'14 IA DE Matt Nelson (Iowa Verbal)

[IrishLax]

Committed to Iowa.

 

[Fbolt]

Wow. Believed it was between Trees and ND, with Iowa thrown in. Egocentric colored glasses I suppose. Better Iowa than Cali.

 

[Luckylucci]

Definitely didn't want to be playing against him in 3-4 years.

 

[PANDFAN]

he gushed over their pre-med program..top 10 in nation

 

[beryirish]

good choice...happy i won't hear his name in the next 4 years unless its the draft

 

[Emcee77]

he gushed over their pre-med program..top 10 in nation

I have to say, I was hanging out with a doctor friend who graduated from ND and didn't get into med school on his first try, and he said that if he had it to do over he might have gone to a Big Ten-type state school instead of ND. He was really jealous of his best friend from med school, who went to Michigan State, partied all the time, got a 4.0 and got into med school on his first try, and he feels like that could have been him. That's not to say that I don't think kids who pick state schools over ND based on the logic that if you want to go to med school, it doesn't matter what school you attend are making a mistake (what if you hit sophomore year and decide you don't want to go to med school after all? Or you $hit the bed in organic chemistry and can't get in? Mendoza is a nice backup plan), but at this point I'm willing to admit that the logic has some little bit of validity.

Would love to have gotten Nelson ... great fit for us on a couple different levels. But not worth dwelling on; other fish in the sea.

 

[IrishLax]

ND has some truly awesome pre-med programs you can go through. Very high acceptance rate, very high level of preparation.

With that being said... the lack of a medical school AT Notre Dame is a pretty big detractor for the easy route of matriculation a student-athlete who doesn't have copious hours of free time to study and do MCAT prep might be looking for. Thanks, pointless Indiana state laws... almost up there with no alcohol Sundays.

 

[Emcee77]

ND has some truly awesome pre-med programs you can go through. Very high acceptance rate, very high level of preparation.

True, don't want to lose sight of this.

With that being said... the lack of a medical school AT Notre Dame is a pretty big detractor for the easy route of matriculation a student-athlete who doesn't have copious hours of free time to study and do MCAT prep might be looking for. Thanks, pointless Indiana state laws... almost up there with no alcohol Sundays.

I wasn't aware that this was the issue ... what are the laws that prevent us from having a med school? If this is straying off-topic, please PM. Just curious.

 

[dublinirish]

good luck to him he gonna be getting destroyed by ISU for 4 years

 

[rtrn2glory]

Dang it. Switched him from Iowa to Stanford yesterday . Kind of surprised he didn't pick the tree here but glad we don't hav to play him 4 times as said above

 

[IrishLax]

True, don't want to lose sight of this.



I wasn't aware that this was the issue ... what are the laws that prevent us from having a med school? If this is straying off-topic, please PM. Just curious.

There is an Indiana state law that prohibits all schools besides Indiana University from having a medical school. Pretty ****ing stupid.

 

[sparkyND]

There is an Indiana state law that prohibits all schools besides Indiana University from having a medical school. Pretty ****ing stupid.

Is this the reason why ND is trying to build a med school in Chicago? I think I heard this on campus a couple of times. Just curious because I don't think it is the money factor anyways.

 

[Emcee77]

There is an Indiana state law that prohibits all schools besides Indiana University from having a medical school. Pretty ****ing stupid.

WOW. Incredibly stupid.

 

[PANDFAN]

I have to say, I was hanging out with a doctor friend who graduated from ND and didn't get into med school on his first try, and he said that if he had it to do over he might have gone to a Big Ten-type state school instead of ND. He was really jealous of his best friend from med school, who went to Michigan State, partied all the time, got a 4.0 and got into med school on his first try, and he feels like that could have been him. That's not to say that I don't think kids who pick state schools over ND based on the logic that if you want to go to med school, it doesn't matter what school you attend are making a mistake (what if you hit sophomore year and decide you don't want to go to med school after all? Or you $hit the bed in organic chemistry and can't get in? Mendoza is a nice backup plan), but at this point I'm willing to admit that the logic has some little bit of validity.

Would love to have gotten Nelson ... great fit for us on a couple different levels. But not worth dwelling on; other fish in the sea.

MSU is also a top 10 pre med school

 

[ulukinatme]

good luck to him he gonna be getting destroyed by ISU for 4 years

You know, Iowa is 0-2 against Iowa State the last two years and only about 50% against them over the last 10 years. Makes you wonder why Ferentz is getting that big paycheck.

 

[IrishLax]

Is this the reason why ND is trying to build a med school in Chicago? I think I heard this on campus a couple of times. Just curious because I don't think it is the money factor anyways.

Very possibly? I had not heard of this... then again, I graduated years ago. Would be quite interesting. And would make a LOT of sense if they could pull it off.

Currently, Loyola basically functions as defacto ND med school in Chicago with a very large chunk of ND students ending up there. I have no doubt there would be a high demand for a med school affiliated with ND if they could pull it off.

 

[Emcee77]

You know, Iowa is 0-2 against Iowa State the last two years and only about 50% against them over the last 10 years. Makes you wonder why Ferentz is getting that big paycheck.

Totally. He had some great years and then really fell off. I feel like Iowa hasn't been good since Brad Banks was their QB.

 

[greyhammer90]

I'm just celebrating the fact that he wont be at Stanford.

 

[STLDomer]

me and cali_domer were alone in picking Iowa

 

[BeauBenken]

me and cali_domer were alone in picking Iowa

You ***. You said you were sticking to Stanford.

 

[IrishLax]

me and cali_domer were alone in picking Iowa

You must be so proud going with Iowa at the last second along with Wiltfong and the vast majority of the crystal ball.

 

[greyhammer90]

You must be so proud going with Iowa at the last second along with Wiltfong and the vast majority of the crystal ball.

 

[STLDomer]

You must be so proud going with Iowa at the last second along with Wiltfong and the vast majority of the crystal ball.

Actually I made my prediction on 6/25 at 12:20 PM, at lunch. The second person after Barton Simmons to pick Iowa was Todd Worley at 10:03 PM on 6/25, 10 hours after me. Wiltfong didn't even make a prediction.

 

[clashmore_mike]

You ***. You said you were sticking to Stanford.

Don't worry, I'll change it back to Stanford for him.

 

[STLDomer]

You ***. You said you were sticking to Stanford.

Don't worry, I'll change it back to Stanford for him.

No fair, I changed my mind when I found out Iowa had a good med school. I said I was sticking with Stanford 4 days before I changed my prediction. No deception involved here.

 

[greyhammer90]

No fair, I changed my mind when I found out Iowa had a good med school. I said I was sticking with Stanford 4 days before I changed my prediction. No deception involved here.

DID YOU THINK IT WOULD BE SO EASY?!

TO COME ON IE AND GLOAT?!

 

[Irish Man3]

ND/Stanford battle. Just giving the hometown school a little love.

Good call.

Was this from your Chicago source?

 

[IrishLax]

Actually I made my prediction on 6/25 at 12:20 PM, at lunch. The second person after Barton Simmons to pick Iowa was Todd Worley at 10:03 PM on 6/25, 10 hours after me. Wiltfong didn't even make a prediction.

If you made the prediction on 6/25 that's far more legit. I was going off your post on the same date saying Stanford. Everyone switched over on 6/26 when it was relatively clear that the choice was Iowa.

Wiltfong did make a prediction, just not on crystal ball... he said he was hearing Iowa.

 

[drayer54]

I'm betting Iowa too. If he wants to play and stay local, he'll go to Iowa. He also wants to be a doctor (?) and Iowa is a good choice for med school.

Done.

You know, Iowa is 0-2 against Iowa State the last two years and only about 50% against them over the last 10 years. Makes you wonder why Ferentz is getting that big paycheck.

Because it would cost waay too much to get rid of him.

 

[dublinirish]

kid flashed early vs PSU the other night and had a nice sack in 1st quarter. Him and A.J. Epenesa are a nice pass rushing combo

He recorded 5 tackles, 2 1/2 tackles for loss, 2 1/2 sacks, 2 pass breakups and 1 quarterback hurry.

Epenesa nearly broke Barkley on this play lol