Theo Riddick made it official earlier Wednesday and committed to Notre Dame - giving the Irish four verbal commitments on the season. Here’s some additional information on the Irish’s newest commitment.
According to the Courier News Online running back recruit Theo Riddick is going to pick Notre Dame as his college choice today.
Immaculata High School star running back Theo Riddick is expected to announce Wednesday during a news conference that he will play at Notre Dame University.
Notre Dame picked up a huge commitment early Saturday when five star running back Cierre Wood picked the Fighting Irish over UCLA. Wood is listed as a five star back on both Rivals and Scout and had offers from the likes of Auburn, Cal, Florida, USC, and Oregon among many others.
Notre Dame will have four scholarship running backs for the ‘09 season - James Aldridge, Armando Allen, Robert Hughes, and Jonas Gray - so it’s likely that Wood could be the only running back the Irish take this year. If anything, i would guess that any other back ND pursues would be someone who could play multiple positions.
Notre Dame picked up it’s first verbal commitment of the year on Saturday when Jake Golic, the second of Mike Golic’s kids, committed to Notre Dame. Jake, a 6′5″, 215 lb tight end, will join his brother Mike Jr in following in their father’s footsteps.
Check out the the homepage for a full article later tonight/early tomorrow.
Some more YouTube clips of Michael Floyd. Kid looks like a natural at wide receiver and has BIG TIME play making ability. I will be absolutely shocked if he is not a starter by seasons end. Heck, I think I’d be mildly shocked if he wasn’t a starter against San Diego State.
Here’s some highlights of Deion Walker similar to the ones I posted of Kyle Rudolph last week. Nothing really earth shattering here, but it does look like Walker is pretty good at the quick hitter plays that Weis used to run to Jeff Samardzija quite a bit.
My favorite part of these highlights, however, is how Walker celebrates his touchdowns. He simply drops the ball and turns around towards his teammates. No hot dogging or taunting or any of the other crap that has become the norm by wide receivers these days.
Here’s some highlights of Kyle Rudolph courtesy of Takkle.com
And here they debate whether or not Rudolph is the best tight end in the country.
I was a little surprised with his run blocking in these videos as it was better than I expected. Rudolph could end up seeing the field very early if Will Yeatman is not back on the team in the fall.
Here are some highlights of five star wide receiver Marlon Brown out of Memphis, Tennessee. Notre Dame has already offered Brown a scholarship and after viewing the video it will be easy to see why.
Last Friday, Notre Dame offensive coordinator Michael Haywood personally delivered a written scholarship offer for Brown to the school.
“The funny thing about it is I opened the letter, and it was gold,” said a blushing Brown, who added that “he doesn’t really care” about being ranked among the nation’s top junior football prospects.
And from the same article:
Last fall, he registered 41 receptions for 861 yards (21 yards per catch) and six touchdowns, numbers that included an eye-popping eight-reception, 305-yard receiving performance in the Lions’ 48-44 Week 2 loss to Southern Baptist Educational Center.
When defenses employed two and three defenders to cover him on pass routes, Derrick moved Brown into the Lion backfield, where he thrived as well, rushing for 629 yards and 10 touchdowns on 58 carries (10.8 yards per carry).
“Teams would assign two or three guys to keep us from getting it out (to Brown), so we had to find ways to get him the ball,” Derrick said.
“We’d direct snap it to him, kind of like they used (Darren) McFadden at Arkansas, just trying to get him the ball. He’s completely different than he was (as a sophomore), and he was already great (as a sophomore).”
After signing 3 wide receivers in this past recruiting class, it’s likely the staff will be a bit more selective this year and not take as many. Getting a prospect like Brown would be an ideal fit because his talents seem to compliment the current wide receivers very well. He possess excellent open field skills much like Jeff Samardzija did. He doesn’t appear to be a burner, but he makes people miss and he makes leaving defenders behind look absolutely effortless.
Both I-AA teams, the WCU Catamounts are 3-19 in the last two seasons while the UT-Chattanooga Moccasins have torn through the I-AA ranks with a two-year mark of 5-17.
Reeling from multiple suspensions related to academic fraud (now there’s a shocker) that will leave FSU without several starters for the first three games of 2008, FSU Coach Bobby Bowden shamelessly acknowledged:
“There’s no way we would be ready to play a ranked team at that time…the first three ballgames we’re going to have around, what, 12 scholarship guys out?”
For those not paying attention at home, Bowden just said, “Yep, I’m a pussy.” Even worse, he was almost glib about failing to keep his kids in good academic standing. Seeing as Bobby’s integrity is already a non-starter, I guess he might as well piss on basic accountability while he’s at it.
Oh please, spare me the lame-ass one-liners about Notre Dame scheduling the Coast Guard and Merchant Marines. I’m not a big fan of scheduling the service academies, if only because it gives all the intellectually lazy ND haters of the world an excuse to spin total bullshit as fact. The real facts are these: the Naval Academy has one of the top Div I-A winning percentages since 2003, while the Air Force Academy has been been a legitimate mid-major bowl team for a quarter century. If you think scheduling the likes of Navy or Air Force is the same as scheduling not one, but two Div I-AA opponents in the same season, you’re incapable of having an honest discussion–about anything–so shut the hell up.
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[Note: only days after this article was written, Florida State put all of its athletic programs on two-year probation. According to an AP report issued on February 14, 2008, 60 student-athletes spread out across all FSU sports programs have lost or will lose some eligibility. Bottom line: any parent who willingly watches his or her child sign a Letter of Intent for Florida State should be charged with negligence. That "school" is a joke. And beyond that scoreboard they don't care what happens to your kids. ]
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