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Number four Notre Dame made a statement Sunday night at Lambeau Field, pulling away from Wisconsin in the second half to win forty-one to thirteen. CJ Carr threw two touchdown passes, and Aneyas Williams was the story of the night, rushing for ninety yards and two scores as the Irish found another gear when it mattered most.
Shifting to the NFL, the San Francisco forty-niners and Los Angeles Rams are preparing for a season opener in Melbourne, Australia, and the two franchises have taken wildly different approaches to the travel and sleep challenges involved. Sleep scientists are apparently fascinated by the contrast, as Kyle Shanahan's squad and the Rams serve as an accidental real-world experiment on how elite athletes adjust across time zones.
And on a somber note, the sports world lost a piece of its history today. Matt Suhey, the fullback who spent a decade with the Chicago Bears and was a Super Bowl champion with that iconic nineteen eighty-five squad, passed away at sixty-eight years old. A devoted lead blocker for Walter Payton and a beloved teammate, Suhey's legacy is woven into one of the greatest teams the NFL has ever seen.
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