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  1. Old Man Mike

    2026 Fall Camp Thread

    I won't say no, but it doesn't ring true with the comments I've heard from the OLine gang. If I wanted to make something up, I'd go with Rudolph and Freeman going psychoanalysis, and thinking "if we name Craig captain, surely that affects the dynamic between he, Otting, and Abshur. Those other...
  2. Old Man Mike

    2026 Fall Camp Thread

    I kind of understand the Craig & injury business, but Craig has been the OBVIOUS OLine leader vocally, even when recuperating. Even the staff picks him to get in front of the media.
  3. Old Man Mike

    2026 Fall Camp Thread

    Comments have been made about Moore's, Knapp's, and KVA's relative "lead-by-example" characters. So, none of those are surprises for me. Not seeing Craig there is.
  4. Old Man Mike

    2026 Fall Camp Thread

    My Old School opinion: Freeman owes us nothing that compromises anything about our edge in winning. We'll get to watch the actual games and Wins. For those of us not drunk, that's the pay-off. One less day cursing. (For drunks? No difference win or lose as far as I can tell. It's bitching...
  5. Old Man Mike

    All Things SkunkBear

    The Pass/Fail system, especially for a student's first semester, isn't a crazy idea. Bunches of students are stunned by the college work upgrade and don't adjust in time. In my tenure, my memories say that it would have made little difference in who flunked out of the university but there were a...
  6. Old Man Mike

    2026 Fall Camp Thread

    Hey, we might be a little unbalanced in the OLine, but not THAT much!! (Flanagan/Black/Knapp/Jagusah/Lambert/Craig(C)/Jeffrey{guard eligible}). Hmmmm ....
  7. Old Man Mike

    2026 Fall Camp Thread

    I'm (hopelessly?) hoping for a lot more than 25 TE receptions this season. I'm dreaming (?) that Carr finds them and throws them open when other things don't work.
  8. Old Man Mike

    2026 Fall Camp Thread

    Maybe all correct (on Abshur). Let's see what Coach Joe thinks.
  9. Old Man Mike

    2026 Fall Camp Thread

    If these "information dribblings" are correct, I'd bet that the insertion of Prescod is an earned Wow series of days in practice, where he demonstrated a big jump in power and protection and dynamic play (rather than a "hit" by the staff vs anyone else, like Abshur.) I saw that same "what...
  10. Old Man Mike

    2026-2027 ND Women's Basketball

    Kim Mulkey will never get high marks for "sensitivity" nor any really human character traits really, so I doubt she ever flinched about bringing in this very good young Russian, regardless of Koval. On the other hand, Koval herself seems a bit "sensitive" about who she is being coached by, and...
  11. Old Man Mike

    2026 Fall Camp Thread

    Freeman spontaneously smiled at the RB question in his presscon. He said, even, that both FRESHMEN were ready, although the other three might require them to "help us on the scout team." Heck, my only RB concern is that we can KEEP all five of them. This will be a TOP RB room nationally. (THE...
  12. Old Man Mike

    COVID-19

    People who think that anything about the danger of those early COVID waves was "fake" and that anything about it was utterly scientifically clear and obvious are complete ignorant morons. It was a rush-and-react crisis time and needed the best conservative protective responses. Some of that was...
  13. Old Man Mike

    2026 Fall Camp Thread

    Could Coach Rudolph mean that the three rotations are: 1. Otting (C) // Abshur (RG); 2. Otting (C) // Craig (RG); 3. Craig (C) // Abshur (RG). Otting NOT playing RG, and Abshur NOT playing C? I have difficulty with Rudolph/Freeman NOT playing Craig because he is the Natural Leader. So, my...
  14. Old Man Mike

    ESPN

    Modern TV philosophy is to project maximum extreme behavior without offending too many people. (As the country gets grosser, this widens the possibilities for "performers" with "new ideas".) (My memory again throws me back to the days when our National Poet Laureate -- we probably don't even...
  15. Old Man Mike

    ‘24 OH CB Karson Hobbs (Notre Dame Signee)

    Confused ... no real production + ACL = draft pick? I guess you're just being a nice guy, which is a good thing.
  16. Old Man Mike

    Everything Soccer

    Just watched the first half -- quite disappointing. Apparently the team has a few injuries and maybe they are the main goal scoring threats (hard to tell from the commentators.) But even with that, the team showed very little ball skills in that half, plus no evidence of speed. Hard to believe...
  17. Old Man Mike

    '22 CA LB Niuafe Tuihalamaka (Notre Dame Signee)

    If Tuihalamaka is clear about transferring, doesn't that say that he and the staff think that we are REAL GOOD at DE? Seems that I should be delighted to hear that we so good there we can't offer him.
  18. Old Man Mike

    2026 Fall Camp Thread

    Agree with LAX on the 4 positions. But OLine is a five athlete unit, so we'll be way better than "good" with any of about five "extra" options. RB will be (I am about a positive of this as any guess I've made) a POWERHOUSE of a position for us. I just hope the young'uns can block like Aneyas...
  19. Old Man Mike

    What were the five best Notre Dame teams in your lifetime?

    2016 ... weirdest damm year. How can you have Q and McGlinchey and not have a good OLine? The next year we won the Joe Moore. ..... at least we beat Miami.
  20. Old Man Mike

    Everything Soccer

    Maybe not of interest but just in case: Our second ranked girls soccer team plays on the B1G network today. We've had some really good players over time. Maybe an olympian here or there?
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