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FROM THE LOCKER ROOM the week if his team wasn't excited to play 4-4 Pittsburgh: "No, we pre- pared well, we had good practices. There was nothing that would be an excuse today if we didn't come out on the right side of it. We should not be sitting here going, 'Well, we didn't have a good week of prac- tice.' "We did not play as well as we Kelly … On whether he sensed earlier in Notre Dame head coach Brian needed to. We had key turnovers. Didn't fit plays the way we needed to fit. We didn't tackle as well. It was not our best effort." On how the Irish handled adver- when it counted. He got a chance to go back in there and got the game ball tonight. "It's all a process of learning and developing and getting thicker skin, paying more attention to detail and practice. There are just so many lev- els to it. But I think what I'm looking for is a guy that continues to mature and grow up, and this was another opportunity for him. "He could have kept his head down and said I can't help us. He wanted to go back in there and help his football team. That's a learning step for him." sity throughout the game: "We were upbeat. We were positive. Everett [Golson] throws a pick in the end zone. He goes out [and said], 'I read it wrong.' We said, 'Here's what you did. Here's what you need to do be- cause we're going to call the play again.' "We move to the next play. We Golson … On getting the game ball: "I Notre Dame sophomore Everett wasn't thinking about the individual award at all. I just wanted to maybe come back and prove myself to my teammates. I just really wanted to get the victory." On what he plans to do with it: move to the next play defensively, and to the next play in special teams. Because we had set that tone on the sideline, there was a sense, as we keep playing, that we have a shot to win this thing." On how sophomore quarter- back Everett Golson handles being taken out of games: "I thought he did okay. I think he's a very prideful guy. He's coming off playing well against Oklahoma. He knows he didn't play quite as well, but he did "I guess give it to the whole offense because we did such a great job han- dling adversity. We gave up a lot of points that we should have capital- ized on. It was everybody sticking together and executing, really. I give it to the whole offense." Golson that set up the tying touch- down late in the game: "I saw him release it. I was looking back the DaVaris Daniels … On the 45-yard completion from Notre Dame sophomore wideout