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Irish defense excited to learn 3-4 details
Notre Dame -- home of future Patriots, now on both sides of the ball.
===Not many of the veteran defenders on Notre Dame’s team know much about the 3-4 look yet after playing the previous two years in a 4-3 configuration under former defensive coordinator Rick Minter.
Then Irish head coach Charlie Weis fired Minter after the 2006 season and replaced him with Corwin Brown, a first-time coordinator who spent time with the University of Virginia, the New England Patriots and most recently, the New York Jets, all of which run, you guessed it, a 3-4 defense.
When it comes to college football, Virginia is one of the few colleges using a 3-4, and coach Al Groh came from the same Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick coaching branch.
Notre Dame -- home of future Patriots, now on both sides of the ball.