Greetings, ND Faithful, and happy Monday! Last year during his time away from Our Lady's univesity, ND Quarterback Everett Golson spent ten weeks with highly regarded quarterbacks coach George Whitfield of Whitfeld Athletix, San Diego. Whitfield has worked with a number of high profile talents including Cam Newton, Andrew Luck, and Johnny Manziel. Golson came back from that experience bigger, stronger, and with a better grip on the football.. Notice Golson’s fingers positioned over the ...
A Welcome QB Competition
The return of Everett Golson and the emergence of Malik Zaire doesn't constitute a QB controversy. Quite the opposite. It brings greater confidence in the quarterback position. Last weekend’s annual Blue-Gold Game showcased the considerable talents of Notre Dame’s top two quarterbacks, Everett Golson and Malik Zaire. Instead of crabbing about a supposed quarterback controversy the Irish faithful should be extremely pleased. For the first time in his tenure, Brian Kelly has a QB “controversy” ...
The Blue Chip Ratio Revisited: Conference Data versus Schedule Data
Last week in this space we examined how a hypothetical “conference” containing Notre Dame compared to the five major football conferences on the strength of their recruiting. Now this conference was nothing more than Notre Dame’s opponents the past four years (minus the schools from non-AQ conferences + plus ND). A number of you gracious readers pointed out that the power conferences playing in divisions with a championship game don’t play the same conference schedule, e.g. Florida and Georgia ...
UPDATE: “Conference Notre Dame” is Popular Destination for Nation’s Top Recruits
(This post has been updated to include important data. See below.) Notre Dame is swimming in blue chips. How well do our opponents recruit? With National Signing Day now in the rear view mirror, we can see Coach Kelly and company have put together another strong class. This group not only passes the eyeball test but its reflected in the rankings of the various national recruiting sites. The ever helpful folks at 247 Sports assembled composite ratings from all the major recruiting sites and ND ...