FROM THE LOCKER ROOM
Junior tight end Troy Niklas caught four passes and tied his career high in receiving yards in a game
with 76. He also had 76 yards on six catches at Michigan Sept. 7.
PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA
Notre Dame head coach Brian
Kelly …
On his message to Tommy Rees
after the game: "We really haven't
had a chance to talk other than
we've got an opportunity to say
thank you. I'm a Tommy Rees fan
for life, but we didn't get much of
an opportunity.
"I spoke with the entire team and
all of our seniors in particular. …
He's going to go keep chasing that
football dream. He's going to play
in the East-West Shrine Game, and
he'll keep trying to play the game as
long as he can. He's got a bright future as a graduate assistant for Brian
Kelly anytime."
On red-zone offense: "When we
needed to run it in today, we were
able to run the ball in. Schematically,
I know what we want to do down
there. We just had to be executing
better in that area, and we will.
"We know what we need to do
down there. We need to continue
to get better as a group, individually, collectively. But I feel comfortable knowing what needs to happen
down there."
On the slippery field conditions: "The field was interesting.
We had our molded spikes on, and
we changed to our all screw-in after
our pregame warm-ups because we
