Eddie Vanderdoes

Does Notre Dame Have a California Problem?

February 12, 2016 by tricerapops

I'm admittedly a fan of prospects out of California that go on to become great college football players. I especially love it when they buck the trend and go out of state, and take a chance on Notre Dame. From my days of cheering on Kory Minor, I have always had a soft spot for guys on our roster from the Golden State. Fresh off signing day 2016 and the anticlimactic Caleb Kelly announcement, I wanted to know how Brian Kelly has fared recruiting wise compared to his predecessor, Charlie Weis. ...

Friday Roundup: The “Moving On” Edition

August 2, 2013 by Ryan Ritter

The calendar has finally flipped over into August, a month with actual football. Notre Dame's camp opens on Monday, preseason polls are out, and it time to put the offseason nonsense behind us and get back to focusing on actual football once again. Yes, this also means closing the book on the Eddie Vanderdoes situation. ...

Kelly Previews Fall Camp, Vanderdoes Gets Reprieve

July 30, 2013 by Ryan Ritter

We have a couple notes of interest from today. Firstly, Brian Kelly sat down with Jack Nolan to discuss the upcoming fall camp and giving a bit of a "state of the team" address in the interview. You can watch the whole thing below: ...

Good Fridays w/Padre: Scandal Us

July 12, 2013 by Father Sorin

At this time in July, as families travel across the country, grade-school children catalog their new experiences so they can write those all-important “what I did on my summer vacation” essays. At this very same time, across America, sports journalists are sloughing off the blackened husks that used to be their integrity and are skimming the sewers of half-truths and scurrilous gossip, as they prepare to smear Notre Dame in the style of angry chimpanzees with handfuls of their own filth. This ...

Irish Blogger Gathering: NDNation Answers

June 26, 2013 by Bayou Irish

In this installment of the Irish Blogger Gathering, HLS paired up with NDNation. Yep. I questioned. El Kabong answered. Let's get to it. For you SEC-students out there, the questions are in bold, numbered, and have a "question mark" at the end of them. You know, the thing you call a "doohickey." 1.) Having lost Golson, evaluate or reevaluate the quarterback position. Is it just too easy to say that we’ve been dealt a huge blow to the offense and we can expect 8-4 at best with Turnover Tommy ...

The Eddie Vanderdoes Saga Goes Full WWE

June 10, 2013 by Ryan Ritter

I've been trying to figure out the right words to describe how I feel about the national coverage of the Eddie Vanderdoes situation. No, not those words -- those were to destroy a particularly lazy effort. What I am referring to is this need to find moral outrage in the situation. Whether it is blaming ND, the NCAA, the NLI, Eddie Vanderdoes, or anything else, there is a need to point the finger at someone. Disagree with where the finger lands and additional outrage piles on top of the ...

Nothing Golden About Gregg Doyel’s Hackjob

June 5, 2013 by Ryan Ritter

Well, it was only a matter of time before someone performed the offseason ritual of writing a Notre Dame hack piece. On the heels of the Eddie Vanderdoes drama, we knew it was coming, we knew some brave internet white knight troll would bravely call ND out attempt to generate page clicks. Loyal readers, I give you Gregg Doyel (only linking so you don't think I'm making this up) and his well deserved destruction below. ...

Eddie Vanderdoes Makes It Official: Off to UCLA

June 4, 2013 by Ryan Ritter

Well, we've been awaiting this moment for a while. The writing was on the wall, but the messy issue of Eddie still being bound to his National Letter of Intent (NLI) made his desire to decommit a bit more complicated. Per twitter though, the drama is now over: ...

Friday Roundup: The “Learning When To Speak” Edition

May 31, 2013 by Ryan Ritter

Ohio State president, Gordon Gee, has firmly inserted his foot in this mouth yet again. I may not be one of those "damn Catholics" that he referred to and I don't particularly put much stock into his opinions about Notre Dame either. I'm not offended by his comments -- my actual reaction is probably the furthest from. What does boggle my mind though is how a university president can't seem to figure out when to keep his mouth shut. ...

Vanderdoes Having Second Thoughts? Let the Speculation Begin

May 21, 2013 by Ryan Ritter

Well, this is definitely one post that I did not want to write. Not just because the rumors of potentially losing five-star defensive tackle Eddie Vanderdoes, but also watching my neighbors to the north get devastated by a tornado. Forgive the quick aside, but I couldn't possibly write this in good conscience without mentioning this. If you are able, the Red Cross is a great way to send aid as is donating blood -- there are loads of people that will need the help. Now, with that all being ...