He’s in Hollywood, that’s where all the big entertainment is, so obviously that’s going to be part of his college experience and everything he goes through. Obviously being in South Bend, it’s not a hot...

So that was somewhat of a transition coming in, but it’s something that has allowed us to grow as a team and an offense.

We didn’t necessarily have the best day today. Looking back, it was an ugly game two years ago.

That was how it was designed. It wasn’t a last resort. It was designed to be a run.

Looking back to the season prior when we beat Michigan State, I don’t think you saw any of our players sticking flags into other fields. I think that’s not how we handle ourselves. It was...

He just wished me luck against everyone else but Michigan, obviously,

We’re starting to form together. But at the same time, we looked kind of rusty, plus it’s kind of hard to tell without pads on, to be honest.

It feels good, that’s the way it should be. But numbers are just numbers and I’m just happy we won. A lot of hard work went into this, a lot of game-planning and a lot...

I definitely feel comfortable with talking about that with Coach and giving him what I’m seeing out there, … Coach and I have built that kind of relationship where we’re able to talk about that....

[Notre Dame defeated back-to-back ranked teams (No. 23 Pittsburgh, No. 3 Michigan) on the road for the first time since 2002, when Tyrone Willingham’s squad defeated No. 18 Air Force and No. 11 Florida State.]...

It was a situation where we needed to come out with a score. I hadn’t been all that productive the entire game. There was a point in time where I needed to step up and...

When they cut it to five, I think it was expressed across the sideline that we need to stop messing around . . . and put some points on the board.

We don’t focus on (individual accolades). Everyone on our team looks at the success of our team as the most important factor.

[The Heisman hype] is obviously flattering, but at the same point in time, it’s something that’s handled after the season, so it doesn’t really matter. If everything goes well for us, good things will come.

It’s obviously a lot more comfortable when you’re calling the plays down on the field. I can come up to ‘ [ Charlie ‘ Weis ] ‘ on the sidelines and talk to him face to face. You...

I think the biggest thing is you’ve got to make sure everyone is relaxed and focused, because communicating back and forth between the o-line, the wide receivers, everyone on the field is going to be...

It’s hard to give an answer to the question.

To see him come in and talk to me, and then all of a sudden he becomes your new head coach, it was such a weird transition. I guess that’s life. Things like that happen.