UNDER THE DOME
"It was an aggressive call, but we have a coach that fears nobody, and once he said the
call, we're just like, 'Alright, we're going to go out there and do it.'"
Junior safety Elijah Shumate on defensive coordinator
Brian VanGorder's aggressive blitzing attack,
specifically the blitz called on the final play against Stanford
"Those conversations really happened before that situation arises. What are we going to do on fourth
down? We're going to go and put pressure on the quarterback, make him make a play in that situation.
It didn't surprise me at all." — Head coach Brian Kelly on the blitz called by VanGorder on the final play
against Stanford
"I respect the fact that questions are asked, and I don't blame you for it. I just don't believe it's my place
to interfere with the individual student. If they have in fact been told what their fate is and haven't told
me, then I'm getting involved and kind of surmising what might have happened because they're not at
practice. I don't think that's fair to them." — Kelly on the persistent questions he faces four times a week
about the academic dishonestly investigation
"I don't think I would take [senior quarterback] Everett [Golson] out of the game unless he was injured."
— Kelly on what it would take for sophomore Malik Zaire to get meaningful snaps
THEY SAID IT
PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA
