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College Football V: Bowls Are Done; Carry On My Wayward Sons

Re: College Football V: Bowls Are Done; Carry On My Wayward Sons

Whether this particular batch works out, the important thing is to (once again) give the lie to the racist "Notre Dame is too academically serious, too cold, too Catholic, too white, they can't recruit the 5-star black kids" meme that crops up every few years in lazy columns and barbershop wisdom.

There is probably a lot of continuity in top 10 recruiting classes from year to year, so hopefully this will also breed future success.

According to rivals.com, in addition to the 2 5-star DEs we also have commitments from 2 4-star DEs and 3 3-star DEs! Now either we're going to pioneer a very interesting formation, or linemen move around between positions. Is it normal for HS DEs to move in to DT?
 
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Two things to keep in mind—first, I think there's a guy or two who's a high school DE who we plan to be an OLB in the 3-4, and second, there will probably end up being a guy or two who gets beat out on the DL who flips to the OL.
 
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Craig P. said:
Two things to keep in mind—first, I think there's a guy or two who's a high school DE who we plan to be an OLB in the 3-4, and second, there will probably end up being a guy or two who gets beat out on the DL who flips to the OL.
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Thanks.

On uhnd.com they are taking it as read that Ishaq will be at OLB. The weirdest comment I saw (and it seemed to be backed up by the CW) is that if one of our DEs can put on enough weight he'll move to Nose. I'd have thought the skills could not be more different.

The 2011 defensive front seven class has Aaron Lynch, Ishaq Williams, Ben Councell, Stephon Tuitt, Anthony Rabasa, Jarrett Grace, Brad Carrico, Tony Springman, and Chase Hounshell. Yikes.
 
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Yes, Ishaq is projected at one of the OLB positions.

I think Carrico, Springman, and Hounshell are projected as most likely to switch to offense. If I remember right, Florida wanted Hounshell for offense, not defense.

It seems highly unlikely that any of these guys would move to NT. They're not the right body type. Plus, we're in pretty good shape there between Nix, Cwynar, and Hafis Williams.
 
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Craig P. said:
Yes, Ishaq is projected at one of the OLB positions.

I think Carrico, Springman, and Hounshell are projected as most likely to switch to offense. If I remember right, Florida wanted Hounshell for offense, not defense.

It seems highly unlikely that any of these guys would move to NT. They're not the right body type. Plus, we're in pretty good shape there between Nix, Cwynar, and Hafis Williams.
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That's what I thought. But if we have a chance to run a "victory formation" at any point during the season, I hope BK puts 11 DEs out there, just for the hell of it.
 
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Kepler said:
That's what I thought. But if we have a chance to run a "victory formation" at any point during the season, I hope BK puts 11 DEs out there, just for the hell of it.
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Just remember, though, you'll want to have at least one "hands" guy among the 11. Failure to take this into account might mean snatching a defeat from the jaws of victory.
 
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Kepler said:
Whether this particular batch works out, the important thing is to (once again) give the lie to the racist "Notre Dame is too academically serious, too cold, too Catholic, too white, they can't recruit the 5-star black kids" meme that crops up every few years in lazy columns and barbershop wisdom.

There is probably a lot of continuity in top 10 recruiting classes from year to year, so hopefully this will also breed future success.

According to rivals.com, in addition to the 2 5-star DEs we also have commitments from 2 4-star DEs and 3 3-star DEs! Now either we're going to pioneer a very interesting formation, or linemen move around between positions. Is it normal for HS DEs to move in to DT?
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It helped that they relaxed the recruiting standards after the Ty debacle. :)
 
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Kepler said:
You guys would know... ;)
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USC hasn't let any deviants in. In a big program they've had one guy get paid, who got paid (if you want to argue it) through his parents. Which is basically unstoppable. USC still has high academic standards, not to the level of what Ty was asked to work with.

What people like to forget is Reggie Bush was heavily recruited by ND and Stanford. He got into both. It's not like you knew he was a scumbag and shied away. Everyone wanted him.

In the last decade, the number of arrests of USC players (this is total # of legit arrests ) is two. Mark Sanchez got arrested for rape (turns out the victim and he had consensual sex that night, no physical signs of rape, victim had wrong timeline.) and Eric Wright (similar situation, USC forced him to basically transfer to UNLV.)

I mean, Shareece got arrested for felony resisting an officer because he stood there and complained after a K-9 dog bit him.

I guarantee if ND wasn't the NCAA's darling we could find lots of issues with your program. Glass houses!
 
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Mountain West votes to expand, looks like they will bring in San Jose State and Utah State, giving them 12 teams and a conference championship game.
 
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what the hell does San Jose State bring to the table? At least Utah State is decent in hoops
 
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J.D. said:
what the hell does San Jose State bring to the table? At least Utah State is decent in hoops
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Believe it or not, TV money is involved. Comcast is pretty much running the show for the MWC now, and they are strong in San Jose.
 
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J.D. said:
what the hell does San Jose State bring to the table? At least Utah State is decent in hoops
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They have a high rating for campus lifestyle and lots of opportunities to build a dynas....oh wait, this isn't the EA game? Sorry.
 
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J.D. said:
what the hell does San Jose State bring to the table? At least Utah State is decent in hoops
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They are a pretty big deal in the Bay Area, believe it or not.
 
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WeWantMore said:
Mountain West votes to expand, looks like they will bring in San Jose State and Utah State, giving them 12 teams and a conference championship game.
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This looks to be both done and shaky at the same time- apparently all of the info is being fed via twitter from unknown areas.

And there's supposed to be more meetings ending today.

Utah State does make sense, since it was one of the MWC cornerstone states, but now has nothing until Utah State. San Jose- not sure- some here claim it is important, but others I've seen have it more marginal than Idaho... So I have no real input there.

On the other hand, if a conference had a championship, and nobody heard it, would it make a sound?
 
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