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Willingham out to restore ND's image

By Alan Grant
ESPN The Magazine

Wednesday, August 14, 2002

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Right this minute, tradition-rich Notre Dame is fighting to establish itself in the hip hop generation of college football. And their struggle is set to an old school beat. To borrow a line from eighties rap anthem "You Got Soul," -- "It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at." Preseason polls tell you exactly where Notre Dame is -- unranked and unknown. There was a time when being from Notre Dame meant grand association -- 11 national titles, seven Heisman Trophy win ...

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