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

• rock_knutne

  Didn't see if anyone posted this year's shirt:
  
  
• karen lotz

  

  Saw that yesterday. It looks a lot better in that pic than I saw before. I don't really like that blue.
• rock_knutne

  karen lotz;742786 wrote:Saw that yesterday. It looks a lot better in that pic than I saw before. I don't really like that blue.

  Agreed, I like navy better but the art work is really cool IMO.
• WebFire

  karen lotz;742775 wrote:I saw there was supposed to be one more commit today. Not sure who though but Mauk wouldn't surprise me.

  
  I hope so. I don't want him at Michigan.
• karen lotz

  

  WebFire;742870 wrote:I hope so. I don't want him at Michigan.

  
  How high is he on Michigan? I would think with them moving to a more pro style offense he would be a little turned off to UM. I think you guys would be in good shape for Kiel if he isn't Irish.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  Kiel is a stud. If he doesn't end up at Notre Dame I give it a 50/50 shot he ends up at Indiana, honestly.
• karen lotz

  

  I saw that about Kiel/Indiana on IE. Why the hell would he go to Indiana? I mean I guess it'd be ok since Notre Dame won't play Indiana but you'd think he'd want to go somewhere else. Would like to see him commit to ND and then start working on some WRs to come along with him.
• Teabagger

  rock_knutne;742782 wrote:Didn't see if anyone posted this year's shirt:
  
  

  
  That is an absolutely terrible picture of "the shirt". It is royal blue, the color in that pic isn't even close. The green jerseys on the back really pops. I like it as much as last years easily.
• WebFire

  karen lotz;742878 wrote:How high is he on Michigan? I would think with them moving to a more pro style offense he would be a little turned off to UM. I think you guys would be in good shape for Kiel if he isn't Irish.

  
  I think he ends up at Notre Dame, but his family really likes Michigan and Michigan has offered. You are right though, the Hoke offense doesn't really suit his style. I'm interested to see how he does in college. His numbers were inflated and I don't think he is as good as many think. Mind you, I don't think he is bad. But I see so many comments about this stats and people get all googly eyed.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  Those same people also got "googly eyed" by Hawai'i and Texas Tech quarterbacks of yesteryear.
  
  I'll start the running total on the 2012 recruiting class:
  
  Tee Shepard - * * * * * CB (California) - 6'1 175 - Alabama, Auburn, Miami, Oregon, USC
  Ronald Darby - * * * * * ATH (Maryland) - 5'11 175 4.31 - Alabama, Auburn, Florida, FSU, Miami, Penn State, USC
  Taylor Decker - * * * * OT (Ohio) - 6'8 290 - Michigan, West Virginia, Wisconsin
  Nick Baratti - * * * * S (Texas) - 6'2 215 4.48 - Texas Tech, West Virginia
  Scot Daly - n/a LS (Illinois) - 6'4 230 - n/a
  
  
  
  Rumored to be on the brink of committing are:
  Justin Ferguson (Florida WR 6'2 205 4.5; Notre Dame vs. Florida)
  Maty Mauk (Ohio QB; Notre Dame vs. Michigan?)
  Amara Darboh (Iowa WR 6'2 190 4.42; Notre Dame vs. ???)
  Deontay Greenberry (California WR 6'3 190 4.44; not sure if he's offered or not haha was rumored to be happening at the B&G Game.)
  Bryce Treggs (California WR 5'10 170; was "blown away" on his visit.)
  
  
  Fall needs to get here fast.
• rock_knutne

  Teabagger;743002 wrote:That is an absolutely terrible picture of "the shirt". It is royal blue, the color in that pic isn't even close. The green jerseys on the back really pops. I like it as much as last years easily.

  
  Sorry it wasn't up to your standards.:rolleyes:
  
  BTW, I copied from UND.com, so file a complaint with them.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  Teabagger;743002 wrote:That is an absolutely terrible picture of "the shirt". It is royal blue, the color in that pic isn't even close.

  
  Really?
  
  BTW I love the shirt.
  
  
• Hamp89

  I DVR'd the spring game and watched it again this morning. I have to say my feelings on Hendrix are much different today than they were yesterday. He seemed to really settle in during the game and you could really see his confidence improve along with his play. It was his first real live action, and it was nice to see him really start to get better throughtout the game, which the other 3 qb's never really did. I'm not so sure Hendrix doesn't see quite a bit of playing time this year. He has a perfect blend of what Kelly wants in a qb. It will be really interesting to watch this work out. The crazy part is that we are all talking quite a bit about Rees, who is Hendrix's age. If Kelly isn't worried about using Hendrix's eligibility last year none of us would probably even know who Tommy Rees is. It's going to be a great competition.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  None of us would know who Tommy Rees is if Hendrix would have enrolled last spring as Rees did. He was a step away in the learning curve and it gave him the opportunity.
  
  The important thing to keep in mind when watching the spring game is how vanilla the play calling was. We really have no idea how much more of the playbook Rees and Crist know than Hendrix and Golson. That is the issue in my opinion.
  
  I'm pretty sure Kelly is wondering if he is going to take a quarterback (Hendrix) and have him lead a team with BCS potential. Wood at RB is great, the WR corp with Floyd is good, and the defense has potential to be outstanding. Does he want to venture into the unknown with Hendrix or go with a lesser quarterback hor this offense who is more mature as a player? It's a freaking tough call.
  
  I don't see Golson being anything but redshirted after rewatching that game. However he will be my quarterback in NCAA 12 no doubt. hahah
• Hamp89

  Yeah I suppose I'm more excited for Hendrix because of his potential to be very good in this offense - for 4 more years. While I'm okay with Rees and Crist, it seems we know exactly how well they can play in this offense, which is just OK. I could see it finishing up with Crist as starter with packages for Hendrix. I think Rees drops to 3rd.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  Hamp89;743524 wrote:I could see it finishing up with Crist as starter with packages for Hendrix. I think Rees drops to 3rd.

  
  That is how I see it as well. However if Crist blows his knee out against South Florida, Rees would be the guy he sends in.
• karen lotz

  

  Notre Dame released their findings of the internal investigation into Declan Sullivan's death.
  
  http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/sports/cbsports-notre-dame-no-one-acted-in-disregard-for-safety-in-declan-sullivan-death-20110418,0,2786797.story
• rock_knutne

  karen lotz;743681 wrote:Notre Dame released their findings of the internal investigation into Declan Sullivan's death.
  
  http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/sports/cbsports-notre-dame-no-one-acted-in-disregard-for-safety-in-declan-sullivan-death-20110418,0,2786797.story

  
  Interesting that Fr. Jenkins says he assumes the brunt of the blame as every operation on campus falls under his guidance. Regardless, some idiot on here won't be satisfied and will start with the normal bullshit that someone needs to fired or how hypocritical ND is when according to that story it was a collective set of circumstances involved in this accident and ND assumes all responsibility.
• karen lotz

  

  Here's the full report from ND.
  
  http://nd.edu/assets/files/notre-dame-investigation-report.pdf
  
  pages 17-23 detail practice on the day of the accident and the conditions of the day before which forced practice indoors.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  2011 (3-4 alignment)..........................2006 (4-3 alignment)
  Louis Nix, 345.........................................Trevor Laws, 283
  Ethan Johnson, 300................................Derek Landri, 277
  Kapron Lewis-Moore, 295..........................Victor Abiamiri, 270
  ..............................................................Chris Frome, 262
  
  Darius Fleming, 250
  Prince Shembo, 250................................. Joe Brockington, 220
  Manti Te’o 255.........................................Maurice Crum, 220
  Carlo Calabrese, 245................................... Travis Thomas, 209
  
  Zeke Motta, 215.............................................. Chinedum Ndukwe 210
  Harrison Smith, 214 ............................................ Tommy Zbikowski, 210
  Robert Blanton, 196 ........................................ Ambrose Wooden, 193
  Gary Gray, 195.............................................Mike Richardson, 188
  
  Total: 2,755 lbs..................................................Total: 2,550 lbs.
  
  One less lineman, yet an entire body heavier. Unreal. There will be plenty of teams getting beat up physically this season, and they are finally on par with BCS-worthy defenses in terms of size.
• The Equalizer

  

  Got our shirts in the mail today and it's true that the blue in those pics look lighter than it is. But it looks awesome. We've been buying these shirts for the last several years and its the best looking one yet I think.
• sherm03

  

  Thought I'd post this here since most of the ND fans will see it in this thread. Zibby is an animal!
  
  [video=youtube;XBNewPy3frY][/video]
• Tobias Fünke

  

  That other dude is a fat slob too.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  http://www.athlonsports.com/columns/5-burning-questions/2011-football-predictions-notre-dame
• karen lotz

  

  Tobias Fünke;750696 wrote:http://www.athlonsports.com/columns/5-burning-questions/2011-football-predictions-notre-dame

  
  Saw this on IE...might be a little on the aggressive side...