'10 IL QB Tommy Rees (Notre Dame Man)

[Cackalacky]

Actually, Tommy, in any full-perspective way of looking at it, has already earned a "legendary" status. "The Blue-collar Gymrat, without great athleticism and thrown into immensely stressful circumstances from his freshman year on, holding up under vicious criticism by many off-base fans, booed in his own stadium, yet warrioring on to many many victories and mountains of statistics, even as some still whine and complain."

I think that Notre dame should find some way to specially honor him, both post-season and "permanently" on a Wall of Honor in the athletic department. His "life" as a Notre Dame quarterback has been astonishing and he personifies the hard-working Man, who will spill blood for you and his mates.

If you must "go to War", you do it with guys like Rees.

100%.
Did you see his swag in the highlight reels when he was talking to the recievers on the bench? He told Procise that he was next for getting his 1st TD while sitting with CB, WF, and CR. Boss.

 

[irishpat183]

You need to start saving some of your ammo. You only have 4 more games to bash him.

Thank God.

Should've just overlooked EG's little incident.....

But good for Tommy for moving up ND's rankings. We'll just have to wait for someone else to take us to the promised land.

 

[ulukinatme]

The Pitt game should be better for us. We should hopefully hang 40 on them.

I'd like to hang 40 on them, but I don't see it happening. This game will probably be closer than you think. I don't think you can look at what other opponents have done against Pitt and just assume we'll have a similar score. Look how Pitt imploded at the beginning of last year, and they ended up fighting us into 3 OTs.

Look at some of the final scores in recent years. Starting with 2012 and going backwards:

29-26 ND 3 OTs
15-12 ND
23-17 ND
27-22 Pitt
36-33 Pitt OT
42-21 ND
41-38 Pitt
20-14 ND
14-6 ND

Other than the 2005 game where we beat Pitt by 21 points, this game is always decided by 1 score or less in the last 10 years. I'd be surprised if this year is any different.

 

[CHIDomer9]

I'm not sure what his aptitude is for putting pen to paper, but if he wrote a book about his life over the last 4 years I would surely read it.

 

[ulukinatme]

I am probably alone in this. But Tommy has an arm. Air Force sucks, but you still gotta have an arm to make the throws. He has improved strength over the last few years. He was straight dealing yesterday.

I'm with ya. Tommy can't throw it 150 yards like a Jamarcus Russell (lol), but he's shown he can throw on a rope for 45 yards ala the FSU game and a couple times this season. He's got better arm strength than he's given credit for, he just pales in comparison to some previous QBs we've had. That doesn't mean he can't pass for a lot of yards though, as his stat sheet has shown.

 

[ulukinatme]

I'm not sure what his aptitude is for putting pen to paper, but if he wrote a book about his life over the last 4 years I would surely read it.

I'd still like to see him as a grad assistant and maybe a future coach. He's got the pedigree for it certainly, and would probably make a fine QB coach someday.

 

[BleedBlueGold]

I've bagged on Tommy a lot. Mostly because for every AF game he has, there's an OU or UM game nearby. You gotta hand it to him though....kid's put up with some crazy stuff and still balled out.

Look at those career stats that have been posted and then think (as with Clausen) "Wow, Tommy missed an entire year as a starter too....the year that ND had one of the best defenses of all time." Yes Golson was the reason for some of those victories, but my point is that all of those stats increase - more wins, more TDs, etc. The kid deserves some recognition. I think OMM said it best earlier...

 

[Cackalacky]

Thank God.

Should've just overlooked EG's little incident.....

But good for Tommy for moving up ND's rankings. We'll just have to wait for someone else to take us to the promised land.

Here it is:
Promised Land, South Carolina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[NDdomer2]

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[BGIF]

The 32-yard touchdown pass from Tommy Rees to TJ Jones in the second quarter was Notre Dame's 15th passing play of at least 32 yards through nine games. The Irish had 11 all of last year in 13 games.

Tommy Rees now has 56 career touchdown passes in his Fighting Irish career, good for third place in ND history behind only Brady Quinn (95) and Jimmy Clausen (60).

Rees' 17-yard touchdown toss to Ben Koyack in the second half was his 22nd touchdown pass of the season, a career-high and the fifth-most in a single season in program history.

It was Rees' 21st career win, moving him into solo ninth place in Fighting Irish history ahead of John Lujack and Joe Theismann.

Notre Dame scored on its eighth consecutive possession with Rees under center with Kyle Brindza's 26-yard field goal in the first quarter. The Fighting Irish scored six touchdowns and added two field goals in consecutive possessions with Rees on the field dating back to the second drive of the game against Air Force.

Rees' second quarter interception was the first he had thrown in his last 60 pass attempts, dating back to the first play of the fourth quarter against Arizona State.

 

[BGIF]

Passing Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack
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Rees, Tommy 12-20-2 242 2 45 0

 

[BGIF]

Despite the commentary on the Navy game, a QB Eff Rating of 174.6 is pretty good.

 

[BGIF]

Season Stats

Season Stats

PASSING* GP* Effic* Cmp-Att-Int* Pct* Yards* *TD* Long* Avg/G*
REES, 9* 145.9* 148-266-8* 55.6* 2186* 22* 82* 242.9*

 

[Junkhead]

PASSING* GP* Effic* Cmp-Att-Int* Pct* Yards* *TD* Long* Avg/G*
REES, 9* 145.9* 148-266-8* 55.6* 2186* 22* 82* 242.9*

If we would have known before the season that Tommy would have a 22-8 Td-Int ratio at this point, most of us would be thrilled.

 

[KPENN]

If we would have known before the season that Tommy would have a 22-8 Td-Int ratio at this point, most of us would be thrilled.

And 7-2.

 

[IrishLax]

Tommy is also 26th in the country in QBR, with no running ability whatsoever to contribute to that number. Today he "missed" 6 or 7 throws max with a whopping 12+ yards per attempt.

For as much as pat and others want to make him the problem that's FAR from the case from about ASU onward.

 

[NDBoiler]

Thought this was interesting since we have discussed it extensively with TR under center or shotgun vs the pistol:

A more centered offense

Can anyone share if there is more info in this article beyond the teaser?

 

[ulukinatme]

I can't read it, sorry. I would like to see us under center more often. It makes sense when it comes to running the ball, at least for me. For offensive linemen it's easier to open a hole early after the snap and hope that your RB hits it quick, because linebackers will often fill the hole quickly or the DL will work to try and close it. The longer it takes a RB to get from the backfield to the hole, the less time he may have to get to the hole. I dunno, maybe I'm spewing BS, but it always felt like we had more success running the ball when our QB was under center as oppose to the QB going shotgun and our RB was 10 yards behind the LOS (Speaking from personal, on field experience)

 

[JeremyND07]

Yards:



He'll probably end up at #3.

Tommy Rees, #2 in touchdowns, #3 in yards, #1 in accuracy.

Just think about what Kelly will do with a QB for his system...

So passing Ron Powlus on a QB stat list validates your greatness?

 

[IrishLax]

4 years, 30 starts... still throws soft & late back across the middle on 2nd and goal into double coverage.

 

[BeauBenken]

4 years, 30 starts... still throws soft & late back across the middle on 2nd and goal into double coverage.

Don't forget off his back foot almost every play.

 

[gkIrish]

Don't forget off his back foot almost every play.

And ignoring DBs in the endzone

 

[Irish2015]

Tommy has his limitations. That's a given. He also played a very bad game tonight, but the kid is a great representative of Notre Dame and battles hard every game. If you want to blame anyone blame Kelly for some of Tommy's issues. 1) The play calling was horrible. Way to many empty backfields where the D knows he is passing and not enough carries for our most electric running back, tarean. I know Kelly doesn't call the plays directly, but surely he could have had some influence if he had so chosen. 2) There is no backup capable of relieving or challenging Tommy. That is 100% on Kelly. I understand that there was an unfortunate incident with Golson, but what other coaches do with freshmen qb's (Hackenburg, Winston, Manziel last year) shows that Kelly needs to do better. He should have tried harder to keep Kiel, recruited two qb's per year, or simplified his system. Be thankful we have Tommy because this year could have been a whole lot worse without him.

 

[ulukinatme]

Tommy has his limitations. That's a given. He also played a very bad game tonight, but the kid is a great representative of Notre Dame and battles hard every game. If you want to blame anyone blame Kelly for some of Tommy's issues. 1) The play calling was horrible. Way to many empty backfields where the D knows he is passing and not enough carries for our most electric running back, tarean. I know Kelly doesn't call the plays directly, but surely he could have had some influence if he had so chosen. 2) There is no backup capable of relieving or challenging Tommy. That is 100% on Kelly. I understand that there was an unfortunate incident with Golson, but what other coaches do with freshmen qb's (Hackenburg, Winston, Manziel last year) shows that Kelly needs to do better. He should have tried harder to keep Kiel, recruited two qb's per year, or simplified his system. Be thankful we have Tommy because this year could have been a whole lot worse without him.

This. Tommy has his limitations, but he has his strengths too. People are pointing fingers towards Tommy right now, but can you imagine how bad we'd be without him right now? If Hendrix starts we might be 2-8 right now, I don't think Hendrix could have beaten Purdue, MSU, USC, ASU, or Navy. Maybe if Zaire had been healthy and wasn't redshirted he might have performed better, but I think if he was head and shoulders better than Tommy then Kelly would have burned the redshirt once Zaire was healthy from the Mono.

 

[OlympiaIrishFan]

Knows the playbook, but still makes the same mistakes over and over and over. Pretty crappy.

 

[ulukinatme]

Knows the playbook, but still makes the same mistakes over and over and over. Pretty crappy.

Hey, guess who's going to start for the remainder of the season because no one can unseat him? You've seen what we have behind him, right? You may want to pray that Tommy plays well in the next three games, we could be 2-8 right now if he wasn't starting.

 

[Irishnuke]

Tommy has his limitations. That's a given. He also played a very bad game tonight, but the kid is a great representative of Notre Dame and battles hard every game. If you want to blame anyone blame Kelly for some of Tommy's issues. 1) The play calling was horrible. Way to many empty backfields where the D knows he is passing and not enough carries for our most electric running back, tarean. I know Kelly doesn't call the plays directly, but surely he could have had some influence if he had so chosen. 2) There is no backup capable of relieving or challenging Tommy. That is 100% on Kelly. I understand that there was an unfortunate incident with Golson, but what other coaches do with freshmen qb's (Hackenburg, Winston, Manziel last year) shows that Kelly needs to do better. He should have tried harder to keep Kiel, recruited two qb's per year, or simplified his system. Be thankful we have Tommy because this year could have been a whole lot worse without him.

No. Did you pay attention this past off season? I agree he's our only real option behind center but I wouldn't call him a great representative of ND.

 

[BGIF]

No. Did you pay attention this past off season? I agree he's our only real option behind center but I wouldn't call him a great representative of ND.

Did you pay attention this past off season?

It was the year before, May 2012. Like Floyd, Stonebreaker, Powers-Neal, Julius Jones, and a host of other young men that erred, Rees did his penance and mended his way. Last season he was recognized as a great representative of ND both on the air and in print.


Last off season Golson crapped in the classroom. Indications from the media but on the air (again tonight) and in print have lauded Golson's attitude. We all look forward to him being a great represenstative of ND on and off the field after he gets readmitted.

 

[Irishnuke]

Did you pay attention this past off season?

It was the year before, May 2012. Like Floyd, Stonebreaker, Powers-Neal, Julius Jones, and a host of other young men that erred, Rees did his penance and mended his way. Last season he was recognized as a great representative of ND both on the air and in print.


Last off season Golson crapped in the classroom. Indications from the media but on the air (again tonight) and in print have lauded Golson's attitude. We all look forward to him being a great represenstative of ND on and off the field after he gets readmitted.

My bad. Doesn't change my point though.

 

[BGIF]

My bad. Doesn't change my point though.

Did you have one?

Rees drank in college like Clausen, Yeatman, Powers-Neal, Stonebreaker and a whole lot of other ND athletes and just plain students. The Indiana Excise Police/South Bend team bent the law (how unusual). Rees and some others ran but he wasn't as mobile as the others (what a surprise) got away but he got grabbed. He got away, that is, until a cab, not a cop, a cab, drove him down. The cop pressed charges for assault. The prosecutor and judge didn't agree. He was charged with underage drinking in college.

Do you have any idea how many underage college drinkers there were on ND's campus Saturday night? OMG, all those terrible ambassadors for Notre Dame. And, and, ... some of them had unmarried sex Saturday night. Shut down that den of iniquity! Scarlet Letters for Rees and his fellow hedonists!

I'm not advocating underage drinking by any means just noting your hypocriscy all because Rees threw two picks tonight and ND's defensive backups couldn't stop a mediocre offense.