State of the Recruiting Class - 2024

[notredomer23]

Is Lambert supposed to be it from this week?

In terms of silents, that’s it. Who knows what can happen if ND wins

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

From IB:

CJ Carr, QB (2024 – Notre Dame Commit)
Sean Sevillano, DL (2024 – Notre Dame Commit)
Karson Hobbs, CB (2024 – Notre Dame Commit)

Deuce Knight, QB (2025 – Notre Dame Commit)
Davion Dixon, DL (2025 – Notre Dame Commit)

Cooper Perry, WR (2025)
Talyn Taylor, WR (2025)
Owen Strebig, OL (2025)
Michael Roeske, OL (2025)
Christopher Burgess, DE (2025)
Anthony Sacca, LB (2025)
Christian Jones, LB (2025)
CJ May, LB (2025)
Jayce Cora, S (2025)

Kage Payne, OL (2025 – no offer)

hmmm.

Where's all the 24 kids at?

 

[GrangerIrish24]

hmmm.

Where's all the 24 kids at?

I believe Loyster mentioned expect more from the class for the SC game since many will be on fall break

 

[CanadalovesND]

hmmm.

Where's all the 24 kids at?

The original list has been updated. About half of the ‘24 class are coming.

 

[NDMatt91]

How many commits end up flipping when we finish the regular season at 8-4 or 7-5?

 

[irishff1014]

How many commits end up flipping when we finish the regular season at 8-4 or 7-5?

Be lucky if this class ends up a top 15-20

 

[IRISHMAN]

How many commits end up flipping when we finish the regular season at 8-4 or 7-5?

at this point if your a top rated player/commit why would you want to come play for this team. ND looks like they are on the verge of imploding.

 

[PutuporShutup]

at this point if your a top rated player/commit why would you want to come play for this team. ND looks like they are on the verge of imploding.

Because it's ND, and it's the best exposure in college football. Weis while losing still landed REALLY good classes. Kelly Landed a lot of good classes without putting much effort in.

Freeman is putting a ton of effort in so I expect recruiting to be fine despite his inabilities as a coach. It would be insane if actually could coach and show that to recruits.

 

[Green Mountains]

Time Out.

In three consecutive weeks, ND was on a Saturday night prime time game. One was an instant classic. One was a nail biting, fun exciting game. One was a dud when the team looked spent.

Saturday night - USC at night in Prime Time. Four Prime Time Games in four weeks. Two on "ND's" network and two on ABC. College Game Day at ND for OSU Saturday. College Game Day at Duke for the ND game the following Saturday. Fox Sports Game Day in South Bend this week. That's 3 national pregame shows in four weeks with the Irish.

No one else in college football gets this treatment. That exposure can not be replicated.

The class will not fall apart. Kid's like to know they will be seen....ND will be seen on the national stage.

 

[PutuporShutup]

Time Out.

In three consecutive weeks, ND was on a Saturday night prime time game. One was an instant classic. One was a nail biting, fun exciting game. One was a dud when the team looked spent.

Saturday night - USC at night in Prime Time. Four Prime Time Games in four weeks. Two on "ND's" network and two on ABC. College Game Day at ND for OSU Saturday. College Game Day at Duke for the ND game the following Saturday. Fox Sports Game Day in South Bend this week. That's 3 national pregame shows in four weeks with the Irish.

No one else in college football gets this treatment. That exposure can not be replicated.

The class will not fall apart. Kid's like to know they will be seen....ND will be seen on the national stage.

Correct, but not playing better is probably preventing us from having chance at top 5 classes.

 

[Green Mountains]

Correct, but not playing better is probably preventing us from having chance at top 5 classes.

ND likely isn't getting top 5 classes. It needs top skill position players (QB recruiting is looking way up and WR - maybe). But it's not getting academically questionable kids....nor is it getting the kids looking for a bag of cash. Consistent top 5 classes are not likely. But top 10 with the right pieces and the ability to go to the portal to get other pieces.

 

[Lberry]

Time Out.

In three consecutive weeks, ND was on a Saturday night prime time game. One was an instant classic. One was a nail biting, fun exciting game. One was a dud when the team looked spent.

Saturday night - USC at night in Prime Time. Four Prime Time Games in four weeks. Two on "ND's" network and two on ABC. College Game Day at ND for OSU Saturday. College Game Day at Duke for the ND game the following Saturday. Fox Sports Game Day in South Bend this week. That's 3 national pregame shows in four weeks with the Irish.

No one else in college football gets this treatment. That exposure can not be replicated.

The class will not fall apart. Kid's like to know they will be seen....ND will be seen on the national stage.

For now, then we play boring games and no Conference title, and you'll see awesome exposure in the back half of the season for everyone else.

Stanford is the most worthless game ever.

 

[CANONIZEFATHERSORIN]

Decommitments beginning soon

 

[notredomer23]

I’m glad most the recruits aren’t the pussies that some of the fans are

 

[GrangerIrish24]

Decommitments beginning soon

hopefully you mean board members

 

[irishnd31]

Can't see the actual posts but I can see who the posts are from. Have to imagine its repetitive tier six dog shit posting as usual.

 

[PutuporShutup]

ND likely isn't getting top 5 classes. It needs top skill position players (QB recruiting is looking way up and WR - maybe). But it's not getting academically questionable kids....nor is it getting the kids looking for a bag of cash. Consistent top 5 classes are not likely. But top 10 with the right pieces and the ability to go to the portal to get other pieces.

Correct, why I said having a chance at top 5 classes. Freeman winning well could get top 10 classes and sprinkle in a top 5 every now and then.

 

[PutuporShutup]

For now, then we play boring games and no Conference title, and you'll see awesome exposure in the back half of the season for everyone else.

Stanford is the most worthless game ever.

Stanford at stanford is 100% pointless to end the season. It should never happen.

 

[IRISHMAN]

Stanford at stanford is 100% pointless to end the season. It should never happen.

i'd like to see ND finish the season at home everyother year. whens the last time ND finished the season at home, might be the ty willingham era.

 

[stpeteirish]

I’m glad most the recruits aren’t the pussies that some of the fans are

Indeed. I’m constantly amazed when posters insist that team XYZ is going to lose a recruit because they just lost to team ABC. It’s an ongoing process that goes on for months. They don’t decide based on one game or one season.

 

[PutuporShutup]

i'd like to see ND finish the season at home everyother year. whens the last time ND finished the season at home, might be the ty willingham era.

This, to have a holiday week with our crazy schedule be on the road to the west coast every year is awful.

 

[ThePiombino]

Time Out.

In three consecutive weeks, ND was on a Saturday night prime time game. One was an instant classic. One was a nail biting, fun exciting game. One was a dud when the team looked spent.

Saturday night - USC at night in Prime Time. Four Prime Time Games in four weeks. Two on "ND's" network and two on ABC. College Game Day at ND for OSU Saturday. College Game Day at Duke for the ND game the following Saturday. Fox Sports Game Day in South Bend this week. That's 3 national pregame shows in four weeks with the Irish.

No one else in college football gets this treatment. That exposure can not be replicated.

The class will not fall apart. Kid's like to know they will be seen....ND will be seen on the national stage.

Kids like upfront money more than they like "being seen".

 

[NDMatt91]

Stanford at stanford is 100% pointless to end the season. It should never happen.

Isn't it for recruiting purposes to have the team end the regular season in California (USC or Stanford) every year?

 

[PutuporShutup]

Isn't it for recruiting purposes to have the team end the regular season in California (USC or Stanford) every year?

ND has always recruited right after it due to no conf championship. I'm sure the coaches could just hop on a plane sunday morning instead. Kelly used to get some golf in with the recruiting out west.

It's set up this way right now with an agreement between ND, USC, and Stanford. We'll play one of the two Home in October, and the other away last game. Like always, doesn't help ND.

 

[stlnd01]

Isn't it for recruiting purposes to have the team end the regular season in California (USC or Stanford) every year?

I think it’s more to guarantee us a west coast game every year for our west coast fans/alums. It became convenient to tack on some recruiting afterward but that’s not the primary reason.

Either way I can’t remember the last time we played at home on Thanksgiving weekend. Unless it’s a marquee opponent - most of whom already have rivalry games that weekend - it would probably be a hard game to sell out. Students are away. Etc.

 

[PutuporShutup]

I think it’s more to guarantee us a west coast game every year for our west coast fans/alums. It became convenient to tack on some recruiting afterward but that’s not the primary reason.

Either way I can’t remember the last time we played at home on Thanksgiving weekend. Unless it’s a marquee opponent - most of whom already have rivalry games that weekend - it would probably be a hard game to sell out. Students are away. Etc.

I think the reason they do it is so the team coming back doesn't have to worry about getting home sunday and jet lag the following week.

Teams flying from west coast to eastern time and east to west are going to be happening a lot more frequently now in season.

We should play the away game out west the week before our bye occasionally.

 

[stlnd01]

I think it’s more to guarantee us a west coast game every year for our west coast fans/alums. It became convenient to tack on some recruiting afterward but that’s not the primary reason.

Either way I can’t remember the last time we played at home on Thanksgiving weekend. Unless it’s a marquee opponent - most of whom already have rivalry games that weekend - it would probably be a hard game to sell out. Students are away. Etc.

To answer my own question it looks like the last time we played at home on Thanksgiving weekend was 1973, when we hosted Air Force on Thanksgiving Day (IIRC, for decades that was listed as the last non-sellout at Notre Dame Stadium).

We've always played USC out there in their home years (even-numbered years). In odd-number years we started playing at Stanford in the late 90s. Before that it was sometimes a bye week, a couple of times we went to Hawaii, and through the late 70s and 80s we'd go to Miami. I remember as a kid watching the '89 Miami game on Saturday night of Thanksgiving weekend and they just demolished us.

 

[Lberry]

I think if the "reason" is this hard to nail down, the reason likely sucks ass.

 

[stlnd01]

I think if the "reason" is this hard to nail down, the reason likely sucks ass.

I don't think the reason is hard to nail down at all. It's just not a football reason.
With USC it's simply tradition. With the other game they want to go on a mini-vacation somewhere warm on a long holiday weekend.
You can say that sucks ass if you want, but it's also true most major programs aren't available because they play their own big rivals that weekend. For the same tradition reasons we play USC.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

If I'm a parent of a 2024/ 2025 offensive recruit, I have MAJOR concerns about sending my son to ND for football with this staff. We just watched ND get outcoached and outplayed 3 weeks in a row, 2 by inferior opponents.