'16 OH OG Cain Madden (Notre Dame Commit)

[Luckylucci]

Freebie from Prister on his interview with Rees and what Rees had to say about Cain.

https://247sports.com/college/notre...verability-Better-Than-Anticipated-167354541/

 

[Trait Expectations]

Freebie from Prister on his interview with Rees and what Rees had to say about Cain.

https://247sports.com/college/notre...verability-Better-Than-Anticipated-167354541/

Yeah, this bodes very well for the fall. We have some flexibility to put players at their best position and we have some depth. Let's hope the staff can find the best five easily.

 

[Luckylucci]

They had to work on Kraemer’s mobility last offseason and that worked out fairly well. Hopefully we see similar results from Balis and Cain’s work.

 

[T-Boone]

PFF has him listed as the 27th best player in college football this year. Exciting.

 

[pumpdog20]

PFF has him listed as the 27th best player in college football this year. Exciting.

They also have a center as the 3rd best player.

 

[Irish#1]

PFF has him listed as the 27th best player in college football this year. Exciting.

Even after garnering 3rd team last year, I think he'll be better than expected/anticipated simply because he'll want to prove that he can play with the big boys and isn't just a MAC All Star.

 

[T-Boone]

They also have a center as the 3rd best player.

Yep, I found that surprising. I was even surprised by Rattler being 1.

 

[BeauBenken]

Even after garnering 3rd team last year, I think he'll be better than expected/anticipated simply because he'll want to prove that he can play with the big boys and isn't just a MAC All Star.

Cracking me up a bit to see people commenting this. Marshall hasn't been in the MAC since 2005 but apparently all anyone can remember are the Randy Moss, Chad Pennington, Byron Leftwich years.

 

[stpeteirish]

Cracking me up a bit to see people commenting this. Marshall hasn't been in the MAC since 2005 but apparently all anyone can remember are the Randy Moss, Chad Pennington, Byron Leftwich years.

well the league he WAS in is basically the MAC, even if it isn't .

 

[BeauBenken]

well the league he WAS in is basically the MAC, even if it isn't .

It's honestly probably better than the MAC.

BUT IT SURE CAN'T COMPETE WITH MACTION!

 

[NDdomer2]

Cracking me up a bit to see people commenting this. Marshall hasn't been in the MAC since 2005 but apparently all anyone can remember are the Randy Moss, Chad Pennington, Byron Leftwich years.

Has there been a reason to remember any other years?

 

[Irish#1]

Cracking me up a bit to see people commenting this. Marshall hasn't been in the MAC since 2005 but apparently all anyone can remember are the Randy Moss, Chad Pennington, Byron Leftwich years.

Are you telling me they no longer are in the MAC? Next you'll tell me there's no Southwest or Pac 8 conferences! lol

 

[BobbyMac]

Are you telling me they no longer are in the MAC? Next you'll tell me there's no Southwest or Pac 8 conferences! lol

Was Chicago still on the schedule when you were in Lafayette?

 

[NDPhilly]

Kid should have stayed at Marshall. No shot he gets drafted now.

 

[rtrn2glory]

Last two weeks have been tough for him... Hoping next week will be better

 

[Calabrese's People]

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/NDFootball/status/1472685624423587840[/TWEET]

 

[CHIDomer9]

Why not me? Can I be a Phil Steele AA? Expectations this year were really high for me.

 

[Johannes]

Why not me? Can I be a Phil Steele AA? Expectations this year were really high for me.

Expectations were high, but you struggled in the game threads early in the year, especially against FSU, Toledo, and Cinci. I will say you pulled it together after Virginia Tech with some really solid posts.

 

[BobbyMac]

Expectations were high, but you struggled in the game threads early in the year, especially against FSU, Toledo, and Cinci. I will say you pulled it together after Virginia Tech with some really solid posts.

Give him a break. He had technical difficulties.

He broke the left side of his keyboard 3 times before he Alt Delete'd the problem.

 

[NDRock]

Congrats to Cain.

 

[Irish#1]

Took a lot of heat early with the inconsistent line play by everyone, but was solid most of the year. I'll let you stat freaks look it up, but I believe he was our best run blocker.

 

[Irishize]

He definitely improved his game. Luckily for the entire OL, the second half of the season featured teams who were trash on defense. That hopefully gives them the confidence to up their game against one of the better defenses in the nation in the Fiesta Bowl.