Newsstand: Three can’t miss Notre Dame football quotes after Irish beat UNLV

by:Tyler Horka•10/24/22•

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notre dame marcus freeman — Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman (Photo by Chad weaver/BGI)

Notre Dame’s performance on the field this past Saturday was worthy of a 44-21 win over UNLV. This performances in the press conference setting were even better.

Here are three can’t-miss quotes after the Irish victory.

Head coach Marcus Freeman on winning in South Bend:

“This place is special. Notre Dame Stadium and the history and tradition of this place is something we all respect. We haven’t had the greatest of showings in our home games. You can name a list of reasons why. I don’t know. But we needed to make sure our players understood the importance of performing well at home. This is an advantage for us. It has to be an advantage for us. That’s why I made that comment about it was great to get a good win in Notre Dame Stadium.”

Junior tight end Michael Mayer on his one-handed catch:

“I don’t think I saw the ball to be honest. I kind of stuck out my hand and hoped for the best.That’s a route me and Drew [Pyne] practiced a lot, we’ve repped a lot in practice. Those type of throws, it’s just one of those things where it’s kind of just like, all right, it’s me against the linebacker. Drew knows there’s a pretty good chance, if he kind of throws that thing up, I’m going to catch it. He believed in me and he threw it up there, and I found a way to catch it. It was a cool play.”

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Sophomore running back Logan Diggs on a pregame talk with Kyren Williams:

“He just was telling me about the league and what’s different and things like that. But mostly, you know, he just told me good luck. He said, ‘You play football, you’re a football player. Go out there and do what you do. Do your job.’ That gave me all the confidence I need just to go out there and just do what I’ve been doing my whole life.”

Notre Dame tweets of the weekend

Mayer is a work of art.

Hang it in the Louvre#NationalTightEndsDay pic.twitter.com/4jZo6ldmgA
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) October 23, 2022

Former Irish linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah is a force at the next level.

HUGE fumble recovery for the @Browns in a very close game 👀

📺: #CLEvsBAL on CBS
📱: Stream on NFL+ https://t.co/wLoMhIyuzL pic.twitter.com/AzMe2SynI8
— NFL (@NFL) October 23, 2022

Senior defensive end Isaiah Foskey made history.

Only one Notre Dame player in the 116-year history of Fighting Irish football has blocked two punts in the same game.

His name is Isaiah Foskey. pic.twitter.com/zjCC27imok
— Tyler Horka (@tbhorka) October 23, 2022

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Quote of the weekend

“A win at Notre Dame Stadium is special. We know it was a tough week for all of us. Anybody that’s a part of this Notre Dame family or Notre Dame nation and this football team, it was a tough week. I’m proud of the way our guys responded.”

— Freeman on beating UNLV