
Nov 30 - By Michael Ventre, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
A golden parachute worth in the neighborhood of $10 million or so should be strong enough to withstand someone as big as Charlie Weis. He’ll be fine.

Nov 14 - By The Associated Press, Only on msnbc.com
- In need of a big win, Charlie Weis and Notre Dame couldn’t turn around a troublesome trend. Pitt keeps winning and winning like it hasn’t done in 27 years, and now the Panthers are one more victory away from a really big bowl.

Nov 7 - By The Associated Press, Only on msnbc.com
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Notre Dame may have gotten Michael Floyd back from a broken collarbone for its clash against Navy, but the Irish had no answer for the Midshipmen's potent option offensive attack as Navy won 23-21 in South Bend. Navy ran all over Notre Dame, racking up 349 rushing yards, dashing any BCS hopes Jimmy Clausen and company might have had. The Irish also hurt their own cause, committing three turnovers (2 fumbles, 1 INT) and missing two field goals on the day.
Oct 31 - By The Associated Press, Only on msnbc.com
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Notre Dame traveled to San Antonio, Texas to face Washington State in an offsite home game and left behind all the drama of the Irish's last six games, which were all decided by seven points or less. This time the Irish were able to cruise to a 40-14 win over the Cougars in the Alamodome.

Oct 17 - By The Associated Press, Only on msnbc.com
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Notre Dame refused to go down without a fight, coming back from a 20-point defecit to cut the lead to seven. The Irish had the ball on USC's four-yard line with one second remaining, but USC's defense clamped down and turned back Notre Dame's furious comeback attempt, winning 34-27 in South Bend Saturday. It USC's eighth straight win over the Irish.
Oct 15 - By Mike Celizic, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
My head is filled with reflexive reactions. Or knee-jerk reactions, if you prefer. Most of us are like that when it comes to familiar subjects.

Sep 24 - By Tom E. Curran, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Curran: Bertrand Berry has played in a Pro Bowl and a Super Bowl. And this week, he’ll be on Sunday Night Football as his Cardinals play the Indianapolis Colts. We got Irrelevant with B-Train.

Sep 5 - By The Associated Press, Only on msnbc.com
Notre Dame's offense was flying high as Jimmy Clausen was 15-for-18 for 315 yards and four touchdowns as the No. 23 Fighting Irish opened the season with a 35-0 throttling of Nevada.

Sep 3 - By Mike Celizic, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Celizic: College football needs Notre Dame to be a team worthy of its legend.

Feb 5 - By Ken Davis, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
The search through the rankings in an effort to find Notre Dame took a little longer than usual this week. The Fighting Irish didn’t make the Top 25 in either of the national polls. The writers dropped them. So did the coaches.
Feb 4 - By Eric Hansen, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Once you get past the punter, who can bench press more than any of Notre Dame’s offensive line recruits, and the fact that the Irish recruited just one defensive lineman in a year when the Irish needed to recruit a handful, it all was starting to make sense — in a twisted sort of way: The member of Notre Dame’s latest recruiting class who was most likely to get on the field first next fall?
Dec 7 - By The Associated Press, Only on msnbc.com
Notre Dame has reportedly accepted a bid to play in the Hawaii Bowl.

Dec 4 - By John Walters, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
The message struck me like a slap in the face.

Dec 2 - By Mike Celizic, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Does anyone care to think who’d be playing in the SEC title game on Saturday if Nick Saban hadn’t been on a mission to be football’s answer to Larry Brown and Urban Meyer had fallen for the blandishments of Notre Dame?

Dec 2 - By Eric Hansen, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Charlie Weis’ week in coaching no-man’s land will end suddenly and awkwardly Wednesday when the University of Notre Dame holds a press conference to announce the embattled fourth-year Irish head football coach will return for the 2009 season.

Dec 1 - By Eric Hansen, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Perhaps the most absurd aspect of watching Charlie Weis’ future as Notre Dame head football coach melt into indistinguishable sentence fragments and other shades of gray is the almost daily speculation from “a source” about the size of the buyout.

Nov 22 - By John Walters, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Two questions for you to begin: 1) How many of the 119 teams that play in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) have more pure talent than Notre Dame? and 2) How many of those 119 teams play a better brand of football than Notre Dame?

Nov 12 - By John Walters, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
In the span of 10 minutes on Tuesday afternoon, Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis made two statements that should make anyone who once voted “Aye” regarding his 10-year contract squirm.

Nov 11 - By Eric Hansen, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - We know Jimmy Clausen is a leader because that’s what Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis tell us he is.

Nov 8 - By John Walters, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
- "All right, fire away."

Nov 6 - By Eric Hansen, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Dan Wenger barked out the clichés like his hair was on fire, sometimes not even waiting until the question had been completed.
Feb 13 - By Tom Coyne, AP Sports Writer
Tulyah Gaines scored a season-high 22 points, Lindsay Schrader added 17 and No. 16 Notre took control with a 21-1 run midway through the first half to beat Marquette 99-76.