Each week, college football writer — and AP Top 25 and Heisman Trophy voter — Bob Asmussen breaks down the sport he loves:
Team of the Week
NOTRE DAME
N-G design editor Mike Goebel loves the Irish. Not sure why. He is not Irish. He went to Truman State. He grew up in Mt. Zion. But he got Irish fever when his uncle played Notre Dame’s Lucky Charms-like mascot. Mike had been giving me grief in recent weeks for keeping Notre Dame in the Flunking Four, which it deserved. But the Irish knocked off bitter rival Miami on Saturday and appear back on track for a bowl bid.