Another surprise coming

[Epitome]

Hearing alot of chatter that this will be another great recruiting weekend for ND!

 

[irishff1014]

You know you can't leave it a that you have to share the rumor.

 

[nd1]

well whats the rumor bgoing around.

 

[Epitome]

Your guess is as good as mine. A couple of years ago (I was a Mod here) I got some bad info that I relayed to the board, which still probably lives in IE history. Since then, I've decided to keep myself on the outside of the recruiting circles and wait until it is posted by other sites. I can tell you some of the names I'm seeing are Ray Drew and Troy Nicolas. Guess we'll see...

 

[OCIrish]

well whats the rumor bgoing around.

That its going to be a big recruiting weekend for ND! Or so its been rumored.

 

[phork]

Ray Drew... Yikes.

 

[nd1]

that would be great but i see staying down south. he would be a great get but very unlikely.

 

[GEORGIA DOMER]

if its drew i have one phone call to make to the local sports radio show. how sweet it would be

 

[Rhode Irish]

Won't Niklas be on campus this weekend? Drew just seems a little far fetched and strikes me as almost gratuitous depth at DE at this point. Obviously, if they landed him I won't be complaining, but I have to think Niklas would be the guy to commit this weekend (although I guess it wouldn't be a huge surprise). Huggy Bear would be a pleasant surprise, though.

 

[Kingbish01]

Your guess is as good as mine. A couple of years ago (I was a Mod here) I got some bad info that I relayed to the board, which still probably lives in IE history. Since then, I've decided to keep myself on the outside of the recruiting circles and wait until it is posted by other sites. I can tell you some of the names I'm seeing are Ray Drew and Troy Nicolas. Guess we'll see...

Now I'm curious, what did you say?? LOL It must have been a whopper.

 

[A Pac]

i just got the inside scoop guys. knute rockne is coming back from the grave to coach, joe montana will be qb once again, rocket and tim brown are back to their college form and all FOUR horsemen are returning! way to go bk and diaco!

 

[connor_in]

i just got the inside scoop guys. knute rockne is coming back from the grave to coach, joe montana will be qb once again, rocket and tim brown are back to their college form and all FOUR horsemen are returning! way to go bk and diaco!

You forgot to mention Diaco is still in discussions with Leahy, Ara, and a certain bearded former texas ranger who has been keeping fit on a total gym

 

[Kingbish01]

i just got the inside scoop guys. knute rockne is coming back from the grave to coach, joe montana will be qb once again, rocket and tim brown are back to their college form and all FOUR horsemen are returning! way to go bk and diaco!

If Montana is playing QB, where are we gonna put Harry Stuhldreher??? lol

 

[irish4ever]

If this w/e brings a commitment from Niklas and Schmidt (preferred walk-on), I'd be content. It would be great to land Huggins also, but I doubt that is going to happen (Rutgers). I too think that Drew stays in the south.

Maybe the other surprise is that DB Blake Countess decommits from scUM! That would be lovely and welcomed surprise!

scUM's pain is ND's gain!!!

 

[Old Man Mike]

Apparently Diaco talked the NCAA into expanding the number of allowed scholarships for Notre Dame only. Not that surprising actually.

 

[RDU Irish]

Yeah, the NCAA will now allow more scholarships for schools that actually graduate their players. On a related note, the SEC will only be allowed three scholarships for the entire conference.

 

[IrishLax]

Yeah, the NCAA will now allow more scholarships for schools that actually graduate their players. On a related note, the SEC will only be allowed three scholarships for the entire conference.

In a weird way... that actually makes a ton of sense. If you only graduate 50% of players over a 5 year period you should get a 50% scholarship reduction.

 

[GEORGIA DOMER]

the cheating in the SEC would be out of control if this happened

 

[RyCo1983]

the cheating in the SEC would be out of control if this happened

Are you saying that it's not completely out of control right now? Because it is beyond out of control already!

I can't imagine what would happen if they cheated more!

 

[Kingbish01]

Are you saying that it's not completely out of control right now? Because it is beyond out of control already!

I can't imagine what would happen if they cheated more!

If they cheated anymore, we would have to get hot chicks to beat them with golf clubs.

 

[RyCo1983]

In a weird way... that actually makes a ton of sense. If you only graduate 50% of players over a 5 year period you should get a 50% scholarship reduction.

Too bad the NCAA is too obsessed with $$$ for something proactive like this to ever happen.

 

[irishpat183]

Yeah, the NCAA will now allow more scholarships for schools that actually graduate their players. On a related note, the SEC will only be allowed three scholarships for the entire conference.

And they'll still win. Who needs scholarships, when nobody goes to class anyway....HAHAHA

 

[Old Man Mike]

Germane of this discussion: In ancient times, everyone knew that Rice University had some of the highest academic standards for admissions, yet they were still competing effectively in the old Southwest conference [seven Texas schools plus Arkansas]. Someone who was following these things at the time told me that Rice had instituted a "special program" for football players who needed it, but without the Rice high quality standards. Because the faculty couldn't quite stomach this, a compromise was reached where anyone graduating from that special program got a somewhat different degree from Rice than ordinary students. I do not know if this story is correct, and maybe someone can educate us further, but, if it was, it "neatly" solves the standards "problem"... and the NCAA would certainly put a stop to such things [just as they did to the old "luxury hotel" Alabama "dorm".] Then the practice would have to go undercover and the faculty just shut up.

 

[Irish4Life09]

You forgot to mention Diaco is still in discussions with Leahy, Ara, and a certain bearded former texas ranger who has been keeping fit on a total gym

Apparently my sources are telling me that Chuck Norris wears Bob Diaco pajamas.

 

[WhoDeyIrish]

Probably know possibly what the coaches expect today. I believe I heard Kelly is announcing which 5th year guys will be back today. So I'm sure we will have an exact number and be able to figure out exactly who we might still be in the running with.

 

[Ironman8]

Word is that Ray Drew was recruiting players to Athens during is OV to Clemson, namely Antonio Richardson. I would be absolutely shocked if he wound up anywhere but Georgia.

 

[rtrn2glory]

As long as we close the deal on what we have committed as of now, that will be suit me very well.

 

[irishff1014]

I ma happy with the class we have and hopefully we can get them all to stay with us. Even the NCAA can't say NO to Coach D.

 

[Epitome]

Word is that Ray Drew was recruiting players to Athens during is OV to Clemson, namely Antonio Richardson. I would be absolutely shocked if he wound up anywhere but Georgia.

I wouldn't, His Facebook says that there is a surprise in order. It also clearly says No Georgia!

 

[Who'saWildManNow]

If they cheated anymore, we would have to get hot chicks to beat them with golf clubs.

I'll take that without cheating please..