'18 IN S Paul Moala (Notre Dame Signee)

[BGIF]

Hebrews 6:12

We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised

In other words, go to The Stadium and yell like you'll never have blue hair.

 

[BGIF]

CBs rolling ND's way.

 

[arrowryan]

The SBT had an article about Paul and his new offer in the paper this morning. In the article it said that he will be camping at Stanford and is visiting Utah State. If the Tree offers and we lose out on a guy that lives 10 minutes from campus and his family was Manti Teo's home away from home, I'm convinced that we'll never beat Stanford for a safety ever again. But also with that being said, he did say that family is very important to him and getting to stay close to home would be great.

 

[irishandy]

If the Tree offers and we lose out on a guy that lives 10 minutes from campus and his family was Manti Teo's home away from home, I'm convinced that we'll never beat Stanford for a safety ever again.

Beat Stanford on the field and that all changes my friend and I believe that is with any position player that ND and Stanford is after.

 

[zelezo vlk]

Beat Stanford on the field and that all changes my friend and I believe that is with any position player that ND and Stanford is after.

This is what's so aggravating. They gave away the game in 2015 and 2016. These games are as much of a must win as any on the schedule.

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[Southside Sully]

The SBT had an article about Paul and his new offer in the paper this morning. In the article it said that he will be camping at Stanford and is visiting Utah State. If the Tree offers and we lose out on a guy that lives 10 minutes from campus and his family was Manti Teo's home away from home, I'm convinced that we'll never beat Stanford for a safety ever again. But also with that being said, he did say that family is very important to him and getting to stay close to home would be great.

Some kids just want to get away from home and grow up away from home . I fault no kids for wanting to do that at all. He may love ND and South Bend, but he also may want a once in lifetime opportunity to leave home for free.

 

[ColinKSU]

Some kids just want to get away from home and grow up away from home . I fault no kids for wanting to do that at all. He may love ND and South Bend, but he also may want a once in lifetime opportunity to leave home for free.

Stanford's entire recruiting strategy is trolling Notre Dame, so I expect him to sign with the Cardinal.

 

[dublinirish]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Saw Notre Dame offered <a href="https://twitter.com/PaulMoala">@PaulMoala</a>. Meant to post this clip of good coverage by the safety before but forgot. Good eval. <a href="https://twitter.com/OneFootDown">@OneFootDown</a> <a href="https://t.co/yUnVhn0s54">pic.twitter.com/yUnVhn0s54</a></p>— SB Nation Recruiting (@SBNRecruiting) <a href="https://twitter.com/SBNRecruiting/status/875389573039304706">June 15, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Luckylucci]

From clips I've seen of II, I thought he moved pretty darn good.

 

[BobbyMac]

This guy is an absolute play maker. I forgot I didn't make this profile and I talked to Vancouver about him so much that I thought I brought this up here...

He had 7 INT's, 4 of which were returned for TD's. He had 3 PR/KR TD returns. He had numerous pass break ups and FF's and over 60 tackles from FS. He does this playing at a Top 100 - 150 program nationally against a good schedule. Add to that his very good 105 Nike Rating and you have a real athlete.

Paul Moala is a real football player and will be a solid contributor at ND during his career.

 

[BGIF]

This guy is an absolute play maker. I forgot I didn't make this profile and I talked to Vancouver about him so much that I thought I brought this up here...

He had 7 INT's, 4 of which were returned for TD's. He had 3 PR/KR TD returns. He had numerous pass break ups and FF's and over 60 tackles from FS. He does this playing at a Top 100 - 150 program nationally against a good schedule. Add to that his very good 105 Nike Rating and you have a real athlete.

Paul Moala is a real football player and will be a solid contributor at ND during his career.

ND only had two players that scored more times on pass plays than Moala.

ESB had 9 on 58 passes and Stepherson had 5 on 25 passes. BUT they were the intended targets not an interloper.

 

[woolybug25]

I'm not sure I would call Penn a top 100-150 program. They are a top 10 program in Indiana, which isn't exactly a glowing endorsement. They also don't send a lot of kids to D1 and even less to the pros. They are a great team that win a ton of games, but CA, FL, LA, GA, OH, PA & TX alone probably all have 10+ programs better than Penn.

MaxPreps don't have them in their Top 100 and I can think of some programs better than Penn that aren't in here as well.

https://www.nationalguard.com/events/h-s-natl-rankings/football

This is all nitpicking of course.

 

[BobbyMac]

I'm not sure I would call Penn a top 100-150 program. They are a top 10 program in Indiana, which isn't exactly a glowing endorsement. They also don't send a lot of kids to D1 and even less to the pros. They are a great team that win a ton of games, but CA, FL, LA, GA, OH, PA & TX alone probably all have 10+ programs better than Penn.

MaxPreps don't have them in their Top 100 and I can think of some programs better than Penn that aren't in here as well.

https://www.nationalguard.com/events/h-s-natl-rankings/football

This is all nitpicking of course.

The MIC is the #8 Conference in the Country per Maxpreps. Penn is the only school in Indiana at the MIC level, it would be at the top half of the conference on most years.

Maxpreps has Penn at 185, 151, 277 & 258 over the past 4 seasons. That's an average of 217. I'll all but guarantee there aren't 150 programs in the country with that low of a 4 year average.

I saw Penn in 2015 when I was home. I was living in Orange County at the time. Penn would've been competitive with everyone in the Trinity League not named Mater Dei or St John Bosco. Indiana football is blah minus the MIC, Penn and a handful of 5A programs like Columbus East, Fort Wayne Snider or the top of the Hoosier Crossroads like Westfield, Avon, HSE, etc.

 

[GBdomer]

https://notredame.forums.rivals.com/threads/quick-update-2018-s-paul-moala-visited-recently.109486/

Was back on campus Thursday

 

[BeauBenken]

https://notredame.forums.rivals.com/threads/quick-update-2018-s-paul-moala-visited-recently.109486/

Was back on campus Thursday

He never got the Stanford offer after camping there. Maybe he's checking to see if he can still be a part of this class or just to visit with the staff some more.

Kid is apparently hard to get in contact with for the recruiting services.

 

[KizerWilhelm]

OVing for the Temple game.

Two separate trains of thought from Scout about why exactly the commit hasn't come yet. Sampson says Notre Dame wants to see how the season shakes out, while Sinclair says Moala hasn't decided if he's "comfortable" with ND yet. "This isn't a done deal at this time."

EDIT: Excuse me, Moala says he's "working on" a Temple OV, but it's not like there's too many logistical difficulties...

 

[dwshade]

The only safety I would absolutely take now is Irvin. Wait and see on the others.

 

[connor_in]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">FOOTBALL: Penn's Paul Moala with a leaping INT. Kingsmen ball at their 26. Penn 7, Merrillville 0. Fourth quarter 6:04. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/manofsteal?src=hash">#manofsteal</a></p>— Penn High School (@The_Pennant) <a href="https://twitter.com/The_Pennant/status/901255659198570497">August 26, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[BobbyMac]

Anything definitive in there? Any word on if he takes a mission is that good or bad concerning the Irish?

He visits tomorrow.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There have been some questions lately about <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NotreDame?src=hash">#NotreDame</a> and DB target Paul Moala. This should answer some of them <a href="https://t.co/Kupws1jWWC">https://t.co/Kupws1jWWC</a> VIP <a href="https://t.co/kGd6Yg91Tz">pic.twitter.com/kGd6Yg91Tz</a></p>— Tom Loy (@TomLoy247) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomLoy247/status/903596706272612354">September 1, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Kaneyoufeelit]

Will be at the game tomorrow. A whole lotta nothing about why he isn't committing yet. Just taking his time but he is a take for ND

 

[connor_in]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">FOOTBALL: TD KINGSMEN !!! Paul Moala torches the Warriors with a 95-yard kickoff return !!! Penn 31, Brother Rice 9. Third quarter 11:44.</p>— Penn High School (@The_Pennant) <a href="https://twitter.com/The_Pennant/status/903777118689079296">September 2, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[BobbyMac]

Allen Trieu re-CB'd him to ND a few days ago after his visit.

Trieu was the only analyst to CB anything other than ND with a foggy

 

[BobbyMac]

Vancouver added an ND CB today too.

Whatever Elko wants just as long as the get CB covered with as much quality as possible.

 

[PANDFAN]

Vancouver added an ND CB today too.

Whatever Elko wants just as long as the get CB covered with as much quality as possible.

made mention of it on podcast

 

[dwshade]

On podcast Sampson noted that it's good that none of the safety prospects are looking to make a quick decision so it gives ND a chance to sort out Irvin, Moala, Crim, McKenzie and perhaps Griffith. Personally I think Irvin and Griffith are long shots. Among the other three I like Crim the best and apparently Elko is very high on him. He'll be here this weekend with his mother. His three top schools would be ND, Louisville and Clemson.

 

[dublinirish]

sampson reckons (as do i) that houston griffith is just in town for the free tickets

 

[IrishFanJMercy]

I think a lot of kids come to these games just for the free tickets

 

[beryirish]

sampson reckons (as do i) that houston griffith is just in town for the free tickets

I was kinda having this suspicion with Gervin. "Hey I'm interested again, let me get a better feel by going to the ND/UGA game."

 

[dublinirish]

I was kinda having this suspicion with Gervin. "Hey I'm interested again, let me get a better feel by going to the ND/UGA game."

hope it wont be like the USC game back in the day when a bunch of kids who had no interest in ND took officials and talked shit the whole time

 

[beryirish]

hope it wont be like the USC game back in the day when a bunch of kids who had no interest in ND took officials and talked shit the whole time

I recall talk of OT John Theus (UGA) went with RB Keith Marshall (UGA) to keep him in line with going to UGA.