Tommy Rees

[tommyIRISH23]

Plays loose, and just has fun. He isn't thinking, he's just out playin football.

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

Doesn't over think situations like I think Dayne did.

 

[IrishBlood81]

Hes just blowing me away right now.
I think a big part of it is that hes not really expected to take us to a NC or really of all that much. hes just supposed to go out there and play his best.
A lot less pressure than DC.
But he does seem a lot more Intelligent and accurate.

very impressed with him and his attitude

 

[Irishpinoy]

Dang!.......think we found a QB. Not quite there yet but he will be a stud. And how about them D. Shembo is freaking good.

 

[Stoic]

Did Weis have an eye for QBs?

 

[irishff1014]

He has thrown some good medium distance throws today. Made a few mistakes but this his first game starting.

 

[IrishinSyria]

Great game by Tommy and great game plan by Kelly. We finally stuck with the running game and it took a ton of pressure off Tommy.

 

[irishff1014]

Good to see Wood actually find some holes today.

 

[IrishBlood81]

Good to see Wood actually find some holes today.

Yeah it took him a while to get going but he found his feet and really ran well.


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[Riddickulous]

He's a stick with an average arm, but he has great touch and accuracy and makes great decisions. Once Longo packs some muscle on him, he could be really really good.

 

[IrishBlood81]

He's a stick with an average arm, but he has great touch and accuracy and makes great decisions. Once Longo packs some muscle on him, he could be really really good.

He has AMAZING touch and accuracy! His three touchdowns were spot on! I was uberly impressed with this Frshmn! He was outstanding.

I would hate for Longo to put too much muscle on 'im and lose that touch, ya know? Just build up his lower body to prevent knee, ankle, hip...etc injuries.


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[DillonHall]

Did Weis have an eye for QBs?

Great point...though he may have missed on Dayne.

 

[ryno 24]

Smart kid could be a great spread quarterback dont know who will start next year but it will be interesting

 

[irishff1014]

in 2 games he has 7 tds and 4 int good to see him protect the ball today.

 

[IrishBlood81]

Smart kid could be a great spread quarterback dont know who will start next year but it will be interesting

True! Interesting to see him go up against Hendrix and see who comes out with the starting job. At least we know we'll have a great back up as well!!


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[Freeman Ara]

Hate to say it but I think Rees has got Matt Lovechio written all over him...

 

[Irish To The Core]

How can you not love this kid's attitude? He seems unflappable. He is modest and totally centered. He does not physically appear to be THE STUD quarterback we all crave. But he makes the most of his abilities. He listens to coaching and then goes out and does what he has been coached to do. He is a cerebral quarterback with ice water in his veins. He is the underdog. He is the best damn ND qb story since Kevin McDougal...and we haven't even finished the first chapter!

 

[Riddickulous]

Hate to say it but I think Rees has got Matt Lovechio written all over him...

The situations are entirely different.

LoVecchio: Coached by Bob Davie in an option offense
Rees: Coached by Brian Kelly (a QB guru) in a spread passing attack with Michael Floyd, Kyle Rudolph, Tyler Eifert, Theo Riddick, T.J. Jones, etc. at his disposal

I think he'll be fine.

He'll do well the rest of the season. It'll be a fun battle in the offseason.

 

[NankerPhelge]

I know this will sound stupid, but being amongst friends, I don't care. Sometimes don't you think that it would be great if the competition for the starting quarterback job took place on the field during games instead of during practice? I mean, Montana (the old man, I mean) sucked in practice, as far as I have always heard, but we all know what happened when he finally got into game situtations. Would just hate to see Rees, if he is the real thing, finish the season strong and then sit the bench the rest of his career because he doesn't look as good in practice as some of our other QB's. At least we've got three more games (including our bowl game) to see if today was just a fluke, or if he's the real thing, or on his way to being.

 

[Freeman Ara]

The situations are entirely different.

LoVecchio: Coached by Bob Davie in an option offense
Rees: Coached by Brian Kelly (a QB guru) in a spread passing attack with Michael Floyd, Kyle Rudolph, Tyler Eifert, Theo Riddick, T.J. Jones, etc. at his disposal

I think he'll be fine.

He'll do well the rest of the season. It'll be a fun battle in the offseason.

I shouldn't even have mentioned anything tonight after the kid played a heck of a game and gave us our biggest victory in 5 years. Let's just all enjoy the win tonight and then I will get into more detail about what I mean.

 

[RyCo1983]

Rees>Crist as far as running Kelly's spread.

But I'm not convinced Dame can get anywhere with either of them.

Utah gave the game away.
I'm glad that they did. It should give both offense and defense a ton of confidence going into Army and USC.

 

[RyCo1983]

LOL @ his Kindergarten flash cards though
I got a big chuckle out of those

whatever works for him though

 

[GreatGolson]

LOL @ his Kindergarten flash cards though
I got a big chuckle out of those

whatever works for him though

Oregon started doing it at the beginning of the year. seems to have worked for them...

 

[RyCo1983]

Oregon started doing it at the beginning of the year. seems to have worked for them...

If I recall correctly quite a few teams have been using the random kindergarten flash cards.

It still makes me chuckle...
every team in the country could do it...I'm still gonna get a laugh out of it.

 

[jason_h537]

I think Rees is a very smart and competitive Quarterback but i dont see starter in his future.

Played great and best of all did not make mistakes but he isnt the answer

 

[ryno 24]

Rees is playing now because he was here in the spring and learned the system Hendrix would probably be in the same scenario its all about learning the system... if any qb wanted to have a chance of starting frosh he would either have to be like cam newton or darron thomas or have come in early..

 

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

Good accuracy, not a lot of arm strength. He played a hell of a game, but I'm not ready to anoint him QB of the future yet.

 

[RyCo1983]

Hendrix is the future in my eyes. I'm excited to see him this spring in the Blue Gold game.

 

[ryno 24]

I want competition Rees could be the best so could hendrix Hendrix has the body but can he run the system?

 

[Irish Houstonian]

AND, you can tell when he was interviewed by that NBC chick that he's highly intelligent. That makes him smarter than like 99% of DI QB's.