... coach of Notre Dame.  One of his worst mistakes might have been hanging on to strength and conditioning coach Ruben Mendoza for his entire five-year tenure.  As a team, Notre Dame was hardly ever in good shape.

After 2008, it was clear the Irish couldn't finish games and had to become a four-quarter football team in order to improve on a 7-6 record.

In 2008, the Irish were outscored 90-54 in the fourth quarter, and in the last six games, of which they lost four, they were outscored 52-14.

In three of these games (USC, Navy, & Syracuse) they failed to score at all in the fourth quarter.

It was pretty much the same in 2007.  Opponents outscored the Irish 60-48 in the fourth quarter and 145-98 in the seco...

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