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A lth o u g h N o t r e D a m e ’s football te am kicked off the season Saturday with a victo­ ry over th e San Diego State Aztecs, the perform ance did­ n ’t s i t w ell w i th so m e s t u ­ dents. “I w as k ind of d isap p o in t­ ed ,” sophomore Robert Ward said. “I d id n ’t see a lot th a t s ig n a le d w e w e re d i f f e re n t than last year.” Q u a r t e r b a c k J im m y Clausen th rew two in te rcep ­ t io n s a n d r u n n i n g b a c k s A rm a n d o A llen a n d R o b er t Hughes each fumbled once in th e 2 1 -1 3 w in o v e r th e Aztecs. The Irish scored two to u c h d o w n s in th e f o u r t h quarter. B u t s e n i o r M a t t K e r n a n sa id th e te a m looked m uch better in the fourth quarter. “It was two completely dif­ f e r e n t fee l in g s . D u r in g th e first [half! I was already look­ ing forward to basketball sea-