Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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UNDER THE DOME "Pressure … I love pressure. Those D-linemen chirping at you, I love it. It's cool that they are 6-6, 300 pounds, but I don't care, I'm going to put it through the uprights. Another thing is that your team is counting on you." Senior kicker Kyle Brindza on attempting clutch kicks "Three leagues will be rooting for Notre Dame to be good — but not so good that the Fighting Irish take a playoff spot. If the academic investigation at the school significantly compromises Notre Dame, it also dimin- ishes the schedule strength of the ACC (four opponents from that league), Pac-12 (three) and Big Ten (three). A lot of people are counting on the Irish being a quality (but beatable) opponent in 2014." — Yahoo! Sports columnist Pat Forde on how Notre Dame's 2014 results affect its opponents' national perception "One day in practice he threw the ball 65 yards in the air, [but] very rarely do you do that in a game situation or scrimmage situation. Typically you don't have to throw the ball that far. — Quarterbacks coach Matt LaFleur on senior quarterback Everett Golson's arm strength "We definitely miss those guys, no question. Those guys are special guys, but this group works hard and is making progress. They're benefitting from having watched how Zack [Martin] and Chris [Watt] did their work and their business and came in every day. There's some good, steady improvement happening because they learned that work ethic. There's no better way to learn it than by example, and you can always refer to the example those guys set." — Irish offensive line coach Harry Hiestand on the losses of Zack Martin and Chris Watt to the NFL THEY SAID IT PHOTO BY JOE RAYMOND