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Oct. 28, 2013 Issue

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

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of the things he was saying was great to see." On Rees' injury: "It's tough to see him go down. The biggest thing is for older guys to make sure the offense's heads are in the game. Just because one guy goes down you can't die. "We had to keep it up, and we didn't do great at times but we did enough to win." Notre Dame senior nose guard Louis Nix III … On how banged up he is from a physical game: "I'm good. I'm Louis Nix." On a shutout defense in the second half: "We just keep playing hard. It's all that matters, and that's what Coach [Kelly] expects out of us. We stepped up. "We get better every game and Coach says it every time. A lot of you guys might not see it, but we're getting better every game." Notre Dame junior defensive end Stephon Tuitt … On getting two sacks: "Every week I go out and play harder and harder. I don't see any setbacks no matter what anybody says. "I just think within myself and the defense." On riding that momentum: "It's just hard work to go in there every week and do what I do. During the season, I started off kind of slow, but I go out there every week and play my butt off no matter what." USC head coach Ed Orgeron … On Notre Dame's second half defense: "That was a good front. We knew it was a good front coming in, a lot of pressure, and we just seemed that we couldn't get things going. Those are big guys to block, 350 in the middle. "It seemed that every time we had a first down or something like that we had a holding call or jumped offsides. We shot ourselves in the foot, and then it was second-and-20. But give them credit; they've got a good front." On falling short of the victory: "I told our guys after the game that we had a great opportunity. We had great fans out, and I could hear them the whole time. They did a great job. "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 to turn the ball over three times was the difference in the game. That's about how simple it was." On playing at Notre Dame Stadium: "It was fun. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed being with my team, our team, seeing us grow. I enjoy coming here; I enjoy going to other stadiums. I've been to other stadiums before. This is not the first big stadium I've been in. "A lot of tradition there, a lot of respect for the rivalry, but once you get on the grass you're just looking at your guys coaching football."

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