By Wacko(nwaechter@hotmail.com) Notre Dame v. USC @ Notre Dame Stadium (South Bend, IN) Notre Dame v. USC @ The Coliseum (Los Angeles, CA) Old Oaken Bucket (Indiana v. Purdue) @ Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN) White Out (Penn State v. TBA) @ "Happy Valley" Beaver Stadium (University Park, PA)

By CW 6 days ago: Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen is chased out of the pocket by Michigan State defensive tackle Oren Wilson,right, during the first half of an NCAA college football game in South Bend, Ind., Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) Go Irish, Beat Boilers.

By Wacko(nwaechter@hotmail.com) 6. How has your opinion of the Notre Dame schedule changed from how you felt about it in the pre-season? Purdue - same. I thought they'd be a bad football team, and what do you know? They are. Jimmy Clausen, Notre Dame 62/91 951 yds, 9 TD, 0 Int. 68.13 comp %, 10.45 yd/att, 15.34 yd/comp, 20.67 att/gm, Pa...

By Marcus Gilmer Overcoming last week's loss to Michigan State, Notre Dame advanced to 3-1 on the season with an impressive 38-21 win over Purdue. QB Clausen threw for 275 yards and three touchdowns and Armando Allen stormed for a touchdown and 134 yards on the ground. There wasn't much defense as the teams c...

By CW This would be a vastly more interesting week if we’d dump Purdue from the schedule and take on a team like, say, ITT Technical Institute. Do they have a football team? What does this even mean? College football is on Saturdays. But these guys haven't seen something resembling college footba...

Definitely with John going there and Fort Wayne being such a big Notre Dame town, it definitely influenced me." Eifert was recruited to Notre Dame as an ... Notre Dame Football: Tyler Eifert Commits to the Irish Bleacher Report UHND.com - South Bend Tribune

By CW Rough Estimate of the Expected Difficulty of Game: 6 (more challenging side of a toss-up), although considering how this series has gone in recent history, it’s much better off to be the road team. Second year in Dantonio’s scheme should lead to improvement, although other than Ringer, t...

With a home schedule that features Notre Dame and Big Ten Conference traditional power Ohio State, it's no surprise that season ticket sales for Purdue football are up.

With a home schedule that features Notre Dame and Big Ten Conference traditional power Ohio State, it's no surprise that season ticket sales for Purdue football are up.

SOUTH BEND – Some blue-and-gold thank-you notes are in order. Since Notre Dame remains busy celebrating the return of its football world to some semblance of order with a 35-21 home win over Purdue on Saturday, I’ll go ahead and take care of those.