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The best and worst in the Independents

By Adam Rittenberg
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, December 8, 2003

A final team-by-team look at the Independents. Notre Dame After a star-crossed campaign in 2002, Notre Dame stumbled to a 2-6 start against some of the nation's top teams. The Irish were blanked by Michigan and Florida State, and couldn't keep pace with Purdue and Southern Cal. As rumors swirled about a potential move to the Big Ten or ACC, Ty Willingham tried to mend a battered offense by putting true freshman Brady Quinn at QB. Quinn made his share of mistakes, but RB Julius Jones quickly to ...

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