February 2007
33 articles
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Brady… Brady… Brady… it’s WEIS not WEISS
Earlier tonight I linked to the latest blog entry for Brady Quinn on his XBOX Community Blog. If read it carefully, you will find the following passage… “Having…
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Recapping Notre Dame Prospects at the 2007 NFL Combine
All stats are courtesy of FFLiveWire. They have the numbers for every athlete that participated in the combine. Brady Quinn – 6′ 3 3/4″, 232 lbs Quinn made…
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This Quinn Dropping Crap is Really Getting Old
Just when I thought the Quinn dropping crap couldn’t get any dumber, ProFootballTalk.com delivered this little nugget on Monday. “One of the darlings of the scouting combine is…
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Harangody and Notre Dame Down Marquette 85-73
Senior Day is always an emotional and bittersweet event for athletes, coaches, family, and fans. Mix in a few more facts like that today’s match-up featured a #16…
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Charlie Weis Tells Crennel to Trade Up For Brady Quinn
Charlie Weis and Romeo Crennel both won three Super Bowls as coordinators for the Patriots and now Weis is telling his friend Crennel, who is the head coach…
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5 Things I Wouldn’t Like to See from Notre Dame in 2007
A couple days ago I made a post about 5 things I’d like to see in 2007. Well, today I’m going to switch gears and talk about some…
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Charlie Weis Malpractice Case Ends in Mistrial
Charlie Weis’s medical malpractice suit against the doctors who performed gastric by pass surgery on him ended in a mistrial today after one of the jurors collapsed. According…
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Weis Makes Some More Changes to the 2007 Staff
Charlie Weis announced some further re-organization of his coaching staff as reported by the South Bend Tribune. Corwin Brown, defensive coordinator/outside linebackers coach; Brian Polian, inside linebackers/special teams…
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Notre Dame Manhandles DePaul 78-54
Colin Falls has thought of little else beside beating DePaul (16-12, 7-7) ever since the Blue Demons edged Notre Dame by a single point twelve days ago in…
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More Info on Notre Dame Commit Mike Golic Jr.
Here are some quotes from around the web on Mike Golic Jr.’s decision to commit to Notre Dame yesterday. Golic, a 6’5″, 260 lb offensive line prospect became…
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Brady Quinn Really Wants to be the #1 Pick in ’07 NFL Draft
Eric Hansen, who is quickly becoming my favorite Notre Dame beat writer, has a really good article in today’s South Bend Tribune about Quinn and this weekend’s NFL…
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Mike Golic Jr. Follows Father’s Footsteps to Notre Dame
(UHND.com) – Notre Dame got its first verbal commitment for the 2007-2008 recruiting season on Monday when Mike Golic Jr, a talented offensive line prospect from Connecticut, decided…
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5 Things I’d Like to See from Notre Dame in 2007
Here’s a quick list of some things I’d like to see out of the Irish in 2007. Some of these are minor things that some teams take for…
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Depth Chart Engineering 102 UPDATE
Here’s a follow up to last week’s Depth Chart Engineering 102 post with some updates and more comments. Projected Offensive Depth Chart Position Starter Backup QB Jimmy Clausen…
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Recruiting Never Ends, Rivals First Top 250 Released
Signing day was not even a week ago and Rivals has released it’s first Top 250 list of the year. I scanned through the list and have listed…
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Meet the Recruits 2007: The Defense/Special Teams
Here’s the follow up to Wednesday’s post on the offensive recruits in this class. Gary Gray (5’11”, 178 – Columbia, South Carolina) Gray was the only early enrollee…
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Seriously, The Willingham Narrative is Really Getting Annoying
Well, its been some time since someone brought up the race card in discussing Tyrone Willingham’s dismissal from Notre Dame a little over two years ago, but BlackAthlete.net…
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Better Defensive Recruiting Starts on the Field for Notre Dame
(UHND.com) – A lot of Notre Dame fans are up in arms over the lack of defensive recruits in this year’s class which just signed yesterday. The Irish…
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In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
(UHND.com) – Notre Dame’s recruiting efforts this year started off as good, or better, than any year I can remember. By June, Notre Dame had at least three…
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Why Not Make Recruiting More Like Free Agency?
With the rash of decommitments this year, especially the two felt by Notre Dame fans today, it’s gotten a lot of people talking about an early signing period…
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Meet the Notre Dame Recruits 2007: The Offense
I did a couple posts in this format last year and they were well received so I figured I’d go with the same format this year. Armando Allen…
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Notre Dame Recruiting Springs a ‘Little’ Leak
(UHND.com) – Tuesday was a day full of rumors and speculation about a few Notre Dame recruits wavering. A day later the Irish lost both of the Little’s,…
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‘If you’re looking, we’re looking’; Charlie Weis Unhappy with Decommitments
Weis’s last quote of today’s press conference was his best. After talking about soft verbal, silent verbals, decommitments, etc; Weis ended with. “If they’re looking, we’re looking. That’s…
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Notre Dame Class of 2007: Cliff’s Notes Edition
Here is a brief overview of all 20 commitments expected to sign with Notre Dame later this morning. As we learned yesterday, there could be some late drama…
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Rumors Floating Around at 11th Hour Regarding Chris Little, Ian Williams
(UHND.com) – Just when it appeared things were pretty much settled on the recruiting front for this year, rumors have spread around the internet like wild fire that…
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Could This Be Why Vaas is No Longer at Notre Dame?
A Washington Post article from Tuesday night shows Notre Dame in a not so positive light about the recruiting of Arrelious Benn by former quarterbacks coach Peter Vaas.…
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How Signing Day Has Changed
Wednesday will be my eight NSD since joining UHND back in the summer of 1999 and in that fairly short period of time, it’s amazing how much its…
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Depth Chart Engineering 102 (DCE 102) – Projecting the Offense
In today’s lesson in depth chart engineering, I will take a very early stab at projecting the offense for the 2007 Irish. With all of the new starters…
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Darius Walker Picks Rosenhaus as His Agent
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported last week that Darius Walker has picked Drew Rosenhaus as his agent… The father of former Notre Dame tailback Darius Walker said Tuesday…
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Jimmy Clausen Parade Co-Player of the Year, Kamara Parada All American
Jimmy Clausen and Duval Kamara were both honored as Parade All Americans on Sunday with Clausen taking home the Player of the Year honors along with Joe McKnight.…
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Depth Chart Engineering 101 UPDATE
Quick follow up based on some of the comments from yesterday’s Depth Chart Engineering 101 post. Tommy Zbikowski to Linebacker Can’t believe I forgot about this one yesterday.…
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Brandon Walker Makes it 20 for Notre Dame
(UHND.com) – Notre Dame picked up its 20th commitment of the year Wednesday morning with the addition of kicker/punter Brandon Walker from Ohio. Walker, originally a Louisville commitment,…
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Depth Chart Engineering 101
With recruiting winding down, the number of posts on the message board complaining about missing out on the likes of Martez Wilson, Ben Martin, Lorenzo Edwards, and Justin…