Blue and Gold Illustrated

UNDER THE DOME NOTRE DAME FOOTbAll CAlENDARs *Please add sales tax if shipping to: IN (7%), MI (6%), and NC (7.5%) Call for best shipping rates on multiple items! Wall Calendars ship Within Cont. U.s. Only BLUE AND GOLD ILLUSTRATED P.O. BOx 2331 • Durham, NC 27702 800-421-7751 www.BlueGoldOnline.com ORDER EARlY — lIMITED sUPPlY 2016 Vintage Calendars Calendars Due In stock Mid-October ITEm #6451 Vintage 11"x14" Wall Calendar $ 21 95 + $7 S&H ITEm #6452 Vintage 7"x7" Desktop Calendar w/Built-In Easel $ 12 95 + $4 S&H About the Vintage Calendar Collector's series: Each year's calendar brings 12 differ- ent cover reproductions. This unique series of frame-ready prints feature archival-quality reproductions of home and away game souvenir pro- grams that were sold at the stadiums during the early 1900s to the 1960s. Collect the 2016 edition before they sell out! ✦ GIMME FIVE Junior quarterback Malik Zaire's 86.4 percent completion rate (19 of 22) in the 38‑3 victory over Texas in the season opener was the second highest ever in a game by an Irish player who attempted a minimum of 10 passes. The record is 90.9 percent (10 of 11) that sophomore Steve Beuerlein had during a 55‑14 rout of Colorado in 1984. However, among the top five single‑game completion percent‑ ages in Notre Dame history, Zaire's is the only one where at least 20 passes were attempted. The previous single‑game completion percentage record for the Irish by a quarterback who attempted at least 20 passes was Jimmy Clausen's 84.6 (22 of 26) during a 49‑21 victory versus Hawaii in the 2008 Hawaii Bowl. Here are the top five overall: Rk. QB (Year/Opponent) Comp. Pct. 1. S. Beuerlein (1984/Colorado) 90.9 (10‑11) 2. Malik Zaire (2015/Texas) 86.4 (19‑22) 3t. Jarious Jackson (1998/Navy) 85.7 (12‑14) 3t. Rick Mirer (1991/Purdue) 85.7 (12‑14) 3t. R. Slager (1976/Northwestern) 85.7 (12‑14) "Father Jenkins, a passionate defender of his alma mater, has considered the arguments. He agrees that the NCAA is struggling to find its role on a changed playing field. And, in what may come as a surprise, he suggests that student‑athletes should be able to mon‑ etize their fame, with limits. "But he adamantly opposes a model in which college sheds what is left of its amateur ways for a semiprofessional structure — one in which universities pay their athletes. 'Our relationship to these young people is to educate them, to help them grow,' he says. 'Not to be their agent for financial gain.' "And if that somehow comes to pass, he says, Notre Dame will leave the profitable industrial complex that is elite college football, boosters be damned, and explore the creation of a conference with like‑minded universities. "That's right: Notre Dame would take its 23.9‑karat‑gold‑flecked football helmets and play elsewhere." — A New York Times article featuring university president Fr. John Jenkins and how Notre Dame would handle the scenario of college football adopting a semi-pro model

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