Community Picks: Notre Dame 0% vs USC 0%

Notre Dame returns to the Coliseum this weekend to wrap up its worst season in a decade, reeling from new NCAA sanctions and worrying about the storied program's future. No. 12 Southern California has had its share of grim times off the field in recent years, and coach Clay Helton realizes a rivalry game is a chance for a troubled team to clear its head and to focus on football. ''We had set a goal to be remembered in November,'' Helton said. Continue to Article

November 25, 2016 9:03:am EST

Quarterback DeShone Kizer says Notre Dame players are remembering the pain they felt two years when they were embarrassed in a 49-14 loss to rival Southern California as the Fighting Irish prepare to finish a scuffling season on the road against the 12th-ranked Trojans. ''Coach, I remember, challenged us after that game to remember that feeling and every time we play against USC to try to bring that and allow that to fuel us,'' Kizer said. The game against the Trojans (8-3), who have won seven straight after a 1-3 start, could be Kizer's last with Notre Dame (4-7). Continue to Article

November 23, 2016 1:31:pm EST

WHAT HAPPENED: The NCAA says a student trainer who worked in Notre Dame's athletics department from fall 2009 through the spring of 2013 completed substantial academic work for two Fighting Irish football players and helped six others impermissibly. Continue to Article

November 22, 2016 6:19:pm EST

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- The NCAA is ordering Notre Dame to vacate wins from its 2012 and 2013 football seasons because a student athletic trainer committed academic misconduct by doing substantial course work for two players and giving six others impermissible academic extra benefits. Continue to Article

November 22, 2016 12:59:pm EST