It will take a guy like Bob Stoops to restore it. Now there's a proven leader of young men who has emerged as the university's No. 1 choice for good reason.
With a friendly schedule and talent in place, Stoops could promise his next class of Irish recruits they will play in a national title game, and it wouldn't sound like blarney.
A pregame broadcast report speculated Stoops would be on his way to South Bend as early as Sunday. The only confirmation Irish fans wanted to hear was the time to meet Stoops' jet at the airport.
"We haven't talked to anybody, we haven't authorized anybody to talk to anybody. You don't have to ask me about A, B, C or D -- not one of them is true," Swarbrick said.
