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Nov. 14, 2016

Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football

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www.BLUEANDGOLD.com NOV. 14, 2016 13 THEY SAID IT "I'd rather we earned it. We're coming off the worst season we've had in six years; it seems odd that we're preseason No. 1." Head women's basketball coach Muffet McGraw on Notre Dame's No. 1 preseason ranking (ESPN) "There will be pressure at the top of the draft to add a quarterback, and the only passer cur- rently projected to be considered for the pick is DeShone Kizer of Notre Dame. Kizer isn't a perfect prospect by any means, but his upside is the best of the crop given his arm strength and athleticism. If Kizer could work under [Cleveland Browns head coach] Hue Jackson, it would be a dream for both while giving the Browns the franchise quarterback they are currently lacking." — Bleacher Report's Matt Miller on projecting Kizer as the top pick in the 2017 NFL Draft "I thought about saying UCLA — and the Bruins have been a dud — but looking at the teams the Irish have lost to this season [Texas, Michigan State, Duke, NC State and Stanford], not a single one of them is ranked now. Heck, none of those teams even received a single vote in the latest AP or coaches polls. … This is a team with two tal- ented, experienced quarterbacks and some gifted offensive linemen and it still doesn't rank in the top 50 in the country in offense. Defensively, it's been even worse … and this is a group that some on the coaching staff thought had as much talent as any group they'd had. Now Notre Dame is star- ing at a 4-8 season, which is brutal for a team that was in the preseason top 10 in both polls." — FOX Sports' Bruce Feldman on why he thinks Notre Dame has been the biggest dud this season OF THE WEEK "DL Jarron Jones is named FWAA @Na- gurskiTrophy Defensive Player of the Week. Jones had 6 TFL on Saturday, the most by a FBS player this year." Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) Nov. 1 UNDER THE DOME ndcatalog.com PHOTO BY JOE RAYMOND

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