Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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UNDER THE DO "Notre Dame did so much for me in the time that I was here that I'll always be grateful and always be indebted to Notre Dame for what that degree entails, the relationships that I had here, the great people, the community. Every- thing that went on in the four years, I'll always be thankful for and grateful for and will always be a positive in my book." Former Notre Dame quarterback Dayne Crist THEY SAID IT PHOTO BY JOE RAYMOND the coach, either your naiveté is showing, you've never raised teenagers, or both. … Rees' path is obscured by many more layers. At the bottom of it all is Kelly's charge that his four-quarterback dead heat would likely find separation this offseason based on the actions of those players between the end of spring and the start of fall training camp." — South Bend Tribune writer Eric Hansen on the arrest of Irish quarterback Tommy Rees "If you think there's a one-size-fits-all solution for "The specifics of the new postseason model could mean more to Notre Dame than to anyone else, because the model is one of a few factors that will determine the future of Notre Dame athletics. The Fighting Irish want to continue playing football as an independent, but will that be possible? Also, with the sand still shifting under the Big East thanks to another BCS decision made last week, is that the best home for Notre Dame's other sports?" — Andy Staples, Sports Illustrated Golson] here over the past few months, so he's a bit further down this list because his shining performance this spring amid an unproven group of ND QBs shouldn't be all that surprising. Brian Kelly has struggled containing "We've talked a lot about [Irish sophomore Everett his enthusiasm about the 5-11 dual-threat redshirt fresh- man. Golson threw two TD passes, made some nice runs and, probably best of all, was the only Irish QB who didn't turn the ball over in their spring game. Of course, like all of his competitors in that battle to win the job, Golson's still developing." — CBSSports.com's Bruce Feldman, who pegged Golson as the ninth-most pleasant surprise in the country during spring football season of problems, I understand that, but people are talking about universities licensing out their name and basically you're creating a de facto subsidiary. The university gets a licensing fee, it basically is a minor league system. … There are other ways to do it." — Buzz Bissinger, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of Friday Night Lights, arguing to ban colleges' affiliation with football at a debate sponsored by Intelligence Squared have the free without the dumb. … You can't remove football from our institutions of higher learning. Football has to be tolerated no different than Ronald McDonald. Ronald McDonald has done far more damage to America than any football coach." — FOXSports.com's Jason Whit- lock at the same debate "We're American. If you believe in freedom, you can't JUNE/JULY 2012 21 "This is a little bit radical solution. It's got all sorts DOME