Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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UNDER THE DOME opportunity to play this game, and be in this school. A lot of people wish they were here. And I'm thankful for having a great mom, and for my dad for having such a handsome son." Junior nose guard Louis Nix "I'm thankful for being here and having this THEY SAID IT counting his Thanksgiving blessings to work the same way; they practice the same way. The other teams are going to play their very best, but we get that every week anyway. We get the absolute best from our opponents each and every week. So for us, it's busi- ness as usual." — Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly "I don't think kids change when they're No. 1. They go was that the Fighting Irish could improve from last year's 8-5 record and it wouldn't show because the schedule was so difficult. But lo and behold, here they are 11-0 and 60 minutes from playing for the national title for the first time since 1988. The Dash wrote three years ago that the only thing wrong with Notre Dame was a series of bad coaching hires, not anything inherently flawed in the institution. Kelly is proving that now." — Pat Forde, Yahoo! Sports "Before the season, the common school of thought bama or a Georgia because they're big and physical and it starts up front in the front seven. If you're gonna beat an Alabama you have to be able to stop the run. I don't know if Notre Dame has the offense, although they're getting better. Everett Golson is getting better. Watching more tape on them recently, Notre Dame is "They're built to stop an SEC offense like an Ala- PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA @CondoleezzaRice: "And yes, Go Irish and Roll Tide! Its a great day for college football!" — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice congratulating Notre Dame on being ranked No. 1 in the country TWEET OF THE WEEK