Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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Under the Dome They Said It ���I may get thrown out at halftime and end up in an Irish bar in Cincinnati.��� Notre Dame men���s basketball coach Mike Brey on having to play the Cincinnati Bearcats on the night of the BCS National Championship ���They play exceptionally well together as a team. They���re very well coached. Offensively, I think they do a tremendous job getting the ball to their playmakers. The quarterback does a really good photo by joe raymond job of implementing the whole process. ���This is going to be a great game with two really good teams.��� ��� Alabama head coach Nick Saban on Notre Dame���s strengths ���You���re going to have to beat them. They���re not going to beat themselves. As coaches, we look for those opportunities where there is a weakness somewhere. This Alabama football team, the way it���s coached and constructed, they���re not going to beat themselves so that���s the ultimate challenge.��� ��� Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly on Alabama���s strengths ���We play Notre Dame defense. Obviously we���re independent, so when people say that I just say we play Notre Dame defense.��� ��� Notre Dame fifth-year senior defensive end Kapron Lewis-Moore when asked if the Irish defense was of an SEC mold ���I don���t think I���ve had a better reward in my life at this point. Being able to say that I played at Notre Dame, my senior was 12-0 and now I have a chance to compete for the national championship it���s the biggest reward that I���ve had. It���s pretty awesome.��� ��� Notre Dame senior safety Zeke Motta ���Man, I���m just ready to get back in the flow of playing. I saw the Alabama-Georgia game and I was excited, but now I���m a month away before I can play them. It���s just a lot of film watching and a little bit of practicing. I���m ready to play.��� ��� Notre Dame junior nose guard Louis Nix III ���I did the best I could do and I���m happy with that. I wish I could���ve came first obviously, but it gives me motivation and it gives me fire to come back and just get better. Obviously what I did wasn���t good enough and I felt that I could do better, so that���s exactly what���s going to happen.��� ��� Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te���o on finishing second in the Heisman Trophy voting Tweet Of The Week @IRJerrell99: ���If you hate Notre Dame it must [stink] to be a fan of college football this year #DealWithIt.��� ��� Former Notre Dame defensive lineman Brandon Newman during a stretch of Irish winners at the Home Depot Awards Show Dec. 6