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It's a game of confidence in South Bend and L.A.

By Rich Podolsky
Special to ESPN Insider

Thursday, September 15, 2005

It will be interesting to see if Charlie Weis and Bob Stoops can get their teams to focus this week against difficult opponents. Weis and Stoops, however, are in very different situations. Weis' Notre Dame team is coming down off of a wonderful victory at rival Michigan. Stoops' Oklahoma squad is trying to recover from a horrible home loss to TCU two weeks ago, and an even more horrible showing at home last week, barely defeating Tulsa. The Irish host Michigan State, which has won its last fou ...

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