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Article: Irish will win again; Tarnish: Notre Dame can't escape lies
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- December 16, 2001
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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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