'11 NM OT Matthew Hegarty (Signed Notre Dame LOI)

[texbender]

Good to hear for the lad. And it no doubt is good to hear for the OL. Throttle up.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Last night I had a chance to meet "5," my new granddaughter. (I wore my old Manti retro jersey all day on her birthday.

I have been thinking there is a lot of room between believing in supernatural intervention, and a person's gratefulness over some of the true "miracles" life is that make this world a great place. (and I would like to advocate making more room possible for those with different peaceful, loving beliefs.)

Having a particularly "Irish" disposition and view on things, I am not enamored with authority nor willing to be spoon fed dogma. On the other hand I often feel the joy of children at love and the wonder that life is!

My granddaughter stopped growing and there was a problem with placental blood flow. I stood back with absolute amazement at watching the medications my daughter was given to assist the baby's health, growth, and development in a premature birth situation. It was a wonder!

So when they finally induced my daughter everything was trending the right way. Six weeks early, she came out wrapped in her own umbilical cord, like a drunken sailor in his own fouled anchor. But the professionals knew what to do each step of the way.

Sixteen inches, and 3lbs, 12 oz, she was a week short of passing out of automatic neo-natal intensive care. But she scored an 8 and 9 on her Apgar Test!



I include this picture to illustrate. Is what one believes as important as the love we share? After all the story of her unscathed birth is as great a miracle as finding and healing a heart like Matt's before it is damaged. Whether you want to concentrate your good mojo on the medical professionals, advances in science, what made that possible, the origins of it all, or the reliance of the human condition, what difference does it make?

(My only relevant personal interests are only that I am not legislated to my beliefs. And do you think she looks like a point guard.)

 

[dshans]

My heartfelt congrats. To your daughter, you and alls y'alls.

I would be remiss, however, if I didn't add that it's "whether," not "weather," dammit!!!

 

[Redbar]

Last night I had a chance to meet "5," my new granddaughter. (I wore my old Manti retro jersey all day on her birthday.

I have been thinking there is a lot of room between believing in supernatural intervention, and a person's gratefulness over some of the true "miracles" life is that make this world a great place. (and I would like to advocate making more room possible for those with different peaceful, loving beliefs.)

Having a particularly "Irish" disposition and view on things, I am not enamored with authority nor willing to be spoon fed dogma. On the other hand I often feel the joy of children at love and the wonder that life is!

My granddaughter stopped growing and there was a problem with placental blood flow. I stood back with absolute amazement at watching the medications my daughter was given to assist the baby's health, growth, and development in a premature birth situation. It was a wonder!

So when they finally induced my daughter everything was trending the right way. Six weeks early, she came out wrapped in her own umbilical cord, like a drunken sailor in his own fouled anchor. But the professionals knew what to do each step of the way.

Sixteen inches, and 3lbs, 12 oz, she was a week short of passing out of automatic neo-natal intensive care. But she scored an 8 and 9 on her Apgar Test!



I include this picture to illustrate. Is what one believes as important as the love we share? After all the story of her unscathed birth is as great a miracle as finding and healing a heart like Matt's before it is damaged. Weather you want to concentrate your good mojo on the medical professionals, advances in science, what made that possible, the origins of it all, or the reliance of the human condition, what difference does it make?

(My only relevant personal interests are only that I am not legislated to my beliefs. And do you think she looks like a point guard.)

My vote, post of the year! Bravo for you Bogs, congratulations to your daughter and Bravo for "5"!

 

[CanadalovesND]

My vote, post of the year! Bravo for you Bogs, congratulations to your daughter and Bravo for "5"!

Bogs is old as shit. That's his granddaughter.

 

[Redbar]

Bogs is old as shit. That's his granddaughter.

Yeah, that is why I congratulated his daughter.

 

[CanadalovesND]

Yeah, that is why I congratulated his daughter.

And apparently I'm too old to read properly lol

thanks for edit

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Bogs is old as shit. That's his granddaughter.

You, sir, have a knack for clearly stating the obvious.

 

[OCIrish]

Congrats, Matt, and congrats, Bogs!!!!

 

[scUM Hater]

go maire tú!


Hope I got that right.

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[woolybug25]

Congrats Bogs ol' boy!

Hot damn... Miracles indeed. Toasting to you and your family's health as we speak!

 

[Bogtrotter07]

go maire tú!


Hope I got that right.

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Go raibh míle maith agat an méid sin! Rinne tú go maith!

 

[scUM Hater]

I had to Google the Gaelic "congrats" Bogs. Now I have to Google your response? Sheesh.......

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[Irish#1]

Last night I had a chance to meet "5," my new granddaughter. (I wore my old Manti retro jersey all day on her birthday.

I have been thinking there is a lot of room between believing in supernatural intervention, and a person's gratefulness over some of the true "miracles" life is that make this world a great place. (and I would like to advocate making more room possible for those with different peaceful, loving beliefs.)

Having a particularly "Irish" disposition and view on things, I am not enamored with authority nor willing to be spoon fed dogma. On the other hand I often feel the joy of children at love and the wonder that life is!

My granddaughter stopped growing and there was a problem with placental blood flow. I stood back with absolute amazement at watching the medications my daughter was given to assist the baby's health, growth, and development in a premature birth situation. It was a wonder!

So when they finally induced my daughter everything was trending the right way. Six weeks early, she came out wrapped in her own umbilical cord, like a drunken sailor in his own fouled anchor. But the professionals knew what to do each step of the way.

Sixteen inches, and 3lbs, 12 oz, she was a week short of passing out of automatic neo-natal intensive care. But she scored an 8 and 9 on her Apgar Test!



I include this picture to illustrate. Is what one believes as important as the love we share? After all the story of her unscathed birth is as great a miracle as finding and healing a heart like Matt's before it is damaged. Whether you want to concentrate your good mojo on the medical professionals, advances in science, what made that possible, the origins of it all, or the reliance of the human condition, what difference does it make?

(My only relevant personal interests are only that I am not legislated to my beliefs. And do you think she looks like a point guard.)

Only two words are necessary. Congratulations Grandpa!

 

[tadman95]

Great stuff Bogs! Congratulations to all.

She's going to look good rocking a ND cheerleader outfit!

 

[jmurphy75]

Congrats Boggs, we have to be at the hospital ay 4:45am to bring our second little girl into the world! it's an amazing thing

 

[dshans]

"And in the end, the love you take
Is equal to the love you make."



Clearly this has little direct connection to Hegarty. Except that he is a young man who, with luck, will experience the joy of parenthood, grandparenthood and possibly great-grandparenthood.

As old a fart as I am, I kinda hope my son takes his sweet time to make me a grandpa. I was 35 when he burst upon the scene. If he waits as long (he's 26) I'll be 70 and possibly amenable to the notion.

 

[Irish#1]

"And in the end, the love you take
Is equal to the love you make."



Clearly this has little direct connection to Hegarty. Except that he is a young man who, with luck, will experience the joy of parenthood, grandparenthood and possibly great-grandparenthood.

As old a fart as I am, I kinda hope my son takes his sweet time to make me a grandpa. I was 35 when he burst upon the scene. If he waits as long (he's 26) I'll be 70 and possibly amenable to the notion.

Just the opposite for me. My first granddaughter was born when I was 47. She's a freshman in HS now and we have a blast. I also have the energy to chase the little ones around. Okay, maybe for only for a little while, but I doubt I will at 70! lol

 

[ulukinatme]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>The squirrels on campus have been on the oline bulk plan big time <a href="https://twitter.com/NDSquirrel">@NDSquirrel</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23hibernation&src=hash">#hibernation</a></p>— Matt Hegarty (@MHegs77) <a href="https://twitter.com/MHegs77/statuses/426089660159246336">January 22, 2014</a></blockquote>
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The question is, who is the squirrel's S&C coach, and can he replace Longo?

 

[IrishLax]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>The squirrels on campus have been on the oline bulk plan big time <a href="https://twitter.com/NDSquirrel">@NDSquirrel</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23hibernation&src=hash">#hibernation</a></p>— Matt Hegarty (@MHegs77) <a href="https://twitter.com/MHegs77/statuses/426089660159246336">January 22, 2014</a></blockquote>
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The question is, who is the squirrel's S&C coach, and can he replace Longo?

By the amount of bulk added at the expense of everything else, definitely Mendoza.

 

[ResLife Hero]

Center Matt Hegarty Develops Into Viable Option For Notre Dame

What better way to prepare for the rigors of a college football Saturday than to line up against former Notre Dame nose guard Louis Nix III every day in practice. Learning how to keep the 330-pound lineman out of the backfield was senior Matt Hegarty’s daily task along the second-team offensive line last season. It helped prepare him for a starting opportunity late in 2013 and a spot on the No. 1 line this spring.

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Center Matt Hegarty started two games and played most of another last fall when Nick Martin went down with an injury.

“He’s getting his brains beat [against Nix] in his freshman year,” Irish head coach Brian Kelly said last November. “That takes a toll on your confidence a little bit. The ball is going sideways, snapping it backwards, and the guy is in the backfield making tackles. That’s not an easy existence early on, and there’s some crazy guy back there screaming at him, and all that's going on. And he’s got to develop through all of that.”

And Hegarty has done that. Ready to embark on his fourth season with Notre Dame, the Aztec, N.M., native is practicing as the first-team center with starter Nick Martin still recovering from a knee injury.

His mere presence on the field is remarkable in itself. After suffering from a mini-stroke while on practicing in November 2012, Hegarty underwent heart surgery that put the future of his football career in doubt.

“We’re very, very fortunate,” Kelly said Friday. “He has made incredible strides. Here’s a kid who was almost ruled out of playing football. We were just commenting on him in workouts the other day. Last year at this time, we had serious question marks about what his level would be here. Now we see him at workouts, and he’s leading and communicating.

“To have a guy like that who has had competitive snaps, and to have him again for all of spring, that’s a good situation for us to be in.”

Hegarty played in 12 games during the 2013 season and replaced Martin midway through the game versus BYU Nov. 23. The following week he started at Stanford in the regular-season finale and also started in the Pinstripe Bowl against Rutgers Dec. 28. He held his own in those games, with his performance on the road against the Cardinal’s imposing front seven serving as an added tribute to his growth.

“I felt pretty collected for the most part,” Hegarty said last winter. “We’ve been in some loud environments, so even when they turned up the volume, it was all about, ‘What do I have to do on the next play and what’s my job?’

“I think for the most part I tried to stay in balance and have a good recognition of what they’re doing. That was probably the biggest thing for me right now is trying to notice those little tendencies, see it a little wider, see it a little tighter, getting adjusted to game situations like that.”

Hegarty, a left-handed snapper, has become a more confident player along the way has earned the trust of offensive line coach Harry Hiestand, Kelly said.

“[Hegarty] believed that he's a BCS football player, because with the kind of physical setback that he had, if he didn’t believe in himself, I don’t think that he would have been able to come back, but he really believed in himself.”

 

[Old Man Mike]

hurrah for Matt... we'll have the best #2 center in the country.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Posting number "5" in Matt's thread was no mistake. She was dealt an hand has overcome by being a scrapper, too! More power to Matt!

Oh, excuse me : Níos mó cumhachta le Matt!

 

[Irish#1]

Go get em' Matt.

 

[ResLife Hero]

Irish A-to-Z: Matt Hegarty | Inside the Irish

 

[CHIDomer9]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en data-scribe-reduced-action-queue="><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NotreDame?src=hash">#NotreDame</a> OL Matt Hegarty tells <a href="https://twitter.com/espn">@espn</a> he will play elsewhere in 2015 <a href="http://t.co/VBHM2pHLWC">http://t.co/VBHM2pHLWC</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNCFB">@espncfb</a></p>— Matt Fortuna (@Matt_Fortuna) <a href="https://twitter.com/Matt_Fortuna/status/573178434504953856">March 4, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[Irishman77]

Wow!!! Our young 4 and 5 star OL begins this Spring. Hegarty could start on most teams around the country...

 

[dublinirish]

was predicted by many but definitely shocking at the same time. a sign of the depth ND is lucky to have on the OL though I guess.

 

[ResLife Hero]

His choice or mutual/Kelly's?

 

[Luckylucci]

Not surprising at all. They want Martin back at C and to give Nelson a lot of reps at LG. I wish Matt nothing but the best as he had a tough road and was very courageous with his comeback.