Practice Report from Brian Hamilton ChiTrib

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8/10

Around the Bend: Notre Dame blarney: Charlie Weis on fullbacks, freshmen and more

Coach Weis on Aldridge as FB:

Obviously I'm not going to have (Aldridge) lead right in on nose tackles like you might do with (former Irish fullback) Asaph Schwapp. As far as the fullback role we've created, James has shown to be the best guy to do those tasks. Robert is a big halfback. That's what he is. Just because he's 235 does not mean he's better suited to the position.

Does this mean Paskorz is Goal Line/Short yardage FB?


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[/quote]You combine with James and let's say Armando (Allen), and you motion Armando out of the backfield. Well, now you can see what coverage teams are playing against you, you can get matchups based off that coverage, and if they spread out with you and treat Armando like a wide receiver, you hand off the ball to James and you have the same advantage you have if he was a tailback.[/QUOTE]

Using the running game to set up the pass.



Best News I've heard out of camp:

... it's the best I've seen him (Ragone) since he was a freshman. There's no limp, he's not slipping coming out of breaks. And he's significantly bigger. I haven't seen him look like that, really, in well over a year.

 

[Junkhead]

Good news about Ragone. In the practice vids, Rudolph looked a lot bigger, much stronger than Ragone too. Lets hope they both stay healthy!