Avani Patel

With 11:41 left in the Saturday night's first half, Michigan State linebacker Tyrell Dortch swooped around Notre Dame wide receiver Maurice Stovall and, just as it seemed the Irish were...

TV/radio: 6 p.m., ESPN, WCKG-FM 105.9. Line: Notre Dame by 3. Records: Notre Dame 1-1, MSU 1-1. Series: Notre Dame leads 42-24-1. Last meeting: Spartans won 22-16 on Sept. 20,...

Carlyle Holiday, Notre Dame's quarterback turned wide receiver, now is returning punts. Against Michigan last week, Holiday returned seven punts for a total of 70 yards. How did the coaching...

Michigan State has beaten Notre Dame in six of the teams' last seven meetings. The reason? "Michigan State believes it plays its best football against Notre Dame," said Irish coach...

This season, the Big Ten became the first college conference to experiment with instant replay. As the visiting team Saturday at Michigan State, Notre Dame gets to choose whether to...

If the first two games are any guide, Notre Dame (1-1) should have no trouble running through Michigan State on Saturday. Michigan State (1-1) has been very accommodating to its...

Notre Dame's players knew the only place they could quiet the growing criticism aimed at the program was on the field. With a 28-20 victory Saturday over Michigan, they might...

TV/radio: 2:30 p.m. Saturday, WMAQ-Ch. 5; WMVP-AM 1000. Line: Michigan by 12 1/2. Records: Michigan 1-0; Notre Dame 0-1. Series: Michigan leads Notre Dame 18-12-1. Last meeting: Michigan won 38-0...

Michigan coach Lloyd Carr expects great things out of Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn--which is exactly why he tried to recruit him. "We wanted him very much to come to...

Notre Dame planned to showcase a balanced attack last week at Brigham Young. With just 11 rushing yards and 3 of 16 conversions on third down, that didn't happen. "I'm...