(MCT) — SOUTH BEND, Ind. — If Everett Golson lived the season in one night, it was Oct. 27. No one expected Notre Dame to enter the clamor at Oklahoma and survive, and its fledgling first-year quarterback slogged through the flu to boot.

At halftime, Golson needed reassurance from linebacker Manti Te’o: We’re going to get through this together, Te’o told him. By the end, Golson jogged off victorious and later laughed as his offensive coordinator teased him about what he supposedly can’t do, when Golson and his team had just established anything was possible.