UNDER THE DOME
toss for the Carolina Panthers in a loss to Atlanta on Jan. 2, 2011, and didn't complete another one — and
two, actually — until Dec. 21, 2014, when his Chicago Bears lost 20-14 to Detroit. Clausen also suffered a
concussion in his first start with the Bears and did not play in the regular-season finale Dec. 28.
$122 Million
Worth of Notre Dame's football program, according to Forbes in its
2014 ratings, putting the Irish behind only Texas ($131 million value).
Said Forbes of Notre Dame: "A single home game attracts almost 62,000 visitors from outside the South
Bend area; on average, each of those fans injects close to $200 into the local economy." Next on the
list were Michigan, Alabama and LSU.
6
Years in a row completed at Notre Dame
by running backs coach and recruiting
coordinator TONY ALFORD, who inter-
viewed for the head coaching slot at alma mater
Colorado State that went to former Georgia of-
fensive coordinator Mike Bobo. With a seventh
season in 2015, Alford's term as an Irish assis-
tant would be the third longest in the
last 25 years, behind offensive
line coach Joe Moore's nine
(1988-96) and defensive
coach Greg Mattison's eight
(1997-2004).
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BY
BILL
PANZICA
