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Vol XXXV No. 38

Friday, October 19, 2001

  ND, USC meet in 'biggest game' of 2001
By MIKE CONNOLLY
Sports Writer

The Southern Cal-Notre Dame series has included 18 national championship teams, 11 Heisman Trophy winners and the beginning of Notre Dame's tradition of wearing green jerseys for important games. But with this year's game featuring two teams with losing records and ... [more]


A true student-athlete
Senior linebacker emerges as a leader on the field and has
By NOAH AMSTADTER
Sports Editor

Bob Davie had everything to offer Tyreo Harrison when the Irish head coach traveled to Sulphur Springs, Texas in January, 1998. Everything, that is, except Texas' warm weather. A few weeks before Davie's visit, Texas A&M entered the recruiting race to ... [more]


Running up the middle actually works
By ANDREW SOUKUP
Associate Sports Editor

The numbskull spoke up around the 10th time Notre Dame ran the ball up the middle on first down. From somewhere in the upper levels of the student section, some genius who knows more about underwater basket-weaving than football bellowed out, ... [more]


Turning the tide
Arrival of Bobby Johnston brings respect for once-struggling soccer program
By KATIE McVOY
Associate Sports Editor

In early November 2000, things were looking bleak. There had only been three wins all season, team confidence was low, and things didn't seem to be getting any better. Then, to top things off, the coach left. "A lot of things ... [more]


Tennis teams meet in battle before the war
Notre Dame takes on USC in first dual match of fall season
By RACHEL BIBER
Sports Writer

With the first dual match-up of the season finally here, the Irish men's tennis team gets to test out its lineup and see how they will contend. Notre Dame will play host to the USC Trojans tonight, and look to start ... [more]