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Blue&Gold_Ad 9/12/12 4:22 PM Page 1 THEY SAID IT "Between now and January you're going to hear a lot about Notre Dame, which makes this season like every other season. You always hear a lot about Notre Dame, because we always write a lot about Notre Dame. Why do we do that? I honestly can't say. I honestly don't know. Old habits, or something. But rest assured that this season is different. This season, when you hear a lot about Notre Dame, go ahead and listen." — Gregg Doyel, CBSSports.com plenty of acclaim for their defensive clinic in a 20-3 win at No. 10 Michigan State. Notre Dame has had its share of offensive stars [Brady Quinn, Jimmy Clausen, Golden Tate, Michael Floyd] in recent years, but it hasn't fielded a truly elite defense since before some of its current players were born. Its first win in seven years over a top-10 team offered a strong case that may finally be changing." — Stewart Mandel, Sports Illustrated "At least for this week, the Irish deserve Michigan head coach Brady Hoke has been impressed by Notre Dame's defensive play this season. and Michigan State. Brian Kelly is doing big things in South Bend, but I can't be sold until next week when the Fighting Irish meet Michigan." — Marc Raimondi, New York Post Award-Winning Full Service Restaurant Private Rooms Available PHOTO BY PER KJELDSEN Hand-Cut All Natural Meats "Notre Dame's defense was flat out dominant against star running back Le'Veon Bell And if this works out the way I think it will, Notre Dame and the ACC will eventually tie the knot. … Notre Dame is the British Empire during its waning days. The sun has all but set on ND's status as the nation's preeminent program. I also question how much longer ND can fly solo as an independent." — ESPN.com's Gene Wojciechowski on Notre Dame's partial move to the ACC "In short, they got lavaliered, which is frat-speak for, they're engaged to be engaged. work in progress but at least is not as self-destructive as last year's unit. This has a chance to be ND's best team since the early 1990s — better than Charlie Weis' first two years with Brady Quinn, or Ty Willingham's lightning-in-a-bottle debut season, or Bob Davie's 9-3 team in 2000. But the schedule will not make it easy." — Pat Forde, Yahoo! Sports "The Fighting Irish are better defensively than they've been in ages. The offense is a Reservations Encouraged LUNCH: off the calendar, and it's on to the next, which is Michigan. We're focused on them. We're focused on making a game plan for them, and we can't wait until Saturday." — Senior running back Cierre Wood on beating Michigan State ally, really well. They've created turnovers and opportunities for their offense. That's a big, big part of the game of football, when you look at field position, opportunities and possessions for your offense that your defense can create." — Michigan head coach Brady Hoke on Notre Dame's defense "I think they've done a tremendous job at the point of attack. They flow to the ball re- TO L L F R E E "As a program, I guess it was a big win. As a team, it was just another win to us. Mark it Mon-Thur 4pm-9:30pm Fri & Sat 4pm-10:30pm Sat 11am-4pm DINNER: Award-Winning Homemade Desserts The Freshest Seafood • Check Us Out At: tripadvisor • Text Yesterdays at: 72727 For Special Offers • Find Us on Facebook at: Facebook.com/YesterdaysGranger • Find us in the Best Book® 12594 SR 23 • Granger www.yesterdays-granger.com ©2012 Studio A Advertising ✦ PAGE 14