Navy Run Past Notre Dame with 348 Rushing Yards

It's still too early to write the obituary for Notre Dame's 2009 season but today's 23-21 loss to Navy is more than a hiccup—it's more like a case of full blown acid reflux. No. 22 Notre Dame wasn't the only one to get dealt a hard dose of reality on this Saturday.  Along with the Irish, five other ranked teams went from the contender column into the pretender column. No. 4 Iowa, No. 8 Oregon, No. 11 Penn State, No. 20 California, and No. 24 Oklahoma  were also exposed for not being worthy of the lofty rankings the coaches poll had given them.  Northwestern (6-4) knocked Iowa out of the unbeaten ranks.  Oregon (7-2), the team that pummelled USC last weak was beaten by Stanford (6-3) 51-42, and No. 16 Ohio State (8-2) upset Penn State (8-2) in Happy Valley.  Oregon State (6-3) went on the road to beat California (6-3) and Nebraska (6-3) beat Oklahoma (6-3).  Two other ranked teams had trouble but were able to hang on for wins.  No. 10 Georgia Tech had to go into overtime to beat determined ... (link)