USC rolled into town as a nine point underdog and left with its fifth straight victory in Notre Dame Stadium, a dominant 31-17 victory over the Irish. Matt Barkley led a perfectly balanced offense and the Trojan defense suffocated Notre Dame’s running game while holding Michael Floyd to four irrelevant receptions for 28 yards. Curtis McNeal, at 5’8″…

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(Notre Dame Football News) – Notre Dame opens the second half of the 2011 season by hosting arch-rival Southern California on Saturday in the first night game at the stadium since 1990. The Irish stand at 4-2 and are coming off a bye week, while the 5-1 Trojans last played on October 13 when they…

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From the ND Athletics Facebook page: We have created a new “Gold Standard” for football helmets with the Notre Dame reflective gold particle helmet – This new shade of gold makes these helmets closer in color to the Golden Dome than any helmets we have worn at Notre Dame – Tradition of having 23.9 karat…

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(The Rock Report | Notre Dame Football News) – Part 2 of Cheer, Cheer (but not too loud) is devoted to fan responses (so many that the comments split into two pages), one of whom correctly pointed out that Notre Dame stadium was plenty loud in 1988 with just 59k fans.  The difference?  The team…

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(The Rock Report | Notre Dame Football News) – Notre Dame should rewrite the fight song to read: “Cheer, Cheer for Old Notre Dame, but please do so in a family-friendly, politically correct manner while not obstructing views of others.” The “we need a jumbotron to help with stadium atmosphere” argument is about as non-sensical…

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