I'm a big believer in my faith, and I actually believe God helped me make the decision to come to Notre Dame for a reason. I feel the same way about him giving me the feeling it's in my best interest to come back for another year and it's in my best interest to finish up school and be ready for the real world when football ends.

I'm a big believer in my faith and I actually believe God helped me make the decision to come to Notre Dame for a reason. I feel the same way about Him giving me the feeling it's in my best interest to come back for another year and it's in my best interest to finish up school and be ready for the real world when football ends.

When you look at the situation, I'm a big believer in my faith. And I actually believe God helped me make the decision to come to Notre Dame, and I feel the same way about Him giving me a feeling that it's in my best interests to come back for another year and it's in my best interests to finish out school and be prepared for the real world whenever football ends.

The decision to make was an easy one.

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 can see his emotions, what he's thinking, by the way he's talking to you. That's something that's help me, being able to have that face-to-face with him, being able to talk with him.

We feel as if we are by far the best team in the tournament. Last year the tournament was tainted, and this year we are going for blood.