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UNDER THE DOME Getting To Know … FRESHMAN KICKER JUSTIN YOON Nickname: "All sorts of names. Most people just call me Yoon." Dorm: "Sorin Hall." Major: "Business. Not sure what I'll be doing in it yet." Favorite place around South Bend to eat: "There's a Korean place nearby. It's called Seoul Garden. I definitely love it there." Favorite movie: "I'd have to pick 'The Longest Yard.' I've watched a lot of Adam Sandler movies. He's funny, and obviously there's football in it." Favorite pregame music: "Definitely 'Centuries' by Fall Out Boy. 'Remem- ber The Name' is another good one." Favorite part of playing for Notre Dame: "Living here is so awesome. I'm here as a football player and as a student, which helps being able to com- municate with everyone else and be social. The sense of community here with my peers is just the best." Irish defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder ad- mitted during the week leading up to the Fiesta Bowl what Irish fans have known for months. His defense underperformed in 2015. VanGorder, in his first public comments since August, said the defense was "in- consistent" during much of the regular season. "Because that's really what the season shows," VanGorder re- plied when asked for the reasons the unit struggled. "For the most part they've been really good, but there are four or five or six plays a game that are hard to explain. "We don't like that, and these are young players. They're all de- veloping. They're all involved in a process of developing. The pro- cess is different for all of them. We've just had some inconsisten- cies. That's player and that's coach responsibility. We've got to coach it better. Players have got to play it better consis- tently." The second-year Irish defensive coordinator said "we haven't been a real good defense in the red zone" and the five or six defensive lapses per game are hard to digest with the ar- eas, such as three-and-out rate, where the unit succeeded. VanGorder noted scheme complexity is not to blame for the defense's shortcomings. "I would say that you've got to be pretty smart to play in our de- fense," he said. "We're multiple in what we do, but if I looked at those plays that bring about that term inconsistency to describe, they wouldn't involve anything that was complicated or should have been really an issue. So again, that's player and coach responsibility to solve it. Get it better, and certainly stay fo- Brian VanGorder Addresses Defensive Shortcomings VANGORDER