Notre Dame Adds Preferred Walk-on to ‘09 Class

Posted: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:06:22 +0000 under: Class of 2009

Notre Dame added Tom Freeman to the class of 2009 as a preferred walk-on.  Freeman is a 6′3″, 270 offensive guard who received a 3-star rating from both Scout and Rivals.  According to his profiles on both sites, he held scholarship offers from Northwestern, Kansas State, Ball State, Duke, Harvard, and South Florida.  Instead, he [...] Read Full Update

Notre Dame Adds ‘09 WR

Posted: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:48:33 +0000 under: Class of 2009

Notre Dame added an 18th recruit to the class of 2009 on Thursday - wide receiver Roby Toma.  Toma, a 3 star wide receiver on Scout, is the high school teammate of uber recruit Manti Te’o.  He had previously been committed to UCLA, but reconsidered his decision when Te’o decided to attend Notre Dame on [...] Read Full Update

Starling Officially to USC

Posted: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:43:16 +0000 under: Class of 2009

Sorry for posting this late, got a little tied up this afternoon and couldn’t log on till now, but Jawanza Starling did indeed fax in his LOI to USC eliminating any possibility he ends up at Notre Dame this fall. Starling would have been the icing on the cake yesterday on top of Manti Te’o, but [...] Read Full Update

Weis on the Rest of the Defensive Recruits

Posted: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:30:21 +0000 under: Class of 2009

Since there weren’t a lot of defensive recruits in this class outside of Manti Te’o, I combined this into one post. Weis on EJ Banks: He’s made all state in both his junior and senior years. This guy has played offense, he’s played defense, he was a great high school quarterback. He played DB, as well. You [...] Read Full Update

Some Clarification from Weis Regarding Te’o’s Mission

Posted: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:27:35 +0000 under: Class of 2009

One of the hot topics surrounding yesterday’s news about Manti Te’o coming to Notre Dame was how his mission would impact his football career.  Charlie Weis address the matter on Wednesday. So back a long time ago, we talked about the possibility of his choosing to go on a mission which would either be a year [...] Read Full Update

Major Props in Order for Brian Polian

Posted: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:33:19 +0000 under: Class of 2009

Brian Polian has been one of the more maligned coaches at Notre Dame over the past few seasons, but the job he did with this recruiting class was nothing short of remarkable.  According to Rivals recruiting section, Polian was responsible for the following commitments this season: Manti Te’o - 5-star LB which USC was all over Shaquelle [...] Read Full Update

Weis on the Recruitment of Manti Te’o

Posted: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:07:19 +0000 under: Class of 2009

Charlie Weis opened his presser on Wednesday by talking about the big news of the day - Manti Te’o’s signing with Notre Dame and he was clearly excited about the developments. First, here’s what Weis had to say about Manti as a player. You know, he’s considered one of the top players in the country. This is [...] Read Full Update

Weis on the OL Recruits

Posted: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:27:14 +0000 under: Class of 2009

Here are some quotes from Charlie Weis on the three offensive linemen as well as some comments from me on what Weis had to say. Weis on Alex Bullard: We see him as an athletic offensive guard prospect for us. He was first team all state as a senior and led his high school to the class [...] Read Full Update

Signing Day Drama - Starling Still in Play?

Posted: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:08:39 +0000 under: Class of 2009

Jawanza Starling, who committed to USC earlier today, is still not showing up on the Official USC website as a signee for their class of 2009.  Pete Carroll also did NOT mention Starling at his press conference when he introduced the class - that should be confirmation that USC does not have his letter of [...] Read Full Update

Video of Manti’s Announcement

Posted: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:41:11 +0000 under: Class of 2009

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Manti Te’o to Notre Dame!!!!

Posted: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:21:57 +0000 under: Class of 2009

Huge news on Signing Day for the Irish.  This morning things were looking pretty bleak for the Irish, but moments ago Charlie Weis landed the biggest Signing Day commitment in recent Notre Dame history when Manti Te’o signed his letter of intent to play for Notre Dame! This is enormous news for Notre Dame and really [...] Read Full Update

LOIs for Cierre Wood and Shaquelle Evans In

Posted: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:39:32 +0000 under: Class of 2009

The LOI’s for Cierre Wood and Shaquelle Evans have come in ensuring Notre Dame’s top two playmakers in this class have officially signed. Cierre Wood signed at his high school this morning with his principal present and it sounds like his principal was pretty excited. Wood signed at his high school, and his obviously-thrilled principal jumped on [...] Read Full Update

Byron Moore Ends up at USC

Posted: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:33:24 +0000 under: Class of 2009

Byron Moore decommitted to USC about two weeks ago and named Notre Dame his leader with reportedly only LSU as the competition.  Today he ended up back with the hated Trojans according to the LA Times. Defensive back Byron Moore Jr. of Harbor City Narbonne announced Wednesday morning he would sign with USC. It was a [...] Read Full Update

Pollard Officially to UCLA

Posted: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:20:42 +0000 under: Class of 2009

There had been some late rumblings that Marlon Pollard might switch back to Notre Dame on Signing Day, but those rumors appear to have been shot down.  The Sun from San Bernadino had some quotes from Pollard on officially turning down Notre Dame and sticking with UCLA. It was finally made official late Monday afternoon. Rachael [...] Read Full Update

All East Coast/Midwest LOI’s In With No Surprises

Posted: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:14:32 +0000 under: Class of 2009

Carlo Calabrese rounds out the last of the letters of intent from the decided East Coast prospects.  Recruits can’t sign their LOI’s until 7AM local time so we will have to wait until 10AM ET for confirmation on Cierre Wood and Shaquelle Evans. It’s great to get through the first round of LOI’s without any surprises.  [...] Read Full Update

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