Fourteen Notre Dame football players went through their last meaningful paces at the Loftus Center today when the Class of 2013 conducted its NFL Pro Day. While all (most of) the national press focused on the performance of Manti Te'o, Notre Dame's erstwhile defensive field general, John Goodman, Mike Golic Jr., Braxston Cave, Theo Riddick, Robby Toma, Tyler Eifert, Cierre Wood, Kapron Lewis-Moore, Zeke Motta, Jamoris Slaughter, Manti Te’o, Ben Turk, Jordan Cowart, and Chris Salvi all sought to ...
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NFL Combine: Eifert Impresses, Te’o Disappoints
Ah, the NFL combine -- the place where tenths of a second in a 40 yard dash and a couple of inches on a vertical jump can translated into millions of dollars. Truth be told, I think it is one of the more overrated and overhyped events the NFL does, but there is no doubt that the combine is a place in which draft fortunes can be made. Eight Notre Dame football stars took to Indianapolis to try and boost their draft fortunes and their results are after the jump. ...
Good Fridays w/Padre: Mob Rules
Let me extend a hearty welcome to the Irish Mob! Admittedly, I am not in the habit of welcoming mobs, since I usually associate the word with the Paris Mob and that brings to mind the Reign of Terror. Not that I have any problem with our opponents suffering a four-year-long reign of terror as a result of our Irish Mob; but perhaps we could have chosen a more ethnically appropriate epithet for these lads – say, the Hooligan Crew. ...
Privacy in a Public World: FERPA, Jack Swarbrick and Manti Te’o
A federal law called FERPA prevents administrators, faculty and other "officials" at the University from disclosing information about a student, present or past. In this post, I want to explore what role, if any, FERPA played in Notre Dame's ongoing response to the Manti Te'o hoax. As I hope to show, Notre Dame decided upon a deliberate course of action to make as comprehensive a statement as it could under the circumstances and then fade into the background, allowing FERPA and privacy concerns ...
The Te’o Hoax: A Timeline, What We Know, What We Don’t Know
The past few days have been an absolute whirlwind. With all the reports of the Te'o hoax, including Te'o speaking himself, I felt it was needed to create a clear timeline of all events reported. I also wanted to take a step back and summarize what we do and don't know at this point in time. So without further ado, below is a timeline of all the events that I have been able to record (and most importantly, source) in order to help keep everything straight. Each event has a link associated with ...
Friday Roundup: The “Yes, Even More Te’o Hoax News” Edition
I'm not staying up nearly as late as I did last night/this morning when I compiled yesterday's post on all the news that came out in regards to the Manti Te'o hoax. More news has come out and this story has yet again taken even more crazy twists and turns. This will likely continue until Manti speaks and tells his side of the story, but until then, the speculation and craziness will remain. But hey, the Roundup must go on right? Let's get to the latest developments in this circus. The ...
Hook, Line, and Sinker — Manti Te’o Reeled into Hoax
It was the best story of the 2012 college football season. It was a story that propelled Manti Te'o into legendary status. It helped make the Notre Dame 2012 football season seem as if it was one of destiny. It was all a lie. Manti Te'o's girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, was nothing more than a "catfish", and the Deadspin story turned every Notre Dame fan's world upside-down. Speculation ran rampant across the internet. Was Te'o involved in the hoax? Did Te'o create the hoax himself? Or was Te'o ...
Good Fridays w/Padre: Blessed
I’m too old to play. The game is too complicated for me to coach. But I’ve been working out my blessing arm and I’m ready to play to my strength. This is the National Championship, so I’m a blessing machine. You name it, I’ve blessed it. But I invite all loyal readers to let me know what else needs blessing. Here are the rules. ...
Good Fridays w/Padre: Sing-Along
Even though it’s Advent, a time of sober preparation, and finals, a time of wailing and gnashing of teeth, people are already becoming sentimental and excited about Christmas. Maybe not Alabama students, since Tuscaloosa proudly calls itself Druid City (in which case we wish them a happy Winter Solstice). Even though it’s traditional to give presents on the Feast of the Nativity, the gift we are all hoping for won’t come until January 7. We’ll just pretend that there were actually four Magi ...
Friday Round: The “Manti Te’o: Simply the Best” Edition
Just when I think I've run out of material to praise Manti Te'o, he goes off and makes history. At last night's College Football Award Ceremony, Manti Te'o moved his total post-season award count this year to six, making him the most decorated college football player of all time. The man he passed was Charles Woodson (Bayou's post yesterday was a little prophetic, no?) who won five awards in a single season. Woodson's five includes the Heisman, which Te'o still has a shot at on Saturday. ...