Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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the fifth quarter lou somogyi Will Notre Dame Be A Team Or A Program? One is "Notre Dame is back!" The other is "Notre Dame was exposed here might be a popular notion again when it counted." that Notre Dame's 2013 season is Being "back" is far more now "all academic" because of encompassing than becoming a onequarterback Everett Golson's academic hit wonder. transgression that Those who have will sideline him. lived through Notre With Golson at the Dame's glory years throttle, at least a 10-2 from Frank Leahy's regular-season record era (1941-43, 1946-53), and a return to the the 17-year run under Bowl Championship Ara Parseghian and Series (BCS) seemed Dan Devine from realistic and 1964-80, or the 64‑9‑1 projected. Without mark from 1988him, 9-3 might now 93 with Lou Holtz be classified as the categorize "back" ceiling. two other ways. This year is going Notre Dame became a top-flight team in One is a national to be an opportunity 2012 under Brian Kelly, but the next step title. That is and will top-10 program. to prove that under is to become a consistent photo by joe raymond always be the bar fourth-year head at Notre Dame of coach Brian Kelly, Notre Dame is no being "all the way back." The other is longer just a team but a program. maintaining consistent excellence for "Teams" are a tease one year, but an extended period. quickly return to rebuilding mode or Under head coach Jim Harbaugh, get exposed. "Programs" reload to the Stanford became a program because point where 10-3 is a valley (like at it cultivated a new blue-collar, hardAlabama in 2010), not a peak. nose image — counter to its finesse Coming off last year's 12-1 season history — that has been continued that culminated with the devastating under David Shaw. The downward 42‑14 loss to the Crimson Tide in the trend was supposed to occur last BCS National Championship Game, year, especially without quarterback there exist a couple of opposite Andrew Luck, yet Stanford went 11‑2 reactions. and recorded its second BCS bowl T By Lou Somogyi