Tommy Rees comes off bench to engineer Notre Dame's winning drive

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Tommy Rees spent most of Saturday watching Notre Dame struggle with Purdue. Then he rescued the 22nd-ranked Irish. Returning from a one-game suspension as a second stringer, the former starting quarterback got one chance and produced a last-minute drive that led to a 20-17 victory over the Boilermakers. Rees wasn't thinking so much about his big opportunity after he'd sat out last week as punishment for his arrest in a skirmish with police following a party last May. A starter for 12 games in 2011, he didn't have time to ponder what his performance might mean for the future. "I was just thinking we've got to win this game," he said to an NBC interviewer on the field.