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Running into the record books Notre Dame rides rushing attack, strong second half to victory over Boston College

EDDIE GRIESEDIECK | The Observer

Irish junior quarterback Brandon Wimbush outpaces Boston College defenders as he runs into the endzone for a touchdown, one of the four rushing touchdowns he scored during Notre Dame’s 49-20 victory over the Eagles on Saturday at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Wimbush rushed for 207 yards, the most ever for an Irish quarterback.

Irish prevent ‘snowball’ against Eagles Daniel O’Boyle Sports Writer

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — Notre Dame played terribly for huge stretches of Saturday’s game.

Junior quarterback Brandon Wimbush, for all intents and purposes, cannot consistently pass the football. Most concerning, he can’t seem to hit his best wide receiver, junior Equanimeous St. Brown, even when he should.

The Irish defense gave up easy completions over the middle of the field to Eagles redshirt freshman quarterback Anthony Brown — almost any completion Brown makes can be considered easy, on the grounds that he is not a good quarterback, but the drag routes the Irish gave up over the middle of the field were easy even for Brown. They let Eagles junior running back Jon see O’BOYLE PAGE 3

By DANIEL O’BOYLE Sports Writer

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass.

— In the two hours and 15 minutes following Notre Dame and Boston College’s 3:40 p.m. kickoff, there were 89 tweets including the name, “Ian Book.” Almost all were asking to see the sophomore quarterback appear for the Irish over junior Brandon Wimbush.

By the end of the game, Notre Dame fans saw Book.

Or they would have, had ESPN not switched over to Davis Wade Stadium, where Mississippi State was playing LSU. The network switched over for the same reason Book played: The Irish (21) had turned a tight contest with the Eagles (1-2, 0-1 ACC) into a comfortable victory, coming out 49-20 victors in the end.

How did the Irish get there from holding a 14-13 lead midway through the third quarter, with the Eagles narrowly outside field-goal range?

After the Irish went

three-and-out on three called passes for their opening possession, the Eagles took over from their own 48-yard line and drove deep into Irish territory before junior kicker Colton Lichtenberg hit a 38-yard field goal.

On the next possession, junior running back Josh Adams broke free down the middle of the field, and though he was caught inside the 5-yard line, Wimbush kept the ball on an option play and ran into the endzone untouched. Irish head coach Brian Kelly said he knew the Eagles linebackers liked to get into the backfield, so the right play had a chance to turn into a major gain. “They’re a very aggressive group — they’re downhill linebackers, and we wanted to create a little bit of misdirection and pull,” Kelly said of the Eagles’ defense. “That’s a play that we use against certain defenses that have that very aggressive to the line of scrimmage [approach].”

On the opening play of the second quarter, Eagles

junior running back Jon Hilliman broke four tackles on a 29-yard run down the right sideline, then Eagles redshirt-freshman quarterback Anthony Brown found graduate student wide receiver Charlie Callinan streaking down the middle of the field for a 22-yard score.

The Irish drove the ball into Eagles territory, but Wimbush’s fourth-down scramble from the 35-yard line was stopped a yard short, giving the Eagles the ball back with a chance to extend their lead.

Callinan and Hilliman again moved the ball into the Irish half, but the Eagles’ drive stalled at the Irish 44-yard line. When the Eagles got the ball back again, they again moved the ball to the halfway line, but the Irish forced another punt. With the Eagles reaching midfield 11 times in total but failing to score points on the majority of those occasions, Kelly said he was impressed with his see TURNAROUND PAGE 2

Offense dependent on big plays versus Boston College

By MAREK MAZUREK Assistant Managing Editor

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — When Notre Dame put up 49 points against Temple in Week 1, it made a statement.

This was a new Irish offense that was going to score and score quickly. That’s what they brought offensive coordinator Chip Long up from Memphis to do, after all.

A hiccup versus Georgia could be excused. The Bulldogs (3-0) had tons of NFL-caliber talent, and it was junior quarterback Brandon Wimbush’s first true test.

But after three games, that statement needs to be tweaked.

After three games, it is certainly is true that the Irish can score quickly. Of the six Irish touchdown drives, the longest took just 2:36 off the game clock.

Their shortest took only 28 seconds. see OFFENSE PAGE 3

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team’s third-down defense.

“Third down is an interesting down,” Kelly said. “One of the areas that we’ve been really good is that we’ve been able to get some pressure on the quarterback on third down, and they’ve been forced to get the ball up quick. I think our pass rush is better, and we’ve tackled better on third down.”

With the Irish starting on their own 8-yard line a few drives later, Adams took the ball to the 19-yard line before bursting through a gaping hole for another 64 yards.

Wimbush was stopped at the 1-yard line later in the drive, but barely punched the ball in on the following third-and-one.

After another Eagles punt, the Irish had a chance to extend the score in the final minutes of the half, but Wimbush’s throw was too high for junior wide receiver Equanimeous St. Brown, who tipped the ball into the hands of Boston College junior safety Lukas Denis.

Kelly said he was disappointed at halftime, but asked his

highly-rated offensive line to make the difference in the second half.

“We didn’t make a lot of plays in the first half, and we came in at halftime and went up to the offensive line and said, ‘Look, we need you to take over this football game, you’re our veteran group,’” Kelly said.

After a first-down pass to junior tight end Alize Mack early in the third quarter, Wimbush fumbled a handoff to Adams, giving the Eagles possession in the Irish half.

Boston College couldn’t turn the possession into a touchdown, but this time could turn it into points, making the game 14-13 with a Lichtenberg field goal.

The Eagles entered Irish territory yet again on their next offensive possessions, but this time were stopped on fourth-and-one as Hilliman’s rush was stuffed at the line by senior linebacker Nyles Morgan and junior linebacker Te’von Coney. Kelly said the stop, with the ball at the Irish 30 and the game at 1413, was the game’s turning point.

“Our defense really ignited us with a fourth-down stop, got some energy and I think

when you make plays, obviously that creates an energy, and we were able to score.”

Kelly said. “I thought that was a pretty big turning point in the second half.” This time, it was Wimbush who gave the Irish the big play they needed, breaking out for a 46-yard run inside the Eagles’ 10yard line before sophomore running back Tony Jones Jr punched in a one-yard score.

The Irish had a chance to extend their lead after junior cornerback Shaun Crawford picked off a deep pass by Brown. Crawford said a combination of his recognition of plays and his teammates’ assistance were to thank for the turnover.

“It was actually some teammates. They were yelling, ‘Ball!’” Crawford said. “And I knew whenever they run that route, they always want to take that shot. … Georgia threw that same route at me, Temple threw that same route at me as well. I just knew that was a shot they were looking for, and I just got help from my teammates yelling, ‘Ball!’”

Another long run from Adams and a 33-yard pass from Wimbush to graduate student tight end Durham

Smythe put the Irish deep in the Eagles’ half again, where another Wimbush keeper gave him his third score of the day and the Irish a 15-point lead.

Less than two minutes into the fourth quarter, that became a 22-point lead, as Wimbush took off on another option play, cutting across the field to make it into the end zone untouched again for a 65-yard score.

“It feels awesome,” Wimbush said of breaking off big runs. “The offensive line did a hell of a job again and opened up lanes for myself, Josh Adams, [junior running back] Dexter [Williams] and Tony, and even [sophomore running back] Deon [McIntosh], who got in there at the end and got a couple yards there. But when you’re running in the open field, it feels great to open up a little bit.”

The Irish gave up a second touchdown on another Brown pass to Callinan, who was ruled to have completed the process of the catch after a review. And when the Irish returned the ball to the Eagles down 15, it appeared Boston College had a foothold back in the game. However,

sophomore defensive end Julian Okwara forced a fumble, which was recovered by Crawford, to give the Irish the chance to put the game away.

Wimbush almost delivered on the first play, but he was ruled out of bounds before diving to the pylon. However, it only took one more play for the Irish to get the touchdown, as Williams found the end zone.

With the Irish ahead by 22 points in the fourth quarter, Book and the remaining backups were able to take over. Williams added another score to give the Irish a 49-20 victory behind a 35-10 second half. The Irish rushed for 515 yards, the most since they ran for 597 against Nav y in 1969.

Wimbush said the victory, on the road against a team known for its defensive prowess, was a major achievement for Notre Dame.

“They have a great defense and to beat a Power-5 team like that on the road was a real good accomplishment for this team, the 2017 team,” he said.

Contact Daniel O’Boyle at doboyle1@nd.edu

EDDIE GRIESEDIECK | The Observer

Irish junior running back Josh Adams, left, skirts around a Boston College defender, aided by a block from Irish senior offensive lineman Quenton Nelson, during Notre Dame’s 49-20 win over the Eagles on Saturday at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Adams rushed for 229 yards in the game, bringing his career total to over 2,000 yards.

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Notre Dame stuffs Eagles running back jon hilliman on 4th-and-one

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When Eagles junior wide receiver Michael Walker was tackled at the 30-yard line, one yard short of the first-down marker, the Eagles — trailing 14-13 at the time — went for it. Although the Irish defense was still setting up before the snap, senior linebacker Nyles Morgan and junior linebacker Te’von Coney stopped Hilliman at the line. The Eagles never got close to taking the lead again, as Notre Dame’s lead ballooned to 15 in just over five minutes.

Despite struggling to complete passes throughout the game, junior quarterback Brandon Wimbush’s legs shined during Saturday’s win over Boston College. Wimbush scored four rushing touchdowns and rushed for 207 yards, setting the rushing record for a Notre Dame quarterback, which was previously held by Bill Etter, who set it against Navy in 1969. Wimbush’s 65-yard touchdown run was tied for the longest run of the day.

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Wellness Expo promotes healthy living McDonald Center hosts event to provide connections to Notre Dame’s various wellness resources

By MARIAH RUSH News Writer

The McDonald Center for Student Well-Being at Notre Dame hosted its annual Wellness Expo on Friday afternoon, offering a glimpse of the many services the organization — housed in Saint Liam’s Hall — has to offer. In addition to booths of groups already in the Center for Student Well Being, also referred to as McWell, groups such as the Multicultural Student Programs and Services and LimeBike that support aspects of student well-being on campus also showcased what they have to offer. The expo had activities, including decorating pumpkins and playing with puppies, as well as information about resources students may not be aware of. “[McWell] is a center in which students can enhance their well-being, so not just focus on just doing okay, but

actually thriving and really f lourishing during their time here,” Kelly Hogan, director of the McDonald Center for Student Well-Being, said.

Hogan said the purpose the expo itself is to allow students a more accessible way to learn about the resources available at their fingertips.

“We have [the expo] every year,” Hogan said. “The purpose of it is to connect students to resources across all of campus for those partners that want to participate, so it’s the departments that actually assist in supporting their well-being.”

The annual Wellness Expo may allow students to explore an aspect of campus that is both free of charge and offers healthy ways to deal with stress, Hogan said.

Sophomore undergraduate assistant at McWell MacKenzie Isaac said McWell promotes self care.

ANNIE SMIERCIAK | The Observer

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Students spend time decorating pumpkins Friday at the McDonald Center for Student Well-Being’s annual Wellness Expo. The event provided students with activities and information about resources McWell offers.

Saint Mary’s selects lecturer Associate professor of philosophy at Notre Dame, David O’Connor, will deliver the College’s annual McMahon Aquinas lecture, which aims to discuss an avenue of thought related to Thomas Aquinas.

O’Connor’s talk, titled “Love More Than You Know: The Tao of Thomas Aquinas,” will take place in Rice Commons on Thursday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m., according to a Saint Mary’s press release.

O’Connor specializes in ancient philosophy, ethics, political thought and philosophy and literature, the release states.

Associate professor of philosophy at the College, Michael Waddell — who is hosting the lecture — said in the release O’Connor possesses abundant

talent and prowess at fostering important dialogue.

“His gifts in the classroom have made him beloved among generations of Notre Dame undergraduates,” Waddell said in the release.

“His charm, generosit y and insight as a conversation partner have made him a cherished mentor to graduate students, and his paradigm shifting scholarship has made him w idely respected among professional colleagues.”

Waddell sa id in t he release he looks for wa rd to t he impact O’Connor w ill have on t he Sa int Ma r y’s communit y.

“We feel ver y for tunate to be able to have him deliver t his yea r’s McMa hon Aquinas Lecture,” Waddell sa id.

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Career Center facilitates connections, conversation

By LUCY LYNCH News Writer

This semester, t he Not re Da me Ca reer Center pa r tnered w it h t he A lumni Associat ion to launch IrishCompass, a prog ra m t hat enables students a nd a lumni to ma ke connect ions, excha nge ca reer adv ice a nd lea rn more about dif ferent job indust ries.

This plat form is simila r to Lin kedIn, but its users a re solely Not re Da me students a nd a lumni who opt to register for IrishCompass.

“It’s been a drea m to have a system like t his,” Lori A nn Edinborough, director of employer relat ions at t he Ca reer Center, sa id. “W hile we have myNot reDa me, where students ca n sea rch for a lumni a nd we a lso

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have Lin kedIn, t he dif ference w it h IrishCompass is t hat now students ca n sea rch for a lumni who have ra ised t heir ha nd a nd sa id, ‘I wa nt to help.’”

The prog ra m is connected t hrough a student’s NetID a nd password, simi la r to ot her Not re Da me applicat ions. W hen students register, t hey a nswer a series of quest ions, which involve topics such as t heir majors, ex t racurricu la r act iv it ies a nd ca reer interests.

A f ter complet ing t hese quest ions, reg ist rat ion is complete. Students w i l l be redirected to t he ma in IrishCompass dashboa rd, a nd t he dashboa rd is div ided into t hree categories for underg raduates: ND Net work, Indust r y Groups a nd Mentorships. There

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is a lso a Job Boa rd tab for g raduate students a nd a lumni.

The ND Net work feature a l lows students to have t he oppor tunit y to connect a nd spea k to a lumni — perhaps to pla n a n informat iona l inter v iew. In t he Indust r y Groups page, students a re able to pose quest ions to a l l a lumni w it hin a g iven indust r y. A lumni ca n t hen a nswer t he quest ion, or of fer ot her informat ion such as indust r y-specif ic resume adv ice, or prov ide news a r t icles related to t hat specif ic indust r y.

The Mentorship feature a llows students to choose a mentor for a t hree-mont h st r uctured prog ra m.

“The mentorship sect ion see CAREER PAGE 4

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Campus Ministry encourages spirituality

By CIARA HOPKINSON News Writer

Campus Ministry seeks to nurture the faith development of both Catholic and non-Catholic students in their time at Notre Dame.

“It is our hope that a student does not go through Notre Dame without encountering the work campus ministry,” Campus Ministry communications director, Danielle Collins, said.

Campus Ministry has a hand in nearly every Catholic aspect of Notre Dame: pilgrimages and retreats, masses at both the Basilica and residence hall chapels, sacramental preparation, evangelization,multicultural ministry and outreach, various faithsharing groups and the Anchor leadership program, Collins said.

For Kayla August, the assistant director of evangelization and head of Compass Freshman Fellowship, Campus Ministry provides an opportunity to take part in people’s faith formation at a turning point in their lives.

“College is when people for the first time are taking on their faith journey for themselves,” August said. “No parents are making them go to church, no one’s checking up on them and they’re deciding who God is and how he plays a part

in their lives for them and not for someone else. I love that time in life, and I wanted to be there and a part of students as they grow and cultivate that.”

As director of evangelization, August said she works with interfaith and interdenominational organizations in addition to general outreach among Catholic students and accompanying them on their faith journeys. Compass Freshmen Fellowship is one of Campus Ministry’s main initiatives to guide students in their faith formation through small group discussion and reflection, she said.

“They get to talk about God and where he’s moving in their lives in this new environment and new campus, not only where he is now but where they’re going, how he’s playing a role in where they’re developing,” August said.

Compass is one of Campus Ministry’s most popular programs, drawing over 200 students each year, Emily Greentree, a senior interning with Compass, said.

Compass’s value comes from the support system it builds for freshmen entering a new, hectic environment, Greentree said.

“It was nice to have a space every week in which I could reflect on where God was in all of it,” Greentree said. “It helped me focus,

thinking, ‘what am I really enjoying about Notre Dame, what do I want to be, and what am I just doing because I feel like I have to do it,’ and having God play a part in how I decided to do things freshmen year.”

Christian SantaMaria, assistant director of pilgrimages and retreats, said Campus Ministry’s role in students’ discernment of the role of faith in their lives was a major draw for his choosing to work in college ministry.

“How does that spiritual life form over four years through retreats: what are the questions when you first arrive here, what are the questions in the middle, what are the questions as you’re starting to leave, and how do we address them in places that invite people to authenticity, to being vulnerable, to being courageous, to take some risk, to actually dream big enough not just for our own dreams but big enough so that maybe God’s dreams can be recognized as well?” SantaMaria said.

In addition to the existing freshmen, multicultural, silent and senior retreats, Campus Ministry is adding a retreat for sophomores through seniors in the spring and a “busy student” retreat during Lent.

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who cannot take a full weekend away from campus to get the reflection and self-discovery of a retreat through both private and communal prayer and spiritual direction. “ … It’s a chance for us to intentionally take a time out to consider what needs to be replenished and to enter back a little more rested and nourished than we were before,” SantaMaria said.

SantaMaria said Campus Ministry runs three pilgrimages each semester, all of which are geared toward undergraduates and take 30 to 50 students.

Pilgrimages, SantaMaria said, provide participants with a unique opportunity to encounter God in real life and learn to accept his role however he presents himself.

“That’s what we’re inviting people on pilgrimage to do,” SantaMaria said.

This year, the spring retreats focus on the spirituality of justice and how justice is not just an action but a form of prayer. Students will travel to El Salvador in the footsteps of Fr. Oscar Romero, who was martyred during the civil war there, to Taize, France, where they will learn about the power of prayer and to New Orleans to explore the intersection of race, culture, and Catholicism.

These pilgrimages seek to bring students closer to their own spiritual realities, SantaMaria said.

“In what ways are we challenged to stand up for the poor, in what ways are we reluctant to do so, in what ways does the spirituality of justice invite us to the gritty reality of the world, and how do we avoid that?” SantaMaria said.

“All of these answers are often difficult or challenging, yet we open ourselves to receive them and what comes up in us when we ask these questions.

SantaMaria said Campus Ministry serves as a place where students can come to understand their faith and questions about that faith in an environment of love and acceptance.

“My invitation is to the students who have questions,” SantaMaria said. “This isn’t a place where everyone’s faith is figured out. We’re all trying to recognize how love invites us deeper, and we’re all trying to figure out how we say yes. That’s the journey we’re on here: recognizing love’s invitation to be authentic and trying to find ways in our own lives that authentically say yes to that.”

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is where students can utilize different filters to do a quer y for someone that they’re looking for to mentor them,” Edinborough said. “Once they find someone, they click on the ‘Let’s Connect’ button [and] personalize an email to that alum, who can accept it. Students can have up to t wo mentorships at one time and these mentorships, through the system, last 90 days.”

IrishCompass’ user count currently includes 3,573 alumni, 1,248 students and is grow ing daily. The program can help students discern their future careers and the program also allows alumni

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“Saint Liam’s is typically known for two things: the University health services on the first f loor and the counseling center on the third f loor, but what a lot of people don’t realize is that McWell is kind of the medium that helps you prevent having to go to either of those places,” Isaac said. “It kind of breaks down the stigma that a lot of Notre Dame students have of just relaxing for a bit, practicing self care and talking through certain campus issues with people who are there and willing to listen.”

The McDonald Center for Student Well-Being also offers the help of care consultants on the third f loor of Saint Liam’s. Annie Eaton, a care consultant available for help on campus, said she can direct students to helpful resources and necessary assistance.

“We are another layer of support if students have issues that come up, and they are not sure how to navigate them,” she said. “They can come talk with us, and we can help point them in the right direction with who we feel can assist them besides us.”

McWell offers students a variety of ways to destress and unwind in the midst of classes, sporting events, club meetings and other obligations, Isaac said. Students can book one of their rooms that are prepared specifically for relaxation that can be tailored to their needs, she said.

“The great thing about McWell is that it’s an entire experience,” Isaac said.

“It’s personalized and catered to your needs, depending on what you need at a given time. There are spaces

to share their expertise and experiences, Edinborough said.

“For students, anybody that’s discerning a career, the best way to learn about a job is to talk to somebody that’s in that role,” Edinborough said. “To be able to meet one-on-one, to go to a location and see what that kind of job is like, it just helps somebody really recognize whether that’s a fit for them.

“It’s also an opportunit y for alumni to give back. They are looking for a way to connect and give back to the Universit y — and so many want to and want to be able to help students.”

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individualized to you, and collaboration spaces depending on what you need. So I think that students should go to McWell if the hustle and bustle of a high paced school like Notre Dame gets overwhelming sometimes.”

“The space is actually driven by the students, for the students,” Hogan said. “When we developed it, and we actually focus grouped them, they told us what they wanted the space to be for their well-being.”

Although bringing dogs to campus is certainly a draw for many, there are other reasons students should visit McWell and get involved in their services, sophomore in Thrive Leadership Program at McWell Hannah Dutler said.

“I think this center is really important because a lot of the time we forget about the mental health of the students, and we expect so much of them, especially the freshmen having such a huge transition, to have some people there who are willing to talk to them, to support them really helps with their mental health,” she said.

Especially at the start of the year, students believe that having the Wellness Expo can help ease the tension of moving into a new environment, sophomore Morgan Peck said.

“Being a college student is hard enough, and I think at Notre Dame the expectations are even higher, so learning how to take care of yourself and excel in that area as well as academically is really important, especially since they have such diverse programs to help support one’s wellbeing,” Peck said. iverse programs to help support one’s well-being.”

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Why we stand for our flag

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Poverty and extreme poverty Andrea Savage Graphic Designer

When I was twelve years old, my idea of poverty was the young man standing on the street corner, bundled in a dirty, oversized jacket, begging for money to survive another Minnesota winter. His name was Brandon. After trying to think of ways that I could help him improve his situation, or even just improve his day, I began making breakfast for him every Sunday. This sparked my interest in helping in my community because I was able to see, first hand, how much he appreciated my gesture. I quickly learned that taking a few minutes out of my week to help others could make a huge impact, and I wanted to do more. The same year, I traveled to South Africa with 14 members from my parish and saw a completely different kind of poverty, something overwhelming. As we drove past miles of shacks composed of cardboard and aluminum, I recalled making cardboard “forts” with my friends. We tore them down at the end of the day and climbed into our inviting beds at night. For the South African people we visited, the cardboard served as their shelter and beds.

The extreme poverty in the ghettos we visited seemed completely contrary to the friendliness and positivity of the people living there. For these families, it was obvious that happiness meant much more than having a bed, a real house or even something as overlooked as a pair of shoes. This experience opened my eyes to how fortunate I am to enjoy these simple comforts.

Although many of the people I met in South Africa lived in extreme poverty, they were extremely rich in community. Families were always willing to share the little they had with others, like food and medicine, even if it meant they would no longer have enough to supply their family. Friends and families were always together and made a huge effort to support one another. They may not have always had materialistic things, but they always seemed to have each other’s backs.

Touching the lives of these few South African people in need is, by far, my proudest accomplishment and greatest memory.

Now, whenever I think of community, I think of my entire journey to South Africa, beginning on the day I learned that I could finally go on the trip, and ending when I stepped back onto Minnesotan soil. I will never forget how strong community can truly be. My trip to South Africa taught me what it means to be part of a community and how for some people, being a part of that community is all they have. I look back at my trip and think of how fortunate I have been with the opportunities and things that I have had throughout my life, but I will always be envious of the strong, optimistic South African community that warmly welcomed my parish to join them.

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Nicholas Marr Civics Corner

We have just entered that glorious time of year when you can spend all hours of your weekend watching football. Gone is the need to invent excuses to procrastinate, that’s a non-football season problem. W hat’s more, the stor ylines continue from Sunday to Sunday. The NFL dominates sports news and even regular news. This we knew. W hat we didn’t know was that some players would take for granted the attention of millions of Americans in a way deeply antithetical to our national spirit. They would not stand in recognition of the f lag during the national anthem.

It is indeed within these players’ First Amendment right to not stand for the American f lag. I understand, for example, Colin Kaepernick’s decision to not stand for the f lag. He knew that his platform was powerful and wide reaching, and that his actions would dominate the news cycle. But that assumes that the media would take the opportunity to thoughtfully discuss a significant issue, instead of fight for control of a narrative. Today’s media is not the best example of civic responsibility. For this reason, Kaepernick should have taken time outside of football to articulate an argument for, say, how the historical legacy of slaver y still inf luences the economic and social mobility of African Americans. Such a statement would have also made its way onto the ticker tape at ESPN, not to mention CNN, Fox and others. But to argue that Kaepernick’s actions are acceptable in the context of the national anthem because he is simply exercising his right to free expression misses the point of why we encourage people to stand. To analogize, we encourage respectful language despite the fact that technically, you could speak in a disrespectful and offensive manner to anyone and at any time.

In the same way, we encourage actions befitting the national anthem’s occasion. We do not stand in recognition of the f lag because we think America has fulfilled her lofty ideals. We do not stand in

recognition of the f lag because we are blind to the problems which plague our time. And we certainly do not stand in recognition of the f lag for personal gain and attention. We stand because we feel a duty to remember those who have sacrificed for our nation. It is a testament to the brave men and women in uniform that we still enjoy freedoms such as speech and that we take for granted the ability to watch hours of football on Sundays. We stand because we recognize the great hope and optimism we can have as Americans. America is far from infallible, but the world is a better place because she exists. We stand because this hope draws its power from unif ying occasions like the national anthem.

There are few moments at which we can all come together, and these moments should not just be in times of crisis or tragedy. These moments are, and should be, during the sporting events we attend.

We also remove our hats in the same way you would remove your hat in places of worship or at a funeral. As with faith and funerals, the occasion of the national anthem requires a high order of respect.

To capture the spirit of this column’s argument in a quote from Joshua, “I w ill not fail thee, nor forsake thee.” Standing for the national anthem shows that we share values which transcend ourselves; that for all the disagreement and conf lict, we can unite in remembrance and optimism for the future. If we do not stand to recognize the sacrifices of our honored dead and draw from this exercise unit y and hope, we w ill have lost the spirit of our countr y. Indeed, we cannot overcome the challenges we now face w ithout this understanding. We must stand for something so that we do not end up falling for nothing.

Nick Marr is a sophomore from San Diego, California.

He is majoring in history and political science with a certificate in international security. His favorite liberal is John F. Kennedy. He knows there could be opinions other than his own, and he encourages them to be directed to nmarr@nd.edu.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Why dorm life is extraordinary Notre Dame has one of the most unique sells out of any University in this country — things it points to and says this is what makes us, us. Unlike any other.

Extraordinary. Different. It has a multitude of these, and they are of varying importance to every student.

The Catholic identity. The football program. The business school. The student body. I could go on. But the one most attractive, most attention-grabbing, most unique, is the dorm life. It is incomparable to that of any other major school. It’s a transformative experience that is unparalleled elsewhere across this nation. This, we do not argue.

When I mentioned sells before, I meant that purely from a recruitment perspective. What makes Notre Dame unique, and why is that attractive to incoming students? I, like many others here, am a legacy student with parents that love this school on the same level I do.

I am also lucky enough that they participate and have participated strongly in alumni club activities – particularly, Notre Dame Club of Chicago events. Being asked as a current student to attend events such as early admittance meetings, where the club tries to convince students who got in early to attend and summer send offs, where I talk to parents and students about what to expect at Notre Dame. I have an extensive background in trying to sell Notre Dame. Not just to prospective students, but incoming students on what to expect.

And the one thing that everyone, from current students to young alumni to older alumni, always harps on in

talking to these kids is the dorm life. We mention it endlessly – students love to live on campus, we have such great communities, kids love it so much they stay until their junior or senior year. This grabs attention. It isn’t normal. It’s unique. It is our University’s great sell.

But I, along with many in the administration, have noticed this sell beginning to erode, beginning to lose its luster. Our greatest triumph, becoming a problem.

But in this administrations solution to this growing problem, there is a decided misunderstanding of the issue that is taking place – and not even of the issue, it is a misunderstanding of what makes Notre Dame so great in the first place.

What makes Notre Dame unique isn’t that students live on campus until their senior year – it’s that students want to live on campus until their senior year.

The former explanation puts the cart before the horse – it accepts a benefit without doing the due diligence that catalyzes that benefit. Students aren’t moving off campus because shiny new apartments opened down the street – shiny new apartments opened down the street because students wanted to move off campus.

(My freshmen year — oh sorry, first-year — microeconomics professor can explain that supply/demand issue in more detail — I believe it’s covered in the first class.) Students aren’t moving off campus because they stand on principle against inconsistent rule-breaking procedures — they move off campus because they get caught playing water pong in Morrissey while Zahm

can have eight parties going on in their dorm in the same night. No one in Alumni looks at Breen Phillips and says “Hm, I really wish they enforced parietals more strictly here, it’s quite unfair,” girls look at guy’s dorms and ask why their rector watches the door at 1:50 a.m. every weekend night waiting to catch boys walking in. No one cares on principle the rules aren’t equal, they care that they are facing the stricter side of those rules.

The problem isn’t that students are moving off campus. The problem is that students want to move off campus.

And until the administration recognizes that simple fact, whether the ignorance towards the real issue is willful or not, they will only antagonize a student body already reacting against it.

Now, when prospective students ask me what makes this University so great, I cannot point to the dorm life.

Yes, we may still keep our (watered down and du Lac conforming) traditions. Yes, we may still be slightly distinctive from each other. But when I go back to those events and try to sell this University to high schoolers, I have no evidence to back up my most important claim.

How can they trust I love my dorm, when I am forced to be here?

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Breathe Caroline Humphreys Kindred

I can’t catch my breath. I’m drowning in a flood of anxiety and my heart races likes it wants to escape. I sit, staring without seeing, until my mom answers an SOS text, and begins, “What is it now?” She knows I’m having a panic attack because my obsessive personality paired with crippling anxiety has plagued me since childhood. I’d think of anything improbable and suddenly be consumed by fear. I remember trying to stand on the playground with knees buckling under the pressure of everything impossible and horrible I thought could happen.

My mom would say that I’ve never worried about something rational. But even after years of practice, I can’t fight off every nightmare. I’ll still lose touch with reality, and spend days denying what my anxiety tries to convince me of. It’s like playing chess against

myself: I cannot win. But now I’ve learned to identify how I feel during an episode, and recognize my fear when it speaks. I try remembering that I’ve been in this place before, will no doubt be here again and focus on my breath until the sensation passes.

But how do I actually overcome these fears?

Because, as I’ve discovered, I fear the fear of what I think I fear the most. For example, I thought the world was going to end when I was eleven. I couldn’t stop obsessing and spent weeks and energy arguing with myself over whether or not absolute doom was fastapproaching. Eventually I lost track of which voice was rational and which was irrational, and suddenly realized that the fear I magnified in response to mild anxiety was more crippling than how I actually felt about the world ending. In a cliche way, what I feared was fear itself, or rather the anxiety that exploded in response to fixating on my fear. And this remains true today.

When fear arrives, I feel a familiar sensation in my

body, recognize fear behind whatever cloak she’s disguised in, and reveal her for what she is: the irrational thoughts I obsess over when I am bored and lonely. I know this is a mundane answer to the problems I’ve faced my entire life, but I’ve also found that life is rarely as dramatic and scary as our fears lead us to believe.

And perhaps fear and I will become better friends. I’m sure we’ll meet in the future, but when I understand fear on an intimate level—and boy are we intimate by now—I have to accept her as merely a reflection of myself.

So I will breathe through each panic attack, and remind myself to if I forget. Inhale. Exhale. I’ve been here before. Inhale. Exhale. I will make it through again.

Caroline Humphreys is a senior studying political science and peace studies. Find her at Whole Foods and here, chumphr1@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Spend more time working toward achieving peace of mind.

Consider what you want and what’s required to make that happen. Express your feelings and share your ideas with people you think have something to contribute. If you want your life to improve, you have to figure out what makes you happy. Become your best advocate. Your numbers are 8, 12, 21, 25, 36, 39, 47.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Share your plans with friends and family. Don’t let uncertainty cloud your vision or deter you from following your heart and your dreams. Trust in your ability to get things done. A promise can be made.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Take better care of your health. Show discipline when it comes to diet and exercise and you will feel good about the way you look and feel. Secret dealings may be tempting, but will not be worth your while.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Personal change, romance or physical improvements are favored. Less talk and more action will help you ward off an argument. Offer love and affection instead of complaints and criticism, and you will encourage others to do the same.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Get involved in an event that will give you a different perspective on the lifestyle options that are available to you.

Understanding the benefits and disadvantages to the way you live and how you take care of yourself will help bring about change.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Get in the game. Be a participant and show everyone what you are capable of doing. Positive changes at home will encourage better relationships with the people you love and spend the most time with. Personal gains look promising.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Fix up your surroundings or make a point to do something that will encourage a better working relationship with your colleagues and family members. Contribute your time or ideas to a cause you believe in. Make today about caring and sharing.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Explore your options and consider the changes that will improve your life. Spending time with someone you love will bring you closer together. Pitching in and helping a worthy cause will result in new friendships. Personal improvements will pay off.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Put more effort into building the type of environment that is conducive to developing your creative dreams. Using intelligence and originality will help you develop new ways to use your skills and experience.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A day trip will bring you closer to someone you love. Making adjustments to the way you live will help stabilize your personal life. A career opportunity or change will boost your earning potential.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Look for alternative ways to use your skills to your benefit. Offers to help others must fit within strict rules and guidelines.

Don’t form a partnership with someone who has little to offer in return.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Progress will be made if you discuss your thoughts and plans with someone you love. The changes that you make will bring greater stability to your life and ensure that you are heading in the right direction. Romance is highlighted.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Altering the way you live or taking better care of your health will improve your life. Physical fitness, starting a new diet and paying more attention to your appearance will help enhance your love life.

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Promoters ruin Golovkin-Alvarez Tobias Hoonhout Associate Sports Editor

Although we are a few weeks removed from the Floyd May weather–Conor McGregor fight, on Saturday the boxing world got another taste of glory in the middleweight title bout between Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez.

And while the fight certainly lived up to the hype, the result did not.

In a shocking turn of events, the match ended in a draw after judge Adalaide Byrd inexplicably awarded a 118-110 decision to Alvarez, despite Golovkin landing over an overwhelming number of more punches than his counterpart for 10 of the 12 rounds.

But Byrd only gave Golovkin the advantage in the fourth and seventh rounds, and was the only one of the judges to give Alvarez the decision.

It’s decisions like these that point to a growing trend in boxing — with no oversight, this noble and historic sport has been increasingly corrupted.

Now, I don’t know what Byrd’s rationale was in her decision, but one must question her rationale for not only being the sole dissenter, but also in the way she scored the fight, as if Alvarez had dominated. For a veteran judge with over 100 matches under her belt, the decision was inexcusable, and Bob Bennett, the director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, was right to call her out for it.

Earlier this month, my colleague Marek Mazurek argued that the hype about the May weather-McGregor fight was largely misplaced, mainly because of the character f laws of both men.

W hile I agree, I think the root of the problem stems from a lack of oversight in boxing.

With the amount of money being thrown around these days (it’s estimated May weather-McGregor could end up bringing in $700 million), it’s simply ridiculous that there is no over-arching regulatory authority in boxing. Without it, there’s still room for egregious characters and egregious decisions like the one on Saturday to exist, and in reality, it hurts the sport as a whole.

ESPN’s Teddy Allen hit the nail on the head during his epic rant Saturday night by calling out the promoters in boxing, who hold all the power. They decide when and where and for how much the fight is going to be, and entities like the judges are only part of the cog.

Both boxers have already said they would like a rematch, and that would mean a repeat of the hoopla leading up to the fight and a repeat of the promoters lining their pockets. Considering Vegas is both the capital of the sports betting world and the home to many of the sport’s biggest bouts, without an actual organization in place to keep boxing honest, the conspiracy theories are bound to surface.

For all the bashing that organizations like the NFL receive for the totalitarian authority that they possess, there is a set of clear guidelines and expectations designed to put a consistent product out on the field. The uniformity both preserves the integrity of the game and also holds players accountable. W hat’s the difference between Ray Rice and Floyd May weather? Not a lot in terms of their actions, but the consequences are vastly different. And that comes down to who’s in charge.

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Vincent Zona (12th, 25:38.6) and sophomore Tyler Keslin (17th, 25:56.9) also contributed to the men’s score (44 points), as the squad just missed out on the championship behind Dayton (41 points). Sparks commented on what he liked from the men’s team and where they can improve.

“Yared Nuguse in his first 8K of his college career came out with a lot of confidence, kept building throughout the race, and had a big strong finish at the end,” Sparks said. “We’re really excited about the direction he’s trending. Another freshman who stepped up and ran well was [Vincent] Zona. Still looking for some of the upperclassmen to assert themselves, we gotta get Brent Kennedy back out there … and once they’re

healthy the confidence can hopefully continue to grow.”

Absent from the long list of Notre Dame competitors was star junior Anna Rohrer, who is currently battling injuries. Sparks gave an update on Rohrer’s current health.

“She’s training, but she’s still a bit limited from aches and pains that she had from the end of track season, so we’re bringing her along slowly and I’m not sure when she’s going to make her debut, if she will, this cross countr y season.”

With Rohrer appearing to likely miss significant time, the rest of women’s team will be tasked with stepping up in her absence.

Sparks said that although the women’s team didn’t have its best performance yesterday, the Irish should still field a ver y competitive group as the season progresses.

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“We still have a lot of pieces of the puzzle to put together,” Sparks said. “Jess Harris was somebody who had a little heat issue yesterday … but expect that once the weather cools down she’ll be much more competitive — she’s somebody that can run in our top two. For Rachel DaDamio, she was injured all of indoor and outdoor track, so this was her first race in ten months. Once we get those two back in the mix and running competitively, I feel like we’ll be a much different looking team going for ward to the Notre Dame Invitational and beyond.”

Up next, Notre Dame will compete against its toughest field of the season when it returns to action at the Joe Piane Invitational at 2 p.m. on Sept. 29 at Burke Golf Course.

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MLB | CUBS 4, Cardinals 3

Cubs sweep past division-rival Cardinals Associated Press

CHICAGO — Wade Davis bent over on the mound with his head resting in his arms.

The All-Star closer thought Dexter Fowler’s drive was headed for the iconic scoreboard at Wrigley Field, but Leonys Martin caught the ball on the warning track in center field.

Such is life these days for the rolling Chicago Cubs.

Jason Hey ward hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the seventh, Fowler’s bid for another big homer came up just short and the Cubs swept the St. Louis Cardinals with a 4-3 victor y on Sunday.

“Just an intense, intense baseball game,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.

Ben Zobrist drove in two runs and Kyle Schwarber hit his 27th homer as the NL Central-leading Cubs closed out a 6-3 homestand with their sixth consecutive victor y. They stayed four games ahead of Milwaukee and increased their advantage over third-place St. Louis to six games.

Pedro Strop (5-4) worked a rocky seventh for the win and Davis got his 31st save in 31 chances. The right-hander also saved Saturday’s 4-1 win.

“It seems like we’re competing at a pretty good level,” Davis said.

Chicago led 3-0 before Fowler hit a tying three-run homer off Jose Quintana with two out in the sixth, silencing the crowd of 37,242 on a warm, sunny day. The inning began with a double for Matt Carpenter that eluded a lunging Schwarber in left.

Fowler got one last chance to hurt his former team in the ninth. With a runner on first and two out, he put a good swing on a fullcount pitch from Davis, but Martin tracked it down.

“I definitely sat back in my seat when I heard it get hit,” Schwarber said. “But then we took a look at the wind and saw it was blowing in and we were able to make the catch there.”

St. Louis went 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position and left 11 runners on base in its fourth loss in five games, damaging its chances of making the playoffs.

Lance Lynn lasted just four innings, allowing five hits and three runs.

“We got beat this series.

They beat us,” Lynn said.

“We didn’t give away games, we got beat. So we’ve got to win the next one and the next and the next one and the next one and hope that these guys don’t do that and the wild-card teams don’t do that.”

The Cubs’ winning rally began when Anthony Rizzo

was grazed on his sleeve by a pitch from Tyler Lyons (4-1). The play was originally ruled a ball, but then was overturned by a replay review.

Rizzo advanced to second on Javier Baez’s pinch-hit single and took third when Ian Happ beat out a potential double-play grounder.

Hey ward then hit a two-out liner into left field against Matt Bowman, making it 4-3.

“You take any win you can get, but today was great to find a way to get it done with a close game,” Hey ward said.

St. Louis put runners on second and third with two out in the sixth, but Carl Edwards Jr. struck out Randal Grichuk to end the inning. Brian Duensing fanned Carpenter with the bases loaded for the final out of the eighth, punctuating the big pitch with an emphatic fist pump.

Sitting out Chicago played without catcher Willson Contreras, who ser ved a one-game suspension for his confrontation with umpire Jordan Baker in the fifth inning of Friday’s 8-2 win in the series opener. Contreras was originally suspended for two games, but the punishment was reduced after he appealed.

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hand beautifully. He was positioned great in the pocket. “ … When he sees things and he’s confident and he knows them, he’s synced up and he syncs up our offense wonderfully. We’ve just got to get him to that, and when we do, I think we’ve got great balance.”

In other news, Kelly announced that graduate student wide receiver Freddy Canteen has been diagnosed with a torn labrum and is out for the season, which Kelly said will give sophomore wide receiver Chase Claypool and the rest of the receivers an opportunity to prove themselves.

“We just think that he needs to continue to grow at that position,” Kelly said on Claypool. “We just like that he blocked very well for us.

He was assignment correct.

We saw him really grow in the areas that we wanted him to grow in, and I think in terms of all the receivers, they just have to make more plays for us, contested catches, and they will. Hasn’t got off to the kind of start we want, but it’s a long season and I have a great deal of confidence in them.”

Defense While Notre Dame did give up 400 yards to the Eagles, the defense came up with a number of key stops and turnovers to keep Boston College from gaining the upper hand, including a big fourth down stop in the third quarter. For Kelly, while the Irish walked away with a win, the team still needs to develop the defensive fundamentals, especially against the run.

“You know, I think in terms of what they wanted to do

and running the football, you know, you see — look, this is still about going from not a particularly solid run defense to one where we want to be a really good run defense, and it still comes to fundamentals,” he said. “We were a little loose in some of those fundamentals at times, and so tackles show up on the sheet, but fundamentals show up on film, and we were a little bit loose in some of the fundamentals on Saturday.” “ … We would like to have played a little bit better in our fits and a little bit stronger fundamentally, and that will be the message moving forward. If we want to be a really good defense, we’ll have to be fundamentally better than we were on Saturday.”

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The Spartans The Irish hit the road again next week to face Michigan State (2-0), who beat Notre Dame last season to start the slide that led to former defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder’s firing. With the familiarity between the two programs, Kelly said he is expecting Mark Dantonio’s team to play as they have in the past.

“You know, a style of offense and defense that has been his hallmark, trademark, whatever you want to use, that is part of who he is as a coach,” Kelly said. “It’s hard-nosed, physical football. You know, run the football, certainly feature a very physical defense, manto-man on the back end of the defense.” “ … When you see Mark Dantonio’s football team, you’re not playing a finesse team. It’s physical, hardnosed and our guys know what to expect when they play Michigan State.”

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immediately, however, as the forward ripped a 35 yard shot past Notre Dame’s sophomore goalie Brooke Littman to cut the deficit in half. The rest of the half was scoreless, however, as the Irish and their staunch defense held the Tigers without a shot for the remainder of the half.

In the second 45, Clemson came out and pressured the Irish, eventually finding an equalizer after freshman forward Mariana Speckmaier converted off of a cross. But Notre Dame responded, as Westendorf and Jacobs combined again to restore Notre Dame’s lead.

Jacobs now has a team-high six goals on the season, while Westendorf leads the team with 17 points.

Senior midfielder Sandra Yu sealed the game for Notre Dame after taking a pass from Jacobs in the 68th minute and to make the score 4-2.

Notre Dame’s defense was once again dominant, holding the talented Tigers’ offense to only two shots the entire half Reflecting on the victory, Irish head coach Theresa Romagnolo was proud of the team’s chemistry and ability to

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create great opportunities and capitalize on them.

“I thought we played well overall,” she said. “We came out and played well on a big field.

We did a great job connecting passes, creating great opportunities, and we ultimately scored some great goals.”

While the Irish played well across the board, coach Romagnolo acknowledged the offense, sparked by the return of Jacobs this year after missing last season with the U.S. national team, has been playing tremendously.

“It’s really hard to identify one specific standout in particular, especially last game because the whole team played well,” she explained.

“The midfielders and centers opened things up so much for the forwards; it was really a team effort. If I had to specifically identify one player, Natalie Jacobs would be the standout in that game. She was involved in three goals with one goal and two assists. She had a huge impact on the game overall. Jacobs, Westendorf, Yu — the whole front group — has played very well together.”

The Irish take on No. 4 Duke at Alumni Stadium on Thursday at 7 p.m.

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Irish graduate student midfielder Sandra Yu defends the ball during Notre Dame’s 1-0 loss to South Carolina in double overtime on Sept. 1 at Alumni Stadium. Yu has four goals and three assists this season.

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Football

Kelly talks offensive improvements, injuries

By TOBIAS HOONHOUT Associate Sports Editor

On Sunday, Brian Kelly addressed Notre Dame’s 4920 win over Boston College, and also looked ahead to next week’s matchup against Michigan State.

Offense While the Irish (2-1) gained over 500 yards on the ground against the Eagles (1-2, 0-1 ACC), the offense struggled in the first half, and only gained 96 yards in the passing game. While junior quarterback Brandon Wimbush dominated the game on the ground, running for a program-record 207 yards and four touchdowns, Kelly acknowledged his team still had room to improve in the passing game.

“We have to get more efficient in throwing the football, catching the football,” he said. “I thought our protection, as you mentioned and alluded to, was excellent.

Our quarterback had time.

We just have to be more accurate, and we have to coach it better.”

“ … If you add all those elements, we’ve got to coach it better. We’ve got to catch better, and we’ve got to be more accurate. All those three things have to come together this week because we’re going to have to be more efficient in the passing game.

We don’t have to throw for 300 yards, but we’ve got to hit receivers. Receivers have got to make some tough catches, and we’ve got to put Brandon in a position where we’re featuring the things that he does well.”

And as for the junior quarterback, Kelly has seen f lashes from him, but with only three games under his belt, there’s still a learning curve.

“He’s seeing it, but it’s a little bit late, and consequently that’s a little bit of his passing game, too, which forces him to rush things and overthrow a little bit, more recognition,” Kelly said. “I’ll give you an example. He threw a beautiful corner route to [graduate student tight end] Durham Smythe because he loves that route, so it came out of his see KELLY PAGE 10

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Irish junior quarterback Brandon Wimbush cuts upfield during Notre Dame’s 49-20 win over Boston College on Saturday in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Wimbush scored four touchdowns in the game.

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Notre Dames earns ACC win over Clemson

Heffernan wins National Catholic

By BRENNA MOXLEY

By JOE EVERETT

Sports Writer

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Opening their ACC campaign on the road this past Saturday, the Irish put together a complete team performance and defeated No. 11 Clemson 4-2 at Riggs Field.

Notre Dame (5-2-2, 1-0 ACC) outshot Clemson (6-2-0, 0-1 ACC) 18-4, with the Irish tallying 18 shots on goal to the Tigers’ four.

The Irish started brightly, scoring their fastest goal of the season when the sophomore duo of Natalie Jacobs and Jennifer Westendorf connected to give the Irish the lead in the eighth minute.

In the 26th minute, the Irish retained possession after a corner from freshman Sammi Fisher, and a cross from senior Monica Flores found the head of Fisher to give Notre Dame an early 2-0 lead.

Clemson senior Shannon Horgan responded

The 38th National Catholic Invitational saw the Notre Dame women’s team clinch its 11th straight meet title, while the men’s squad posted a second-consecutive second place finish Friday at Burke Golf Course.

The defending championship from last year’s National Catholic Invitational, Annie Heffernan was again the individual winner of the women’s varsity race, as the junior crossed the finish line in a time of 17:29.4.

Right behind her was freshman Anna Sophia Keller, who earned a second place finish in just her second collegiate race with a time of 17:31.8.

Also scoring for the women’s team were junior Rachel DaDamio (sixth, 18:00.3), senior Kaitlin Frei (seventh, 18:04.9) and freshman Claudia Magnussen (18th, 18:25.5). Irish associate head coach Matt Sparks said he

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Irish freshman midfielder Sammi Fisher surveys the defense during Notre Dame’s 1-0 loss to South Carolina on Sept. 1.

was particularly pleased with his top two runners, but commented that the Irish can be better as a group.

“It was exciting to see Annie Heffernan win,” Sparks said.

“Her confidence is growing week by week. She had a sickness at the end of outdoor track that kept her out of the major competitions, so to have her back is exciting.

The thing we’re especially excited about is Anna Sophia Keller — in her first competitive race to finish right behind Annie was a good step for her. We just need to get our three, four and five in a much more competitive place with those front two.”

On the men’s side, freshman Yared Nuguse led the way for Notre Dame, placing second overall in the varsity race with a time of 25:00.8. Senior co-captain Kev in Pulliam (fifth, 23:23.3), graduate student Bradley Wattleworth (eighth, 25:28.1), freshman see XC PAGE 9

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And it’s still very much apparent that Notre Dame can run.

Junior running back Josh Adams set a new career-high with 229 yards, including three key rushes of over 35 yards.

“We had a lot we wanted to prove this week to ourselves,” Adams said. “We really wanted to get out there and force our dominance on offense. That was our mindset.”

Not to be outdone, Wimbush also wrote his name in the record book with 207 rushing yards — the most in a single game by a Notre Dame quarterback ever. And that’s not to mention four rushing touchdowns to boot, with a 65-yard scamper in the fourth quarter to put the game beyond reach.

But the 49-20 final score tells a different story than that of a game which was 14-10 at halftime, with the Irish having only 53 passing yards and four drives ending with punts.

Notre Dame looked brilliant on its big plays, there’s no denying that. And when a team has six plays of over 30 yards like the Irish did Saturday, it’s safe to assume that team will win.

But the problem for the Irish wasn’t the lack of big plays — it was how they looked on almost every play that didn’t go the distance.

If you take out Adams’ 65-yard

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run in the first quarter, the Irish totaled just 18 yards in the opening frame. Take out both of Adams’ big runs and Notre Dame ends the first half with 142 total yards, only 53 of which went through the air.

Wimbush finished the game with only 96 passing yards. And for him, that’s not quite good enough.

“One hundred yards throwing as a quarterback is not ideal,” Wimbush said. “As a quarterback, that’s the first thing you do.”

The first half play-calling featured a bevy of screen passes and some read-option tries that were bottled up for the most part. There were also more than a few drops and two turnovers — a tipped pass off the fingertips of junior Equanimeous St. Brown and a botched handoff which could have swayed the game, if not for a fourth-down stop by the defense.

“Obviously, there were some miscues in the passing game, and man, I really want to get those guys the ball because I have so many playmakers,” Wimbush said. “I feel bad, and I take full responsibility for not making the throws and getting those guys the ball. There’s things that we’ll go back and evaluate throughout the week and come next week, we’ll be much improved.” “He’s going to develop in the passing game.

That’s just a matter of time,” Irish head coach Brian Kelly said

of his starting quarterback after the game. “But we know that he’s a great competitor — even through some adversity, he’s going to keep fighting, and our guys love that. It really creates a positive feeling on the sideline when they know they’ve got a guy who’s never, ever going to back down.”

According to Kelly, the ability to move the ball consistently without relying on the big play will come from narrowing down the identity of the 2017 offense.

“I really didn’t know how this offense was going to be from the quarterback position in terms of where Brandon was going to take it until we actually got into a few games,” Kelly said. “Now, I think we know what part of the library we need to kind of move towards. … Now, I think we can start to really focus in on the things that he does really well, and that’s where this offense will continue to grow and develop.”

Whether that indicates a more option-based, run-heavy approach or a greater effort to get Wimbush more comfortable in the passing game, at least Kelly — and Irish fans — know what the team is capable of on the ground.

“You just gotta find something that’s working for you. That happened to be my feet during this game,” Wimbush said.

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notre dame 0, boston college 3 Colton Lichtenberg 38-yard field goal

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remaining Drive: 10 plays, 32 yards, 4:16 elapsed

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Brandon Wimbush 2-yard run (Justin Yoon kick)

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remaining Drive: Four plays, 75 yards, 1:24 elapsed

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NOTRE DAME 7, boston college 10

Charlie Callinan 22-yard pass from Anthony Brown (Lichtenberg kick)

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remaining Drive: Nine plays, 85 yards, 3:01 elapsed

Notre Dame 14, boston college 10 Wimbush 1-yard run (Yoon kick)

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Notre dame 14, boston college 13 Lichtenberg 41-yard field goal

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remaining Drive: Five plays, nine yards, 2:19 elapsed

Notre Dame 21, boston college 13 Tony Jones, Jr. 1-yard run (Yoon kick)

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remaining Drive: Nine plays, 70 yards, 2:36 elapsed

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Hilliman gut them for gain after gain. They let a notoriously poor offense gain 400 yards, the most Boston College has earned against a Power-5 school since it defeated USC more than three years ago.

A combination of offense, defense and special teams let the Eagles reach midfield or beyond 11 times. Nine of those were before the halfway mark of the third quarter.

But the Irish won.

And covered the spread.

By 15 points.

Against a Power-5 team.

The one that always plays them close.

In a true road game.

After a close loss.

Coming off a 4-8 season.

The best teams dominate their opponents from start to finish, and the Irish did not do that. But the best teams this year generally won at least 10 games last year.

And the Irish won four.

They did what good teams do: They took a game where they were struggling and turned it into a comprehensive victory.

Better teams have done the same this year, most notably No. 8 Ohio State against Indiana and No. 4 USC against Western Michigan in Week 1.

This win doesn’t mean the Irish are on the level of Ohio State or USC, because of course it doesn’t, but it is something the

Irish never could have done last year.

The Irish would have collapsed under the pressure of a close game.

The defense would have broken when Eagles crossed the halfway line again and again.

The offense would have panicked and got away from what they did well, instead of calming down and controlling the game.

Notre Dame would have lost to Boston College.

Boston College is a bad team, sure. One that you would expect Notre Dame to be able to mark on the schedule as a certain victory. But Michigan State last year went 3-9. Their only other FBS victory was against Rutgers.

Texas was 5-7, with a loss to Kansas. Navy lost to five other group-of-five teams. Duke was a 4-8 team that had just lost to Wake Forest and Northwestern.

And the Eagles’ reputation for playing their best against Notre Dame didn’t come from nowhere.

After all, the Irish struggled early on.

With Notre Dame’s 1-7 record in one score games last year, and a win over Temple that was easy all the way before a one-point loss to Georgia, they needed something that didn’t go right within the first 33 seconds.

They needed to prove they could succeed in close games.

Playing Georgia close was impressive. It tells you the Irish have the talent of a top team.

So do the 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 recruiting rankings.

So does any 2018 NFL mock draft.

But after the Georgia game, Brian Kelly was asked, “How do you stop this loss from snowballing?” And he didn’t take it well. Given Notre Dame’s recent record in close games, it was a fair question. For a moment, it looked like it may have snowballed.

Instead, the Irish looked at ease by the fourth quarter.

Pick at the flaws early in the game all you want. They were clear, and they needed work.

But if you’re unsatisfied with 29-point road victory over a Power-5 rival, you’re forgetting that this was a 4-8 team last year.

The Irish proved that they can beat the teams that they should, even when they struggle.

That’s a big deal.

Especially when you remember that they have the talent to go toe-to-toe with the better teams, and hope that luck or some extra motivation can give them an upset victory over a team like USC. The Irish played badly out of the gate. They could have played badly all the way. They could have reminded everyone of the biggest question about 2016’s team.

But the Georgia loss didn’t snowball.

Next question.

Contact Daniel O’Boyle at doboyle1@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of

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Wimbush 65-yard run (Yoon kick)

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remaining Drive: Five plays, 83 yards, 1:59 elapsed

NOTRE DAME 35, Boston college 20

Callinan 14-yard pass from Brown (Lichtenberg kick)

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remaining Drive: 14 plays, 75 yards, 4:39 elapsed

NOTRE DAME 42, boston college 20 Dexter Williams 3-yard run (Yoon kick)

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remaining Drive: Two plays, 35 yards, 0:28 elapsed

NOTRE DAME 49, Boston college 20 Williams 15-yard run (Yoon kick)

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remaining Drive: Five plays, 33 yards, 1:16 elapsed

statistics RUSHING yards 515 185

PASSING yards 96 215

total yards 611 400

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Irish junior running back Dexter Williams rushes into the endzone for a touchdown during Notre Dame’s 49-20 win over Boston College on Saturday at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. After only playing on special teams against Georgia, Williams scored two rushing touchdowns and ran for 50 yards against the Eagles.

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After a sluggish start offensively, Notre Dame’s rushing attack swung the game’s momentum. Junior quarterback Brandon Wimbush put his speed on display, scoring four touchdowns on the ground and rushing for 207 yards. Junior tailback Josh Adams joined Wimbush with 229 rushing yards, making it the first time two Irish players surpassed the 200-yard mark in the same game.

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Irish junior defensive lineman Jerry Tillery, left, junior linebacker Te’von Coney, center, and sophomore corner Julian Love bring down an opponent during Notre Dame’s 49-20 win Saturday over the Eagles.

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Irish junior tight end Alize Mack checks with the sideline official during Notre Dame’s 49-20 win over Boston College on Saturday.

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Irish junior running back Josh Adams carries the ball upfield in Saturday’s win at Boston College.

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Irish junior receiver Chris Finke dodges a defender during Notre Dame’s 49-20 win Saturday.