Forest. ” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen>  

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IRISH VIDEO: Brian Kelly Post-Game Press Conference After Notre Dame’s Victory Over North Carolina State – WatchND

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DEPTH CHART: Notre Dame vs. North Carolina State – Dual-Column Depth Charts

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[#NotreDame and North Carolina State depth charts appear below, side-by-side in parallel dual columns in a regular computer view; on a smaller view screen, the responsive layout will cause the columns to jump down and stack up.] NOTRE DAME OFFENSE QB 7 *Brandon Wimbush 6-1 3/4 228 Jr./2 12 Ian Book 6-0 1/8 208 So./1 4 *Montgomery VanGorder 6-1 3/8

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKINGS: Notre Dame Cracks Top-10; College Football AP and Coaches Polls; Six Notre Dame Opponents Ranked, Seventh Receives Votes

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[click here to jump to polls] After previously riding a 5-1 bubble against an unexpectedly padded early-season schedule, Notre Dame now has cracked the top-10 in both the AP and Coaches Polls, following their first win over an opponent nationally ranked at game-time. The now-6-1 Irish are 1-1 against opponents ranked at game-time, 2-1 against opponents currently ranked. The first College Football Playoff

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Should Notre Dame drop Southern Cal over Abortion? Yes.

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Under the Catholic Code of Canon Law, abortion brings automatic excommunication. But, not unlike a luxury mansion that turns out to be infested with rats, vermin and hidden mold, Notre Dame’s football schedule is riddled with institutions that perform abortions. One of them, apparently, is the University of Southern California. The author thought that, in the past, Southern Cal was

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Should Notre Dame Fans Brace Themselves for a Big Skid? Unexpectedly soft first half of the season followed by murderer’s row closing stretch.

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Resurgent Notre Dame rides a 5-1 bubble that has fans and click-hungry media thinking big. Yet strength of schedule is about to go from padded to rock solid. Heading into the season Notre Dame was a 4-8 ball club, diving into a 12-game regular season featuring 11 teams that made bowls the previous year. The one opponent who had missed

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IRISH NEWSLINK: “Sharpley’s Snap Judgments: Notre Dame v. North Carolina; The Fighting Irish took care of business tonight in Chapel Hill with a 33-10 win. A strange, yawning win, yet a win nonetheless.” – NotreDame.247Sports

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