Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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Under the Dome "If Notre Dame wins out, yeah I think they'll reach the top 14. Now, not very deep into it. It depends on what other teams do, of course. The Stanford win alone would give them some juice, provided that's not Stanford's fourth loss. But through winning and attrition, I think they'd make it." — CBS Sports' Jerry Palm to on Notre Dame's chances of making the BCS if it wins out (South Bend Tribune) "My heart is set on going back to Notre Dame, not necessarily to prove anything to anybody — just doing it for me. I feel like that's something that I started. I don't want to run away from it and go to a [junior college] or go to another school. I am going to face it." — Everett Golson, who has trained in San Diego during his semester-long suspension from Notre Dame this fall (Sports Illustrated) "Clearly, I love Navy, it's been a big part of who I am. But I remember looking back, and when we were rooting against the Irish at the Academy, I had no idea how devastating it was when Navy actually beat Notre Dame. I'm looking at it now from the Notre Dame side, I'm like, man, I don't know how we ever beat you guys, with the size and athleticism." — David Robinson on his rooting interests in the Notre Dame-Navy game; Robinson attended Navy before starring in the NBA and he is the father of Irish freshman wide receiver Corey Robinson (Chicago Tribune) Tweet Of The Month @LuckyLefty8: "Before you are a leader, Success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, Success is all about growing others." Freshman quarterback Malik Zaire, who has yet to participate in game action with the Irish and is seen by some as the quarterback of the future ✦ Gimme Five Last week, we revealed that Brian Kelly's 10‑1 record in November tied Jesse Harper for best winning percentage in that month through the first three years by a Notre Dame head coach. But who has the best record at Notre Dame in November through his entire coaching career? The answer still is Harper, whose 1913 team had a seminal November in the program's history by winning road games at Army, at Penn State, versus Christian Brothers in St. Louis and at Texas to finish an unbeaten campaign. Here are the five-best winning percentages by a retired Notre Dame head coach (at least three years served) in November: Coach (Years) Nov. Record Pct. 1. Jesse Harper (1913-18) 18-2 .900 2. Frank Leahy (1941-43,1946-53)34-4-5 .849 3. Ara Parseghian (1964-74) 33-5-3 .841 4. Knute Rockne (1918-30) 47-8-5 .825 5. Dan Devine (16-6-1) 16-6-1 .717 Note: In regular-season games played in December, Leahy was 4-1-2, Parseghian 1‑1, Rockne 2-0 and Devine 1-1. Lou Holtz (1986‑96) was 27-11-1 (.705) in November.