Article: Irish will win again; Tarnish: Notre Dame can't escape lies

The tapestry that was Notre Dame football was enough to mask five years of mediocrity. But it took only five days to begin unraveling.

Too many losses is one thing. Too many lies is something else.

Two weeks ago, after fashioning the third-worst winning percentage in school history, Bob Davie was fired. Notre Dame has survived lean times before - who can forget Gerry Faust? Who can remember Joe Kuharich?

At Notre Dame, legends go a long way in soothing the sting of defeat. The Four Horsemen, Touchdown Jesus, Knute Rockne, Rudy ... if the Irish weren't winning, they would win again. That was shown over and over during 113 years with 11 national championships and seven Heisman Trophy winners.

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