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For the Notre Dame football team, the 2010 season ended with a fourth straight victory in the Sun Bowl. For coach Brian Kelly, the dividing line between Year 1 and Year 2 isn't nearly as defined. He could, however, easily identify the turning points ...

Notre Dame's post-bowl injury report includes Manti Te'o and Tommy Rees.

If you're a Notre Dame football fan, the 2011 season is shaping up to be pretty special. The Irish dominated both sides of the ball in Friday's 33-17 victory over Miami in El Paso, Texas, as a four-game win streak to end 2010 took away the sting ...

There's nothing conservative about Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly. But a power attack on offense shielded freshman quarterback Tommy Rees from having to make too many hard decisions after he took over for injured Dayne Crist. As a result, the Fighting ...

Notre Dame football fans didn't believe quarterback Dayne Crist would overcome a tear to his ACL last season in time for spring practices. But he did. Others weren't convinced he was the right fit for Brian Kelly's spread offense. Crist slowly conv...

The Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, is far from the sexiest postseason destination for a proud Notre Dame football program. Same goes for Miami. Combined, however, the Irish and the Hurricanes make the New Year's Eve game must-see television for most fan...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly doesn't expect No. 15-ranked Utah, fresh off getting paddled at home by Texas Christian, to roll into Northwest Indiana with its tail between its legs. "Certainly this is a team that has won a lot o...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Tulsa coach Todd Graham and Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly must have been watching two different games Saturday. Graham watched the one where his Golden Hurricanes "clouded" Irish receiver Michael Floyd with 40 seconds to play, ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Notre Dame quarterback Dayne Crist will miss the remainder of the season with a ruptured patella tendon in his left knee, according to NBC Sports. Irish coach Brian Kelly said after the game that while the injury is serious, Cr...

The most important meal of the day didn't sit well with Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly on Sunday, less than 24 hours after a 28-24 loss to Michigan. It was the first time since Nov. 17, 2007, when West Virginia knocked off Cincinnati, that...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The truth doesn't always set you free. In fact, the truth just tethered Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly to Tommy Rees and Nate Montana for at least the next six days. What Saturday's 28-24 home loss to Michigan proved is what was...

Overshadowed by a an unfulfilling 6-6 record last season, the Notre Dame football team moved the ball efficiently en route to one of the program's highest-powered offenses in history. Six starters who helped the Fighting Irish roll up 451.8 yards per...