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Sept. 30, 2013 Issue

Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football

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in the trenches andrew owens T Touching The Stove he Irish faithful have anxiously anticipated freshman thirdstring quarterback Malik Zaire's first collegiate snap. The Kettering, Ohio, product has been discussed as a change-of-pace signal-caller to complement senior quarterback Tommy Rees since the suspension of Everett Golson. In the season's first month, a bout with mononucleosis hampered Zaire and prevented him from dressing against Temple, Michigan and Purdue. Another issue temporarily left his status in doubt for the Michigan State game before he ultimately suited up for the Irish. On Sept. 15, Zaire tweeted, "THANK GOD finally cleared #TheComeback." The problem is, Notre Dame had not released the information, and head coach Brian Kelly was not pleased with Zaire's decision to announce his status via social media. "He might be suspended for Freshman quarterback Malik Zaire missed Notre Dame's violating the rules relative to first three games while recovering from mononucleosis and information," Kelly said later learned a lesson from his coach after updating his health that day during a teleconference. status on Twitter. photo by joe raymond "We'll have to get back to you on that." that, gotten through it." Kelly said a couple days later that he While the media relations staff at bigand Zaire had moved on following the time college football programs across the tweet. country continue to cut access and assert "He learned his lesson relative to more control over what players do and what is information that needs to stay don't say, social media is the one avenue within the program," Kelly said. "He where staffs have no control and tweets touched the stove, and we've managed are sometimes posted impulsively or, in

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