Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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UNDER THE DOME the high rating this season for a college football game, eclips- ing the 4.8 when Alabama-Michigan played Sept. 1 in Cowboys Stadium. The game at Norman reached 8,627,000 people and 5,950,000 households. It also was the most-viewed telecast involving Notre Dame since the 2006 loss at USC, which aver- aged a 9.0 rating. 5.2 who sat out his freshman season in 2008, ruptured his Achilles tendon in the first half of this year's 20-3 victory at Michigan State Sept. 15. No answer is expected until after the season. Basketball player Scott Martin was granted a sixth season earlier this year. 6 Fifth-year senior safety Jamoris Slaughter is petitioning the NCAA for a sixth year of eligibility in 2013. Slaughter, senior Zeke Motta among them. The list will be pared down to three finalists Nov. 19. Since the inception of the award in 1986, the Irish have had two finalists: cornerbacks Todd Lyght (1989) and Bobby Taylor (1993). 15 20 son. Notable is the fact that the Irish won their first four home games this season by an average of five points — none by more than seven — and won their first four road games (including the off-site game in Chicago versus Miami) by an average of 28 points, with none by less than 17. "Teams that come into Notre Dame Stadium play their very, very best," Kelly said. "We have to match that intensity … we're in the process of understanding how important it is to prepare even for our home games in the same fashion." 23 Jim Thorpe Award semifinalists named Oct. 29, honor- ing the nation's best defensive backs, with Notre Dame finished fourth in 1992, the same as Oklahoma's Brian Bosworth in 1986. They are the only two players who lined up exclusively at linebacker to finish in the top five. Entering the Nov. 3 Pitt game, Notre Dame senior linebacker Manti Te'o was listed No. 2 by SI.com, CBSSports.com and ESPN.com, while Sporting News had him third. Years since a linebacker finished in the top five of the Heisman Trophy balloting. Florida State's Marvin Jones Point differential in Notre Dame's four home games and its four road games during the 8-0 start to the sea- Television rating of the Oct. 27 Notre Dame-Oklahoma prime-time showdown won by the Irish 30-13. It was