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BYU GAME NOTES Brian Kelly saw enough to pick his starting quarterback during Fr iday af ternoon's walk-through practice. First-stringer Everett Golson, who missed the first few days of prac- tice last week with a concussion, didn't have the clear mastery of the game plan Kelly wanted to see. Reliable reliever Tommy Rees got the starting nod instead. Rees played like he NO GO FOR GOLSON Irish head coach has in his previous five appearances this season — well enough to close RED ZONE EFFICIENCY (INSIDE 20-YARD LINE) Notre Dame 5 BYU 3 Notre Dame Poss. TD FG Score 2 1 2 0 No 2 1 Time of Possession BY DAN MURPHY When sophomore Everett Golson was deemed not ready to play, junior Tommy Rees made his 18th career start at quarterback. He was 6 of out a victory without staggering highlights or statistics. The junior completed 7 of 16 pass attempts for 117 yards and matched his one interception with one touchdown. Golson watched in full pads from the Average Field Position ND-30 BYU 3rd-Down Conversions 4th-Down Conversions Time of Possession Average Field Position BYU-22 BYU-44 BYU-23 BYU-18 3rd-Down Conversions 4th-Down Conversions 1-2 0-0 2-5 0-0 2-3 0-0 1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr. 6:44 1-3 0-0 ND-21 7:21 7:39 2-5 0-0 ND-23 8:12 6:48 1-3 0-0 ND-40 7:02 7:58 2-3 0-0 7 for 86 yards in the first quarter, but 1 of 9 for 31 yards thereafter. PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA sideline, but Kelly said there was no foreseeable circumstance where he would have inserted his sophomore in the game. "He wanted to play. He made his case," Kelly said. "I just felt like where we were during the week and my evalu- NOTRE DAME VS. BYU QUARTER-BY-QUARTER COMPARISON 1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr. 8:16 1-3 0-0 ND-25 1st Half 2nd Half Final 14:05 2-5 0-0 BYU-33 BYU-21 BYU-28 4-8 0-0 29:19 6-13 0-0 ND-30 ND-27 15:14 14:46 3-6 0-0 30:41 6-14 0-0 1st Half 2nd Half Final 15:55 3-8 0-0