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www.BLUEANDGOLD.com OCT. 9, 2021 13 UNDER THE DOME THEY SAID IT THEY SAID IT "Whenever you get to the Power Five level, it's a little different, but at the end of the day, it's football. So you've just got to stay in front of people and block them." — Graduate student offensive guard Cain Madden on making the transition from Marshall to Notre Dame (NBC Sports) "Getting a game ball on a team that I've always idol- ized growing up is a memory that I'll have for the rest of my life." — Notre Dame sophomore quarterback Drew Pyne after helping the Irish beat Wisconsin "I feel like it's a good technique. You've got to get takeaways, but it's also bringing a fun aspect to it. It's honestly like a friendly competition Coach Freeman brought over." — Notre Dame sophomore cornerback Clarence Lewis on first-year defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman's "got gold" competition that pits the defensive line, linebackers, safeties and cornerbacks against each other to see who can produce the most disruptive plays and turnovers "I give a lot of credit to Coach [Tommy] Rees and his willingness to build plays around personnel, rather than personnel around plays. I know at least for me, it made my job a lot easier, and for the other receivers because at the end of the day, even though I think we are playing at a high level, and we are older, there's a lack of actual game experience. "He's done a good job putting us in situations to make up for those. And I think we've seen through the games, at least in our minds, that we're taking necessary steps each week. Those improvements are opening up more and more. Overall we have the right mindset going forward." — Notre Dame senior wide receiver Braden Lenzy "I can tell you exactly where I sit in Notre Dame history: The coach that won more games that hasn't won a national championship. That's where I'll sit. Where I feel like we've done well is we've played consistent football. "We brought Notre Dame football back to its relevance of competing for championships, and each year you raise the bar and you continue to build towards that goal of winning a national championship. I think we have steadily worked towards that consistency year in and year out. "Other than that, everything's judged, and rightly so, on winning a national championship, and I have no problem with that. I knew that coming in." — Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly on becoming the program's all-time winningest coach "I've had my problems with Brian Kelly, but I do appreciate the fact that he has withstood the test of time there. There are few places … tougher to … not so much to win a title because he hasn't done that, but to maintain. That's a pressure cooker. That's a suffocating job because of the greatness of that name. So I have come to really respect him. … "And I'm not ruling them out this year for the playoff. They know that this is probably going to be their most challenging task [Cincinnati], but they made Wisconsin into a rag doll on Saturday. They have a lot of 'name' games left on the calendar like USC and Stanford. I think they're looking pretty good right now." — Paul Finebaum of ESPN PHOTO BY CHAD WEAVER OF THE WEEK "There was one more, very special game ball after last night's win. "@CoachBrianKelly | #GoIrish" — The official account of Notre Dame football (@NDFootball) PHOTO COURTESY NOTRE DAME ATHLETICS How to Watch the Virginia Tech Game on the ACC Network ACC Network (ACCN) is a national network dedicated to ACC sports. 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