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NEWSLINK UND.com: “Football Irish Extra: Irish Show Mettle and Fight On”
NEWSLINK South Bend Tribune: “Notre Dame rises to the occasion in rocky win over USC”
NEWSLINK South Bend Tribune: “Notre Dame’s mental toughness shines through in win over USC”
NEWSLINK Elkhart Truth: “Notre Dame defense grades after USC game leave a lot to be desired Irish offense continue to run at a high level, though the defense was suspect against the Trojans”
NEWSLINK CBS Sports: “Notre Dame guard Alex Bars suffers broken ankle, out for season”
NEWSLINK WNDU: “Notre Dame moves up 3 spots; now ranked 11th in the country”
NEWSLINK NBC SportsNet: “Evaluating Notre Dame’s strength of schedule at the bye week”
NEWSLINK UND.com: TRANSCRIPT: Brian Kelly Sunday Press Conference After Notre Dame Victory Over Georgia Tech

Q. Couple questions about Drue Tranquill. Surgery next week to ten days?
COACH KELLY: I asked that question this morning, and probably closer to two weeks. I think Rob Hunt, our trainer, would like to rehab him a little bit first before we have surgery.
Q. I don’t think Max Redfield played yesterday; was that because of his injury or because of the option?
COACH KELLY: Both. You know, we had made a decision that Elijah would be playing, chiefly be middle of the field for us. And then obviously when we went to two-safety look, it was Drue and Matthias’s position. So Max was backing up Elijah Shumate.
So Elijah played very well, and he was in a backup position because of the opt
NEWSLINK Chicago Tribune: C.J. Prosise rushes for three TDs as Notre Dame overwhelms Georgia Tech

What’s the best way to usher in a new starting quarterback against a top 15 opponent?
A smothering defensive performance helps. A career-high outing from the starting running back wouldn’t hurt, either.
No. 8 Notre Dame got both in a 30-22 victory Saturday against No. 14 Georgia Tech in front of 80,795 fans at Notre Dame Stadium.