Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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Under the Dome They Said It "We are fortunate to have unbelievable rivalry games at Michigan. The Notre Dame game, that rivalry, which they're chickening out of. They're still going to play Michigan State, they're going to play Purdue, but they don't want to play Michigan. I don't know how they made that decision." Michigan head coach Brady Hoke "Chickened out? Meatchicken will taste delicious Sept. 7th. #GoIrish." — Notre Dame nose guard Louis Nix III responding to Hoke's comments via Twitter "There is a purity to baseball you don't find in other sports. It's as simple as catching a ball perfectly in your glove or squaring up for a bunt just right or striking out a guy on a called third strike. There are certain little pluses that come with this game that you can't find anywhere else" — Former Notre Dame football and baseball star Jeff Samardzija telling ESPN.com why he chose to play pro baseball photo by lon horwedel "I respect coach [Brian] Kelly a lot and what he does. He's a fiery coach and he did me well. My quarterbacks coach [Chuck Martin] and I really didn't have the relationship I wanted, and that was one reason I didn't like it. I tried to put in the work." — Former Irish quarterback Gunner Kiel to the Cincinnati Enquirer on why he left Notre Dame "I like where we're starting. I think the focus is going to be on the format and the format being the four teams playing it off and getting to a championship game. I think that's going to be the focus and moving Tweet Of The Month @KMcCarthy28: "To say Ace was one of the most upbeat, caring and strongest people I know would be a drastic understatement. I want everyone to know how good of a man the world lost today. Love you buddy." — 2009 Notre Dame graduate Kyle McCarthy on his former teammate Asaph Schwapp, who died from lymphoma on May 8