UNDER THE DOME
"We have plenty of talent. That's been demonstrated throughout the year. If we come
out in the right frame of mind, take care of the football and execute on offense, we can be
pretty dang good. We're going to have to be to beat a team like LSU."
Notre Dame senior running back Cam McDaniel
on how the offense can right the ship in the bowl game
"Getting a chance to play against an SEC conference team is always an exciting experience. You talk
about a dominant conference that they play in, it's going to be a great matchup." — Sophomore line-
backer Jaylon Smith on facing LSU
"I know that they have some very talented young running backs. We have to put the game plan to-
gether yet, but that's going to be focus first and foremost: stopping the run. They have a dominant run
game." — Smith on his first thoughts after hearing Notre Dame would face LSU
"That's what you want, to play the best. … To be able to play a team with that kind of level of competi-
tion will get you fired up." — Notre Dame senior left guard Nick Martin on facing LSU
"You get back to fundamentals. You get back to the core of the game, the basics of the game. You get
to go against your defense and just hit and play football." — Martin on bowl preparation practices
THEY SAID IT
PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA
