'14 IN OLB/S Drue Tranquill (Notre Dame Man)

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Lol, reading through the Purdue rivals board is comical. Their reasoning for holding out hope is that they suck so f'ing bad that Drue will be an immediate impact player for them or he could be on ND's scout team for years. Love it.
 
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Irishnuke said:
Lol, reading through the Purdue rivals board is comical. Their reasoning for holding out hope is that they suck so f'ing bad that Drue will be an immediate impact player for them or he could be on ND's scout team for years. Love it.
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They must be using the Charlie Weis Kansas recruiting strategy. Have you seen us play? We suck! You can start from day one.
 
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GoIrish41 said:
Yep. That's what the word on the street was back then. He did OK at Vandy, but his brother was miles better than he was.
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That's not how I remember it. I'm sure some might have thought that, as some always do, but we certainly weren't pursuing him hard.

The idea that he was a better athlete than Golden is honestly laughable. There simply aren't athletes who are miles better than Golden Tate. If he was even a little more talented he would have been a top5-10 prospect. If someone promised me that Jaylon Smith had a little brother who was a better athlete, I'd role my eyes.
 
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Domina Nostra said:
That's not how I remember it. I'm sure some might have thought that, as some always do, but we certainly weren't pursuing him hard.

The idea that he was a better athlete than Golden is honestly laughable. There simply aren't athletes who are miles better than Golden Tate. If he was even a little more talented he would have been a top5-10 prospect. If someone promised me that Jaylon Smith had a little brother who was a better athlete, I'd role my eyes.
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I agree it is laughable. I was saying that Golden was miles better than Wes. I only brought this up because there was debate about it back when we were recruiting Golden, not because I was in the Wes is a better athlete camp. Indeed, I was very high on Golden Tate before ND ever offered him.
 
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GoIrish41 said:
I agree it is laughable. I was saying that Golden was miles better than Wes. I only brought this up because there was debate about it back when we were recruiting Golden, not because I was in the Wes is a better athlete camp. Indeed, I was very high on Golden Tate before ND ever offered him.
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That makes sense. I was just clarifying that it was probably not the prevailing view, considering we didn't recruit him hard.

OT: The Jimmy Clausen, Golden Tate, Michael FLoyd, Kyle Rudolph contingency was wasted because of ND's crappy defense. If they were playing with last year's defense, we could have won the NC.

I am not sure if people realize just how good Golden was in college. He was like a man among boys when he was motivated. Excellent speed, incredible hands, incredible balance, much stronger than he looked. That guy was a pure stud. He never fully invested, but the talent was unmistakable.
 
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Domina Nostra said:
That makes sense. I was just clarifying that it was probably not the prevailing view, considering we didn't recruit him hard.

OT: The Jimmy Clausen, Golden Tate, Michael FLoyd, Kyle Rudolph contingency was wasted because of ND's crappy defense. If they were playing with last year's defense, we could have won the NC.

I am not sure if people realize just how good Golden was in college. He was like a man among boys when he was motivated. Excellent speed, incredible hands, incredible balance, much stronger than he looked. That guy was a pure stud. He never fully invested, but the talent was unmistakable.
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I think Golden might have been one of the top five or six all time players at ND. He was amazing to watch and minus his wasted freshman year, always seemed to make big plays.
 
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Domina Nostra said:
That makes sense. I was just clarifying that it was probably not the prevailing view, considering we didn't recruit him hard.

OT: The Jimmy Clausen, Golden Tate, Michael FLoyd, Kyle Rudolph contingency was wasted because of ND's crappy defense and crappy o-line. If they were playing with last year's defense, we could have won the NC.

I am not sure if people realize just how good Golden was in college. He was like a man among boys when he was motivated. Excellent speed, incredible hands, incredible balance, much stronger than he looked. That guy was a pure stud. He never fully invested, but the talent was unmistakable.
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Fixed.

I totally agree regarding Golden Tate though. Golden was one of the best players I can ever remember watching in college football. He'll never get the recognition he deserves from the non-ND college football community because he played on such crappy teams, which is a shame.
 
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PANDFAN said:
what's the scoop from tunnel vision for us peasants???
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Still thinking that he is ours. They don't think Purdue offering his brother will change anything and Drue will make the decision best for him.

He would be tough to keep off the field as a freshman. He could be an immediate impact player on special teams. A source close the team compared him to Zeke Motta.

Don't expect a decision until his season is over but we the decision come expect it to be ND.
 
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“@Jake_Brown: Drue Tranquill’s season over. RT @angdicarlowndu: FINAL: Carmel beats Carroll 38-7.”

Decision time
 
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STLDomer said:
“@Jake_Brown: Drue Tranquill’s season over. RT @angdicarlowndu: FINAL: Carmel beats Carroll 38-7.”

Decision time
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They got handled easily. I would suspect he will give it a few days for the sting to wear off before he makes an announcement.
 
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Irish#1 said:
They got handled easily. I would suspect he will give it a few days for the sting to wear off before he makes an announcement.
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In FW Carroll's defense, Carmel is good as hell and will probably beat the #1 team in the state (Penn) next Friday. Man, I wish that game was at Penn. It will be a great one to watch
 
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Carmel is a powerhouse themselves. A school that big is always going to have talented teams.
 
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arrowryan said:
In FW Carroll's defense, Carmel is good as hell and will probably beat the #1 team in the state (Penn) next Friday. Man, I wish that game was at Penn. It will be a great one to watch
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Carmel is a powerhouse themselves. A school that big is always going to have talented teams.
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I live in Indy and know about Carmel. I was just pointing out that they got handled. Now let's hope he doesn't use the Pitt game against us in his decision! lol
 
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Irish Insanity said:
True, but those loses were expected, ours wasn't. We all know the toll it takes as fans when you lose one you thought you shoulda won as opposed to how it feels losing one you knew you may
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BINGO!

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People in Iowa were getting tickets off stubhub for $0.25, no joke.
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I posted this before, but my son bought an entire row of tix for something like $18 for one of the games earlier this year.
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Lil' bro gettin' mail from <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Oregon&src=hash">#Oregon</a> like nobody's business! Throwin' the load at him!</p>— Drue Tranquill ✈ (@d_TraNquill) <a href="https://twitter.com/d_TraNquill/statuses/400752821349281792">November 13, 2013</a></blockquote>
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