2012 Notre Dame Football Signing Day Open Thread
by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 7:00 AM EST
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PrintIt's 7 AM in the Eastern Time Zone, and today is National Signing Day.
What are you doing right now?
I'll tell you what Bob Diaco is doing right now. He's been up since 2:30 calmly sipping his coffee and playing Jedi mind tricks on the Gug fax machine.
There's no telling what's coming through that machine this morning.
So sit back, relax, and participate in this Signing Day open thread as we welcome the 2012 recruiting class to Notre Dame.
Don't forget to head over to und.com for live streaming of the Irish program activities. I'll be in the driver's seat today relaying information to the masses as the 2012 class officially grows in size.
Also, don't forget to check out our new Recruiting Central page---it will be updated in the coming days as NSD passes.
Go Irish!
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Coverage on und.com has started
Jack Nolan talking….
We will have interviews with the early enrollees in Gunner Kiel, Tee Shepard, and Sheldon Day—-definitely look forward to that.
Sky rockets in flight.
No hot chick in a short skirt grabbing the faxes
Just a hand pops in and grabs it.
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Really?
They could at least have given Sockface that job
Even the Pope hates the Trojans
How great would that be?
Then follow it up with puppet BK doing the presser this afternoon…
I don't tweet often--but when I do, you can be sure it isn't important.
@jemiesle
I would love that
almost as much for the shout out to HRB as the amount of exploding heads it would cause over at NDN
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Keith Arnold threw up a pic of the fax machine
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
That is a dinky ass fax machine
Sky rockets in flight.
by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 8:55 AM EST up reply actions
Most of the fax machine budget was spent on Absinthe.
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
by KrilDog on Feb 1, 2012 8:58 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
No bullshit...
I have a bottle of Czech Absinthe here… none of that pussy French stuff.
Since 2005: Royals win% = .4100, Chiefs win% = .4095
Mitt Romney is a serial killer.
by averagegatsby on Feb 1, 2012 1:51 PM EST up reply actions
I'm pretty sure if you have to have a fax machine in your office
you want it to be small, and indistinguishable from a printer
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Bizhub
Have we learned nothing in 2012!
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by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 9:46 AM EST up reply actions
We have one of those at my place of employment.
It is a POS. Prints color slow as all hell and seemingly has a paper jam every 100 sheets or so.
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
Well, well, well....
It…uhh..looks cool!
Sky rockets in flight.
by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 10:01 AM EST up reply actions
If you are going with one of those
shouldnt it be a Xerox one given that they have that crazy sponsorship ad with us?
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Turner is going to be an interesting prospect
Barring any late pickups, he’ll be the lowest rated recruit for ND according to our staff here at One Foot Down.
What do you all think of him?
Sky rockets in flight.
Nolan talking about Kelly and the coaching staff recruiting a lot of players
From winning programs and winning teams.
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Which is nuts
He could grow a lot for the next three years.
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by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 7:23 AM EST up reply actions
Whaaaa?
So is he a genius who’s graduating early AND a top football player?
I don't think he's graduating early
But yeah.
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by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 7:47 AM EST up reply actions
Ohhh, you mean as in he's only 16 as in age early
Okay, I thought as in he’s graduating in January and is on campus.
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by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 8:20 AM EST up reply actions
a football Doogie Howser
I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
~Earl Warren
by lookingdeadred on Feb 1, 2012 8:26 AM EST up reply actions
This goes here...
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
Me too
I’ve graded him out very high
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by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 7:30 AM EST up reply actions
UND.com will interview Kieth Arnold from Inside the Irish
As well as recruit expert Tom Lemming.
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Prosise falls into the darkhorse category
Also, some rumors floating around out there that he’s grown to nearly 6’3"
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He can also thrown down
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by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 7:52 AM EST up reply actions
I like the lefty dunk
/IsALefty
//We’reTheBest
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by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 7:54 AM EST up reply actions
Has it sunk in that we're opening next season in Dublin?
That’s going to be really, really cool.
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For sure
Home too.
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by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 7:55 AM EST up reply actions
I wish we had trounced USF in 2010
Like we did Navy and Purdue though.
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by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 8:11 AM EST up reply actions
Very excited about Brown
If he wasn’t so skinny, didn’t get hurt this year, and played in Florida….he would have been a high 4-star guy.
A lot to like about his game. The speed is tremendous.
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by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 8:01 AM EST up reply actions
Mahone runs a little bit like Cierre Wood
But with a little more power and less agility.
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I'm so happy about him and Russell.
They are much-need additions, and look like they should fit well.
When Carlisle is added too
It’s a joyous haul.
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by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 8:10 AM EST up reply actions
"I'm going to do something novel...I'm going to stop talking."
Oh, Jack Nolan. You give me the chucklez.
thought he was not signing until like noon today.
God, Country, Notre Dame
by goldeNDomer0209 on Feb 1, 2012 8:13 AM EST up reply actions
Tim Tebow story on ESPNU right now if you're interested
Did he just play with kids and talk on stage as his “missions?”
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Huh....
Weight might be a little inflated, but okay.
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by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 8:17 AM EST up reply actions
He's just the long
snapper. Another win over Ohio State, better than that skinny Bryce Haynes.
by Michael Collins on Feb 1, 2012 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
They are really stringing out and dangling this Kiel interview in our face
What is this ESPN?
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Good morning gentlemen.
Looking good so far…here’s to a great rest of the day. Go Irish! Raises Monster energy drink
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
Mike Farrell is hearing a rumor that Davonte Neal
Will be a Ohio State Buckeye. Still not sure when he signs (he wasn’t supposed to do so for another week or two) but don’t be shocked if he does today.
/Urban’d
Sky rockets in flight.
Dang! This is one kid is was stoked about
seeing in Blue and Gold, but it doesn’t look like it will be happening.
God, Country, Notre Dame
by goldeNDomer0209 on Feb 1, 2012 8:30 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, it kind of sucks
This class is going to be very small I think.
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by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 8:33 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, like the season
recruiting is going to end up being a giant what could have been.
I think there are a lot of guys sending in LOIs today that can help ND win a lot of games, but boy did we miss a big opportunity this year. Even if just FSU goes our way I bet we close stronger (and perhaps hold onto Darby) let alone some of the other losses we had.
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Farrell is wrong more than right...
but signs have been pointing that way for a few weeks. He still has an OV left, with a possible 6th (unofficial) to Arizona. I don’t think we know for sure for a week or two…
Also, Ohio State is maxed out, so everyone they sign means they have to cut/get rid of someone.
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@jemiesle
A lot can happen in a couple weeks...
I’m not even hopeful about Neal but he isn’t signing today and a lot can still happen. Hearing things from even a well-connected “source” could mean nothing unless that source is the Neal family.
Shout out to Western New York!
Sky rockets in flight.
by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 8:33 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Beef on Weck for all! Pass the Genessee!
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
That actually sounds delicious right now...
This bagel isn’t doing it for me.
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Father in Law is from Buffalo...
They always bring us back kummelweck rolls to Indy when they head out east to visit the family.
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
I miss Western NY...
Boston is for los"ah"s. A bunch of Matt Damon- and Mark Wahlberg-loving mofos…A beautiful city inhabited by the dreg of the sports world (C’s, B’s, Pats, BC, Red Sox)
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I only found out a few years ago
That beef on weck wasn’t something everyone ate across the country.
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by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 9:48 AM EST up reply actions
Hey brother
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by jpeters6 on Feb 1, 2012 9:58 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Love this signing.
Great pickup to anchor the DL. He’ll have a great mentor in BIG LOUIS NIX.
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
Is that Gunner talking or Lurch?
LOL
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
I didn't have the video up (listening on headphones). Shocked the crap out of me.
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
He is built like a LB...
with a laser-rocket arm
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@jemiesle
Remember when we didn't take Schutt because we apparently wouldn't have room?
I don’t think that was the case, must have been more to the story.
Sky rockets in flight.
IIRC
a few other teams passed (Mich?) as well, I think there is more here than just numbers.
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The staff never really liked him all that much...
and at the time, they were on to bigger and better things (only some of which materialized obviously).
I suspect they would rather have the scholarship available for the 2013 class that I have heard they are much better positioned for than they ever were for this class.
Kiel interview has been uploaded to our 2012 Recruiting Central page
Check it out if you missed it.
Sky rockets in flight.
Dalvin Tomlinson has apparently picked Alabama over Ga Tech
Not that anyone really cares, but look at this guy…
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Roster management
Saban has to cut some of his prospects, too.
by Michael Collins on Feb 1, 2012 11:10 AM EST up reply actions
Alabama also got Korren Kirven
Another DT that looks like he’s 30 years old.
If you’re counting at home, that’s 29 commitments for the Tide (so far) with 8 kids already on campus as EE’s.
Sky rockets in flight.
GREYSHIRTING NATIONAL CHAMMMMMPEEEEEEEONNNNNSSSSS PAAAAWWWWLLLL! ROLLLLLLLLLLLLL TAHD!
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
by KrilDog on Feb 1, 2012 9:07 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
/poisons tree
Even the Pope hates the Trojans
/Calls Finebaum and claims he was assaulted at a gas station
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
/appears in ESPN documentary
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
Good lord
To state the obvious, the NCAA needs to do something about oversigning this blatant
Even the Pope hates the Trojans
Considering the opportunity they missed
with OSU, the public eye on oversigning, etc. its hard to have much/any faith that things will change until Alabama has claimed 86 national championships.
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RB Justin Taylor refuses Alabama greyshirt and signs with Kentucky
IT DOES HAPPEN!
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by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 9:17 AM EST up reply actions
Joins elite Kentucky backfield
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by jpeters6 on Feb 1, 2012 9:40 AM EST up reply actions 5 recs
I have fantastic thoughts
of him playing both sides of the ball – à la a certain bad-ass Cardinal of recent years.
YEAAH Nick Barrati
Even the Pope hates the Trojans
S Nick Baratti is Irish!
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
FSU also signed DE Mario Edwards (rated #1 by ESPNU)
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
El Churro shall be gracing us shortly!
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
OLB Josh Harvey-Clemons picks Georgia
We’ve had two hilarious interviews on ESPNU so far today.
Mario Edwards was in a room that was loud as hell, guy walks in front of the camera, the noise clearly affects Rece Davis. I mean, you’re going on TV to be on ESPN….wouldn’t your family and friends be quiet??
And Clemsons….sheesh I dunno if he was distracted, couldn’t hear Rece very well or what….but he just did not look smart.
Sky rockets in flight.
Kind of unfortunate that he had to use Riddick as the example
of the “skill” player typical of the spread offense.
looks like he's resigned to this class having no fun surprises.
makes sad face
i don’t wanna play against nelson for 4 years…..
by 4pointshooter on Feb 1, 2012 9:28 AM EST up reply actions
I, for one, look forward to
Tee Shepard locking him down for 4 years. Beat the best to be the best, can’t be scared of anyone on NSD, let alone gameday.
Well at least he acknowledged that our screen game sucked
Even the Pope hates the Trojans
Kelly thinks Chris Brown is a steal
Will help in the screen game.
We can haz screens?
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I got pretty geeked
after reading his film room report from ISD
chris brown
“he’s coming to the party?”
imagine that in a kristen bell meltdown voice
by 4pointshooter on Feb 1, 2012 9:42 AM EST up reply actions
You saw that sloth episode?
That was pretty funny….
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by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 9:49 AM EST up reply actions
My wife was watching that one last night...
still can’t believe that Kristen Bell is engaged to Dax Shepard. Seriously?
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@jemiesle
I think they really soured on him after the knee injury
Which is unfortunate, but happens when you follow the rules
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Came in during the interview! Don Bosco Prep in the house!
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
7am on the left coast in approximately 25 minutes.
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
Tee Shepard:
inspirational Disney movie just waiting to happen.
How many weeks before he gets featured on GameDay? 2? 3?
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
We're hearing a LOT about Chris Brown
sounds like the coaches are already high on him.
He's waiting 2 weeks still....
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by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 9:53 AM EST up reply actions
yea but mike farrell said
that he’s signing with OSU
by 4pointshooter on Feb 1, 2012 9:55 AM EST up reply actions
Martin makes a great point on how CFB needs an early signing period like hoops.
I am in favor of this proposition.
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
Over/under on Martin getting hired as an FBS head coach?
2.5 years? 3.5?
I call it a coin flip...
simply b/c he LOVES ND. It all depends on if he wants all the $$$ or not. I could see him as a lifer now in SB, but who knows.
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@jemiesle
I don't think he's here by 2014
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by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 10:06 AM EST up reply actions
I hope he sticks around
but similar to some of our other coaching losses this year – its a good problem to have. I’d rather have these guys leaving for promotions than having to can guys a la Charlie.
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/notsureifserious
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by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 10:00 AM EST up reply actions
Well you gotta know too
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by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 10:04 AM EST up reply actions
Bwahahaha!
Martin lashes out at oversigning. Nice!
Love how he trolls Bama and Rivals in the same sentence
Even the Pope hates the Trojans
Also, we've made it this far in comments
and no one has said it yet so I will….
No Fullback? How does BK expect to play big boy football without a fullback on the roster? Doesn’t he realize this isn’t the BigEast/MAC/DivIII anymore???
/not serious
//but somewhere (NDN) this is being thought/said seriously
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Shhhhhh
They’re still holding out hope that Greenberry doesn’t sign so they can call this a Willingham-like class.
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by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 10:05 AM EST up reply actions
Ah yes
because even if that happened we’d be so close to having such stars as [insert basically any LOLTY name here].
Also. I wish I wish kidding about this, I just went to Rivals to look at the 2004 class and got this error message:
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by jpeters6 on Feb 1, 2012 10:12 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Rivals is super slammed today.
Several team pages (IU, UK and U of I were ones I looked at), are giving me the same message.
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Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
After a quick scan, looks like the following.
No surprises good or bad.
Just waiting on the West Coast Kids.
Saban & Meyer are both now well over 85.
whiskey
www.onefootdown.com
And Meyer is limited to 82...
along with Saban only being allowed to sign 25 per SEC rules. Not sure if either are that good at math right now…
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I hope there are penalties in the future...
That is straight up ridiculous…
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Not to sound too emo
But USC is on probation and can sign 15 players.
All indications are that we’re only bringing in 17 players.
/gritsteeth
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Until a couple of days ago it really looked like we would get another 2-3 guys.
Now that it looks like we won’t the reality of 17 is having a somewhat similar effect on me as well…..
whiskey
www.onefootdown.com
Sigh
Are we officially out for Agholor? Because that would make me feel a lot happier.
Even the Pope hates the Trojans
All indications are that he is going to USC
Which sucks crusty donkey balls.
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by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 10:16 AM EST up reply actions
Quality over quantity...
or something like that will help me sleep at night…
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Florida State signs DT Eddie Goldman (#1 DT, #10 OVR on ESPNU 150)
They are making some big grabs on D.
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
Love what Martin said about the QB's
Nolan asks about Rees, he doesn’t mention Rees but talks about being excited to coach the GROUP, and that they don’t have that one guy who is the starter.
Says the spring and fall will determine who the starter is.
I like what I’m hearing so far….
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jkra is a jokester today
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by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 10:22 AM EST up reply actions
Not Sure If Serious...
You do realize Mizzou is now SEC, yes?
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
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Of course, I know...
c’mon now. However, I will say this…Missouri will be an irrelevant team in the SEC at least for a few years..
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Gotta love the SEC's intelligence when it comes to geography.
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
Fixed
Gotta love the SEC’s intelligence when it comes to geography.
Furk.
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They should switch Ole Miss & Miss State
With Florida and Georgia.
Then have an EPL-type relegation with the lower division.
Come on Tennessee and South Carolina! You gotta make it with the big boys!
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by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 10:29 AM EST up reply actions
I think SCar
would like a word with you if FL made it over them…or at least would want the Aggies out.
Also relegation in CFB…possibly coming based on the governance restructuring Emmert referenced?
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I do it in NCAA 12...it's fun times.
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
Nah Florida wins titles
South Carolina doesn’t.
Could switch A&M and South Carolina though.
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by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 10:40 AM EST up reply actions
Woah
Okwara is 6’4", 240, and still has a few years of growth left. Sweet Jesus.
Even the Pope hates the Trojans
He might be a huge DE at some point
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by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 10:34 AM EST up reply actions
Kidnapped and held in Tijuana by Ed Ogeron
Even the Pope hates the Trojans
The UND live blog is turning into a Chuck Martin lovefest...apparently he is now the child of Bill Brasky and Chuck Norris.
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
OK Quick Swag at the end of the day today.
18 Signees (Includes Badger)
25 Freshmen (Includes Carlisle)
19 Sophs
15 Juniors
12 Seniors eligible for a 5th
89 Total
So we have room for 8 5th year players next year
Cave, KLM, Slaughter, Goodman appear to be in
That leaves 4 of the following 8
Walker (Already gave his number to Kiel)
Golic Jr. (Think he Tweeted he’s coming back)
Clelland
H Williams
Newman
Posluszny
McDonald
McCarthy
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I would imagine
that golic and mccarthy are basically locks.
After that McDonald and Hafis I’d assume? But really don’t know
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For the next class
18 Freshmen
25 Sophs
19 Juniors
8 Seniors eligible for a 5th
70 Total
15 Total spots available for new recruits if keep all 8 5th year options
8 Additional spots as a 1 for 1 for 5th year players
23 Absolute max number of schollies available
That obviously doesn’t account for any other attrition
Most likely end up with a class of approx 20 a year from now
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Is Greenberry really signing with Houston?
what the hell. this better not be true.
I would seriously doubt it
Sky rockets in flight.
by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 11:09 AM EST up reply actions
It's true.
Per Rivals, according to Mr. Shepard.
SMDH
I know they are headed to the BE in ’13, but why there of all places? Makes no sense.
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i can't believe this just happened.
didn’t they just LOSE their head coach? how does this happen???
by 4pointshooter on Feb 1, 2012 11:18 AM EST up reply actions
Why Houston?
Track?
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This makes zero f-ing sense!
Houston just lost Sumlin.
They just lost Keenum.
WTF?!?!?!/
Sky rockets in flight.
I hate to rip on the kids
But what the hell is he thinking?
Even the Pope hates the Trojans
Some of these guys are just d-bags...
college football blows.
I hope Houston loses all their goddamn games forever
RAEG
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I'm usually able to shrug stuff off
But without Greenberry this class took a huge hit. I’m talking, maybe Kelly doesn’t recover from this…
We needed an elite receiver. Greenberry is going to be an absolute stud.
We needed Greenberry to come in and play right away.
We were supposed to take 4 or 5 receiver in this class…..we now have 2 that are nice and under the radar guys, but not like Greenberry.
We’re now down to 16 players, a tiny class.
We’re going to fall into the 20’s on my class rankings….
This is terrible.
Sky rockets in flight.
A teeny bit of hyperbole here...
if you ask me. It’s not that bad.
It's very bad, though.
We did need star power and numbers in this class, and we got neither.
We also needed star power and numbers at CB, and we did not get numbers.
I’m a glass-half-full guy, but this really isn’t good. We have ourselves to blame. We DID NOT get it done on the field, so we gave the kids no reason to choose ND.
by Mouth of the South on Feb 1, 2012 11:32 AM EST up reply actions
Not to mention most people were happy to get Kiel
Because he’d bring in more recruits.
Aaaaand…..we lost people.
Sky rockets in flight.
by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 11:33 AM EST up reply actions
I'm in shock
how did we not close out this year after locking it down last year?
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Closing out on a win streak
vs. a losing streak makes a huge difference.
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Idiosyncracies of a small sample of 18 year old minds...
coaches did nothing different.
Coaches played a QB who couldn't take care of the ball for the last 12.5 games of the season
That was inherently different than the previous year. Win games, get recruits.
Fair enough...
don’t think that had much to do with this but these kids are on a different wavelength. Really not worth following.
I agree
Especially with this:
We DID NOT get it done on the field, so we gave the kids no reason to choose ND.
Mike Frank says this over and over again. You have to give these guys a reason to come to ND, especially when they are West coast/south guys
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Daniels can be real good..true hes not a Greenberry..but hes damn good and the 2 kids coming in can be real good.
What hurts is developing depth at WR and having to possible use these 2 kids early.
I hope to God this is going to be another Jordan Prestwood situation
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or a manti situation with nelson agholor....
by 4pointshooter on Feb 1, 2012 11:30 AM EST up reply actions
So Greenberry and Shepard make a pact to play together, they're both from California, they're both 5-star-ish prospects, Sheparad enrolls early at ND, then Greenberry leaves Tee high and dry for... Houston of all places?
Bizarre.
by Mouth of the South on Feb 1, 2012 11:33 AM EST reply actions
There has got to be a bag full of cash there
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Let's not break out the tinfoil hats, guys.
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Don't be a sore loser like the rest of the recruiting world. Not every decision is cash based
He had a relationship with a WR coach who’s been recruiting him forever. People have said for a while that Greenberry is a different personality than we’re used to at ND. Maybe he decided he wanted to go play for the school that actually wins games?
If so,
Why’d he choose Houston? I’m pretty sure they’ve been irrelevant longer than we have…
by my name is inigo montoya on Feb 1, 2012 11:39 AM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
We're damn near irrelevent
Houston wins games, was ranked in the top 10 this year, scores points.
We’ve hired 5 bad coaches in a row. We have QBs who can’t hang onto the ball. With the cake schedule we had this year we couldn’t win 9 games. He took visits for months before signing day. It’s embarrasing that we think we’re so damn clean and nobody else is.
It would certainly appear that way
I haven’t been part of the sky-is-falling crew for the most part because I think there is a decent chance the problems are 95% on the QB development, and he’s been good at it before, so he will get it right at some point. But even acknowledging that, and that there are many positive signs, the flaws in BK’s coaching are unmistakable. The QB has been bad, but that means you need to protect your QB from himself, a la the game manager QBs that played for a national championship. That means safe throws, running the ball and accepting 3 pts instead of forcing balls to the endzone.
Two seasons and he's a bad coach...
Gotchya.
/Moving on to more sane arguments
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Season 1 was mediocre at best
Season 2 was a failure
BK was very good at UC, and his recruiting was great in year 1 following the mediocre season, but this is a very underwhelming recruiting class without anywhere near enough elite talent. I don’t mean to argue the verdict is back quite yet on Kelly, but we’d have to say we’re looking at a 50/50 type shot on his success, right?
Wow.
I want to ask this guy back to the Notre Dame community after his return from the asylum. YOU JUST CRAY
He's right about seasons 1 and 2.
And that the jury is still out.
I don’t think he’s nuts. Although I do laud Kelly because for him a failure is 8-5, while for Weis it was 6-6 or worse.
by Mouth of the South on Feb 1, 2012 12:15 PM EST up reply actions
Sorry, I just disagree...
Calling him a bad coach, at this point, is asinine. Some pockets of fans seem to forget he still brings in quality talent and he’s made this team fundamentally better since Holtz left. Sure, he’s not getting the quantity, but that will come with time when ND starts winning on the consistent basis. They have the tools this year to make it to a BCS bowl. When/if they do, Kelly’s recruiting record at ND will increase dramatically.
Sick of ND fans quitting so frickin’ easily around here and other forums…it’s ridiculous. Are we really that negative of a fanbase?
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by jkra0512 on Feb 1, 2012 12:27 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Amen, Sir!
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First—-Mouth, you’re right on that it certainly is nice that 8-5 is a failure vs. Weis’ 6-6.
Secondly, a BCS bowl means we need to be 10-2 at minimum. With games at USC and at Oklahoma, what makes you believe we have a chance in either of them? I 100% agree with you, that if we can start winning agian, things will easily pick up. Additionally, this one class isn’t going to kill us as long as we get a big, deep class next year. But we have to win for that to happen.
In 2 years we’ve dropped 3 games to inferior teams (Navy, USF and Tulsa), a game to a pretty bad Michigan team and a game to a pretty good Michigan team and a loss to decent MSU/FSU teams, and we’ve lost all 4 games to teams better than us. To make a BCS bowl next year we need to be 10-2, with games @OK, @USC, and then games vs Stanford, Mich, Miami, and MSU. It would be a HUGE success to be 10-2 next year. This year proved that success on the field correlates to success in recruiting. Without that huge success next year, or at the very least strong indications of improvement, I really worry about recruiting and the chance of pulling in another class like this one, way short on elite talent.
You can think I’m crazy for that thought process, but it’s 100% accurate. You may not like the facts at hand, but they are facts nonetheless.
I'm pretty sure
that between the dichotomy of pretty good/bad MI teams, this year’s should be considered the “pretty good” one.
Thats why I said a pretty bad Michigan team (2010)
and a pretty good Michigan team (2011). I didn’t think I needed to spell it out with years. Last year’s MIchigan team was abysmal, this year’s ended up pretty decent, although I do think they’re in line for a fall.
I wouldn't say good
I’d say extremely lucky
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Also,
who says we need to go to the BCS next year?! Thats the ULTIMATE goal, to be in the BCS year after year. But the state of disrepair our program was in post Davillingeis is going to take a long time to dig out of.
I don't understand this logic
What was in such disrepair that it takes 3+ years to fix? My first answer would be line play because of conditioning, but our lines were pretty good this year. Could they have been better? Sure, but that’s not a problem from the Weis era (I don’t think). We have a good strength coach, a training table, good facilities and have recruited well for the last few years.
Look at a program like Wisconsin
Who have a majority of starters all over the field with a lot of experience. It takes 5 years to build these guys up to top level, and that’s after you’ve built a base of recruiting to support doing that. Any coach who comes in and has immediate success is either doing it the wrong way (kiffykins), has an amazing scheme (saban, kinda), or had the shelf well stocked when they got there.
These things take time, and those things you mentioned (strength coach, training table, facilities) are all MUCH better than they were. But they’ve only gotten the full benefit of those things for not quite 3 years. That means this year’s Juniors are what BK is trying to build (and even then were his first, shortened recruiting class). I think we need to give BK until the current freshmen (about to be sophomores like Lynch) are Juniors/Seniors and completely eating people on a play-by-play basis. Calling for his head now and calling him a failure are at the very least premature.
I think a good example of that is Stanford under Haubaugh
They were a bad team that showed flashes of brilliance, then became a decent team with the emergence of Gerhardt, and finally became a MNC contender in the past two years.
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I think the big problem is perception of the program
The HARUMPH part of the fanbase already wants Kelly’s head and ESPN loves kicking us when we’re down, and that, as well as any sort of hot seat could really hurt us in recruiting
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The real state of the program lies somewhere in between
the HARUMPH set and the people who think everything is rosy. BK’s made a decent amount of frustrating mistakes that have cost this program momentum. 2011 was a year to shine and it ended up feeling more like regression. On the other hand, the HARUMPH crowd doesn’t want to admit that there are a lot of positives and the problem might simply be fixing QB play. I personally fall somewhere in between because I think a lot of the mistakes were exposed by bad play and bad luck, but a lot of my hopes are riding on BK being able to recruit his way to papermache over those issues. This class shows me cracks in that hope, hence my negativity right now.
I agree that not everything Kelly has done has been the right decision
The biggest being, obviously, the QB situation last season.
I think Kelly has gotten us to the point where improved QB play will make a dramatic difference next year. There will be growing pains with a (presumably) inexperienced QB, but I think as long as there are signs of improvement, I’ll be fine with a non-BCS finish to the season.
But that sets up a very important Year 4 in 2013. We need clear signs of “taking the next step” by then.
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I agree with this.
Just so NDZibby doesn’t think I’m totally on the BK Kool-Aid train — I just wanna give the guy a legit chance at things.
I wouldn't call it an overall regression
Sure, qb play was horrific, but aspects that were weak points all during the Weis years (defense, the run game) are now strengths. If we find a decent qb in our current crop and stop turning the ball over (which should happen, what with regression to the mean), we’ll be in good shape
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I also don't think the answer is RECRUIT ALL THE FIVE STARS
As long as Kelly is bringing in guys that we feels can contribute in his system on both sides of the ball, I’ll be ok. Of course, you can only know that two or three years down the road.
In other words, as long as this group turns out to be a solid group of contributors, then this class is a success. If a number of them turn out to be misses or don’t develop, then this class is bad and the cracks start to show, as you said. But that’s really hard to evaluate now, IMO
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Going along with what I just said
the small class means the success rate needs to be pretty high and leaves the coaches with little room for error, so your concerns are certainly still valid.
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This class still is decent, but the book on it
coming in was that it was a bit short on elite talent. Greenberry and Darby taking off certainly hurts that. Can other guys step up in their place? Absolutely. If Ferguson (sp) and Daniels turn out to be beasts, it won’t matter a ton, but eventually the lack of depth comes back to haunt you. I’m not comparing the situations because this isn’t nearly that bad, but it’s a lesson of the Willingham era — Misses from year 2 + 3 created a black hole in year 5 and 6. If Kelly has a small class next year, he might still be able to win next year or the year after, but the future becomes very much in doubt.
If we had a cake schedule next year, I’d feel ok about all of this, because we could just put up a 9-10 win season, Wake Up The Echos (Part XIV)™ and bring in lots of elite talent, to cover for the holes in this one. The problem is 9 wins would be a pretty good coaching job, and 10 would be a minor miracle. Another 8 win season leaves us in an ugly quagmire with recruits liable to bail for greener pastures as the vultures swirl the ND head coaching position (yet again). It’s not a good place to be.
True
One small class isn’t a bad thing if some of the guys in it develop into stars and we follow it up with a really good class next year.
Obviously those are two big “ifs.”
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Yep you win...
I’ll go back to cloud nine and keep hoping for the best. Besides losing MF, how badly were we hit by graduation? Most of the 2011 team will be back with another year of experience in 2012. Couple that with a possible dual-threat QB, a vastly talented d-line, and not to mention a new class of recruits coming in to prove their worth…ND has a very good chance at making a BCS game.
Sue me for having some hope going into BK’s third season, while it seems you have already given up.
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Zibby said
I don’t mean to argue the verdict is back quite yet on Kelly, but we’d have to say we’re looking at a 50/50 type shot on his success, right?
He also mentioned some “flaws” in BK’s coaching.
I don’t think that either of these comments or anything I said equates to “BK is a bad coach.”
Kelly hasn’t won multiple national championships yet, so of course the jury is still out on him. Personally, I like 80-90% of what I see, but this season was a HUGE opportunity missed, as was this recruiting class.
by Mouth of the South on Feb 1, 2012 8:31 PM EST up reply actions
He also said this...
We’ve hired 5 bad coaches in a row.
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeuuup.
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NDNation is that way —→
You must not have taken the left turn at Albuquerque.
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by KrilDog on Feb 1, 2012 12:03 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd for Bugs Bunny reference.
We need some Looney Toons in our lives today.
by Mouth of the South on Feb 1, 2012 12:04 PM EST up reply actions
Well we fucking are a clean program
Look at Bama’s oversigning, the cars and tats over at OSU, or the bail bond factory that was Florida, for example
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Language. You're on notice.
I share your frustration, but watch the f-bombs.
by Mouth of the South on Feb 1, 2012 11:53 AM EST up reply actions
Sorry, the morning has been a bit grating
And the Greenberry situation is not helping
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Yes we are, and it's great.
But A) not every other program is dirty, and B) by being clean and not winning more than 8 games a year with managable schedule and plenty of talent on hand makes us Northwestern. Seems like fun!
Sorry, I thought you were arguing that we pulled the same stuff as everyone else
which would be really depressing if our W-L was all we had to show for it
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They've been good with Case Keenum
They were average (6-6 I think?) last year when he was hurt and I don’t remember them being anything special before he arrived. I would argue middling ND >>> middling C-USA (now Biig East) team
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Sure, you'd argue that way
but the gap isn’t that large anymore. It’s way smaller than it should be, and will be until we start winning 9+ games a year again.
Eh, I'd hold off to see how Houston does next season
And see when they play a remotely challenging schedule
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Greenberry is Houston's first 5-star recruit.
EVER.
Sky rockets in flight.
by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 12:05 PM EST up reply actions
/facepalm
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That's true
Regardless, most coaches at any school see a year 1 recruiting bump. Even Ty. It’s how they recruit in years 2-3-4 that really show what type of talent they’re going to pull in. We can absolutely get around this year’s small class, but it’s not an encouraging sign.
One player can make a huge difference in CFB
See Newton, Cam and Robinson, Denard.
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Had to delete Publius.
We need to watch F-bombs. Publius got three strikes and had been told he was on notice.
by Mouth of the South on Feb 1, 2012 12:09 PM EST up reply actions
Don't tempt him
He’s got a mean right hook
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Like Mystikal said
“I got a vicious right hand, but you know what, my left is quicker.”
by Mouth of the South on Feb 1, 2012 8:34 PM EST up reply actions
And this is what happened to last guy that called me "mom"
by Mouth of the South on Feb 1, 2012 8:43 PM EST up reply actions
And this is what happened to the second to last guy
by Mouth of the South on Feb 1, 2012 8:45 PM EST up reply actions
Third to last:
You get the picture.
Not sure why people keep calling me “mom.”
by Mouth of the South on Feb 1, 2012 8:46 PM EST up reply actions
This is the most vicious hit I have ever seen, by the way.
Imagine what this dude’s brain did inside of his skull. It probably rebounded like a speed bag. Yikes.
Little known factlet, though: scientists have confirmed that it is still more painful to be a Notre Dame Football fan.
by Mouth of the South on Feb 1, 2012 8:48 PM EST up reply actions
I'm surprised his head stayed attached to the rest of him
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I guess we now know what it feels like losing a recruit we thought we had this offseason...
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Oh well...
We move on and hope for the best in our current stock of WRs. Sure it hurts, but these other guys are talented too. I’m sure Kelly and Co. will go hard after a stud WR next year.
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True, we do have some talented guys, but now we're pretty much banking on them to come through.
AND we don’t have anyone on the order of an instant-impact, Michael-Floyd-type player on the roster. This was the year that we needed to come through big at WR.
by Mouth of the South on Feb 1, 2012 11:56 AM EST up reply actions
I had a 2 hour meeting this morning and then a one hour meeting right after
So I finally catch up on recruiting news and see we lost DGB.
Welp, time to start drinking.
/gets fired
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Thank god
Thank would have taken on the top 25 bubble
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/puts hammer back in drawer
Even the Pope hates the Trojans
/walks to garage for baseball bat
//steals office fax machine
you know the rest
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PC Load Letter?
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So this feels similar
to the Regis Benn / Greg Little class from a few years back (06 maybe?) or am I just crazy
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So I would imagine the Greenberry decision
likely means either GAIII or Russel to WR yea?
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That....
And John Goodman will be one of our primary receivers next year.
Sky rockets in flight.
by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 11:54 AM EST up reply actions
He and Tommy showed great chemistry vs. FSU
/cries
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by jpeters6 on Feb 1, 2012 12:06 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Toma Time is fast approaching!
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Top 50 National recruit DE Leonard Williams leaves Florida for USC
Still waiting for those sanctions to take root?
Sky rockets in flight.
QB Jaemis Winston tells ESPN he's signing with FSU on Friday.
Why wait?
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Is this MLB draft in between then?
Sky rockets in flight.
by Eric Murtaugh on Feb 1, 2012 11:55 AM EST up reply actions
Apparently you don't remember Willingham.
by Mouth of the South on Feb 1, 2012 12:03 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
On the plus side
We have more than 6 linemen on the team
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Sounds about right
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Not to mention a belly putter, a broken pitching wedge and a box of used Top Flights.
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Since I was 8...no
but DGB has me devastated…Houston….16 kids in a class…..Id compare this feeling to losing to USF
Schlyer Miles to Kansas
Hoke is on ESPNU right now with the Sugar Bowl trophy behind him….
This is a great afternoon!
Sky rockets in flight.
Shall I pass the bleach, sir?
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Or Miles Schuler?
Or Heath Schuler? Or Don Shula?
by Mouth of the South on Feb 1, 2012 8:48 PM EST up reply actions
FURK
Damn that scoundrel Kiffin.
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My depression is reaching new lows...
now I’m imagining Kiel transferring a year from now after Goldrix gets the starting job.
He wouldn't. It would "Kiel" his mother.
by Mouth of the South on Feb 1, 2012 8:49 PM EST up reply actions
I'm pretty sure that pun has been Kieled by now.
I’ll be happy if we can keep an even Kiel through next year.
The glimmer of hope
that I am grasping onto is that we have lacked a vertical passing game w/Tommy. My hope is that having a stronger armed (and possibly mobile) QB will show us some of the ability our current and new WR have to stretch the field / open things up for the offense.
It’s probably just a dream, but I have to hope for something.
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YES. This.
QB. QB. QB.
Hendrix. Golson. Kiel. We’re gonna be okay.
#figureitoutbobby
by fishoutofwater on Feb 1, 2012 12:29 PM EST up reply actions
You don’t have to take his word for it,
but here are a few positive thoughts from Mr. Louis Nix III (via Twitter this morning):
"You dont need guys like that, all you have to do is get the right guys that will work hard. . . i know that the only way you can win a championship is with dudes that hungry. . . my squad gonna be great no matter what is being said."
#figureitoutbobby
Wrong.
Newton’s First Law of Motion and the entire Theory of Relativity both say that you do in fact have to take Big Lou’s word for it.
by Mouth of the South on Feb 1, 2012 8:51 PM EST up reply actions
eh
It seems horrible now. And it is. But one recruit won’t make or break the 2012 season – all this means is that our current WRs need to step up their games. With good QB play, that will happen. I mean, Floyd was one of the best 3 WRs in the country this year, but with spotty QB play, even he couldn’t win us more than 8 games.
Plus, odds are actually pretty decent that Greenberry comes back to us a la prestwood afterwards. I choose non-depression.
by Danno27 on Feb 1, 2012 12:27 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Normal face color is a good sign.
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Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
by KrilDog on Feb 1, 2012 12:30 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I don't want BK to actually do this
but I would feel so much better if he just ripped Greenberry for like 20 minutes.
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by burger23 on Feb 1, 2012 12:33 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
"I don't want to throw anybody under the bus..."
Even the Pope hates the Trojans
"NOW I'M NOT GOING TO CALL KIDS OUT FOR CHOKING"
“BUT ITS TIME FOR DREW STANTON TO STEP UP IN A BIG GAME”
relive the magic here
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by jpeters6 on Feb 1, 2012 12:44 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
Insta-rec
Even the Pope hates the Trojans
Easily my favorite ND game I've ever attended.
Walking out of that game with all the MSU fans was like walking out of a funeral.
Walking out of a funeral
After trying to stifle laughter the whole time because you have a case of the giggles.
Gotta consider the PR blowback on that one.
I’m sure he already got it out in the soundproof booth hidden in his office. I know I would have. But he used the right words here, and rightfully shifted the focus onto who’s coming.
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
Like I said
I don’t WANT him to do it, but the schadenfruede would be nice.
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Unrelated:
Productivity of males around the country plummeted 234325% today.
by pburns2010 on Feb 1, 2012 12:33 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
One thing that I think is getting lost in the hoopla of NSD
Jarron Jones and Sheldon Day are HUGE pickups. If this was two or three years ago, those two would probably be the centerpeice of the class. I think bringing in that huge DL class last year with star-power like Lynch and Tuitt caused people to kind of forget about them.
I think they’re both studs and we may even be able to get away with redshirting them, a luxury we never would have had even two years ago.
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I was just gonna say
that despite the disappointment at WR, frankly the haul at RB and DL was really pleasing.
Keith Arnold in Liveblog on UND.com:
Keith Arnold:
KeiVarae Russell has a similar skillset to Golden Tate.
also
Keith Arnold:
Might take him a while, but I could see either Ferguson or Chris Brown being a top-shelf wideout…
The staff at ISD
has been suggesting he’ll be a WR candidate for a couple weeks now. Hope Keith is right.
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This I like.
Coach D expects K-Russ to get FASTER once he becomes good friends with the squat rack and power-clean platform.
by Mouth of the South on Feb 1, 2012 8:54 PM EST up reply actions
Kid had a wicked-fast shuttle time already...
that would be outright scary, but in a good way
I don't tweet often--but when I do, you can be sure it isn't important.
@jemiesle
Also that if some people are right about Martin’s offensive tendencies, we might be looking at more of a run-based spread with some downhill throws to loosen it up. And we can’t forget that we still have Eifert along with a stable of potentially very good TE behind him.
Absolutely
We can get away with less-than-elite talent at WR if we’re running for 250 yeards a game.
Of course, 1) it’s still easier when you DO have elite talent at WR, and 2) we need to prove we CAN run that effectively on a consistent basis.
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I guess we'll have to cross our fingers
and hope that Hiestand can one-up Warriner on O-line performance
2) Didn't we prove that this year?
Or at least come pretty close?
"You've got to have poise. You've got to walk away. You're a long snapper!"
B. Kelly
We proved that despite the fact that we averaged a high YPC
we still liked to throw the ball with a QB in curious situations. Jonas Gray had a ~70 yd TD on his first carry of the Pitt game and got 2 more the rest of the game. We also proved that we can run for a high YPC and win 8 games. If 8 games is the goal, we’ll be great!
(Apologies for sounding like NDN, but it’s the truth. BK had the ability to use what was a very very good run game to protect his young, mistake prone QB. He has that opportunity next year as well, I hope he takes it.)
don't apologize.
I agree mostly. I still have faith in BK.
by Mouth of the South on Feb 1, 2012 3:39 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
We came close
Running production dropped off later in the year when Jonas went down and opposing defenses realized if they stuff the run on first down and put the ball in Rees’ hands, good things happened for them. We need to be able to run the ball like we did against Michigan or Purdue on a weekly basis, and we haven’t shown that yet
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They also realized...
They could cheat up and improve their defense against both the run and the short passes that Rees could hit reliably, and they were unlikely to be punished by a throw over the top for doing so.
Right
Hopefully better QB play will loosen the defense up and open up both the running and passing game.
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Robert Hughes
and Jonas Gray are two of my favorite players of the post-Quinn years. I really wish we’d had more success while they were here. All the best to them in the future.
"You've got to have poise. You've got to walk away. You're a long snapper!"
B. Kelly
I kind of agree. Kind of but not really.
When there is zero passing threat from the QB and zero running threat from the QB. A decent defense will be able to stifle your running game. So I don’t totally want to accuse our run game of choking against the big boys. They just got scouted. If your QB can do that little, it’s going to happen.
by Mouth of the South on Feb 1, 2012 8:57 PM EST up reply actions
Yet another reason why you don't sleep on Golson.
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
Alright guys, I'm out
I have to prepare for an interview later today with a special guest.
Will have it posted later this week.
Sky rockets in flight.
Oo Special guest
That means they dont know who it is since they had Deontay Greenberry lined up.
/bitterfan.
BK presser is starting!
If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.
Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.
Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!
I don't see news that Shelden day turned in his LOI.
Can somebody confirm that he is in?
Ronald Darby to Florida State
Didn’t even have a Notre Dame hat on the table.
Sky rockets in flight.
Well he at least had the decency to verbally decommit before spurning us
Even the Pope hates the Trojans
One highlight for the day:
BK’s quote on “shopping in a different aisle” if you are looking at ND. I did enjoy that one…
I don't tweet often--but when I do, you can be sure it isn't important.
@jemiesle
Thank you to Mr. Murtaugh for the doubled Bob Diaco pics at the top of the article.
Every time I’ve checked back here at OFD today, the unexpected sight of his perfectly-coiffed hair, his piercing eyes, twice-over at the top of the page, has brought a perplexed smile to my face. I don’t know whether to be comforted or disarmed…weirdly hypnotic…
#figureitoutbobby
Like Leann Tuohy said
“I find him to be extremely good looking.”
by Mouth of the South on Feb 1, 2012 8:58 PM EST up reply actions
I haven't bee this upset
since we lost C.J. Leak to Wake Forest on signing day.
And how badly did thy work out for us?
Not too.
by Mouth of the South on Feb 1, 2012 4:32 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
exactly the point
Take a look at the top ten of any position thru the years, and you’ll see more misses than hits. Another example is the year that Julius Jones was the backup plan for some guy that ended up at Washington. I say some guy, because I think he never amounted to anything.
Watching Justified. I cannot look at Madeline Zea the same way again after seeing her as the sex crazed lunatic she's been playing this season on Californication
"Well they can't test for LSD, so I started frying on weekends"
Whoops, was talking about Justified in another tab
Oh well
"Well they can't test for LSD, so I started frying on weekends"
Speaking of Justified
I think I’m going to slam some Oxy to get rid of the bad taste that signing day 2012 has left in my mouth.
Even the Pope hates the Trojans
could be worse...
we could be fans of Egyptian soccer right now.
Since 2005: Royals win% = .4100, Chiefs win% = .4095
Mitt Romney is a serial killer.
by averagegatsby on Feb 1, 2012 5:38 PM EST up reply actions
Wasn't really meant as a joke actually...
more matter of factly… I mean here we are complaining about a couple recruits… It could be much worse.
Since 2005: Royals win% = .4100, Chiefs win% = .4095
Mitt Romney is a serial killer.
by averagegatsby on Feb 1, 2012 7:03 PM EST up reply actions
You're combining two names, Madeline Zima and Natalie Zea.
Both of whom played sex-crazed lunatics on Californication.
you mean NATALIE zea right?
#RESPECT #TEAMWINONA
by 4pointshooter on Feb 2, 2012 12:13 AM EST up reply actions
From the sounds of it now...
Greenbury was more likely to leave ND after a year, than he is to come back to ND now.
Sounds like ND was Tees idea, not his.
In other Signing Day news,
Cassanova McKinzy is deterred from signing with Clemson because “they had no Chick-Fil-A on campus.”
Were there other reasons? Does it really matter with an answer like that?
He commited to Auburn instead.
http://www.cbs42.com/sports/story/Cassanova-McKinzy-signs-with-Auburn/BXOMCGh6Ok6zbGnNtuv2UA.cspx
#figureitoutbobby
His name has got to be a joke, right?
That, or the best name of a college football player EVAR.
Barkevious Mingo
would like a word with you sir
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Holy crap.
One sounds like a name from a 1920s romance novel, and the other a rejected Hobbit name from Tolkien’s manuscripts.
DAVONTE NEAL gentlemen,
let’s stop the final push from rich rod, stoops and petrino and snatch him up. GO KELLY!
NEAL or BUST
USC loses its grip on top California talent
Yeah, they ain't suffering.
If you’re from Florida, why the hell do you go to SC? Your options are Notre Dame or somewhere in the SEC. Somebody should have told this kid.
by Mouth of the South on Feb 2, 2012 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
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