Bravo, Dickie V.

• Brian Kelly sees the advantage of a spring game for Notre Dame, JJ Stankevitz writes on CSNChicago.com.

• The learning curve is steep for Irish quarterbacks, Chris Hine writes in the Chicago Tribune.

• The (Fort Wayne) Journal Gazette's Tony Krausz offers his observations from Wednesday's practice.

• Here's a photo gallery of practice from BlueandGold.com's Tom Loy.

• Elijah Shumate is fighting for a starting spot, Douglas Farmer writes on IrishIllustrated.com.