Notre Dame head coach Brian
Kelly …
On the offensive struggles: "We
played pretty good most of the year.
Today we thought we had some
things early on that we didn't execute
on. That's why we made a change at
the quarterback position.
"We got down 21, and it made for
an obviously uphill run today."
Notre Dame senior left guard and
captain Nick Martin …
On what Malik Zaire said to the
offense upon entering the game:
"Malik came over and goes, 'Let's go.'
We go, 'We have faith in you. Let's
just get out there and do our job.' "
On what he said to Everett Golson
when Golson was benched: "I go up
to Everett and I said, 'Hey, we still
believe in you. The belief is still there.
There's no doubt about it.' "
On Kelly saying all positions are
FROM THE LOCKER ROOM
Sophomore safety Max Redfield made five tackles (one solo) against the Trojans before sustaining a
broken rib that forced him out of the game and prevented him from even returning to the sidelines.
PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA