'19 KS QB Graham Mertz (Wisconsin Commit)

[BobbyMac]

Good for him if so.

Nice to see a kid who knows the meaning of the word commitment.

 

[zelezo vlk]

I would say good for him, but I can't support anybody helping Sconny with anything ever

 

[lcaps20]

Agreed, good for him

 

[BobbyMac]

I would say good for him, but I can't support anybody helping Sconny with anything ever

If it wasn't for the Packers, Wiscy would be my favorite state becuz of the peeps... well that and the dairy products. Although there is something sinister about a state that's frozen 9 month a year not having a hockey team when Florida has two.

 

[zelezo vlk]

If it wasn't for the Packers, Wiscy would be my favorite state becuz of the peeps... well that and the dairy products. Although there is something sinister about a state that's frozen 9 month a year not having a hockey team when Florida has two.

Fun fact. I've only ever been flipped off and cursed out in public in one place: Wisconsin. All for the sin of being from south of the border. There were kids in earshot...stay classy, Sconny

 

[ab2cmiller]

sounds like hes going to pass..

https://247sports.com/college/notre...ng-Pursued-Heavily-By-Other-Schools-117931509

Ok. I have no idea for sure what will happen, but this article and headline is from a Wisconsin writer. Second of all, I thought I read somewhere that Mertz was considering visiting ND on a certain weekend (not sure which weekend off the top of my head), but a 7v7 competition conflicted. I will see if I can find it.

He's still not wavering in the literal sense that he's not taken any visits, yet. But I'm not sure if anyone has a quote from him recently that states he is 100% solid to Wisconsin and I will not be taking any visits, period.

 

[ab2cmiller]

Article from 3 days ago.

https://247sports.com/college/notre-dame/Article/Notre-Dame-recruiting-2019-quarterbacks-Graham-Mertz-and-Zach-Calzada-117874009

One thing remains clear, four-star quarterback Graham Mertz remains the top target on the board and the one with an offer in hand. However, he is still committed to Wisconsin and hasn't firmed up visit plans at this time. He wanted to get to campus last weekend, but a 7-on-7 tournament prevented that from happening. If things don't workout on that front, Calzada looks like the next best bet to land an offer from Notre Dame.

 

[KyfightingIrish36]

Lets see how this plays out. This is what every committed kid says when the big programs start circling.

 

[ab2cmiller]

Badger board responding to this article. You can glean some nuggets from the article based upon their posts. I guess he did say a lot of things that were very pro Wisconsin, but he said he would "probably not" visit Notre Dame. If one of our commits said that, we would be ready to grab the pitchforks.

https://247sports.com/college/wisconsin/Board/23/Contents/Wisconsin-Badgers-Quarterback-Commit-Graham-Mertz-Being-Pursued-Heavily-By-Other-Schools-117931509?Page=2

 

[BobbyMac]

Fun fact. I've only ever been flipped off and cursed out in public in one place: Wisconsin. All for the sin of being from south of the border. There were kids in earshot...stay classy, Sconny

Maybe Cheesers are rude to a downstater but as a Chicagolander, I find them charming. Nothing ruder this side of New York than a FIB in a Range Rover/Escalade on their weekend get away to WI/IN/MI... just ask the locals.

 

[zelezo vlk]

Maybe Cheesers are rude to a downstater but as a Chicagolander, I find them charming. Nothing ruder this side of New York than a FIB in a Range Rover/Escalade on their weekend get away to WI/IN/MI... just ask the locals.

No disagreement here. That's the thing, the Wisconsonites don't realize they hate the Burbs folks and city yuppies. But instead we're all in the same boat, so f*ck the Badgers

 

[BobbyMac]

Badger board responding to this article. You can glean some nuggets from the article based upon their posts. I guess he did say a lot of things that were very pro Wisconsin, but he said he would "probably not" visit Notre Dame. If one of our commits said that, we would be ready to grab the pitchforks.

https://247sports.com/college/wisconsin/Board/23/Contents/Wisconsin-Badgers-Quarterback-Commit-Graham-Mertz-Being-Pursued-Heavily-By-Other-Schools-117931509?Page=2

Now that all the info is out:

Until he utters the... I'm shutting it down line like Phil did, I say he visits. If he visits, he'll flip.

I think it comes down to, does he wanna play very early and hand the ball off to whoever the RB is... or does he wanna send Phil's plays in and fetch his slippers until he leaves... at which time he'll have to go toe to toe with the lil pitbull that is Drew Pyne and future multi-time winner of the Heisman, RP3.

 

[longliveautrydenson]

Now that all the info is out:

Until he utters the... I'm shutting it down line like Phil did, I say he visits. If he visits, he'll flip.

I think it comes down to, does he wanna play very early and hand the ball off to whoever the RB is... or does he wanna send Phil's plays in and fetch his slippers until he leaves... at which time he'll have to go toe to toe with the lil pitbull that is Drew Pyne and future multi-time winner of the Heisman, RP3.

I remember when I thought Dayne Crist would come in and lock down the QB job for 2-3 years. I remember feeling the same way about Everett Golson, and then Malik Zaire, and then Deshone Kizer, and then Brandon Wimbush. BK has pulled every single one of those QBs during games for one reason or another and inserted the backup. I don’t think that it necessarily speak wells to ND, but QB job security hasn’t exactly been a hallmark of the BK era. If Mertz comes to ND, odds are in his favor that he’ll get a chance to play earlier than some might expect.

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

I remember when I thought Dayne Crist would come in and lock down the QB job for 2-3 years. I remember feeling the same way about Everett Golson, and then Malik Zaire, and then Deshone Kizer, and then Brandon Wimbush. BK has pulled every single one of those QBs during games for one reason or another and inserted the backup. I don’t think that it necessarily speak wells to ND, but QB job security hasn’t exactly been a hallmark of the BK era. If Mertz comes to ND, odds are in his favor that he’ll get a chance to play earlier than some might expect.

I think QBs have done as well as could be expected. I also thought Golson was the golden one. His HS tape was incredible.

But look at each of our QBs and how they've faired in the league. We haven't had an Andrew Luck yet. The best we've had is Kizer and he parlayed that into a 2nd round pick.

People want to claim Kelly tries to fit a square peg in a round hole but I think he's done a very good job of molding the offense around his players excepting that 2016 shouldn't have happened. We scored enough points to be a 9-10 win team that year but our defense absolutely killed us.

I think the most defensible criticism of BK in regards to QBs is Golson. Now, he didn't force Golson to get kicked out so who knows how he would've developed if he had uninterrupted eligibility but Kelly was unable to create an offense simple enough for Golson. Golson didn't need sheet music, he needed to be handed an instrument to play some Jazz. He was best at extending plays and launching the fuck*ng pigskin.

The receivers should've been running drills on comebacks/drags/etc so they could've always been working their way to the open field for when Golson ultimately left the pocket.

 

[dad4aa]

Maybe Cheesers are rude to a downstater but as a Chicagolander, I find them charming. Nothing ruder this side of New York than a FIB in a Range Rover/Escalade on their weekend get away to WI/IN/MI... just ask the locals.

Hell yes!!!! But we call them FIP in Michigan.

 

[NDdomer2]

I remember when I thought Dayne Crist would come in and lock down the QB job for 2-3 years. I remember feeling the same way about Everett Golson, and then Malik Zaire, and then Deshone Kizer, and then Brandon Wimbush. BK has pulled every single one of those QBs during games for one reason or another and inserted the backup. I don’t think that it necessarily speak wells to ND, but QB job security hasn’t exactly been a hallmark of the BK era. If Mertz comes to ND, odds are in his favor that he’ll get a chance to play earlier than some might expect.

To counter none of these guys just balled out and said the job is mine. But look at bama. Qb change mid natty. You're job is only safe as you make it

 

[ab2cmiller]

"Pretty solid" on his commitment. Visiting pOSU on Monday since he was in town for Rivals 3 Stripe camp. If I'm Wisconsin, I'd be worried.
https://n.rivals.com/news/rivals250-wisconsin-qb-commit-graham-mertz-gives-the-latest

The recruitment of Rivals250 Wisconsin quarterback commit Graham Mertz has been making waves all over the country. The Overland Park (Kan.) Blue Valley North star has pulled in a bunch of new offers lately and there is growing speculation about how committed his is to the Badgers. Mertz broke down his recruitment at Sunday’s Rivals 3 Stripe Camp presented by adidas.

“I've had a lot of interest from other schools but Wisconsin is still my number one,” Mertz said. “I love the guys there, Coach Budmayr and coach Chryst. It's a great spot for me. I'm very solid right now.

“Notre Dame, Texas A&M, LSU, and Clemson are just a few of my recent offers,” he said. “It's definitely flattering going from not starting a game last year to this. I'm pretty solid in my commitment. My thing in this whole process is being completely honest with Wisconsin and we've done a great job of that building our relationship

“We're working on a couple guys like Spencer Lytle and Bryce Benhart,” said Mertz. “We're also trying to get a few more athletes in this class.

“I was up at Wisconsin about a month ago,” he said. “One of the days we did the normal visit and another day I was in the office with coach Budmayr and coach Chryst for about five or six hours breaking down film and just trying to see how I'm going to fit into everything.

“I'm going to stop by Ohio State on Monday and check it out,” Mertz said. “We're here for an extra day because that's how our flights worked out so we figured we should go over there and check it out. The coaches are excited. They've been pushing for a visit for a few months. I've never been there before. They've got Dwayne Haskins this year so it'll be interesting to see how that works out because he's a lot like me. We kind of have the same pocket presence and can both make the same throws so it'll be good to see how they use him."

 

[Irish#1]

"I'm very solid right now." "I'm pretty solid in my commitment."

The signs are all there. lol

 

[ResLife Hero]

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https://notredame.rivals.com/news/bgi-video-graham-mertz-rcs-columbus-highlights

 

[koonja]

Are we going to get a visit while he's "pretty solid"? He's open to visiting clearly, hopefully we can steal one too.

 

[NDMIA]

https://247sports.com/college/notre-dame/Article/Notre-Dame-Football-Recruiting-trying-to-flip-Wisconsin-quarterback-commit-Graham-Mertz-118046187

Mertz visiting Ohio State today. Hopefully this article mentions a possible visit to ND. Also, just won QB MVP at Columbus Rivals Camp.

 

[KizerWilhelm]

It seems like it would be pretty easy for appearances' sake to suggest he attend a Chicago camp and then make the drive while he's in the area, because his flights just worked out that way, etc. etc.

 

[NDMIA]

BGI Podcast that came out today spoke about Mertz at length. They seem very confident that ND gets Mertz to campus by this summer and if he does visit they say look out for some action. It all sounds good. Hope he comes.

 

[NDMIA]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NotreDame?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NotreDame</a> is still pushing extremely hard for four-star quarterback Graham Mertz, a Wisconsin commit from the class of 2019. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IrishIllustrated?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IrishIllustrated</a> brings its readers the latest and what’s coming this week: <a href="https://t.co/FJF48sLvvf">https://t.co/FJF48sLvvf</a> (VIP)<a href="https://twitter.com/247Sports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@247Sports</a> <a href="https://t.co/LYRte7HNqT">pic.twitter.com/LYRte7HNqT</a></p>— Tom Loy (@TomLoy247) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomLoy247/status/996398058970796032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2018</a></blockquote>
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No idea what Loy is saying in this article, but if I had to guess this week he probably means Mertz is getting a visit from the staff at his HS...but idk, just a guess

 

[KizerWilhelm]

No idea what Loy is saying in this article, but if I had to guess this week he probably means Mertz is getting a visit from the staff at his HS...but idk, just a guess

You guess correctly. Rees and Long visiting his high school.

I'd feel a lot better about this whole thing if the evidence for his interest was more than a. ND writers asking him about ND and him saying "oh they're great" and b. ND staff claiming they can flip him.

 

[ab2cmiller]

Until we start making offers to additional quarterbacks, I have to assume that we still think there is a good chance to get him on campus and potentially flip him.

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

Until we start making offers to additional quarterbacks, I have to assume that we still think there is a good chance to get him on campus and potentially flip him.

I hope your tea leaves read true

 

[Irish#1]

I hope your tea leaves read true

This has always been more reliable.

 

[ab2cmiller]

Some hand-wringing on the Wisconsin board about this tweet from Graham.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I just wanna play ball</p>— Graham Mertz (@GrahamMertz5) <a href="https://twitter.com/GrahamMertz5/status/996823374197411845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 16, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[SoIll]

Some hand-wringing on the Wisconsin board about this tweet from Graham.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I just wanna play ball</p>— Graham Mertz (@GrahamMertz5) <a href="https://twitter.com/GrahamMertz5/status/996823374197411845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 16, 2018</a></blockquote>
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pretty much calling for Loy's head