WHAT THEY'RE SAYING

Notes, Quotes

The Sports Xchange

November 21, 2018 at 10:07 am.

PLAYERS TO WATCH

–QB Ian Book has emerged as a star. His 72.6 percent completion percentage ranks second in the nation through the first 11 weeks. He has passed for 17 touchdowns and five interceptions this season.

–WR Miles Boykin has an opportunity to add to his career-best statistical season. Boykin enters the Trojans game with 51 catches for 730 yards and eight touchdowns. He has led the team in receptions five times this season.

–PK Justin Yoon needs one more field goal to become the program’s all-time leader. Yoon has 57 career field goals, which is tied with Kyle Brindza for No. 1 in the record books.

SERIES HISTORY: Notre Dame leads the series 47-37-5 and won 49-14 last season.

QUOTE TO NOTE: “Sometimes for other players it’s hard to imagine being Drue Tranquill. A 4.0 engineering student, a great player, a great citizen, great in the community, spiritually. He was almost too hard to imagine and almost too hard to mirror.” — Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly, on the senior linebacker.

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