“I’m a slappy, as Coach would say,” [Notre Dame quarterback Brady] Quinn said, borrowing a phrase from [Charlie] Weis’s New Jersey vernacular. “I’m just a college student trying to make it through Notre Dame, playing football. It’s weird that people see that as a celebrity. To me, it’s mind-boggling.”
“A Student First, Then a Standout”
By PETE THAMEL
New York Times
Published: September 9, 2006