Notre Dame Football 2011: The Brian Kelly Era...Ascends?

• dat dude

  That was an interesting read. So, basically it doesn't qualify as a second offense because he was not "intoxicated" in his prior underage. I'm not familiar with Indiana law, but Ohio law does not have a law for one being "intoxicated," unless they are in public and causing a disturbance. My understanding from that article is that Floyd was at a private party, therefore unable to be charged with public intoxication, and subsequently, unable to be charged with being "intoxicated." Ohio treats an underage individual the same whether they have had one beer or fifteen beers.
  
  And ftr, I think Floyd being suspended for the entire year would be ridiculous. I always thought the prior way ND handled situations exactly like this was extreme. It will be interesting to see what BK decides to do with Floyd. In that article, it says he hinted at anywhere from 1-4 games. I don't believe there has been any precedent for a coach in suspending a player who has been arrested three times at ND. My guess is a minimum of 2 games.
• sherm03

  

  karen lotz;738803 wrote:Do you get Versus?

  
  Yes sir. Already set to record.
• rock_knutne

  dat dude;739040 wrote:That was an interesting read. So, basically it doesn't qualify as a second offense because he was not "intoxicated" in his prior underage. I'm not familiar with Indiana law, but Ohio law does not have a law for one being "intoxicated," unless they are in public and causing a disturbance. My understanding from that article is that Floyd was at a private party, therefore unable to be charged with public intoxication, and subsequently, unable to be charged with being "intoxicated." Ohio treats an underage individual the same whether they have had one beer or fifteen beers.
  
  And ftr, I think Floyd being suspended for the entire year would be ridiculous. I always thought the prior way ND handled situations exactly like this was extreme. It will be interesting to see what BK decides to do with Floyd. In that article, it says he hinted at anywhere from 1-4 games. I don't believe there has been any precedent for a coach in suspending a player who has been arrested three times at ND. My guess is a minimum of 2 games.

  
  There have been some ridiculous instances but more times than not, it's the student athlete that doesn't comply with what, not only the University demands of them, but also the authorities. In this case, Floyd has taken positive steps to be reinstated or take the case of Kyle McAlarney, ND helped him instead of just kicking him to the curb, same with Floyd. Most of the time, it's up to the student to get it done, something that a guy like Rashon Powers Neal didn't do.
• rock_knutne

  BK is leaning towards playing more than one QB this year:
  
  http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=6330723
• Tobias Fünke

  

  dat dude;739040 wrote:I don't believe there has been any precedent for a coach in suspending a player who has been arrested three times at ND. My guess is a minimum of 2 games.

  
  Arrested is 100% irrelevant. It's not against he law to be arrested, or even charged with a crime if you get what I'm saying. His previous two altercations were so minor they have been wiped from his record. Many states consider underages so minor that they offer diversion programs to make more money and keep kids in line, it's there way of making themselves believe they are ruthless fun-killers since 80% of HS kids have admit to drinking and I've read as many as 93% of college kids admit to drinking underage (all of teh non-Mormon/Muslims). Again, I don't hold his previous incidents against him one bit, if anything I like him more. Now, his OVI is stupid as hell, I would have no problem with a 1-2 game suspension.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  "[Rees] is going to drive 55 mph," Kelly said. "He's not going to get you a ticket, but he's not going to drive 80 mph, either. He's going to manage the game and has a penchant for making plays. He really doesn't do anything stupid. He's going to make some mistakes and get some balls batted down, but he's not going to do anything catastrophic."

  +1
• karen lotz

  

  Crist and Rees will see limited action on Saturday and Kelly said the BG game would be Golson vs Hendrix. Te'o, Watt, and Daniel Smith won't play.
• The Equalizer

  

  On Mike and Mike they announced ND and Northwestern have signed a separated 2 year home and home. 2014 in SB, and 2018 in Evansville.
• rock_knutne

  The Equalizer;741226 wrote:On Mike and Mike they announced ND and Northwestern have signed a separated 2 year home and home. 2014 in SB, and 2018 in Evansville.

  http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/ncf/news/story?id=6352027
• karen lotz

  

  Meh.
• rock_knutne

  karen lotz;741274 wrote:Meh.

  I don't like it either.
• The Equalizer

  

  God willing in 3 years Kelly will have us where we expect and hope and NW will still be...NW. Nothing wrong with scheduling a lower midcard B10 team to look good in the Chicago recruiting market.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  The Equalizer;741711 wrote:God willing in 3 years Kelly will have us where we expect and hope and NW will still be...NW. Nothing wrong with scheduling a lower midcard B10 team to look good in the Chicago recruiting market.

  
  +1
  
  I don't have a problem with it. I think Fitzgerald is the man though so this doesn't project to be a "gimme."
• rock_knutne

  Sorry but I don't like it. Just when you think they were getting back to scheduling upper tier to good programs they go and get Temple and Northwestern. BTW, ND shouldn't have to play NW to keep a foot hold in Chicago, they should dominate that area every year in recruiting, so long as the HC makes it a priority to visit and stay on top of those kids.
  
  LOL, maybe Mike and Mike had some pull in getting this deal done, Greenie is a NW alum and we all know who Golic's faithful to.
• karen lotz

  

  I understand you are just joking about the Mike and Mike connection, but there is absolutely ZERO chance Greenie had any pull at all in getting this scheduled.
  
  
  And I will add that if he did have something to do with it, it makes me not like ND playing NW even more.
• rock_knutne

  karen lotz;741748 wrote:I understand you are just joking about the Mike and Mike connection, but there is absolutely ZERO chance Greenie had any pull at all in getting this scheduled.
  
  
  And I will add that if he did have something to do with it, it makes me not like ND playing NW even more.

  LOL!
• Tobias Fünke

  

  He didn't. Notre Dame gets another Chicago game, Northwestern gets a chance. Everyone wins.
• karen lotz

  

  Ronald Darby committed this morning. 2 of the top defensive backs in the country on board along with Tee Shepard who is making his first visit to South Bend today. Darby is faaaaaaaaaast.
• bababooey

  

  Blue and Gold Rosters
  
  The offensive linemen will go both ways
  
  OFFENSIVE TACKLE
  
  75 Taylor Dever, 6-5, 297, Senior
  70 Zack Martin, 6-4, 300, Junior
  74 Christian Lombard, 6-5, 301, Soph.
  64 Tate Nichols, 6-8, 320, Soph.
  79 Matt Tansey, 6-6, 250, Junior
  
  OFFENSIVE GUARD
  
  76 Andrew Nuss, 6-5, 303, Senior
  78 Trevor Robinson, 6-5, 300, Senior
  73 Lane Clelland, 6-5, 297, Senior
  56 Brad Carrico, 6-5, 285, Freshman
  
  CENTER
  
  52 Braxston Cave, 6-3, 303, Senior
  57 Mike Golic, 6-3, 295, Senior
  
  BLUE TEAM:
  
  QUARTERBACK
  
  10 Dayne Crist, 6-4, 235, Senior
  5 Everett Golson, 6-0, 180, Freshman
  17 Matthew Mulvey, 6-2, 191, Senior
  
  RUNNING BACK
  
  20 Cierre Wood, 6-0, 210, Junior
  29 Patrick Coughlin, 6-0, 195, Senior
  
  WIDE RECEIVER
  
  6 Theo Riddick, 5-11, 198, Junior
  7 TJ Jones, 5-11, 187, Soph.
  81 John Goodman, 6-3, 207, Senior
  39 Ryan Liebscher, 5-11, 190, Soph.
  
  TIGHT END
  
  80 Tyler Eifert, 6-6, 242, Junior
  82 Alex Welch, 6-4, 245, Soph.
  
  DEFENSIVE END
  
  89 Kapron Lewis-Moore, 6-4, 295, Senior
  19 Aaron Lynch, 6-6, 260, Freshman
  93 Bruce Heggie, 6-5, 270, Soph.
  
  NOSE TACKLE
  
  94 Hafis Williams, 6-1, 285, Senior
  
  OUTSIDE LINEBACKER
  
  55 Prince Shembo, 6-2, 250, Soph.
  46 Steven Filer, 6-3, 235, Senior
  47 Jonathan Frantz, 6-2, 211, Senior
  
  INSIDE LINEBACKER
  
  44 Carlo Calabrese, 6-1, 245, Junior
  36 David Posluszny, 6-0, 235, Senior
  53 Justin Utupo, 6-1, 251, Soph.
  
  SAFETY
  
  22 Harrison Smith, 6-2, 214, Senior
  26 Jamoris Slaughter, 6-0, 198, Senior
  28 Austin Collinsworth, 6-1, 200, Soph.
  
  CORNERBACK
  
  4 Gary Gray, 5-11, 195, Senior
  23 Lo Wood, 5-10, 182, Soph.
  43 Joe Romano, 5-9, 165, Soph.
  
  PUNTER
  
  35 Ben Turk, 5-11, 196, Junior
  
  KICKER
  
  40 Nick Tausch, 6-0, 190, Junior
  
  LONG SNAPPER
  
  60 Jordan Cowart, 6-2, 215, Junior
  
  GOLD TEAM
  
  QUARTERBACK
  
  11 Tommy Rees, 6-2, 210, Soph.
  12 Andrew Hendrix, 6-2, 218, Soph.
  
  RUNNING BACK
  
  25 Jonas Gray, 5-10, 230, Senior
  49 Tyler Plantz, 5-9, 195, Soph.
  
  WIDE RECEIVER
  
  9 Robby Toma, 5-9, 175, Junior
  1 Deion Walker, 6-3, 202, Senior
  14 Luke Massa, 6-4, 220, Soph.
  
  TIGHT END
  
  83 Mike Ragone, 6-4, 245, Senior
  88 Jake Golic, 6-4, 235, Junior
  
  DEFENSIVE END
  
  90 Ethan Johnson, 6-4, 300, Senior
  96 Kona Schwenke, 6-4, 285, Soph.
  
  NOSE TACKLE
  
  9 Louis Nix, 6-3, 340, Soph.
  99 Brandon Newman, 6-0, 303, Senior
  
  OUTSIDE LINEBACKER
  
  45 Darius Fleming, 6-2, 250, Senior
  13 Danny Spond, 6-2, 242, Soph.
  1 Ishaq Williams, 6-5, 242, Freshman
  
  INSIDE LINEBACKER
  
  48 Dan Fox, 6-3, 230, Junior
  8 Kendall Moore, 6-1, 242, Soph.
  
  SAFETY
  
  17 Zeke Motta, 6-2, 215, Junior
  15 Dan McCarthy, 6-2, 205, Senior
  24 Chris Salvi, 5-10, 180, Senior
  
  CORNERBACK
  
  12 Robert Blanton, 6-1, 196, Senior
  2 Bennett Jackson, 6-0, 181, Soph.
  42 Nick Lezynski, 5-9, 180, Senior
  32 Andrew Plaska, 5-11, 185, Senior
  
  PUNTER
  
  27 Kyle Brindza, 6-1, 219, Freshman
  37 Mike Grieco, 6-1, 185, Senior
  
  KICKER
  
  97 David Ruffer, 6-1, 176, Senior
  27 Kyle Brindza, 6-1, 219, Freshman
  
  LONG SNAPPER
  
  50 Ryan Kavanagh, 6-3, 200, Senior
• athlete37

  

  On NU-ND-- see the Ryan family
• karen lotz

  

  Nicky Baratti, a safety out of TX just committed. Solid start to the weekend.
  
  
  https://twitter.com/isdupdate/status/59295644640219136
  
  http://notredame.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1212523
• killer_ewok

  

  karen lotz;742587 wrote:Ronald Darby committed this morning. 2 of the top defensive backs in the country on board along with Tee Shepard who is making his first visit to South Bend today. Darby is faaaaaaaaaast.

  
  Yes!
• sherm03

  

  Louis Nix is absolutely gigantic!
• karen lotz

  

  sherm03;742633 wrote:Louis Nix is absolutely gigantic!

  
  
  Yeah I'm not sure which guard he was going against in that first series, either Carrico or Nuss, but it wasn't fair.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  Irish picked up another in LS Scott Daly. Not quite the impact of the other two.