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Oct. 21, 2013 Issue

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

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feet a little bit for the week. We can go home and visit our families. A lot of people are homesick." Notre Dame senior linebacker Prince Shembo … On his plans for the bye week: "Rest. I'm going to stay in my room, play video games, and read and study. That's all I'm going to do. … I couldn't imagine going to a bye week with a loss. "I don't know what the schedule is, but I know it'll be better that it would have been if we lost." On what he did differently to get three sacks: "There was really no difference. We just rushed more guys. Instead of three we rushed four and sometimes five. "The preparation was great, and we just kept on getting after them." Arizona State head coach Todd Graham … On Notre Dame at the line of scrimmage: "They won that. They got to our quarterback. Last week we did a good job getting the ball out on time, utilizing our tight end, utilizing our running backs. "We didn't do that [against Notre Dame]. You've got to give them a lot of credit. We haven't been sacked like that all year — they did a great job." Senior wideout TJ Jones finished with eight catches for 135 yards, including an eight-yard score before halftime that gave Notre Dame a 14-13 lead. Photo by Bill Panzica On winning before a bye week: "It was huge to get a win going into the bye week. You don't want to have a loss. I think it was a confidence booster. "We are really looking forward to getting off our On a missed opportunity: "I told our guys after the game that we had a great opportunity. We had great fans, and I could hear them the whole time. They did a great job. I'm really disappointed we didn't deliver for them. "This was an opportunity for us to win on a national stage, and to come in and turn the ball over three times was the difference in the game. That's about how simple it was." Arizona State redshirt junior quarterback Taylor Kelly … On where the game was lost: "I think it started with the interceptions that we threw. They beat us in the turnover ratio — that's the big thing. In the second half we lost the turnover ratio, and I think that's where we kind of lost it."

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