No. 10 Notre Dame Fighting Irish season preview: Will the Irish fight back from BCS blowout & offseason drama?

No. 10 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (12-1) Coach Brian Kelly (fourth season, 28-11 at Notre Dame, 199-68-2 overall)Returning Starters: 15, 6 offense, 8 defense, 1 special teamsRecruiting Rank: 3Strength of Schedule: 7 One of the best seasons in Notre Dame's storied history ended with a thud and a controversy. The thud was the 42-14 defeat at the hands of Alabama in the BCS national championship game. The controversy was the fake girlfriend scandal involving now-graduated linebacker Manti Te'o, who was the Heisman Trophy runner-up, but played his worst game of the season against the Crimson Tide. “That kind of stuff you don’t want to see too much," Te'o told reporters in June following a minicamp practice with the San Diego Chargers. "But definitely you learn more from your losses than you do from your wins. For me, the biggest thing I could learn from that game is to take each play for each play. Don’t worry about a series. Don’t worry about, 'Man, we nee...