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Some bright spots emerging for Notre Dame
Updated: October 3, 2007, 4:13 PM ET
By
Adam Rittenberg | Special to ESPN.com
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.
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