Nov. 21, 2006

The University of Notre Dame football will enter its practice phase for the showdown at USC this weekend when the team takes the field for the first of three practices.

With Thanksgiving falling in the middle of the week, the Irish practice/interview schedule has been changed. On Tuesday, all offensive, defensive and special teams players will be available. On Wendesday the three captains will hold their press conferences and that will conclude the player availability this week.

Coach Weis held his weekly press conference today and it ran close to one hour. You can watch the presser in its entirety exclusively on und.com here –

• Press Conference Transcript
  USC Series Retrospective –
  Practice Report (Nov. 21) –
  Post-Practice Interviews (Coach Lewis, Samardzija, Walker, Laws, Frome, Lambert) –