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I’ve been following NDFB recruiting closely for 20 years, and posting here for the last 13. The things that set me off the most are impiety and inconsideration, which is why I frequently tie into posters who: (1) unjustly shit on ND; or (2) inflict their mindless negativity on IE. I’m not a...

Early BK recruiting madness was usually caused by ND getting in its own way. Easier to shrug that off with the thought that he’d figure things out with each subsequent class. Having our top three recruits blatantly bought out from under us is different.

Bowen also committed to ND nearly a year before signing day. I feel nothing.

Venables: "I'm sorry, Peyton, but due to the timing of your decommitment and an arcane NCAA rule that was never repealed, Bowen (Notre Dame Verbal) is now your legal surname, and it will have to be printed on the back of your jersey."

With Edwards and Bowen decommitted, someone has to fair catch every punt now.

Looking forward to a lovely 11-month engagement period before the bag-men come calling.

I appreciate you, Tommy!

They should. The odds of becoming independently wealthy through NFL contracts are pretty bad, even for 5-star recruits. The degree is their insurance policy, and ND's 30Y ROI for football players is way better than most of the teams we recruit against. If development can only be claimed for...

"Why go to Harvard? You can get a world class education for free in your local public library. It all comes down to personal effort anyway." It is stark in most cases. A few years ago I compiled a spreadsheet of 30y ROI degree value for every school in the FBS based off of Payscale salary data...

It's not really guaranteed. More and more of these programs are failing to live up to the lavish P4P promises they made in order to secure the commitment of various 5-star recruits. You only think it would be bad advice because you're taking our enemies at their word and underselling what ND...

You’re just wrong. Hamilton was one of the highest paid college athletes during his NIL year. The only thing we don’t do is P4P (which is still illegal). If you’d tell a kid to forego ND’s superior education, development, exposure and legal NIL because a bagman is making ridiculous promises...

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Here are Fremeau's Special Team rankings for 2022. ND was #1 in offensive and net field position, and 3rd in defensive field position and punt return efficiency. We tied for 5th overall with 'Bama and Texas because Grupe wasn't very good.

At some point the music stops and recruits have to wise up, right? As the number of players who chased up front cash and got burned grows, there will be exposes and articles written about it that we can point to as cautionary tales. "Everyone who plays for ND and shows out not only gets an...

I don't think it's the new norm, because it's obviously unsustainable. Much of this is happening in the dark, so we have no way to verify what's actually going on, and it's already blowing up in aTm's face, which is the school that it adopted this tactic earliest and most aggressively. I don't...

If it's getting invested like a foundation, then $30m in principal is only producing $1.5-2 million per year max, which isn't enough to finance even one of these alleged top-shelf P4P deals. So for that $30m "war chest" to mean anything, you've got to have boosters on board with donating that...

"I hear you have DB gaps that need filling."

Right. It's not just bad business, but also guaranteed locker room cancer. The programs doing huge P4P right now are going to regret it sooner or later.

It seems like W/L record, coaching competence or even effort don't matter much for top-20 recruits right now. Someone is going to swoop in with a ridiculous P4P offer, and if you don't have your own collective of bagmen willing to break the rules, it's game over.