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The ACC will allow Notre Dame to join the league this summer if the Fighting Irish can exit the Big East Conference, sources told ESPN.

Do not adjust your calendars. It is only the first week of October. And yet, in terms of college football angst, if measured by the importance of the games of the next four Saturdays, there should be a snap in the air and a turkey in the oven. It will be quite a month for college football.

Notre Dame is moving to the Atlantic Coast Conference in every sport except football, where the Fighting Irish will maintain their status as an independent.

College football's weekend features two games at baseball stadiums. While that's rare today, the nostalgic return to the game's past is a novelty act that remains freshly marketable.

Notre Dame will unveil a bronze sculpture of coaching great Knute Rockne on Friday.

The creation of the new Yankee Bowl will be announced at a press conference Wednesday morning at Yankee Stadium. The new game will pit the No. 4 team from the Big East against the No. 7 team from the Big 12 beginning in 2010, sources told ESPN.com.

Indianapolis police say former Notre Dame and NFL quarterback Blair Kiel was arrested after fighting with an officer.

Notre Dame's Golden Tate and Michael Floyd lead a corps of receivers that's among the best in recent years.

Notre Dame's Golden Tate is a playmaker for the Fighting Irish on the gridiron and the diamond.

The NFL or MLB or both? Former Notre Dame wide receiver Jeff Samardzija is still weighing his options about what sport to play at the next level.

Notre Dame receiver Jeff Samardzjia is considering a dual career in pro football and pro baseball.

Notre Dame's Jeff Samardzija is a top 20 baseball prospect. And a top 10 football prospect. And he isn't choosing -- yet.