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The power of a hire

By By Gene Wojciechowski
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Sunday, October 13, 2002

20. A BMOC Soapbox Moment We've taken our shots at Notre Dame through the years, partly because it had it coming, partly because we hold it to a higher standard (as does Notre Dame), and partly because the Plaid Nation takes itself a teensy-weensy too seriously sometimes. But college football's greatest Mom and Pop shop (and we mean that in a good way) has never been more relevant than this season -- not because of a 6-0 record, but because of the man responsible for the record, Tyrone Willingh ...

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