ERIC HANSEN

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Hansen: Te’o’s at head of Irish class

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Once you get past the punter, who can bench press more than any of Notre Dame’s offensive line recruits, and the fact that the Irish recruited just one defensive lineman in a year when the Irish needed to recruit a handful, it all was starting to make sense — in a twisted sort of way: The member of Notre Dame’s latest recruiting class who was most likely to get on the field first next fall?

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Hansen: Difference makers for ND and Hawaii

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - He calls his mother every day, just to tell her he loves her.

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Weis will return to coach Notre Dame next season

Charlie Weis’ week in coaching no-man’s land will end suddenly and awkwardly Wednesday when the University of Notre Dame holds a press conference to announce the embattled fourth-year Irish head football coach will return for the 2009 season.

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Hansen: ND at crossroads with Weis

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Perhaps the most absurd aspect of watching Charlie Weis’ future as Notre Dame head football coach melt into indistinguishable sentence fragments and other shades of gray is the almost daily speculation from “a source” about the size of the buyout.

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Hansen: The heat's on Weis and Clausen

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - We know Jimmy Clausen is a leader because that’s what Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis tell us he is.

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Hansen: For Irish, time to 'kick BC’s teeth in'

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Dan Wenger barked out the clichés like his hair was on fire, sometimes not even waiting until the question had been completed.

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