If you didn't keep pretty well connected to the internets and recruiting news in the last 120 hours, you'd be wondering where these names came from, but ND suddenly has itself 2 new and very key commitments from some previously committed-elsewhere players. We'll post more on our thoughts about recruiting previously committed players in a later post, but for now, suffice it to say that what Charlie Weis has managed to do in about a week has been positively Urbanesque! And we love ...
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Friday Roundup: The Pick Yourself Up And Get Back On That Damned Horse Edition
The above headline could be in reference to last night's recruiting bombshell, or it could be in reference to a certain bottle of Johnny Walker Black. I'll never tell. The Roundup: IRT takes a look at Florida's container-ship worth of defensive end prospects and wonders if Urb plans to run a gadget defense along with his gadget offense I like to call "Timmy! Special!". That's right, Timmy. You are special. BGS has more news-tidbits than you can shake a stick at. Why shake a stick at ...
Justin Trattou Follows, um, Heart, yeah Heart, and Decommits From ND.
Bummer. Free link here explaining the whole thing. It clearly had nothing to do with new schemes with a new DC, better weather, or prevalence of exposed female skin on Florida's campus. Definitely not the last one. That's for sure. That would never play into the mind of a 17/18 year old boy staring a DE chart with the depth of the hadopelagic zone in the face. Visual representation of Notre Dame discussion boards in the last few hours here: Admittedly, if I were trying to pick a D ...
The Shark’s a Blogger
Thanks IRT, you're always on top of this stuff. Click here to visit Shark. ...
Robert Hughes is Irish
After post-poning his decision a few weeks back, All-Star RB recruit Robert Hughes announced today that he will be Irish. Robert, we love that you took your time and made the right decision. Welcome to the family!  Power RB Hughes. Rivals Profile: http://rivals100.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?sport=1&pr_key=37805 Edit: New Picture - I don't like the Go Wolverines thing at the bottom, and I am too lazy to edit it out, but this shows just how much of a stud this kid is. ...
Samardzija Chooses Pitching Over Catching; Not That There’s Anything Wrong with That
SOUTH BEND, Ind.--Former Notre Dame wide receiver Jeff Samardzija, who was drafted by the Cubs last year, has decided to forgo his football career for a career pitching with the Cubs. Samardzija's Tommy John surgery has been scheduled for late August. ...
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Ladies and Gentlemen, Announcing the newest members of the University of Notre Dame Football Program Coaching Staff: Drum roll, please.... Drum roll? ...
The 2006 Year in Review
Q asked me to do a 2006 All-Male Revue, which I thought was a strange request, so I asked him if I might be able to just do a Review of 2006. He reluctantly agreed, so here goes nothing (with much thanks to Wikipedia and its submitters for doing the leg work). The 2006 Year in Review January 2: The Ohio State Buckeyes defeat the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 34-20 in the Fiesta Bowl in what ESPN will later tell the public is the absolute most lopsided 14-point victory in the history of ...
Schlabach Writes Column on BCS, Bashes ND. Kittens and Puppies Put on Notice.
Mark Schlabach of ESPN wrote a column about the BCS, and how the in-conference regular season should be used as a kind of playoff system for the BCS. You know, it was fine and dandy in a this-isnt-the-real-world kind of way. Until he took his shots at Notre Dame. I mean, seriously, these guys can bring any topic back to bashing ND. Hmmm, want to discuss globalthermonuclear war? ESPN Analyst: "Yes. Well...blah blah blah...blah blah...ND sucks." Throw out the migration patterns of ...
NCAA’s Father Hoping Stupid “Just a Phase.”
NCAA's Father was seen slamming his head against the exterior of a minivan today, murmuring to himself about how he didn't work his fingers to the bone for 30 years to end up raising a dumbass. NCAA's Dad's latest frustrations were brought about by news that the NCAA misidentified Notre Dame wide receiver Jeff Samardzija as a Consensus All American. This would have been Samardzija's second consecutive Consensus All American honor. "I tell them all the time, 'you keep fucking up, and it's ...