The Irish lost another heart-breaker in South Bend Saturday. The latest defeat at the hands of the Trojans makes it eight straight and 0-5 for head coach Charlie Weis against one of Notre Dame’s chief rivals.

In many respects, this game was more of the same. Numerous missed tackles and breakdowns in the secondary combined for poor defensive play while the offensive line continued to struggle against a three and four man pass rush.

The players fought until the bitter end, but three plays from the four yard line weren’t enough to pull out a victory.

Offense

The offense wasn’t dominant, in fact many of the numbers are season-low totals. But they scored four touchdowns against a unit that had allowed only ...

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