Tony Rice

He had a lot of ups and downs.

Tony Rice lined up behind the offensive guard his first play.

He had some ups and downs.

Brady Quinn and Jimmy Claussen got crushed when they were freshmen and then they got better and they got better.

How does Notre Dame win it?

Well, Tony Rice is the key.

He has got to play well for Notre Dame to win.

He is the juice that turns on that offense, and he's a winner.

Schembechler says he is the best combination runner and passer that he's seen in a long time.

How does Michigan win it?

Michigan has got to control the line of scrimmage and keep Tony Rice off the field.

Their offensive line averages 293 pounds.

Derek Brown will probably start at tight end, although Frank Jacobs started last week because Brown was in the hospital.

Tony Rice is gonna be the quarterback.

Bronson Banks will be the fullback.

And of course, the tailback is going to be Mark Green.

He's tumbled.

He's down to the 40-yard line.

What a tremendous fake by Mark Green and by Tony Rice.

And the Irish went for the long bomb down to the 43-yard line of Southern Cal.

One, I'll see your Jonah Howes and Tim Tebow of Nova.

And I'll raise you one Tony Rice of Nova.

I'll go with Patriot Anthony Mallory in that same game.

Tony

Rice, huh?

I was a big Tony Rice fan as a kid.

So I like Mallory.

I like what Patriot's doing right now.

Ask me who my favorite Notre Dame quarterback is.

Who's the paradigmatic quarterback? Tony Rice.

Guess why? Guess why? Guess why? Guess why? Guess why? That's why Tony Rice is my favorite.

Because he won? Because he won.

We can talk all the yards and all that.

Tony Rice won.

That's it.

That's it.

And so being able to have that success with my brothers, regardless of what my role is, if I was a second team guy, first team guy, or third team guy, then that's important, 'cause those are the memories that, that you're gonna remember.

And like I said, I mean, you think about that '88 team, you start naming like people like Rocket, Tony Rice, Mike Stonebreaker, Todd Light, but you know, there were 100, uh, 104 other guys or 103 other guys on the team that were just as important as those guys that I named.

Right.

Absolutely.

And so being able to have that success with my brothers, regardless of what my role is, if I was a second team guy, first team guy, or third team guy, then that's important, 'cause th- those are the memories that, that you, you're gonna remember.

And like I said, I mean, you think about that '88 team, you start naming like people like Rocket, Tony Rice, Mike Stonebreaker, Todd Light.

But, you know, there are a hundred, uh, 104 other guys or 103 other guys on the team that were just as important as those guys that I named.

Right.