Let the Irish dissection begin
Analysis: Two days after the Irish were bludgeoned 38-3 by USC, it's time to unzip the body bag on Notre Dame's regular season and begin the autopsy. First-year athletic director Jack Swarbrick is scrubbing his hands in anticipation of overseeing the postmortem examination. Swarbrick is the wild card in this process.

Bulls rally in finale
It was only one game, and it's usually not wise to make too much of a single occurrence, but the Bulls believe their 103-92 comeback victory Sunday over the Philadelphia 76ers is a testament to their growth during the stretch of seven road games.

Offense finishes road trip off-course
Overall, the Blackhawks enjoyed another November. They were 6-3-3 during the month and are 14-6-5 during the last two Novembers. Even the dreaded circus trip wasn't so bad this time as the Hawks finished it with a 3-2-1 record -- their best since 1997. The problem is, the Hawks came back from the annual two-week jaunt Sunday wondering what happened.