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this place means to me. I never thought that I'd find a place besides Laie that could be my home, and this has been my home and more. "Just the love and everything that this community has done for me, for my team and for my family. I'm defi- nitely very blessed to be here." back Everett Golson … On the keys to the game: "I Notre Dame sophomore quarter- thought everything came together to- day. There were still some things that we've got to work on collectively, and I've got to work on with myself. "A couple of throws out there, like the one that [senior tight end Tyler] Eifert did get, it could have been a pick, and it actually should have been a pick. But you've got one of the best tight ends in the country out there with Eifert going up there and getting it. I was pretty grateful with that." Notre Dame junior wide receiver TJ Jones … On getting ready for USC: "You just treat it like it is every other game. You can't think of it more; you can't think of it less. You just go into USC like we have every other week. We prepare the same way, and we prac- tice the same way; we don't do any- thing different. We can't think about it too much. "When you start to worry about Junior TJ Jones continued to be a model of con- sistency this year with six catches for 97 yards against Wake Forest, highlighted by a 34-yard scoring grab in the second quarter that helped push Notre Dame's lead to 28-0. PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA haven't all year. We could maybe practice a little harder and be more focused, pay more attention to de- tail in the film room, small things like that. As far as the bigger picture, there's not much to change." that and you start to do things that you weren't doing all year long, that's when you get out of your game and you're playing a way you think it was. I think at the end of the season we are peaking, and that was the plan all along. With every game we are just getting better." On saving the best for last: "I