UNDER THE DOME
"I told him, fortunately, that I'd do the same thing over again. I'd give him the football. I
wouldn't change a thing about that situation."
Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly on what he told
senior running back Cam McDaniel after McDaniel lost a costly fumble
that gave Northwestern a chance to tie the game and win in overtime Nov. 15
"We've got to play better defense. We've got to make some key stops. We've got to get lined up. We've
got to hold on to the football. Now, when we say hold on to the football, what does that mean? Clearly,
we've got to make sure we're giving the ball to the right guy at the right time and doing the things that
minimize risk. All those things are in the evaluation mode while still knowing at the end of the day we
have to score a lot of points." —Kelly on what the Irish need to do to return to winning consistently
"The reason Brian Kelly is an interesting name is, I'm hearing his name in NFL circles. I do believe he's
probably a pretty serious candidate for the Florida job if he chooses to explore that, but he's also in sea-
son. That's why you have agents — to do that work." — ESPN NFL insider Chris Mortensen on Kelly being
a candidate for the vacant Florida job (GatorBait.net)
"Once we saw Notre Dame and the type of place it was, it was on my mind to go there. My wife and
I kind of had a Notre Dame household growing up, so I guess that inadvertently brainwashed our kids,
because that's where they wanted to go. … That's one of the things that we noticed from my brother
THEY SAID IT
PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA
