Notre Dame Football 2011: The Brian Kelly Era...Ascends?
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Hamp89Good for both parties.
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Tobias Fünke
Six quarterbacks yesterday, four quarterbacks tomorrow. Nice how that works.
When is the last time Notre Dame had a QB battle like this? 2007? -
sherm03
I really hope Nate does well at Montana. He just didn't fit in at ND, and was just taking up a scholarship.
The kid definitely doesn't take after his dad. -
OneBuckeye
It won't take Kelly long to amass another large group of QBs he loves him lots of QBs. Maty Mauk will be the next big QB recruit at ND I'm sure. -
Tobias Fünke
There are a few elite QB's for 2012 Notre Dame has received interest from. To be honest I'm not sure Maty Mauk is the best option, he's definitely a project in my opinion; his high shcool game is in no way, shape, or form good enough for college yet. I suppose you could say that's typical, but I think he needs more work judging from his film.
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karen lotz
Wow. He chooses to walk on at ND instead of taking a scholarship to Stanford.NDatRivals Irish Illustrated
According to Mater Dei head coach Bruce Rollinson, linebacker Joe Schmidt has accepted Notre Dame's invitation to walk on with the Irish.
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karen lotz
andISDUpdate Irish Sports Daily
ND announces jersey number changes: Bennett Jackson 86 to 2 Louis Nix III * 67 to 9, Tommy Rees *13 to 11, Robby Toma *19 to 9
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Tobias Fünke
Rumor has it Notre Dame will play Temple in a three-game series. Two in South Bend, one in Philadelphia.
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rock_knutne
I hope that's a rumor and nothing more.Tobias Fünke;681595 wrote:Rumor has it Notre Dame will play Temple in a three-game series. Two in South Bend, one in Philadelphia. -
dat dudeIsn't ND's schedule ridiculously difficult from 2012 on? No reason to keep piling it on. Temple seems like a good fit.
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karen lotz
Not a rumor, it was announced yesterday although I don't think the dates have been set.
Not a fan except for playing a game at the Linc. -
rock_knutne2011 Spring Football Practice Dates:
Wed., March 23
Fri., March 25 Notre Dame Football Coaches Clinic
Sat., March 26 Notre Dame Football Coaches Clinic
Mon., March 28
Wed., March 30
Fri., April 1
Sat., April 2
Mon., April 4
Wed., April 6
Fri., April 8
Sat., April 9
Mon., April 11
Wed., April 13
Fri., April 15
Sat., April 16 82nd Annual Blue-Gold Spring Football Game -
Tobias Fünke
I think it's a good series. Notre Dame has earned the right to play a cream puff or two.
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rock_knutneTobias Fünke;682036 wrote:I think it's a good series. Notre Dame has earned the right to play a cream puff or two.
I don't know, when I think of Temple, I think of teams like Western Michigan who IMO, ND has no business playing ever, low and behold they play a MAC school for the first time ever. Yeah, Temple had a couple solid years under Golden but now that he's gone they'll probably revert back to being a very poor football program. I hope they are still competitive when this series is finally scheduled but ND can do better in the schedule department than Temple and playing a brutally tough schedule year in and year out is what ND is all about, not this shit that Kevin White started.......JMHO. -
karen lotz
2014, 2015, and a date TBD for the Temple series.
http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2011/02/notre-dame-temple-officially-set-football-series.html -
Tobias Fünke
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Con_AlmaRip Miller's life would make a great bio-pic, even after all these years.
Miller was one of Notre Dame's famed "Seven Mules" who blocked for the even more celebrated "Four Horsemen" on the undefeated 1924 team that beat Stanford in the Rose Bowl and won a national championship.
He was a long-time coach and assistant athletic director at the U.S. Naval Academy. And in 1966, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
And Friday at a Canton restaurant, the Notre Dame Club of Maryland and the Baltimore chapter of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association will unveil a new Notre Dame-Navy football trophy that is named after Miller, ensuring that his legacy lives on whenever the two long-time rivals meet.
Edgar "Rip" Miller died at age 90 in 1991 — 66 years to the day that he and his Fighting Irish teammates defeated the legendary coach Pop Warner, All-America fullback Ernie Nevers and Stanford in the Rose Bowl.
But his 104-year-old widow, Esther Miller of Annapolis, who still attends Navy games, will be the guest of honor at the unveiling luncheon.
"Rip Miller is a legendary figure at the Naval Academy," said Scott Strasmeier, Navy's associate athletic director for sports information. "He devoted an incredible 48 years of his life to Navy as a coach and administrator and is one of the most important figures in the history of Navy athletics."
It could be argued that the success Miller enjoyed early in life overshadowed much of what he accomplished later.
He was a product of the football hotbed of Canton, Ohio, and was the captain of the McKinley High School football team that went undefeated in 1920 and outscored its opponents 275-0.
"They were not even forced to punt," said Jim Lefebvre, football historian and author of "Loyal Sons: The Story of the Four Horseman and Notre Dame Football's 1924 Champions."
As described in "Loyal Sons," Miller arrived at Notre Dame by "riding the blinds," which meant stowing away in the cramped confines of a railroad coal car.
When the rail-yard police in Elkhart, Ind., picked him up, Miller announced he was traveling to Notre Dame to play football. The cops promptly gave him a lift the rest of the way to South Bend.
Miller became the regular right tackle for the Fighting Irish his senior year, blocking for the Four Horsemen backfield (Harry Stuhldreher, Don Miller, Jim Crowley and Elmer Layden) immortalized by sportswriter Grantland Rice.
"I call (Rip Miller) a major, major contributor to that team," Lefebvre said.
The following spring, Miller won the Kenealy Trophy as the school's top senior scholar-athlete.
In 1926, he went to work for the Naval Academy, becoming the head coach of the football team in 1931 and leading the Midshipmen to their first win over Notre Dame in 1933.
From 1934-1947, he was an assistant coach at Navy. Moving on to become the academy's assistant athletic director, he developed a nationwide "Birddog Program" that oversaw 300-some scouts charged with finding top football talent for Navy. Among the players the program attracted were Heisman Trophy winners Joe Bellino and Roger Staubach.
"(Miller) was the guy who got the congressional appointments for these players, too," Lefebvre said. "He worked Capital Hill as much as any lobbyist."
Miller retired from the Naval Academy in 1974. In addition to having his name inscribed on the Navy-Notre Dame trophy, Miller has a turf field at Navy named in his honor. And the "Rip Miller Award" is presented annually to the MVP of the varsity football team.
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http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/college/football/bs-sp-notredame-navy-trophy-0218-20110217,0,6041632.story -
Tobias Fünke
Awesome.
He coached at Navy when my grandfather was there, sorta crazy to think about. -
karen lotz
http://network.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/the_2011_heismanpunditcom_heisman_trophy_watch_list/4211468
Dayne Crist listed as a very early candidate for the Heisman. LOL, they should probably wait to see if he is the starter after Spring Ball. He does have talent and showed flashes and I know its just something to talk about but it is still kind of funny that he would be mentioned. -
rock_knutnekaren lotz;688792 wrote:http://network.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/the_2011_heismanpunditcom_heisman_trophy_watch_list/4211468
Dayne Crist listed as a very early candidate for the Heisman. LOL, they should probably wait to see if he is the starter after Spring Ball. He does have talent and showed flashes and I know its just something to talk about but it is still kind of funny that he would be mentioned.
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rock_knutneNice read on spring practice:
http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/39795/notre-dame-spring-preview -
bababooey
California CB Tee Shepard verbals To ND
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bababooey
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karen lotz
Nice...fills a huge need. He has a pretty impressive offer list and getting someone away from SC is always a bonus. I wouldn't mind them signing (I understand this isn't a LOI) 2 or 3 more DB's in the class either.