... it's a father, an older brother, or even a grandparent. For the Notre Dame quarterbacks, it's whoever sits atop the depth chart as the No. 1 signal-caller in South Bend.

Jimmy Clausen came into the program as one of the most heralded recruits in the land. Unfortunately for him, he came as a skinny and vulnerable freshman slotted as the starting quarterback for most of the miserable 2007 season for the Irish. Without a mentor showing him the way, Clausen had to learn the hard way how to fit the mold of a Notre Dame quarterback.

Enter Dayne Crist. Another blond-haired, surfing Californian who was labeled with five-stars coming out of high school, who like Clausen, has plenty to live up to. The previous two Irish gun-slingers, Quinn a...

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