Tommy Rees News

Gunner Kiel: "When I took my visit to Cincinnati I knew this was the place I wanted to be." / Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports Gunner Kiel made national news with his transfer from Notre Dame to the University of Cincinnati, and the highly publicized quarterback arrived this week to start summer classes at UC.

Notre Dame quarterback Everett Golson has much to prove in 2013. While the Fighting Irish went undefeated in the 2012 regular season and played in the national championship, much of the credit was owed to the Notre Dame defense, who ranked seventh in the nation overall.

Jan 3, 2013; Miami, FL, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish quarterback Tommy Rees during practice for the 2013 BCS National Championship game against the Alabama Crimson Tide at Nova Southeastern University.

Jan 3, 2013; Miami, FL, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish quarterback Tommy Rees during practice for the 2013 BCS National Championship game against the Alabama Crimson Tide at Nova Southeastern University.

If Notre Dame is going to return to the national championship in 2013, there must be a few surprise players making an impact.

As the dust settled on a surprisingly lackluster Blue Gold Game, Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly was saddled with more questions than resolved issues.

Notre Dame played the 84th installment of their annual Blue-Gold spring game. The game was, for the most part, uneventful, but one unexpected positional battle may have emerged.

The early enrollee can take both in stride as the quarterback wraps up his first spring practice in South Bend.

Notre Dame fans everywhere rejoice! Our beloved Fighting Irish will take the field this Saturday for the Blue-Gold game.