Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Bob Lipper column: Irish melt amid Dome of despair.(Column)

Byline: Bob Lipper

Sep. 20--You don't have to be a regular at Our Lady of St. Rockne the Divine to know these are dark days for Notre Dame football and its Subway Alumni (pause to recite novena if so inclined), nor do you even need a subway token.

We in Richmond are underground deprived, for instance, but we can grab hold of this story because -- let's face it -- everyone likes a good train wreck.

The Irish being about as mangled as you can get.

Or as bruised as Ty Willingham when the Irish got done with him.

Charlie Weis vowed five days ago to reinvent Notre Dame football -- his version of it, at least -- and that seems like a …