UNDER THE DOME
"Sunday is like a work day almost, because it is hard to do homework on the road. To be
honest with you, it's hard to do homework at the hotel. Sunday is the one day where we
get a lot of catching up on academics, get prepared for the next week. It's also a nice men-
tal rest day from football. It's definitely an academic push … I write my papers on Sunday.
That's definitely the biggest day."
Sophomore wide receiver Corey Robinson on the importance of Sundays,
which is only emphasized by playing three prime-time games in a row
"The biggest challenges for us, quite frankly, are playing on national television [in prime time] and our
kids get back at 3, 4 in the morning. I'll give you Purdue. We got back at 3:30 in the morning, and our kids
have to be at study table at 4 in the afternoon.
"It gets to the point where you wonder that maybe we shouldn't play all these nationally televised
[night] games because it really puts a lot on these kids. We ask them to do a lot. It's a very challenging
academic environment." — Head coach Brian Kelly on the demands on student-athletes when facing a
schedule such as Notre Dame's
THEY SAID IT
PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA
