Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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Under the Dome "College football's overlords need to hold an intervention, pronto, because this is becoming a serious problem. It's clear now that no one can possibly hang with Alabama in a BCS championship game. And that's an issue for everybody else, seeing as neither Nick Saban nor most of his marquee players seem interested in leaving Tuscaloosa anytime soon." — Stewart Mandel, Sports Illustrated "The Irish looked inferior in every way on Monday night. If this were an Olympic hockey game, it was Sweden versus Fiji. Notre Dame struggled with SEC size, SEC speed and SEC poise. It also struggled with SEC coaching, as Alabama looked better prepared and more comfortable; the Tide executed their game plan with a sniper's precision."— Pete Thamel, Sports Illustrated "I want more. That really is it right now. It's the fact that I want more and I know what it takes now. In the offseason you have to be pushed to the limit. Don't complain when you have a workout or a meeting at 7 in the morning. To be a champion, you've got to live a champion lifestyle." — Freshman cornerback KeiVarae Russell on what he learned from the loss to Alabama Jan. 7 "We were at Syracuse, brother." — Notre Dame defensive end Kapron Lewis-Moore to fellow fifth-year senior Mike Golic Jr. in the Irish locker room, referring to the embarrassing loss to the Orange on Senior Day 2008, a program nadir, and offering perspective on how far they've come Smith, a reserve halfback/defensive back in the 1940s, intercepted four passes and scored four touchdowns during his Irish career. photo courtesy nOtre dame media relations Lancaster Smith: 1923-2012 Lancaster "Lank" Smith, a reserve halfback/defensive back on Notre Dame head coach Frank Leahy's 1940s juggernauts and a longtime leader for the school, passed away Dec. 17 in Dallas at age 89. A 1946 graduate of Notre Dame, Smith joined the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II and played for the Third Air Force before continuing his football career at Notre Dame. During his Irish career, Smith intercepted four passes (three in 1948) and scored four touchdowns, most notably an 85-yard punt return — the eighth longest in school history — in a 1948 victory at Pitt. The Irish were 26‑0‑2 with two national titles during his time with the varsity. Smith received his law degree from Notre Dame in 1950 and also coached the freshman team for Leahy while going to Law School. His son, Scott, was a kicker at Notre Dame from 1970-72, and the younger Smith's 34-yard field goal proved to be the difference in a 10‑7 victory at home against Georgia Tech in 1970. Smith also served as president of Notre Dame's Alumni Association from 1965-67 and was the president of Notre Dame's Monogram Club from 1986-88.