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A number of Manti Te'o's allies, including Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick and a friend from his residence hall, came forward Saturday to offer their support after Te'o's interview Friday night.

Mel Kiper looks at the draft decisions of 20 underclassmen, evaluating whether they made good or bad calls to stay in school or leave early for the NFL draft.

Story | Conversation | January 16, 2013

Travis Haney looks at the 10 biggest questions heading into the 2013 college football season, including whether Oregon head coach Chip Kelly will stay with the program and whether Johnny Manziel can become a two-time Heisman winner.

Blog | Conversation | December 31, 2012

Mel Kiper and Todd McShay give their early impressions on the BCS title game matchup between Alabama and Notre Dame, including whether the Irish should open up their offense against the Tide. Plus, the prospects who have risen the highest this season.

Story | Conversation | December 03, 2012

Notre Dame and Alabama finished in the top two spots in the final BCS standings released Sunday. The legendary programs bring star power and power football to the Discover BCS National Championship.

Now that the BCS title game matchup between Notre Dame and Alabama is official, Irish players are focusing in on their unfinished business.

Brian Fremeau writes that division alignment and unbalanced scheduling are keeping the best teams in each league from playing each other in conference title games, which could become problematic when a playoff system is instituted in 2014.

Story | Conversation | November 28, 2012

Travis Haney looks at how past coaches have dealt with the pressures of trying to close out an undefeated season and how those methods could be applied to this season's Kansas State, Oregon and Notre Dame teams.

Blog | Conversation | November 16, 2012

No. 3 Kansas State and No. 4 Notre Dame each moved up a spot in The Associated Press college football poll, setting up a final four of sorts for the last month of the regular season.

For the second time this year, toughness prevailed over finesse in a big game in Norman. And for the second time, it was the Sooners who came out on the losing end of that battle.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish quarterback Everett Golson's return from a concussion officially should come early this week.

Notre Dame quarterback Everett Golson cleared the final hurdle toward getting back to the field, as the redshirt freshman successfully completed concussion testing and was cleared by team doctors to return to practice Wednesday.

Michael Rothstein writes in his Front Four keys to the game that if all else fails the Wolverines should remember that Denard Robinson has worked miracles agaisnt Notre Dame before.

Story | Conversation | September 20, 2012

The first night game in Michigan history turned into a magical night, a 17-point comeback in the final quarter to beat Notre Dame. The Wolverines reflect on the big night in the Big House.

We despise soft. Which is why I'm not going to throw Notre Dame radio analyst Allen Pinkett completely under the bus for the comments he made earlier this week during a Chicago radio interview.

No football program has had Oklahoma's number like Notre Dame. The Sooners are 1-8 against the Fighting Irish but have a chance to win their second game this October in Norman, Okla.