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✦ NEWS & NOTES THEY SAID IT "No one should have to get you fired up this week for a big‑time rivalry game. We're going to be fired up and ready to go. We don't like Notre Dame. So it shouldn't take much to get us going." — Stanford fifth-year senior linebacker Chase Thomas big physical football team. This one might not be for the faint of heart. I think there's going to be a lot of running, a lot hitting. Two teams that believe in tough, physical defense and two teams that believe in the running game." — Stanford head coach David Shaw on ESPN ra- dio's Scott Van Pelt Show "They have a size advantage. They are a big, you have teams like Notre Dame or USC or Texas — the high‑profile schools out there — that have great years, it obviously makes it a lot of fun. To have our chance, selfishly, to have GameDay back in South Bend, it's great. It's been way, way, way too long since we've been there. I think it's nice to see they have a high‑profile game at home that allows us to come in there and just add to the atmo‑ sphere there hopefully in South Bend on Saturday." — Kirk Herbstreit, ESPN "For us, and people who love the sport, when Head coach David Shaw is preparing his Cardinal team for a physical showdown with the Fighting Irish. PHOTO COURTESY STANFORD "Here is the question that might define No. 7 Notre Dame and its BCS aspirations as a menacing three‑week stretch begins Saturday against No. 17 Stanford: Is the offensive detonation by Lake Michigan the real life, or is it fantasy? On one hand, the Irish exploded while not a finished product, given the ever‑incubating Golson and a running game grind‑ ing out inconsistencies. On the other hand, that eye‑popping production versus Navy and Miami arrived against the defensive equivalents of warm brie." — Brian Hamilton, Chicago Tribune from Purdue have given license to dream. Stanford next week: The Cardinal is Michigan State with higher SAT scores; then BYU: Those Mormons aren't big on offense. That would send Notre Dame into Oklahoma with a 7‑0 record. Possible. Probable? From there, the sky's the limit." — Al Lesar, South Bend Tribune "OK Irish fans, it's time to peek ahead. Four convincing victories and a narrow escape drive of the first half. With one minute, two seconds left and Notre Dame at its own 30 with a 10‑point lead, Kelly let Golson make plays instead of take a knee. He completed all four passes for 88 yards [sic] on his most impressive drive of the season. No wonder Kelly bristled a bit when pressed about Golson during an off week that presented an ideal time to make a change. Rees might give the offense a sturdier floor, but Golson demonstrated why he makes Notre Dame's ceiling impossible to measure." — David Haugh, Chicago Tribune "Nothing showed how much faith Kelly has developed in Golson more than the last ✦ PAGE 14