Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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UNDER THE DOME "As I got more accustomed to it, I realized this is an NFL system. People get paid to play this type of defense. I realized where I was and where I need to be or how I will get there. I embrace it fully because I know that once I learn it I should be set for a very long time — unless they just decide to change the whole NFL system one day." — Freshman linebacker Nyles Morgan on adapting to the Notre Dame defense as a freshman "It's definitely a tough position because they'll love you one day and want to replace you the next day." — Sophomore quarterback Malik Zaire on what he learned while apprenticing behind senior Everett Golson in 2014 "I have too much riding on this. I can't stay down. I have to find a way up." — Golson on bouncing back from his benching at USC (Chicago Tribune) "Expect Brian Kelly to consider the pros in January much more seriously than he has the last two years. Word is Kelly's frustrated with the Notre Dame administration, and might have even looked at jumping to Florida if the Gators had come after him. "The knock he'll have to fight is that he's a stern taskmaster — some believe he'd have the same prob- lems Nick Saban did in the NFL." — Albert Breer of NFL.com "We're playing well and you just kind of want to bottle it." — Men's basketball head coach Mike Brey on his team's 11-1 start (South Bend Tribune) "It was fun. This is the most fun I've had playing. The way we run the floor, the way we shoot, how unselfish we are, it's really fun to play." — Senior guard Jerian Grant after scoring 10 points and dishing out a game-high nine assists in Notre Dame's 94-63 win over Purdue Dec. 20 (South Bend Tribune) "We were really excited to join with local law enforcement to show our support for them, for what they do for us and how much we appreciate what they do for us not only here on campus but in the community. We have a number of people who have ties to law enforcement and we wanted to make that clear. I think we said it last week, but we really wanted to make it clear this week [that] we are so supportive of them.'" — Women's basketball head coach Muffet McGraw on her team being joined by area law enforcement personnel prior to its 64-50 victory over Saint Joseph's Dec. 21 in a show of support and solidarity to ease tensions from a public stand the Irish women took eight days earlier in support of the family of Eric Garner (South Bend Tribune) TWEET OF THE MONTH @ShowtimeTate: "Shoutout to @JimmyClausen. Had his first start as a Bear and absolutely balled. Happy to see him finally get a shot" — Detroit Lions wide receiver Golden Tate on his former Notre Dame teammate Jimmy Clausen, who started at quarterback for the Chicago Bears and completed 23 of 39 passes for 181 yards with two touchdowns and one interception in a 20-14 loss to the Lions Dec. 21