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

• karen lotz

  

  Dynamite drop in dat dude.
• dat dude

  karen lotz;784481 wrote:Dynamite drop in dat dude.

  
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  Don't you often link to articles relating to the OSU violations/Tressel scandal? It was on the front page of rivals.com. I thought it was an interesting that all 5 "experts" on their panel agreed on the issue. Don't shoot the messenger.
• WebFire

  karen lotz;784481 wrote:Dynamite drop in dat dude.

  
  I actually think he is right. Darryl Stonum at Michigan just picked up his 2nd DUI, and is suspended indefinately. It's questionable that he'll ever see the field again at Michigan.
  
  If he had his 3rd, there'd be no doubt.
• karen lotz

  

  WebFire;784512 wrote:I actually think he is right. Darryl Stonum at Michigan just picked up his 2nd DUI, and is suspended indefinately. It's questionable that he'll ever see the field again at Michigan.
  
  If he had his 3rd, there'd be no doubt.

  
  
  I know what you are saying, although it wasn't Floyd's 3rd DUI. His two prior incidents were for underage consumption/possession, and neither of them were while he was on campus or school was in session. I was surprised when ResLife didn't suspend him, as I'm pretty sure I posted on here he was done immediately after the DUI in March. Bottom line is he still hasn't been reinstated and there are zero guarantees that he plays at all this fall. He has certain things he needs to do before Kelly will reinstate him. A couple hundred hours of work in the community, maintain a certain GPA (which he did for the Spring, still has to do in the Summer), fulfill any requirements the courts give him when he faces that within the next couple weeks, and other things that haven't been released publicly. He had to completely change his life, in a short amount of time, and maintain that. He has already been suspended from all football related activities for 2 months and had his captaincy stripped, which is about 10 times the punishment any OSU player has received recently for similar offenses, which is why I replied to dat dude like I did.
• dat dude

  karen lotz;784539 wrote: He has already been suspended from all football related activities for 2 months and had his captaincy stripped, which is about 10 times the punishment any OSU player has received recently for similar offenses, which is why I replied to dat dude like I did.

  
  Could you link to me a comparison for an OSU player who committed "similar offenses?" I would like to compare punishments. To my knowledge, there has not been an OSU player who has had 3 different alcohol incidents (including an OVI) within a two year period. It may have happened, but I don't recall.
• karen lotz

  

  dat dude;784548 wrote:Could you link to me a comparison for an OSU player who committed "similar offenses?" I would like to compare punishments. To my knowledge, there has not been an OSU player who has had 3 different alcohol incidents (including an OVI) within a two year period. It may have happened, but I don't recall.

  
  
  http://tinyurl.com/35spup4
  
• WebFire

  dat dude;784548 wrote:Could you link to me a comparison for an OSU player who committed "similar offenses?" I would like to compare punishments. To my knowledge, there has not been an OSU player who has had 3 different alcohol incidents (including an OVI) within a two year period. It may have happened, but I don't recall.

  
  See if this has any.
  
  http://genuinelysarcastic.blogspot.com/2011/05/dotting-lie.html
• Tobias Fünke

  

  You're really going to bitch about underages? GTFO. I've seen cops around Ohio State's campus mysteriously appear in larger numbers around underage football players in bars, not to give them underages but to stop people from taking pictures of it. When one university systematically caters to football players' partying and one is closer to BYU, you don't have much of a case. College kids drink, the underages are moot. "Third alcohol offense" is such a freakin' cop out because few people consider underage possession to be an actual offense. If he gets another OVI or gets caught with marijuana, you'd have a point.
  
  Keep in mind this happened in the dead period between the bowl game and spring football. He is fortunate that he has the entire off season to turn his life around. If this happened in August, things would be much different.
• WebFire

  Tobias Fünke;784574 wrote:You're really going to bitch about underages? GTFO. I've seen cops around Ohio State's campus mysteriously appear in larger numbers around underage football players in bars, not to give them underages but to stop people from taking pictures of it. When one university systematically caters to football players' partying and one is closer to BYU, you don't have much of a case. College kids drink, the underages are moot. "Third alcohol offense" is such a freakin' cop out because few people consider underage possession to be an actual offense. If he gets another OVI or gets caught with marijuana, you'd have a point.
  
  Keep in mind this happened in the dead period between the bowl game and spring football. He is fortunate that he has the entire off season to turn his life around. If this happened in August, things would be much different.

  
  I thought it was his 3rd DUI. So I agree mostly with you. I still don't think a 3rd alcohol related offense is anything to take lightly though.
• karen lotz

  

  Looks like Jordan Prestwood will be transferring out of Florida State already after signing in February, and is likely going to end up in South Bend.
• athlete37

  

  yuppp. not sure how i feel about that either
• karen lotz

  

  Already official that he will be Irish. Nice boost to last year's class and Montana's transfer opened the spot for him.
• athlete37

  

  I guess we welcomed Lynch and Tuitt back, but I'm still slightly skeptical.
• karen lotz

  

  Of what though? He probably went through some of the same stuff that Lynch and Tuitt went through as far as pressure from friends and family to stay close to home. Maybe Prestwood just gave in to that and Lynch was in his ear about the time he has spent in South Bend? Lynch's mom was one of the first to report Prestwood transferring.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  Will he have to burn a year? Not that he wouldn't be redshirted anyway.
  
  This would boost Notre Dame's average star rating to a 3.63 for 2011.
• karen lotz

  

  Yeah he will have to sit this year. Will help OL depth when 3 starters have their eligibility expire after 2011.
• bababooey

  

  ND will get it's 10th verbal tomorrow
  
  http://www.wsbt.com/sports/wsbt-source-sb-washingtons-perkins-to-choose-notre-dame-20110605,0,2379687.story
• karen lotz

  

  Sucks that it got leaked a day early. Kelly was waiting on his SAT scores to come in and when they did, he got his offer. Perkins announced within a day of getting the scores that he was ready to announce his decision. Will be interesting to see which position he comes in as, I'd like to see him as a power RB.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  I can't see him being anything but an RB. I have read that his HS coach said his coverage skills are a liability.
• killer_ewok

  

  karen lotz;792113 wrote:Sucks that it got leaked a day early.

  
  Agreed.
• karen lotz

  

  bhardin2 Brian Hardin

  Michael Floyd may participate in voluntary summer workouts, if he chooses, but he has not been reinstated to the #NotreDame football team...

• karen lotz

  

  bhardin2 Brian Hardin

  Said Brian Kelly: "Michael has made steady progress towards modifying his behavior and he may participate in the voluntary workouts being...

  conducted by his teammates as well as the summer strength and conditioning program, if he so chooses. However, Michael still has steps to...

  take before he can be considered for reinstatement to our football team. If he meets the conditions I have outlined to him and he...

  demonstrates improved decision-making skills, Michael will have the opportunity to rejoin the team for practices and games this fall. If...

  he doesn't meet every criteria given to him, Michael will not play for Notre Dame in 2011," said #NotreDame head coach Brian Kelly.

• killer_ewok

  

  It sounds like Floyd will be a go if he gets/keeps his shit together and completes what he has left to do.
• The Equalizer

  

  
  
  I am so psyched for this year
• karen lotz

  

  Perkins makes it official.