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Keith w a good piece. No misunderstanding of what he thinks of Wilbon here and rightfully so.

It’s not hard to watch this segment and think that Mike Wilbon didn’t have many nice things to say about Notre Dame. Whether it was his Chicago upbringing, his Northwestern degree, or anything else, from the very first frame of this video, you get the feeling that Wilbon dislikes Notre Dame and doesn’t have a problem saying it.

PTI Timeline: Notre Dame — History not kind to Wilbon | Inside the Irish
 
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The WSJ's Kevin Helliker just posted a great article on the Catholic character of ND's football program:

Before Monday night's national championship game, a University of Notre Dame football captain will lead the team through a prayer called Litany of the Blessed Virgin. "Mother of our Savior," a captain will say. "Pray for us," the team will respond.

It's a ritual familiar to Catholics. But most players on the Notre Dame squad aren't Catholic. So participation in that ritual is voluntary. And should any concern arise about praying to the Virgin Mary—a concept some non-Catholic Christians find objectionable—team chaplain Father Paul Doyle stands ready to respond. "We're not praying to our blessed mother," he says. "We're asking her to pray for us."

At the heart of Notre Dame's legendary football program is a careworn balancing act. The team is unapologetically Catholic. Before every game, the Fighting Irish participate in a Mass overseen by one of the team's two appointed Catholic priests, a tradition dating back to the 1920s. At the end of that ceremony, each player receives a priest-blessed medal devoted to a Catholic saint—a different saint every game for four years. Also during the pregame Mass, players can kiss a reliquary containing two splinters that Notre Dame believes came from the cross of Jesus. "Most of the non-Catholic players are Christian, so when you tell them these splinters came from the actual cross of Jesus they are humbled to reverence," Doyle says.
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2 worthy candidates if I don't say so myself.

@NDHeisler: Former Notre Damers Tim Brown and Jerome Bettis among 15 finalists named today for Pro Football Hall of Fame.
 
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Just curious - can having two bye-weeks next year hurt us for bowls/NCG? In the instance we may go 10-1/11-0, would we get less votes/lower computer rank for it?
 
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There are still twelve games on the schedule...shouldn't effect rankings and the like. It's good that they have a week before the USC game.
 
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30MilesSE said:
Taylor Lewan, Left Tackle for Michigan
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Good call. Lewan was sitting right behind him. Reps.

One roll over and it could be done for Lewan. Hope it doesn't happen, obviously. But O-Line is tough to get through entire season completely healthy.
 
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New article about the newbies. Interesting tidbit on JO.

Five recruits enroll at Notre Dame early | Inside the Irish

Where Onwualu ends up on the football field might be the biggest question among the freshman. Spending time as both a running back and receiver at Cretin-Derham Hall, Onwualu might end up on the defensive side of the ball before his time in South Bend in over.
 
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Brian Hamilton ‏@ChiTribHamilton
#NotreDame HC Brian Kelly scheduled to talk for first time since BCS title game on Tuesday at 10am CT. (Subject to change.)
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Wonder what will be discussed.

BTW I can't freaking embed a tweet for the life of me. "Embed Tweet" didn't work. SMH.
 
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Brian31 said:
There are still twelve games on the schedule...shouldn't effect rankings and the like. It's good that they have a week before the USC game.
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I wonder about this; the last two years they've been sluggish the week after break. Don't remember three years ago.
 
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