Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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12 OCT. 15, 2022 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED UNDER THE DOME " That is America's most complete, best all- around tight end." — ESPN analyst Dan Orlovsky on Notre Dame junior tight end Michael Mayer "For most of September, the idea of Notre Dame getting better as the season went on required some faith to accept. But after bludgeoning North Carolina, there's proof of concept around Free- man's program. Notre Dame might not be where it wants to be in the national scene, but the program now feels like the one its new head coach had promised." — Pete Sampson of The Athletic "For anybody willing to come into a college pro- gram and stay for six years in such a challenging environment, I think that speaks a lot to Josh. The guy is super-gritty, and he's a leader. When I look at him, I see a leader, someone who sacrifices a lot for the good of the team. If you're going to be willing to come back for a sixth year and put your mind and your body through this, he really loves the boys and the team. He just wants to us to do the best that we can. "I can tell you from experience that if you're able to do any extracurriculars out of football and school, that is a huge sacrifice. Josh does a lot of things outside of this, and I don't think people can understand how great a sacrifice that is and how great a person he is to be able to do those things." — Graduate student linebacker Bo Bauer on gradu- ate student right guard Josh Lugg in an interview with UND.com "I had two flag football games this week. I had a 6-year-old and an 8-year-old, and they kept talk- ing to me about 'drip.' I was like, 'What is 'drip,' man?' … It's a belief. And I know with the Freeman kids, they feel like if they have 'drip' or they look better, that they play better. But you know what? It's pretty cool. "As a player, I never had a chance to wear any other jersey than our normal home and away. But I think it's something that players nowadays, our young guys, love. They like to wear something new, something different. "Our kids loved to wear the green jersey a couple weeks ago. It might even be a request, they said, to maybe wear them again. … I don't think it truly affects the way they play, but if they look good and they feel good, I'm all for it. Anything to keep these guys confident. If it's a new jersey for them to feel good about playing this game, I'm all for it." — Notre Dame football head coach Marcus Freeman "College basketball is really old. You almost bet- ter be old now. Old was a little bit of an advantage, and maybe we were a little ahead of the game my early years — we were built with four- and five- year guys. You could get a good rhythm to things. "Now — look at [North] Carolina's roster, look at Virginia, look at how people have recovered after losing good players. For us, there's no question. I don't think we've ever had this old a rotation." — Notre Dame men's basketball head coach Mike Brey PHOTO BY KAYDEE GAWLIK TOP TWEETS THEY SAID IT THEY SAID IT "I couldn't go to sleep that night. I texted [running backs] Coach Deland [McCullough] and I was like, 'Dang, man, this is haunting me.' He texted back and said, 'You played a great game. Just learn from it.' That's what I'm going to do. Just put it in the past, learn from it and keep on going." — Notre Dame sophomore running back Audric Estime on his fumble on the goal line vs. North Carolina Sept. 24, after noting that it marked the first time he fumbled in a game in his life