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✦ News & notes They Said It "Personnel-wise, they have probably the best defensive line in the country. With Louis Nix, we're probably not sleeping around here thinking about him. Whatever he weighs, 350 pounds, he's a dominant, dominant football player that takes over games and establishes line of scrimmages. He and Stephon Tuitt together are probably two top-10 picks in next year's NFL Draft." — Temple head coach Matt Rhule "Notre Dame's roster has improved every year under [Brian] Kelly, and good recruiting classes are now getting stacked on top of one another. The Irish's 2013 class, which was ranked third nationally by Rivals.com, included four elite players from South Florida. … The next frontier, so to speak, is whether Notre Dame can make an impact in the deep South, as opposed to the Atlantic South." — Dan Wolken, USA Today "There is no ceiling for that young man, and I'm not Freshman linebacker Jaylon Smith will be just saying that. With everybody going to the spread one of three first-time starters for the offense, what he does with his athleticism out there Irish defense against Temple on Saturday. photo by joe raymond is going to allows us to do a lot of different things. He's got speed. He's smart. He loves the game, he's passionate, and he's already got a level of professionalism. … I don't know what his ceiling is, but it's very high." — Notre Dame assistant coach Kerry Cooks on freshman linebacker Jaylon Smith Award-Winning Full Service Restaurant Private Rooms Available Hand-Cut All Natural Meats Award-Winning Homemade Desserts The Freshest Seafood "I don't want to be coy with that, I just don't think it's part of the way our brains work and the way our hearts operate. I think it's just we drilled down so intensely on practice and meetings with the things we needed to get better on today there's not a whole lot of room right now for that kind of big picture thought." — Defensive coordinator Bob Diaco on replacing Manti Te'o on the Irish defense "The fact that expectations are already dampened with this team after Notre Dame made the national title game last season serves [Brian] Kelly well. He has done some of his best work at Central Michigan and Cincinnati when no one expected too much. He can preach the next-man-in theme more effectively and with more credibility than any coach in the country. No one stays on message better than the ultra-disciplined Kelly. And if this team does finish 9-4, no one will be too disappointed. That just means that next year both Everett Golson and Kelly will return for sure." — Mike Hutton, Chicago Sun-Times "Violators of the law of averages will be prosecuted. They usually end up doing hard time. This has all the makings of one of those get-even seasons for the Notre Dame football team. Every break imaginable went Notre Dame's way last year, right up until kickoff of the BCS National Championship Game against Alabama. After a while, it seemed way beyond good karma. Face it, the Irish were downright lucky to be 12-0." — Al Lesar, South Bend Tribune Reservations Encouraged LUNCH: Sat 11am-4pm DINNER: Mon-Thur 4pm-9:30pm Fri & Sat 4pm-10:30pm • Check Us Out At: tripadvisor • Text Yesterdays at: 72727 For Special Offers • Find Us on Facebook at: Facebook.com/YesterdaysGranger • Find TO L L FREE us in the Best Book ® 12594 SR 23 • Granger www.yesterdays-granger.com ©2012 Studio A Advertising ✦ Page 15