UNDER THE DOME
I love that type of stuff. [But] one guy at Oklahoma called me fat. And he was fat himself. I didn't like that. In my mind, big guys should stick together." Junior nose guard Louis Nix on trash talking on the road
"Everybody's against you on the road. THEY SAID IT
for it. I think it's measured by everybody else in terms of wins and losses. Our players want to win as well, but I don't think it's something that we really spend much time thinking about rela- tive to we're back or not back. I think we take care of how we play on Saturdays, and then we let other people decide whether that's the case or not." — Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly on his program being "back"
battle you for four quarters, five quarters, six quarters. Whatever it takes. You have to have the head of a champion. They look at film and say that doesn't look like Oklahoma or Michigan or Stanford. Yet when they play Notre Dame they play just like those teams. You have to be smart enough to know that when you play Pittsburgh in front of 81,000 they will play their best. This is uncharted territory for these guys, but they're starting to get used to it." — Kelly on the Dan Patrick Show
"We've got the heart of a champion, and we'll
I haven't unleashed my punishing swag for 2012 I just showed glimpses." — Notre Dame sophomore defensive end Stephon Tuitt
@DOCnation_7: "Just thought about how TWEET OF THE WEEK PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA "I don't know that we have a measuring stick
