Mention Ara Parseghian around these parts and, outside of a couple Notre Dame diehards, one will get a dirty look. Many still remember Parseghian’s Fighting Irish playing for a tie in the highly-anticipated 1966 clash with Michigan State in East Lansing. But MSU football fans should forget that dark day with Jim Dent’s enlightening “Resurrection, The Miracle Season That Saved Notre Dame” (Thomas Dunne Books). Dent, second probably to Dan Jenkins when it comes to crafting football stories, explains the rise, fall and rise again of the Notre Dame program. Fighting Irish football ruled the land for many seasons until the likes of coaches Joe Kuharich and Hughie Devore took control. “Neither knew if a football was blown up or stuffed,” wrote Dent, indicating the 1958 through 1963 seasons. “(Kuharich) didn’t know an All- American from an intramural player. (Devore) was about as qualified to be the head coach at Notre Dame as Dean Martin or Frank Sinatra were to be pope.