Notre Dame Football Media Day

[BleedBlueGold]

ILB opposite Te'o is up for grabs...bring on the competition

 

[GEORGIA DOMER]

thought the offense would have progressed over the last 4 games if dayne did not go down

 

[clashmore_mike]

ChiTribHamilton via Twitter:



Douche bag.

I stopped following him long ago. I now only get to see his gems that are retweeted.

Douche bag is accurate.

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

Good press conference. I can't wait for our Irish to get started. Go Irish!

 

[Irish2015]

Kelly does not believe we are national championship caliber.

when did he say that?

 

[Cali_domer]

when did he say that?

Yeah, I didn't hear him say that.

 

[Riddickulous]

Yeah, I didn't hear him say that.

It's paraphrased.

 

[Irish2015]

I don't think that any coach would ever imply that even if they thought it.

 

[ShakeDown]

Jonas Gray has had a "great" summer.

Good news, though I wonder what exactly this means? "Great" can point to many things, but with Jonas I think it really comes down to what will he do once he straps back on those pads.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

when did he say that?

Jason Sapp of 247 paraphrased it this way:

When do you know it's a championship-caliber team:

- You can sense if the team has the right ingredients going into the season, but have to play a couple games first to really know where the team stands.

 

[GEORGIA DOMER]

thats the way i took it

thats the way i took it

It's paraphrased.

but who knows

 

[Irish2015]

That seems like a pretty reasonable response now i don't think this team is championship caliber but I would never in any way hint at it to reporters if I was a coach.

 

[ndcoltsfan2010]

From what I heard it seemed like a good press conference, then a thunderstorm blew through and the lights flickered for a brief second and my cable went off line. I guess I will try to watch it from where I left off.

 

[Cali_domer]

That seems like a pretty reasonable response now i don't think this team is championship caliber but I would never in any way hint at it to reporters if I was a coach.

I don't think this is Championship team either but I took that as a more I don't know until I see them play kind of blow off of the question.

 

[Irish2015]

I don't think this is Championship team either but I took that as a more I don't know until I see them play kind of blow off of the question.

I took it the same way, sorry for any confusion.

 

[Cali_domer]

I took it the same way, sorry for any confusion.

I know, I was supporting your position.

 

[irishog77]

Pretty sure Brian Kelly just made fun of Joe Schad.

Awesome! How'd he do that? I don't like Schad.

 

[DuffHouse12]

can i get a link to the BK press conference? irish illustrated vimeo only has 3 mins

 

[DuffHouse12]

got it from und.com

 

[kmoose]

The highlights:

* Jonas Gray will be the second tailback in the mix. Kelly is happy with the summer that Gray had, but also said that one the Freshmen (either George Atkinson or Cam McDaniel) will see time. How much time will depend on Gray.
My take: Gray worked hard and improved, but still is not a complete back.

* The team is at full strength, relative to who they expected to have at the start of the season. They already knew that they would be without Clelland and Roberson.

* Everett Golson will continue to be live (able to get hit) in Fall Camp. Kelly specifically stated that this was because "he put the ball on the ground too many times". I would expect to see Golson get a few reps this year, but not many, unless he convinces Kelly that he can be counted on to hold onto the ball.

* Kelly feels like he has 5 legitimate playmakers on offense. I can't remember all 5 names, but Wood, Riddick, and Floyd were three of them. The other two might have been Crist and Eifert?

* Kelly will not "hide" the decision on a starting QB, for any kind of tactical advantage, going into S. Fla. He wants to know, two weeks before, who his starter will be.

* Kelly seems to be very confident in the Offensive line. What a relief that would be: to have an O line that we can count on, again?

 

[Riddickulous]

Four playmakers: Floyd, Eifert, Riddick, Wood.

 

[clashmore_mike]

Interview with Kelly and Jack Nolan that was posted today...

University of Notre Dame Official Athletic Site

 

[GreatGolson]

Finally! ACTUALY ND FOOTBALL NEWS!!!! (please close the "swag" threads)