Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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the fifth quarter lou somogyi Notre Dame Breaks ���The Cycle��� ���N otre Dame is back��� is a popular refrain today. Suddenly, all the reasons we���ve heard for more than a decade on why Notre Dame can no longer vie for a championship are not as highlighted: the academics are too challenging and limit the recruiting pool; there is more parity; and the most popular one in recent years ��� the cli- Current Irish head coach Brian Kelly (right) can join his predecessors mate is too cold to appeal Ara Parseghian (center) and Lou Holtz (right) in Notre Dame lore with to the elite-level talent a win over Alabama Jan. 7. photo courtesy notre dame media relations from the warm-weather regular-season finale (27���10), USC was states. Notre Dame has addressed and re- never ���relevant��� during that time in paired numerous issues that have been the national title picture. This year USC was 7-5 despite being deemed to be a hindrance in their return to the summit. Facilities in the a popular preseason No. 1 pick. ��� In the 14 years from 1984���97, Texas collegiate ���arms race��� are up to par, a training table was added in the winter ��� often considered the best job in the of 2010, coaching salaries have become country in terms of financial resources, more competitive, the Office of Resi- administrative commitment and redence Life appears to be a bit more cruiting base ��� was 92���68���3 (.574 winning percentage). That was practically lenient ��� The issue of climate is something identical to Notre Dame���s 13-year reNotre Dame cannot control. However, cord of 91-68 (.572) in the 13 seasons what was the excuse for these five from 1997-2009. Then there are three other current traditional college football powers in better climates failing for more than a superpowers that had even worse 11year stretches than Notre Dame of redecade? ��� In the 19 years from 1983���2001, cent vintage: ��� In the 11 seasons from 1989���99, the USC Trojans were 138-96-6 (.589). Other than 1988, when it started 10���0 Oklahoma was 68-55-3, a .551 winning before losing to Notre Dame in the percentage.