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Some bright spots emerging for Notre Dame

By Adam Rittenberg
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Notre Dame often gets accused of living in the past, but a glance at the team's depth chart reveals that the future is now. The team's dreadful slide continues and an 0-8 start seems likely without a victory Saturday at UCLA. But the Fighting Irish are slowly playing better as they're getting younger. Several relied-upon veterans have struggled, but freshmen and sophomores are starting to step in and make their marks. Nine freshmen played in the season opener against Georgia Tech, and sever ...

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