After last week's defensive failures, we were looking for marked improvements from the Notre Dame defense.  While we weren't blown totally away, the improvements were easily good enough to please most Irish fans.

Was Notre Dame's performance good enough to beat Nevada?  Easily.  What this performance good enough to beat teams like Michigan State, Stanford, Miami and USC?  Only time will tell.

But today, we're not grading the Irish for games that haven't yet been played; today's report card is for today's performance against the Wolf Pack.  This time, the Irish can proudly post this report car...

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