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The nation's top pass defense the past two seasons
gets shredded again with no relief in sight after dropping
to 0-2 with a 41-40 loss to No. 16 Texas A&M
Junior linebacker Drayk Bowen and the Fighting
Irish surrendered 488 yards of total offense to
Texas A&M and allowed more than 40 points in a
defeat for the first time in six years.
PHOTO BY MICHAEL MILLER
