Analysis
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The Book on Cierre Wood
After doing some research on Cierre Wood tonight, here is a collection of stats and quotes on Notre Dame’s latest five star running back commitment. 2007 Season Stats (source): Rushing:…
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Weis on the Defensive Recruits
Sean Cwynar – DL He’s really a versatile player who I see who can play as an inside player, and I also — because he’s big enough, an outside player,…
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Recruiting Perspective: 2002-2008
Notre Dame’s class this year is the highest ranked class from either Scout or Rivals – #2 in both rankings – in the last 7 years. Here’s a look at…
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Weis on the Offensive Recruits
Here’s some of the highlights from Weis’s presser on Wednesday talking about the offensive recruits in this class. Dayne Crist – QB But this guy showed during recruiting — always…
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I don’t think we’ll have any problems with the Chicago Public League
Charlie Weis was asked if he was concerned about any possible recruiting problems in the Chicago Public League after the departure of Demetrius Jones last week. Corwin Brown is my…
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2008 Recruiting Perspective: An Overview of 20 Years of Notre Dame Recruiting
There’s been quite a bit of debate over the last few weeks about whether or not this recruiting class that Notre Dame is assembling will end up ranking amongst some…
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The Book On: Omar Hunter
Here’s a little info on Notre Dame’s newest commitment Omar Hunter from around the web… In Buford lurks a big, bad Wolf – Atlanta Journal Constitution when you are big…
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Irish Fortunes Changing Along Defensive Line
(UHND.com) – For years Notre Dame has had major problems recruiting elite defensive linemen, especially at the tackle position. In the last two classes Notre Dame has signed just one…
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Georgia On My Mind
Over the last few years Charlie Weis and his staff have done a pretty good job recruiting the state of Georgia and so far this year things haven’t changed much.…
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Is Dave Wannstedt Notre Dame’s Best Recruiter?
In today’s Pittsburgh Post Gazette Pitt head coach Dave Wannstedt talked about his month long recruiting trip and mentioned how kids are receptive to his NFL ties. Wanny, however, conceded…
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Darius Fleming Looking to Win Championships at Notre Dame
A clever fan from Detroit (hmmm, wonder what his favorite team is) posed the following question to Darius Flemming today during an ESPN.com chat today – “How does Notre Dame…
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Meet the Recruits 2007: The Defense/Special Teams
Here’s the follow up to Wednesday’s post on the offensive recruits in this class. Gary Gray (5’11”, 178 – Columbia, South Carolina) Gray was the only early enrollee on the…
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Better Defensive Recruiting Starts on the Field for Notre Dame
(UHND.com) – A lot of Notre Dame fans are up in arms over the lack of defensive recruits in this year’s class which just signed yesterday. The Irish only gained…
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In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
(UHND.com) – Notre Dame’s recruiting efforts this year started off as good, or better, than any year I can remember. By June, Notre Dame had at least three top 100…
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Why Not Make Recruiting More Like Free Agency?
With the rash of decommitments this year, especially the two felt by Notre Dame fans today, it’s gotten a lot of people talking about an early signing period much like…
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Meet the Notre Dame Recruits 2007: The Offense
I did a couple posts in this format last year and they were well received so I figured I’d go with the same format this year. Armando Allen – Running…
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Notre Dame Recruiting Springs a ‘Little’ Leak
(UHND.com) – Tuesday was a day full of rumors and speculation about a few Notre Dame recruits wavering. A day later the Irish lost both of the Little’s, Greg and…
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Notre Dame Class of 2007: Cliff’s Notes Edition
Here is a brief overview of all 20 commitments expected to sign with Notre Dame later this morning. As we learned yesterday, there could be some late drama with Chris…
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How Signing Day Has Changed
Wednesday will be my eight NSD since joining UHND back in the summer of 1999 and in that fairly short period of time, it’s amazing how much its changed in…
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No Ron, They Just Don’t Listen to You
In a Chicago Tribune article from today about the commitment of Martez Wilson to Illinois, Wilson talked about the influence college coaches have on NFL coaches in terms of prospects.…
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Interesting Article on Chris Donald
Allen Wallace from SuperPrep posted a free article last night with an update on Chris Donald. The full article can be found here, but here are a few interesting quotes…
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Recruiting Momentum Swinging in Notre Dame’s Favor
(UHND.com) – If you’ve scoured the various Notre Dame message boards over the last week and a half you get the sense that recruiting is just about to heat up…
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Gray Commit Huge for Notre Dame Defensive Backfield
(UHND.com) – With the blowout loss to Michigan this past weekend, comparisons to Willingham’s second year were bound to come up. People will point out that Weis, like Willingham, is…
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Lean, Mean, Blocking Machines: Notre Dame’s Class of ’06 OL
When he first arrived here, one of head coach Charlie Weis’ goals was to bring in some big, nasty offensive linemen for the future. Nobody knows better than Weis that…
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Darin Walls, Raeshon McNeil: A Future Dynamic Duo for the Irish
Notre Dame fans were frustrated at many times last season when the Irish let games that were winnable slip away due to the opposing quarterback tearing up the weak Irish…
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