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✦ NEWS & NOTES stacle thrown in our face to overcome, we did. People challenge our physical nature, and we're one of the most physical defenses in the coun- try. We're legit. We believe we are great." — Notre Dame sophomore defensive end Stephon Tuitt THEY SAID IT "Anything bad, we kept going. Another ob- day. It won a measure of respect by beating a team that bullied the Irish in each of the past three seasons. Notre Dame's schedule is tough enough that if the Irish go undefeated, they'll probably play for the national title unless the SEC champ and Oregon or Kansas State are also undefeated. Still, even if the Irish drop upcom- ing games at Oklahoma and USC, they can prob- ably cruise to a BCS bowl berth by beating BYU, Pittsburgh, Boston College and Wake Forest." — Andy Staples, Sports Illustrated "Notre Dame won more than a game Satur- BEST SELECTION & PRICES www.NotreDameTickets.com you have the scene in Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday evening: Fourth-and-goal. Ball inside the 1-yard line. Game on the line. What the heck, throw in some pouring rain for cinematic effect. This is football at the atomic level. Your line versus our line. Your will versus our will. One play to decide it. One yard to go. May the strongest, toughest team win. Notre Dame won. Again." — Pat Forde, Yahoo Sports "Reduce football to its rawest elements and "I just was stacked on top of a lot of guys. You know, a lot of wiggling and shaking and people moving. I was like, 'Oh, God I hope he didn't get in.' I hope so, I couldn't tell. You jump on top of that pile and keep pushing man." — Notre Dame junior Louis Nix III de- scribing the last play of the Stanford game chance to compete and win this game [against Oregon State]. We didn't play well enough to do it. But certainly, no one will feel sorry for us. We'll have to get right back up, work extremely hard, rally, and focus hard on making improvements and go into a difficult set- ting against another good team." — BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall "It's going to be hard. It will be a great test for all of us. We believed we had a great we respect them. We're going to prepare harder and do everything we can to give our- selves a chance to win." — BYU fifth-year senior quarterback Riley Nelson "It's going to be another tooth-and-nail dogfight on the road. They're a great team and for it." — BYU secondary coach Nick Howell after giving up 42 points to Oregon State this past Saturday "I hope teams throw the ball, to give us a chance to redeem ourselves. We're prepared ✦ PAGE 15 After falling 42-24 to then-No. 10 Oregon State last week, head coach Bronco Mendenhall's BYU team has the tough task of traveling to South Bend to play No. 5 Notre Dame. PHOTO COURTESY BYU Call 1-800-925-2500 for friendly, personal service and a Special Discount today! Tickets also available for other nationwide events including MLB, NFL, Auto racing, NBA, all sports, concerts Notre Dame Football Tickets 24 years in business BUY ✦ SELL ✦ TRADE