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

• karen lotz

  

  http://www.southbendtribune.com/sbt-notre-dame-football-tuitt-starting-the-big-push-20110516,0,7128157.story
  
  Solid article on Stephon Tuitt
  

  "I get overwhelmed sometimes when I think about the talent in this class," Tuitt said. "I'm like all the fans -- I think we are going to turn a lot of heads and we are going to make people turn our way and jump on the bandwagon."

• WebFire

  karen lotz;770815 wrote:http://www.southbendtribune.com/sbt-notre-dame-football-tuitt-starting-the-big-push-20110516,0,7128157.story
  
  Solid article on Stephon Tuitt

  
  Where does this class rank? Or where will it rank?
• WebFire

  NM. I see Rivals has it at #10.
• karen lotz

  

  WebFire;770988 wrote:NM. I see Rivals has it at #10.

  
  
  Yeah I think Scout and ESPN both had it a few spots higher maybe FWIW. Its not so much the overall class that's impressive, but more the haul on the defensive line that stands out.
• WebFire

  Yeah, landing 2 5* defensive ends is huge!
• Tobias Fünke

  

  Mark Harrell committed to the Irish this evening. He's an OT from North Carolina.
  
  He had offers from Auburn, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Stanford, Tennessee, West Virginia, Michigan, etc.
• Bigdogg

  How much did the Irish pay for Charlie not to Coach? Notre Dame paid more than $6.6 million and counting to sever the contract of former football coach Charlie Weis in 2009, the Chicago Tribune reported Friday.
  
  
  http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/Report-Notre-Dame-paid-fortune-to-part-ways-with-former-football-coach-Charlie-Weis-052011?GT1=39002
• killer_ewok

  

  They fucked up by giving him that extension after a few games so they screwed themselves there. Fortunately they were able to afford firing him.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  Notre Dame could burn cash all day and be fine, no big deal.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  Jack Swarbrick:
  

  On Notre Dame launching a network much like Texas:
  
  Yeah, we will – you know, we are very focused on building our digital media capacity. It'll probably take a slightly different form because we work with a different set of assets than Texas. I think that Texas' model is a great one; I think they'll be hugely successful. But it is based on the remarkable passion for that school in a geographic area, so it fits over a cable footprint. I don't have any market like that. I have interest everywhere, but not a concentration of it in one place. And so our opportunities will really come as broadband delivery increases and as you all are consuming media on a more content-by-content basis rather than a network basis. So as those two things evolve, that's really going to play to Notre Dame's favor, and what we want to do is position ourselves to take full advantage of it. So as broadband delivery on an a la carte basis, if you will, becomes the future of media, Notre Dame's going to be really well-positioned.

• karen lotz

  

  http://www.southbendtribune.com/sports/collegesports/notredame/sbt-notre-dame-football-kelly-says-floyd-is-all-in-or-out-20110524,0,4299364.story
  
  
  Looks like Michael Floyd will either play week 1 and not miss any games or won't play at all.
• killer_ewok

  

  karen lotz;779111 wrote:http://www.southbendtribune.com/sports/collegesports/notredame/sbt-notre-dame-football-kelly-says-floyd-is-all-in-or-out-20110524,0,4299364.story
  
  
  Looks like Michael Floyd will either play week 1 and not miss any games or won't play at all.

  
  Clicked on the link and read it.....I like the way that Kelly is handling this so far.
• Hamp89

  killer_ewok;779124 wrote:Clicked on the link and read it.....I like the way that Kelly is handling this so far.

  
  Me too.
• karen lotz

  

  Irish picked up their 8th commitment tonight, C.J. Prosise a safety out of Virginia. 3 star on Rivals, didn't have an overly impressive offer list but did have offers from Penn State and Va Tech. Was only offered by ND May 16th.
  
  "No schools compare to them academically or athleticially," Prosise said.
• WebFire

  karen lotz;782745 wrote:Irish picked up their 8th commitment tonight, C.J. Prosise a safety out of Virginia. 3 star on Rivals, didn't have an overly impressive offer list but did have offers from Penn State and Va Tech. Was only offered by ND May 16th.
  
  "No schools compare to them academically or athleticially," Prosise said.

  
  He must have meant compared to the schools he was offered by.
• karen lotz

  

  WebFire;782876 wrote:He must have meant compared to the schools he was offered by.

  
  Ha, who knows. Offered 10 days ago and will make his first trip to South Bend June 4th.
• karen lotz

  

  Deontay Greenberry is commitment #9.
  
  4* WR out of CA and Tee Shepard's cousin.
  
  Offers from Alabama and pretty much all of the PAC 10.
• killer_ewok

  

  Very nice.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  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
  Deontay Greenberry - * * * * WR (California) - 6'3 180 ____ - Alabama, Miami, USC
  C.J. Prosise - * * * S (Virginia) - 6'2 190 ____ - Penn State, Virginia Tech
  Mark Harrell - * * * OL (North Carolina) - 6'5 270 - Auburn, Stanford, Tennessee
  Justin Ferguson - * * * WR (Florida) - 6'3 200 4.5 - Alabama, Florida, Florida State
  Scot Daly - n/a LS (Illinois) - 6'4 230 - n/a
  
  I didn't realize how good this class is until I listed it for myself. There is a ton of talent here, even the three-star guys are very good. Mark Harrell's high school doesn't pass block, and he's a TE, so he's a project with tremendous upside. Ferguson is a three-star guy who was offered by Alabama and the Florida powers, that speaks for itself.
  
  The national recruiting has been very good too. Notre Dame needs to hear from some RB's and OL for this class to fulfill some needs though.
  
  Also, the average star ranking is a 3.875 (sans Daly). Very nice indeed.
• killer_ewok

  

  Now if BK and Co. can develop them......we're in business.
• WebFire

  Tobias Fünke;783771 wrote:even the three-star guys are very good.

  That might be my favorite quote of all time.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  WebFire;783831 wrote:That might be my favorite quote of all time.

  
  I'm not sure what your point is. Naturally, all of those guys are in the top percentile of people who have ever played football. Typically it's hard to get uber excited about three-star prospects, but Ferguson could get a fourth star and Harrell has incredible potential that needs mentioning.
• WebFire

  It's all good.
  
  This is shaping up to be a hell of a class. I personally hope ND gets back to consistent winning. I've never had the hatred for them that many here have. And the UM/ND rivalry has become one of the better ones IMO, but they both need to be winning to make it great.
• killer_ewok

  

  WebFire;783885 wrote:It's all good.
  
  This is shaping up to be a hell of a class. I personally hope ND gets back to consistent winning. I've never had the hatred for them that many here have. And the UM/ND rivalry has become one of the better ones IMO, but they both need to be winning to make it great.

  
  Good post.
• dat dude

  http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1226056
  

  Tom Dienhart's answer:
  I don't agree with Kelly's penalty on Floyd. I think Floyd should have to sit out some games, regardless if he behaves between now and the start of the season. Floyd isn't coming off his first alcohol-related offense. This was his third. ND's response to this point: He has had his captaincy stripped. That's it. And that's a joke. Floyd has gotten off too easy time and again. He deserves a harsh treatment. I think he should sit three or four games, at least. And if he has another run-in with the law, he should be gone for good. Bottom line: If Floyd was the backup long snapper - and not the best player on the team - he would have been booted long ago. But we all know there's a double-standard in the sports world: Stars always have and always will get special treatment.