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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
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