Alex Welch is Irish! Welcome, Alex, welcome to the Notre Dame family! Wait, wait, you're already part of it? Well, okay, then...HOORAY!!!
Alex was a SHOCK of a catch if I've ever seen one. This dude grew up loving and following Notre Dame football, is friends with current TE Kyle Rudolph (and of the same school), has an uncle that played at ND, has a sister that just graduated from ND, and has hair that's as red as red hair gets:
Alex picked ND over Michigan, Ohio State and Oklahoma, among 20+ other offers. But those guys never had a chance.
Alex joins a tough stable of Tight Ends at ND, strengthening even further a solid crew of Rudolph, Fauria, my boy Ragone, and newly minted favorite backup guy ever recent walk-on Bobby "Dont Say I'm Sitting at Home Eating a Cheese" Burger*.
Welch is my boy - welcome to the family you already belonged to anyway, Alex!
*Due to Bemenderfer's move to the ND Japan Alumni team.
By tjak May 26, 2009 - 12:14 pm
This is nice news in this very dry time. I hope we can get a few more recruits before the summer. It was cool to hear Matt Hayes at NBCSports say that the Irish will finsh with at least ten wins and is on the up and comer list for next college football season.
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By VicPaul May 27, 2009 - 12:06 am
Matt Hayes killed my father. Well, he hurt his feelings really bad. Welcome to the family Alex. We haven’t had a great red head since Rocky Boiman. Go Irish!!!!!
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By tjak May 27, 2009 - 10:09 am
Love the Seinfeld reference.
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By DeepTeaKup May 27, 2009 - 2:12 pm
I’m actually glad he didn’t go to UM, ginger kids always freak me out a bit.
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By tjak May 27, 2009 - 3:32 pm
Now deepteacup I am glad you have been able to rationalize this for yourself, even if it is using a derogatory term.
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