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SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Notre Dame has the greatest fight song in all of sports. And for a generation or two, the Irish had a football tradition like no other.
There actually was a time when the Irish were a force nationally. Notre Dame either was contending for (or winning) a national championship, was a fixture in the national rankings or had a player with a legitimate shot at winning the Heisman Trophy. Serious. If you don't believe me, ask your parents -- or your grandparents.
There once was a day that Notre Dame was relevant nationally.
And then, there is now. Like Saturday, for example, when Notre Dame upset No. 15 Utah 28-3 on a cloudy, misty afternoon.
Afterward, hundreds of Notre Dame students rushed the field. A few even tried to climb on the goal posts. A school that featured legendary coaches such as Rockne, Leahy, Parseghian and Holtz rushing the field for a victory against a non-automatic qualifying BCS conference team that rates as the second-best team from the Mountain West?
"The most memorable thing was probably the students rushing on the field," Notre Dame senior cornerback Gary Gray said. "You see it on TV, but it hasn't happened here in a while. That was a great sight to see. I took like a thousand pictures out there.
"We hadn't had great success and this was the first ranked opponent we've beaten since I've been here. It was a great win for us."
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