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player ready...Nary a sniffle or a cough from Jimmy Clausen on Wednesday. No plastic bubble protecting him. The only sickly part about the Notre Dame quarterback’s appearance? Beige socks matched with Top-Siders and gym shorts.
So whatever bug Clausen battled to whatever degree last week had been vanquished. A queasy feeling lingered, though: The causes of a four-pick game against Boston College remained undiagnosed.
“(The illness) affected me a little bit, but I’m not going to use it as an excuse,” he said. “I just had a bad day.”
Neither Clausen nor the Irish can afford another one Saturday. More impulsive throws into the teeth of coverage represents the exact prescription for a loss to a Navy team that chews up clock on offense and does little except test a quarterback’s patience on defense.
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