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2009 Independents ... Week 10

Army | Navy | Notre Dame 

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	CFN EXPERT PICKS	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Michael	Clucko	PICK
2:30	Navy at N. Dame -11	ND*	ND	ND*	ND	NV	ND*
3:30	Army at A. Force -17	AF	AF*	AF*	AF*	AR	AF*
	Straight Up	16-9	19-6	16-9	10-15	11-14	18-7
	ATS	8-16-1	11-13-1	10-14-1	11-13-1	14-10-1	10-14-1

Independent Standings
	Conf.	Overall
Navy	6	3
Notre Dame	6	2
Army	3	5
Players of the Week 10/31 Jim Clausen, QB ND 10/24 Golden Tate, WR ND 10/17 Vince Murray, RB Nv 10/10 Ricky Dobbs, QB Nv 10/3 Jimmy Clausen, QB ND 9/26 Jimmy Clausen, QB ND 9/19 Jimmy Clausen, QB  ND 9/13 Marcus Curry, RB Navy 9/5 Malcolm Floyd, WR ND Games of the Week 10/31 Temple, 27, Navy 24 10/24 ND 20, BC 16 10/17 USC 34, ND 27 10/10 Army 16, Vandy 13 OT 10/3 ND 37, Wash 30 9/26 ND 24, Purdue 21 9/19 ND 33, Mich St 30 9/13 Mich 38, ND 34 9/5 Ohio St 31, Navy 27 Scoreboard Temple 27 at Navy 24 Navy gets run over by the Owls  CFN Prediction: Temple 23-20 Navy -7 Notre Dame 40 vs. Washington State (in Arlington) 14 Notre Dame Hail Mary answered vs. Wazzu  CFN Prediction: Notre Dame 45-14 Line: Notre Dame -29

GAME OF THE WEEK

Temple 27 … at Navy 24
Temple became bowl eligible for the first time since 1990 as Bernard Pierce ran for 267 yards with scores from 68 and 41 yards out, and James Nixon returns a kickoff 100 yards for a score. Navy got two short scoring runs in the second half from Vince Murray and Kriss Proctor to go up 24-17, but Temple scored the final ten points for the win. Temple outgained Navy 311 yards to 254.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen completed 22-of-27 passes for 268 yards and two touchdowns.

CONFERENCE ROUNDUP

Army … Didn’t Play This Week

Navy … Temple 27 ... at Navy 24 ... Navy wasn’t nearly as sharp as it usually is with the ground game. Give Temple a lot of credit for that, but the Midshipmen struggled to keep the chains moving getting stopped on too many short running plays. The defense had one of its roughest outings of the year being unable to stop RB Bernard Pierce, but no one has had much success with him lately. Now comes the big prize: Notre Dame. The Midshipmen will have to be far tighter and far less mistake-prone to have a shot.

Notre Dame … Notre Dame 40 ... vs. Washington State (in Arlington) 14 ... In some ways, this was a bigger win for Notre Dame than several of the other key wins throughout the year because it showed that the team can put away a mediocre foe. Washington State is awful, and if the Irish had any problems, then it would be time to wonder just how good the earlier wins were. Jimmy Clausen was great, Golden Tate was dynamic, and Robert Hughes ran well. It was an almost perfect performance, and one that allowed the team to take a deep breath before facing Navy and going to Pitt.