Notre Dame Football 2010.......The Brian Kelly Era Begins

• karen lotz

  

  http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20100831/SPORTS13/100839894/1130
  
  
  USC is also an option, considering he signed with them originally.
  
  

  "I am not really good at talking anybody out of staying with a football team," Kelly said. "I just have never been down that road. I'll point out some things that I think it's important to point out, but I don't know my role really is to talk somebody out of quitting.
  
  "I always will say, ‘Have you talked to your family? What are your family's thoughts about this? Have you clearly talked to them?' Because if they haven't talked to their family, that's a red flag for me. He said he's talked to his family about it, and that's why we wish him the best.
  
  "Sometimes those decisions are ones that we really won't be able to understand. And maybe in five or 10 years, you look back on it and go, ‘That was a great decision, that was a poor decision.' I've been doing it for 20 years, and anytime a player leaves, it's disappointing."

  
  Some people would prefer to have spots handed to them instead of being patient. Kelly said he was one of the hardest workers on the team, but he was at a spot where he wasn't the best fit. He would have seen significant playing time this year and was one play away from starting considering Riddick is coming off of shoulder surgery and isn't the biggest player on the team.
• sleeper

  

  This isn't meant to troll, but I want my prediction out there so that I can link back to this when it happens.
  
  Notre Dame will go 6-6 and lose their bowl game(if they chose to accept it).
  
  Bookmark this. I know I will.
  
  Also, I'd like to add that the Notre Dame faithful will cut BK some slack with sayings like "The cupboard was bare because Ty was there" or "We have a really young team, just wait until next year", or "Just wait til BK gets his recruits in, then ND will be at the top again".
• grodt

  

  Are we allowed to bookmark this so when you're wrong you can eat your crow?
• sleeper

  

  I am encouraging the bookmark, and will eat my crow, but I won't be wrong and ND fans know it.
• vball10set

  sleeper;467901 wrote:This isn't meant to troll .

  
  I stopped reading right here :rolleyes:
• Tiernan

  Sleeper I will break bread with you at that same banquet of feathered fowl should the Potato Eaters surpass 6 - 6. But in the greater likelihood they dont...I think Rocky Knooty, Lotz and Ewok should buy us both virtual steak dinners on the Chatter. Sound yummy?
• sjmvsfscs08

  Soooo 6< wins and you two never post on a Notre Dame thread again? Is that what we're saying?
• karen lotz

  

  sjmvsfscs08;468352 wrote:Soooo 6< wins and you two never post on a Notre Dame thread again? Is that what we're saying?

  I will wager a virtual steak for that.
• sleeper

  

  I would take that bet.
  
  ND 6 wins or less, a thread must be created by an ND fan on this forum with the title "ND is terrible, sleeper is right"
  The text of the thread must be "Bring back Weis, at least he gave us a "close loss" to USC"
  
  ND 7 wins or more, I will never post on any thread with Notre Dame in the title.
  
  Any takers?
• The Equalizer

  

  I'll roll the dice on that one.
• karen lotz

  

  sleeper;468372 wrote:I would take that bet.
  
  ND 6 wins or less, a thread must be created by an ND fan on this forum with the title "ND is terrible, sleeper is right"
  The text of the thread must be "Bring back Weis, at least he gave us a "close loss" to USC"
  
  ND 7 wins or more, I will never post on any thread with Notre Dame in the title.
  
  Any takers?

  
  
  I'm in. Quoted so you can't delete/change it.
• sjmvsfscs08

  I'm in.
  
  Also, BYU and Notre Dame have a six-year deal. Interesting.
  
  The Fighting Irish and the Fighting Mormons together again.
• karen lotz

  

  I do have a question though, what if USC/ND go to overtime this year?
• karen lotz

  

  sjmvsfscs08;468385 wrote:I'm in.
  
  Also, BYU and Notre Dame have a six-year deal. Interesting.
  
  The Fighting Irish and the Fighting Mormons together again.

  Stewart Mandel tweeted they should play for The Holy Grail.
  
  Catholics vs Moroms.
• karen lotz

  

  What are the chances we can get Tiernan in on this?
• sleeper

  

  karen lotz;468384 wrote:I'm in. Quoted so you can't delete/change it.

  Why would I want to delete/change it? ND is terrible, maybe you will finally learn what the rest of the country has known for 20 years.
• sleeper

  

  The 7 wins also includes the bowl game since we all know that's a guaranteed loss LOL
• sjmvsfscs08

  ^^Now you're just making it easy, but that's a deal too.
  
  And if Ohio State doesn't win the National Championship or Pryor doesn't win the Heisman, will you just find the nearest bridge, tie yourself to some cinder blocks, and go for a swim?
• killer_ewok

  

  Tiernan;468240 wrote:Sleeper I will break bread with you at that same banquet of feathered fowl should the Potato Eaters surpass 6 - 6. But in the greater likelihood they dont...I think Rocky Knooty, Lotz and Ewok should buy us both virtual steak dinners on the Chatter. Sound yummy?

  Can I put finely ground up shards of virtual glass in that virtual steak? If so, I might just be hoping to lose the bet.
  
  Also, beware that bet with sleeper and the way he worded it. He said he won't post on a thread with Notre Dame in the title. That means his threads will probably have "that Catholic Independent," "the Fighting Irish" or "team whose only bowl win in last 16 years is vs. depleted 6-6 WAC team." You know it's going to happen. Or he'll just bash ND on threads not about them.
• karen lotz

  

  That's fine, I would be willing to bet we could get a good number of posters to add Notre Dame to any thread they start on the site to keep him off.
• Tiernan

  karen lotz;468393 wrote:What are the chances we can get Tiernan in on this?

  
  You're not sucker bettin me into that one Lotz...I enjoy kicking you guys in the nuts too much to give it up just becuz you might get lucky one season. All I'm sayin is I'll make a statement of some sort that genuinely congratulates the Shamrock Huggers should they beat 6 - 6. If they don't, you make a similar statement identifying Sleeper and Tiernan as the World's Most Esteemed Authorities on All Things College Football Related.
• The Equalizer

  

  Can we identify you guys instead as Absolutely Sound Sages Having Outright Likely Enlightening Stories?
• karen lotz

  

  The Equalizer;468521 wrote:Can we identify you guys instead as Absolutely Sound Sages Having Outright Likely Enlightening Stories?

  
  
  Sounds good, I will try to come up with an acronym for it.
• grodt

  

  sleeper;468372 wrote:I would take that bet.
  
  ND 6 wins or less, a thread must be created by an ND fan on this forum with the title "ND is terrible, sleeper is right"
  The text of the thread must be "Bring back Weis, at least he gave us a "close loss" to USC"
  
  ND 7 wins or more, I will never post on any thread with Notre Dame in the title.
  
  Any takers?

  
  I'd take that
• karen lotz

  

  NBC announced several new things with their coverage of Notre Dame. They will be broadcast in Europe and Asia. Games will also be streamed live on the internet with HD video and it will include full DVR capability. There will also be an extra online only camera and you will be able to rewind or review plays in slow motion while the live feed is still going. They also will have the camera over the field that was tested during the spring game.
  
  
  http://www.nbcuniversal.presscentre.com/content/detail.aspx?ReleaseID=1632&NewsAreaId=2