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✦ NEWS & NOTES THEY SAID IT "It feels great. We're happy to be 8-0. It feels really good. We put a lot of work in to get to this point, but it doesn't stop here." — Notre Dame senior tight end Tyler Eifert week and showed who we were. People are probably still going to doubt us and stay stuff in the next weeks coming. We're just going to play. We're just going to do what we do. That will come if we play how we play and we keep improving, we're going to be great. " — Notre Dame junior cornerback Bennett Jackson "I feel like we just came another any different than any other one. I don't think that's the way to go about it. I may be different, and oth- ers may disagree, but I think you approach every game consistently. What it takes to beat Notre Dame is the same thing that it takes to beat other teams on your schedule. That's playing good football, being the best you can be, taking advan- tage of opportunities and not shooting yourself in the foot." — Pitt head coach Paul Chryst on playing the role of spoiler against Notre Dame "We never approach those games Senior tight end Tyler Eifert and his Irish teammates are enjoying their 8-0 start, but are far from satisfied. younger kids to realize it, but you know it's just another trip. It's just another away game we have to get ready for. I don't know if it's a Pitt-West Virginia type rivalry, but we get to go to South Bend and that's pretty cool." — Pitt senior guard Chris Jacobson "It's definitely an awesome place to play, great tradition. It's a great experience for the love to hate. … Notre Dame, like the New York Yankees, evokes strong emotions. Unlike the Yankees, however, the Irish are now in a beauty pageant. (And, unlike the Yankees, the Irish can hit. But that's another story.) On its best days, the BCS selects the teams that play for the national championship by the use of — let's use a 21st-century word — crowdsourcing." — Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com "The Fighting Irish are back, and they will bring to the BCS everything that BCS haters Pittsburgh, Boston College and Wake Forest cannot beat Notre Dame without Notre Dame's consent — and coach Brian Kelly knows that." — Pat Forde, Yahoo.com "Now the Fighting Irish enter a stretch in which the only team it needs to fear is itself. ✦ PAGE 16 Notre Dame Football Tickets 24 years in business BUY ✦ SELL ✦ TRADE BEST SELECTION & PRICES www.NotreDameTickets.com Call 1-800-925-2500 for friendly, personal service and a Special Discount today! PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA Tickets also available for other nationwide events including MLB, NFL, Auto racing, NBA, all sports, concerts