first game — coaches pushing us
hard, going out there every day in
practice.
"I wasn't surprised at all; I knew
he was going to get the job done. We
have a great receiving corps, so all
he had to do was put the ball in our
hands and we'll take care of the rest."
On the Irish receiving corps:
"They can't stop all of us. That's im-
possible — we have too many good
receivers on our team. It's fun play-
ing with those guys."
Notre Dame junior quarterback
Malik Zaire …
On running back Tarean Folston's
injury: "Coach Kelly does a great job
of preaching the next-man-in mental-
ity — although you can never replace
a great back like Tarean [Folston].
"We experienced a lot of the injury
bug last year, and I think we learned
A knee injury sidelined Notre Dame starting junior running back Tarean Folston in the first quarter and
left his 2015 status in doubt.
PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA
