WolvesOnTheProwl

I had to cheat….

4 hours ago, Crusty said:

With Justin Fisher Mishawaka would have been the best team in the NIC this past season.

FYI - Justin was offered a preferred walk on spot at Notre Dame today or yesterday I believe. 

23 hours ago, DumfriesYMCA said:

Looks like Brady Allen is starting to get some bumps in the rankings department. On3 has him as QB4 of the class just short of 5 star status.  ESPN moved him up from 17th to 10th and into the top 300 at 203.  I imagine 247 and rivals will follow with a small bump of some sort…but still…Purdue recruited Brady when most rankings had him between 17th and 25th at the QB spot…and now he is firmly in the top 10. 
 

a small bummer he will sit behind AOC for a year but Purdue fans and coaches have to be happy seeing the rankings reflect their opinions 

So dumb question but how long has On3 been around? I don't remember seeing that service before...

9 hours ago, HHF said:

I think it makes a statement about all 3.

Plymouth - deemphasizing football as participation is in steep decline and schools see little signs of reversal.

Glenn - they are tired of losing and feel they can compete in the NIC for a championship. 

Barron - his record speaks for itself (4 undefeated regular seasons is the most impressive to me) and he has fire in the belly to take on a rebuild.

Im wondering if Mishawaka is regretting its move to the NLC.

I’m confused, do you  think Mishawaka joined the NLC just because of Barron and Plymouth? 

looking forward to all 4 games. I think the bengals might be able to run past the titans, and I’m anxious to see what type of workload Derrick Henry gets and how he plays. 
Think the 49ers hang around a little tonight but they’re not beating Rodgers In Green Bay and the Packers eventually pull away. 

I read that HJ was looking to be a Grad Assistant and Dabo called to see if he wanted to play one more year at Clemson FWIW

Lance Taylor, rb coach and co OC last year supposedly, will leave and become the new OC at Louisville. He was a good coach and recruiter too. So if you’re scoring at home that leaves openings still at DC, DL, and RB coach. WR has been filled by a coach from Baylor, Chansi Stuckey and OL bringing back Harry Hiestand. 

DL Coach and recruiting coordinator Mike Elston is leaving ND to become the DL coach at Michigan. Big loss, one of my favorite assistant coaches. 

Saw that Hunter Johnson, formally of Clemson and Northwestern and Brownsburg HS, has entered the transfer portal. Just found it interesting that he's still playing college football.

On 12/17/2021 at 7:25 AM, MarshallCounty said:

Here is the link to the article about Coach Kinzie at Riley. Seems like a good dude, hopefully he stays in coaching in some aspect. 

 

South Bend Riley

Read on Twitter last night where he's going to be an assistant coach Niles HS. Think it was from Chuck Freebe FWIW

16 minutes ago, temptation said:

10-2 at worst, likely 11-1.

Sign me up. Freeman’s first two games will be the Oklahoma St game and Ohio St in Columbus. First game didn’t go so well and I expect a loss in Columbus but how bad will that loss be is the question. Who’s playing quarterback in those 12 games and how bad are the other losses? Ohio St, Clemson and USC you’d think would be the potential losses but besides OSU the other two are winnable games imo 

https://youtu.be/lQYYRfuMec4

the safety from northwestern 

The Marcus Freeman era officially begins. Let’s put the 2021 season behind us and look forward to what’s in store ahead. 
 

Irish picked up northwestern safety transfer Brandon Joseph. Big get for the Irish defense. 
 

Offense played great for 2 quarters. Wish they would have tried for some points before half with 37 second and 3 timeouts. Think I heard the Irish had 5 drives that lasted less than a minute. They really missed kyren Williams, how many tackles did ok state miss compared to ND? 

Defense played bad. Missed tackles and just gassed 2nd half. I really think OK St. showed notre dames lack of athleticism and depth at linebacker and in the secondary. The score before the half was a huge momentum swing and unfortunately was kind of a trend this season for the Irish defense. 
Coaching wise…. Think Marcus freeman will learn from each game experience, OSU staff with mike gundy who’s been around a while vs a young inexperienced staff at ND, seemed like one made the right adjustments and the other could not. 
it won’t get easier against the next OSU in the horse shoe to start next season

41 minutes ago, temptation said:

This conversation is a fun one and comes up frequently but after what we saw last night, how can you justify more/worse teams getting in?

Cincinnati and Michigan are 3/4 and they got absolutely shredded by 1-2.  What’s the point of allowing 5-8 in to do the same?

It looked like a varsity vs a JV squad in those contests last night and the two teams left standing are obviously the best.

I’d love it as a fan but after last night, I have pause.

Agree. I felt like Michigan and Cincinnati deserved to be there and we found out last night the bridge between the top and “next tier” is still quite large. It seems every year there is a clear cut top 1 or 2, a distinctive 3rd team and a case for a few teams to be the 4th team in. And your reward? A matchup with the best of the best to make you realize how far away your program really is. I don’t think adding another round of blowouts benefits anyone except the ones cashing the checks. 
it’s like SEC speed is on another level and then Alabama speed is on another level by itself. It’s incredible what saban has been able to do there year in and year out. 

15 hours ago, temptation said:

That’s a sad sad stat…
Can’t imagine there were many wins before Brady Quinn got the one. I mean they’ve had a ton of flops in the NFL, Rick Mirer, Quinn, Clausen, Kizer. The former notre dame qb who made any noise in the league played at wide receiver Arnaz Battle who did some things for the 49ers. 

Blake Fisher has seemingly made a full recovery from his knee injury. He’s listed as the starter at right tackle vs Oklahoma St in the Fiesta Bowl. 

Think I had Dan McGwire rookie card, from San Diego St with a dark visor which weren’t around back then. Haha memory lane 

I remember Jamarcus Russell being tall and I think ryan Mallott from Arkansas(?) was a big dude but not more than 6’6 if memory serves. 

On 12/25/2021 at 6:50 AM, Muda69 said:

They sure are.  Interesting that if you look at this list which contain now closed & consolidated high schools having two nicknames was much more common:  http://online.fliphtml5.com/bumg/hobg/#p=1

Have a Happy Christmas.

 

This list of old high schools fascinates me. Like some of these towns are so small I can’t imagine them having a high school. But much different time I suppose. Thanks for the share 

22 hours ago, DE said:

Just for guy's teams?

Kouts has the Mustangs and the Fillies.

Just football they are Rockies, all other sports Plymouth pilgrims 

16 hours ago, BTF said:

All I'm saying is that Notre Dame does a good job of scheduling top notch competition. Even with USC and Stanford being down, their schedule rank is still pretty decent. Most games are scheduled years in advance. Imagine Ohio State, Clemson, USC, BYU, and Stanford having good years. That would rival what goes on in the SEC. 

Looking at next year's ND schedule with Marshall, UNLV, and Cal (3 teams that are normally down and I don't remember ND playing) it made me curious who the top hitters have next year out of conference: Alabama plays Utah St, Texas, Louisiana-Monroe, and Austin Peay. Michigan plays Colorado St, Hawaii, and Connecticut. Ohio State plays Notre Dame, Arkansas St, and Toledo. Georgia plays Oregon, Samford, Kent St, and Georgia Tech. Just food for thought.

Here will be MF first schedule....