'09 HI LB Manti Te'o (Notre Dame Man)

[IrishInFl]

i have to think Chris Galiappo has one of those positions locked down after the starters leave. remember watching the kid in the AAA game when jimmy was in it and he won the MVP as a MLB. he would have been a 4 year starter at ND easily, and instead he is riding the pine. too bad.

The same thing goes for Marc Tyler, Jimmy's high school teammate, as he hasn't gotten a lot of playing time at SC. I think he red-shirted last season.

 

[SoCalDomer]

Click to read the whole article, but this section discusses recruitment:

Recruiting barrage

Te'o burst onto the Interscholastic League of Honolulu scene as a sophomore, making first-team all-ILH and second-team Advertiser All-State despite a late-season injury.

As a junior, Te'o made 80 tackles, including eight or nine sacks. Brian had a highlight tape made, and then the offers and recruiting materials started rushing in.

The list was narrowed to five two months ago: Brigham Young, Notre Dame, Southern California, Stanford and UCLA.

He took an official visit to UCLA in September, and will visit Notre Dame next weekend. A tentative visit to USC has been scheduled for the weekend after, but if Punahou wins the ILH championship and a state tournament berth tonight against Saint Louis, that visit will be rescheduled for December.

Te'o said he will visit Stanford and BYU after that, and will not make a verbal commitment until completing all five visits.

In the meantime, each school is making its best pitches.

USC coach Pete Carroll was on the sideline at Aloha Stadium to watch the Buffanblu defeat Kamehameha on Sept. 26, and Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis flew into Honolulu on Oct. 10 for a six-hour visit, just enough time to watch Punahou rout 'Iolani.

"The coaches are allowed to call only once a week," Te'o said, "but they pass the phone around and you end up talking to the whole staff, 15 minutes each. They each have to have their share of hollers."

But Te'o has mostly handled the barrage with aplomb, talking to the coaches as if they were old friends, appreciating their interest.

"I'd rather be bombarded than be sitting at home and hoping for an offer," Te'o said.

Besides, he looks at it as light being shined down on other local players as well as himself.

"The greatest part about this is that it can affect other players from here," he said. "It can bring more attention to the other Hawai'i athletes, maybe bring the college coaches here to see the amount of talent we have. I'll tell the coaches, 'Hey, if you can't get me, then come and get this guy, he's just as good ...' "

An All-American in truest sense | HonoluluAdvertiser.com | The Honolulu Advertiser

 

[IrishAddiction]

Excellent post SoCal thanks for the update....really hope we get him, got to love kids that are all about God, family, country.

 

[realitycheck]

The same thing goes for Marc Tyler, Jimmy's high school teammate, as he hasn't gotten a lot of playing time at SC. I think he red-shirted last season.

Marc Tyler would've redshirted anywhere he went, he had a nasty leg injury late in his senior year of HS

and Gallippo has battled back injuries himself the last 2 seasons so he'd be "riding pine" no matter where he went also

 

[SoCalDomer]

Is supposed to be visiting for the Syracuse game. Let's hope for clear skies, 80*, and a win.

 

[NDinL.A.]

Marc Tyler would've redshirted anywhere he went, he had a nasty leg injury late in his senior year of HS

and Gallippo has battled back injuries himself the last 2 seasons so he'd be "riding pine" no matter where he went also

Absolutely right on both counts. Galippo, who was a BEAST in h.s, is starting to get healthy and starting to see the field a lot. Unfortunately, U$C has the market on middle linebackers. But Tyler screwed up by going to there. Too many damn horses in the field for that kid. Shoulda been at UCLA, but Karl Dorrell was the coach so he made the right decision as far as not going there.

As for Teo, if he gets to ND this weekend, we have a shot. He sounds like a soild, family-oriented kid, so that bears well for us. A butt-whooping to a team with a lameduck head coach wouldn't hurt either!

 

[PADOMERNUT]

high of 34 on saturday, i hope he doesnt mind the cold

 

[Rocket's Rocket Fan]

Let's hope for clear skies, 80*

Haha...We can only hope but I wouldn't bet on it. Lets hope he has a awesome visit.

 

[Echo Insanity]

apparently the rivals message board has collected money and bought 8,000 hawaiian leis to be worn by ND students at the syracuse game. Im sure Manti will be more than honored by this. good stuff.

 

[irishmarine]

we may like to see 80* and clear skys but guys you are gonna tell me that those conditions compare to what hes lived in his whole life? nah, if it is cold i hope it snows. there is nothing moer breathtakingly beautiful than notre dame when its snowing. its part of the auro(SP) too me it would be a hell of an experience that no other school could offer. the candles from the grotto lit up (i know hes not catholic) but its all part of the feeling that the recruits get. he may hate cold weather but sorry nothing is going to match hawaii. either way i hope the students really show the love for him and make him feel great and i hope the team puts up its most impressive win of the year. this game should cast away all doubts. go irish and come on manti

 

[realitycheck]

apparently the rivals message board has collected money and bought 8,000 hawaiian leis to be worn by ND students at the syracuse game. Im sure Manti will be more than honored by this. good stuff.

Not anymore. ND put the brakes on this.

 

[IrishInFl]

Not anymore. ND put the brakes on this.

How is the school going to be able to stop the students? Just put it in your pocket and wear them in the stadium. Is security going to try to take all those leis from the students?

 

[wicket]

Not anymore. ND put the brakes on this.

whats the point of them stopping it??? There must be an idea behind it.

 

[Echo Insanity]

whats the point of them stopping it??? There must be an idea behind it.

they say they are worried about NCAA recruiting violations. ridiculous, but it honestly doesnt suprise me anymore, gamedays at ND have become so strict and controlled its not even funny.

 

[Stew654]

Update! Lei's are back on! Think its a great idea!

In a recent post I stated that ND was not going to allow students to wear lei's in support of a visiting recruit by providing a letter sent by the University.

They had to write it. The lei's are still on. The NCAA can't do anything about it if ND doesn't sanction the event.

If you are going to the game, I think you will be able to find them at Gate E, or bring your own.

This could be a great show of support. 10,000 + wearing lei's for a football game in the middle of November in South Bend. It's just too bad that there is not a forecast of snow for Saturday. How cool would that look?! I'm starting to regret turning down tickets 4 different times for the game. If you go, send me some pics and I will post them here

Subway Domer: Hey Everbody! We're All Going To Get Leid!

 

[Clausen2Kamara]

Update! Lei's are back on! Think its a great idea!

In a recent post I stated that ND was not going to allow students to wear lei's in support of a visiting recruit by providing a letter sent by the University.

They had to write it. The lei's are still on. The NCAA can't do anything about it if ND doesn't sanction the event.

If you are going to the game, I think you will be able to find them at Gate E, or bring your own.

This could be a great show of support. 10,000 + wearing lei's for a football game in the middle of November in South Bend. It's just too bad that there is not a forecast of snow for Saturday. How cool would that look?! I'm starting to regret turning down tickets 4 different times for the game. If you go, send me some pics and I will post them here

Subway Domer: Hey Everbody! We're All Going To Get Leid!

Nice sounds good..Any idea how much they're selling them for?

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

Thats awesome! I love ND!

 

[Stew654]

Here is more on the lei's

"My new favorite person is the dude that came up with the idea, and somehow funded it: a shipment of 8,000 Hawaiian Lei’s to be delivered to a dorm room, to be handed out at the ‘Cuse game this weekend. Just to show Manti some good old-fashioned Irish Island love.

Awesome. Here’s the note from the boy-genius that came up with the idea...

Her Loyal Sons » Absurd Amounts of Awesome in Honor of Manti Te’o

 

[nthurman]

should we be sending this kid some money for buying all of these lai's?

 

[IrishAddiction]

Interesting write up by espn about linebackers in this recruiting cycle...nice to see the two linebackers left on our christmas list are at the top of their class. Jelani and Teo that is..... Hope they both come to ND. Link below.....

ESPN - With a nickname like "Baby Seau" it's little wonder Te'o is among best LBs - Football Recruiting

 

[lags24]

Hopefully Manti doesn't mind the extreme cold today. Though the campus covered with snow is always an amazing site.

 

[IrishAddiction]

yeah and hopefully he doesnt mind that we lost to syracuse.....i didnt see the lais on tv. did the student section not wear them or something?

 

[Mattmags]

i saw a bunch of students wearing the leis after the game on NBC

 

[THegraNDscheme]

Well Manti....if u take nothing else away from ur visit, take this...at least u know u will see the field immediately

 

[IrishAddiction]

well thats good. hopefully we can let Manti know Notre Dame can fit him well, as well as Gaffney, and then they can both commit so i can quit being so pissed off about the loss. if charlie can get a commit out of this game, i still gotta give it to the guy, at least on the recruiting side of things.

 

[tko]

michael floyd committed after a bad loss but for some reason i'm not too optimistic about anyone else joining our team for 09. we'll be lucky to hang on to all 17.

 

[jonesman]

There is NO chance in God's creation that this kid commits to ND. IF he does, I will stand on the 50 yard line of ND stadium in my birthday suit next season. He saw ND at its ugliest. The coaching sucked, the fans were immature and disgusting, the weather was horrible. You will get to see Manti for 4 years on TV, not in South Bend.

 

[big daddy]

Yeah, he will most likely end up at the university of south central, and will be terrorizing our runningbacks for the next 4 years. It's just a damb shame.

 

[wpeifer]

Anybody heard anything about his visit?

 

[PADOMERNUT]

There is NO chance in God's creation that this kid commits to ND. IF he does, I will stand on the 50 yard line of ND stadium in my birthday suit next season. He saw ND at its ugliest. The coaching sucked, the fans were immature and disgusting, the weather was horrible. You will get to see Manti for 4 years on TV, not in South Bend.

Why dont we let him decide for himself, as opposed to some of us deciding for him.