Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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UNDER THE DOME "Obviously anytime you include the Irish and 'underrated' in the same sentence you're setting yourself up for ridicule, but I believe Brian Kelly's team is a legit playoff contender. They looked that way early last year before an injury-plagued defense imploded en route to 8-5. But now they return 19 starters and no longer have a quarterback controversy. Malik Zaire is the guy and should add to a promising rushing attack." — FOX Sports reporter Stewart Mandel on Notre Dame being among his top five underrated teams in college football "Golson's ticket out of town should help Notre Dame commit to its best approach to the 2015 season, when one of the na- tion's best offensive lines and a trove of tailback talent should prescribe the path to a potential College Football Playoff berth. There will be no temptation for Kelly or offensive coordinator Mike Sanford to play quarterback whisperer. There will be no backslide into counterproductive, genius-mode play calling. The Irish will have no choice but to run first, second and as often as possible, alleviating the burden on a first-time starter (Malik Zaire) and a risk-taking defense." — Sports Illustrated's Brian Hamilton on the transfer of fifth‑year senior quarterback Everett Golson "Most days KeiVarae is out the door by 7:30 a.m. and returns after 8 p.m., filling his time with 15 credits at Everett Com- munity College (he says he is getting straight A's); interning at Coast Real Estate, which manages 15,000 apartment units ("The best intern we've ever had," says CEO Tom Hoban); and training six days a week at N-S Performance with former Oregon State defensive back Anthony Watkins." — Sports Illustrated's Pete Thamel in his feature on 2012‑13 Notre Dame cornerback KeiVarae Russell, who plans to re‑enroll this June after returning from Everett, Wash. BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED P.O. Box 2331 Durham, NC 27702 www.BlueGoldOnline.com 800-421-7751 Notre Dame Hitch Covers & Emblems Hitches $38.95 Choice of Chrome or Black Background FREE SHIPPING IN CONTINENTAL U.S. Please Add Sales Tax For Items Shipping To: (NC 7.5%, IN 7%, MI 6%) Item #6602 • Choice of four styles! Emblems $16.95 Leprechaun ND-Logo ND-Color Logo ND-Shamrock ND Logo Item #6600 Leprechaun Logo Item #6601 TWEET OF THE MONTH @Solarbot3: "I'm going to miss you bro @ Everett_Golson5 ! We all know you're gone ball! #trio4ever" — Notre Dame wide receiver Amir Carlisle on the transfer of fifth‑year senior quarterback Everett Golson