ND's Talking Heads ... The good, bad & ugly

[dublinirish]

Looks like Pollard is leaving BGI.

she lasted like what 5 months?

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Only one recruitnik was alongside Oscar winner Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side.

 

[PANDFAN]

she lasted like what 5 months?

good! and there are a few others i wish would do the same....i want ND news but there is a select few who just tweet crap to "fit in" per se with different tweets....such as this.....

*is having a nice day* My brain: Hey remember the Florida State OPI call

 

[dublinirish]

remember when that kid from BGI left to take a job at Golf Magazine Monthly or some shit. haha good times

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

remember when that kid from BGI left to take a job at Golf Magazine Monthly or some shit. haha good times

No, I don't remember. Please tell me more.

 

[pumpdog20]

Not surprised. You could tell she didnt like Singer on some of the videos they did, always seemed annoyed by him

'interesting observation. I always thought her and Singer piled on Hyde way too much. Singer had her back while she was having her voice issues

 

[dublinirish]

No, I don't remember. Please tell me more.

it was one of the BGI recruiting guys, Corey?

 

[ThePiombino]

Looks like Pollard is leaving BGI.

Good, she was painful to listen to, second only to Singer...

 

[StPaul_Irish]

Good, she was painful to listen to, second only to Singer...

You didn't like the husky/smoky voice thing? Worked for Tara Reid early 00's

 

[INLaw]

Yeah when she finally came back from losing her voice they had to explain several times that no now this is her real voice not still from illness of 35 years of pall mall non filters

 

[condoms SUCk]

Yeah when she finally came back from losing her voice they had to explain several times that no now this is her real voice not still from illness of 35 years of pall mall non filters

I honestly felt bad for her during her return b/c her voice was still rough.. Wish her the best though!

 

[INLaw]

I had to unsubscribe from that podcast with a heavy heart since it has formerly brought me the great Somogyi. But the three of them were insufferable it was worse than the two seasons of those three guys from nappannee podcast. No offense if any of them are IE brothers but it was bad and got tired of hearing about main street roasters.

 

[SeekNDestroy]

Someone in another thread going back and forth with someone else basically said if he still lived in the Midwest he’d meet up and fight that poster 😂. That I’d pay to see.

Pony up.

 

[Irishdrunk]

Matt from LSU's After Further Review reacts to Driskell's double talk but then creates his own questionable theories. Interesting.

 

[IRISHDODGER]

Only one recruitnik was alongside Oscar winner Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side.

The GOAT (and yes he’s ND biased…I can admit it). Great interview w/ him on the Rivals pod w/ Eric Hansen

 

[du Lac]

Matt from LSU's After Further Review reacts to Driskell's double talk but then creates his own questionable theories. Interesting.

I agree with the guy that Drskell’s point makes no sense.

However, his entire premise that ND won’t win bc we don’t let kids in is false. We had Keeley, we had Dante, ND would let in nearly anyone for football that had mediocre grades. We tried for Young, M’Pemba, J Moore, Downs, etc. If Malachi or essentially anyone in the top 100 wanted in, ND would let them in. There’s no way all of those kids have a 4.0.

He also said ND can’t compete with LSU on the field and get beat every time we play. Last I checked, ND won both of their past two matchups.

Lastly, ND won’t compete unless they play the NIL game. That’s the real issue. He makes no mention of that.

He made it sound like ND players have to live on campus for 4 years. Wrong. That there’s only a Steak and Shake. Clearly he’s never seen Eddy St.

He made some decent points abojt why recruiting is far easier in the south for which I do not disagree. But his rant was essentially wrong.

 

[NDpendent]

I agree with the guy that Drskell’s point makes no sense.

However, his entire premise that ND won’t win bc we don’t let kids in is false. We had Keeley, we had Dante, ND would let in nearly anyone for football that had mediocre grades. We tried for Young, M’Pemba, J Moore, Downs, etc. If Malachi or essentially anyone in the top 100 wanted in, ND would let them in. There’s no way all of those kids have a 4.0.

He also said ND can’t compete with LSU on the field and get beat every time we play. Last I checked, ND won both of their past two matchups.

Lastly, ND won’t compete unless they play the NIL game. That’s the real issue. He makes no mention of that.

He made it sound like ND players have to live on campus for 4 years. Wrong. That there’s only a Steak and Shake. Clearly he’s never seen Eddy St.

He made some decent points abojt why recruiting is far easier in the south for which I do not disagree. But his rant was essentially wrong.

I don't know about all these kids but Dante had a 4.0 and Keeley had a 3.6 and Jason Moore a 3.7

ND doesnt let kids in with mediocre gpas

 

[Irishdrunk]

Agreed. But its interesting how often Driskell gets in his own trick-bag and duplicity about Brian Kelly. First he can't recruit, yet then he says the talent is at ND. Then he says BK is a bad HC, but then he says ND's win/loss record the last few years is the reason they are worthy of being just behind OSU, Bama, UGA and Clemson.

This was and is a huge issue with Driskell. He has personal animus to BK- which I understand but he gets himself lost in his own logic. He also refuses to be honest about it - instead he berates other posters, lashes out at them, bans them and then detests other ND analysts and absolutely hates Irish Envy.

The guy should chill out and suppress his ego and let his analysis do his talking. (Although sometimes him and Ryan use too much "Novel Football Jargon" - it sometimes sounds stupid.

 

[DONTH8]

I agree with the guy that Drskell’s point makes no sense.

However, his entire premise that ND won’t win bc we don’t let kids in is false. We had Keeley, we had Dante, ND would let in nearly anyone for football that had mediocre grades. We tried for Young, M’Pemba, J Moore, Downs, etc. If Malachi or essentially anyone in the top 100 wanted in, ND would let them in. There’s no way all of those kids have a 4.0.

He also said ND can’t compete with LSU on the field and get beat every time we play. Last I checked, ND won both of their past two matchups.

Lastly, ND won’t compete unless they play the NIL game. That’s the real issue. He makes no mention of that.

He made it sound like ND players have to live on campus for 4 years. Wrong. That there’s only a Steak and Shake. Clearly he’s never seen Eddy St.

He made some decent points abojt why recruiting is far easier in the south for which I do not disagree. But his rant was essentially wrong.

I will add the previous person;

It’s not just “getting into ND.” Idk about football but I was recruited heavily for baseball by ND and others. I had a 3.6 goa with a 30 ACT (I definitely didn’t care about getting better grades like I should have.) that was enough to get in at ND, Stanford, and Vandy.

Even with Vandy and Stanford there is a difference with ND. When you meet with the coaches and support staff on visits, they impress upon you the importance of your course work and majors. The amount of community service they want you to do. Study abroads. Etc. Even the aforementioned “high academic” places didn’t seem to impress upon me the amount of work it would require to graduate school like ND did.

Unless a kid is truly committed to school and education even after getting into college, ND would be an absolute gauntlet that kids without that focus wouldn’t handle. It’s why ND has kids who miss seasons for academic issues that you don’t really hear happening elsewhere.

 

[du Lac]

I will add the previous person;

It’s not just “getting into ND.” Idk about football but I was recruited heavily for baseball by ND and others. I had a 3.6 goa with a 30 ACT (I definitely didn’t care about getting better grades like I should have.) that was enough to get in at ND, Stanford, and Vandy.

Even with Vandy and Stanford there is a difference with ND. When you meet with the coaches and support staff on visits, they impress upon you the importance of your course work and majors. The amount of community service they want you to do. Study abroads. Etc. Even the aforementioned “high academic” places didn’t seem to impress upon me the amount of work it would require to graduate school like ND did.

Unless a kid is truly committed to school and education even after getting into college, ND would be an absolute gauntlet that kids without that focus wouldn’t handle. It’s why ND has kids who miss seasons for academic issues that you don’t really hear happening elsewhere.

Your stats are better than many athletes at ND, particularly football. ND’s average gpa is over a 4.0 cumulative and 32-34 ACT. This puts them at or above Harvard’s stats. It’s not that our football players are dumb, it’s just they’re not all top .5% of their graduating class with a 99th percentile ACT and SAT score plus mountains of service work like the general student body. I’ve heard the argument before that all our recruits would have to meet the general admissions criteria of non athletes. That’s absurd.

 

[DONTH8]

Your stats are better than many athletes at ND, particularly football. ND’s average gpa is over a 4.0 cumulative and 32-34 ACT. This puts them at or above Harvard’s stats. It’s not that our football players are dumb, it’s just they’re not all top .5% of their graduating class with a 99th percentile ACT and SAT score plus mountains of service work like the general student body. I’ve heard the argument before that all our recruits would have to meet the general admissions criteria of non athletes. That’s absurd.

I get what you’re saying. People who argue that kids can’t get in due to grades and test scores may be oversimplifying the issue and calling it ‘admissions’. But I see what you are saying now

 

[MacIrish75]

My wonder is why we couldn’t somehow get my favorite announcer in sports, Jason Benetti, since he’s already under contract with NBCChicago to do Sox games.

Benetti is awesome. Pair him with a decent color guy…maybe Collinsworth…and that’s a fine duo.

 

[du Lac]

Anyone see that Singer has cannabis adds on B&G youtube shows now? He even alluded to the fact that it's the first time he's used such products and how great they are? Does ND recruiting really bring out that many pot heads?

 

[ColinKSU]

Anyone see that Singer has cannabis adds on B&G youtube shows now? He even alluded to the fact that it's the first time he's used such products and how great they are? Does ND recruiting really bring out that many pot heads?

I could definitely use the product after some ND performances.

 

[du Lac]

I could definitely use the product after some ND performances.

 

[BeauBenken]

Anyone see that Singer has cannabis adds on B&G youtube shows now? He even alluded to the fact that it's the first time he's used such products and how great they are? Does ND recruiting really bring out that many pot heads?

New age for cannabis and related products. Their use is far more common than you might assume and across all ages.

 

[du Lac]

New age for cannabis and related products. Their use is far more common than you might assume and across all ages.

No doubt. But the stigma is pervasive in some parts. Just thought it was a bit funny.

We have pink suit Loy and stoner Singer.

 

[Irish#1]

Singer looks higher than a kite in that pic. lol

 

[notredomer23]

I am surprised on3 allows that, a site where its users largely reside in states where recreational marijuana is still not decriminalized.

 

[Huntr]

Bait