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Location: South Bend, Ind. | Founded: 1842 | Enrollment: 11,417 | Colors: Blue and Gold | Stadium: Notre Dame
Capacity: 80,795 | Coach: Charlie Weis

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Fighting Irish report: Notes, quotes
 

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--Notre Dame's top trio of running backs has a lot to prove, but there is talent there and a buzz about sophomore Robert Hughes. He's a big back who came on strong at the end of last season, and, for what it's worth, had 100 yards on 22 carries in the spring game. Armando Allen and James Aldridge are other backfield options.

--Tight end will be an area of concern in fall camp. The Irish have to replace second-round pick John Carlson. Sophomore Mike Ragone has the pass-catching size (6-5, 230) for the position, but how he does at the line of scrimmage in the run game is still an open question.

SPRING MOVERS

QB Jimmy Clausen -- Much more at ease and now entrenched at the position, he's also healthy. He spent much of last season not quite right after elbow surgery. Clausen may or may not ever live up to the massive recruiting hype, but he'll be more accurate and a better leader as a sophomore. And there should be a noticeable change in his arm strength, which he showed in spring.

LB Maurice Crum Jr. -- The senior is one of the leaders of the defense and one of its most productive players. He has a chance to make more big plays this season, as Crum could have his number called often in coordinator Jon Tenuta's blitzing schemes. DB Harrison Smith -- Smith, who redshirted as a freshman last season, should make an impact this season somewhere on defense, as a strong safety or even as a small, quick linebacker. He was the defensive MVP of the spring game, with a 15-yard INT return for a score.

QUOTE TO NOTE
"I don't know how it's going to play out. The best part about it is you're not worrying about who is first. They're all going to end up playing. That's a good thing." -- Coach Charlie Weis, on his tailback situation.

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July 7, 2009 8:58 am

I don’t know why but I was thinking about SMU’s football program the other day. About the fact that they were given the death penalty. That is when it occurred to me that it was first of a chain of events that led to such things as the demise of Norte Dame football.

Consider this: Before SMU’s death penalty college football had become stagnant. Not in a bad way, depend ...(more)

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July 2, 2009 11:49 am
I wanted to post this so that all the ND faithful can point to this article when confronted with the BS argument that ND has some sort of preference in the BCS. 

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/
210433-notre-dame-and-the-bcs-the-n
otre-dame-rule

For those of you who want a punch list:

Should Notre Dame qualify for a BCS berth, they will, wi ...(more)

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Since:Sep 11, 2006

July 6, 2009 2:39 pm
Justin Utupo, a DE/DT prospect from Lakewood, CA has committed to the Irish.  Talk about coming out of left field, I didn't even know he had an offer.  Two things.  The experts on both Rivals and Scout say this kids stock is clearly on the rise.  I guess he plays on one of the better teams in California and that he has preformed very well at camps lately.  Also, he led his ...(more)
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July 1, 2009 2:28 pm
Finally, I am glad Notre Dame's recruiting base is starting to increase again and make more people interested. I feel people's interest will never really change about Notre Dame when they have a bad year or something because of the many important factors that play a huge role in enrolling to Notre Dame such as the beautiful campus, religious aspect, traditions as well as success in athletics. Ther ...(more)
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July 7, 2009 4:06 pm

QB Tommy Rees picks ND.  ND is now done with the QB position.  His picks were between ND, Stanford, Tenn. 
He is 6'3 192 lbs, he threw for 2200 yards and 22 TD's. He is another 3 star recruit and was ranked #3 QB in the country.
I dont know if this was a good move but it was hard for ND to grab another top QB because we already have one signed this year.

Wha ...(more)

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Since:Mar 20, 2008

June 25, 2009 12:32 pm

the year is early for recruits still.  it is ok that C Martin opens up some. 

what players are hesitant about ND is the next year on the field.  its easy to negative recruit against ND this year cause all coaches are saying Weis is on his way out...  after ND is 6-0 after we beat USC the recruits will come like a flood.  we will have the luxary of picking wh ...(more)

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Since:Nov 3, 2008

June 25, 2009 8:44 am
Do you guys think we should be worried.

1. He was 1 of 2 commitments that are making this class legit.
2. He was (allegedly) recruiting other kids to Notre Dame
3. He was on beast status. And will be beyond huge if he decommits from Notre Dame and commits somewhere else.


Hell if we can land a freaking virgin hawaiin kid 3,000 miles away, why on earth are we h
...(more)
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Since:Apr 13, 2009

July 3, 2009 1:16 am
What do you really think of Stanford vs ND this year? Ithink it will be a close game at halftime, but ND will pull away late and win by 14, but what do you fans think of the game? 24-10 ND
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February 8, 2009 8:56 pm
(POLL)

Ok guys we are down to the final 2. Good luck.  to both of you. Let the best man win or in this case let the biggest hater win.

The final 2 are Hudson vs Al Mclovin.  This was a shock to me that McLovin made it this far. Congrats.

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June 29, 2009 9:57 pm
Chirs Badger switches to ND after being commited to stanford.  This kinda came out of no where.  This has been a great 2 weeks for ND, and I hope it continues to get better.

Badger is a 3 star safety and is ranked #24.

He is 6'0 170LBS

Overall not a bad pick up. Still another 3 star. Where are the Big boys.
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July 7, 2009 2:34 pm
I was told by a friend of mine that Nevada didn't use all of their game tickets. My friend went to the UND.com page and got our tickets at face value. Just wanted to pass the word. He said there are still some left.
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Since:Feb 6, 2007

June 3, 2009 10:31 am
My God!
I live within 20 miles of Notre Dame, All the coaches (H.S.) think C. Weis is a pompous ass!....He comes taliking about his Super Bowl Rings, which is admirable. However, this is college, Hello! what have you done----nothing!..Clausen at Q.B? I still can't get over how Weis threw D. Jones to the wollves the first game of 08 so that Clausen would not look so BAD!!!....That had to be th
...(more)
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Since:Aug 14, 2008

July 2, 2009 1:43 pm
Being catholic I must wish you good luck on your season..........However just like Charlie said last year(our first down year in 33 years in a row)  WHO THE HELL IS NOTREDUMP?   We are going to kick your a$$ all over the field in Ann Arbor.  Have a nice day ...(more)
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June 10, 2009 11:52 am
Just want to get thoughts on what ND games everybody is going to go to this year.  Spent all my money building a privacy fence for my yard and paying for daughters HS graduation so all I can afford is the ND/Wash St game in San Antonio unfortunately.
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June 12, 2009 10:38 am
Just wanted to give a heads up to Irish nation.  A week from Sunday should prove to be a great day for recruiting junkies.  I apologize for not being able to give a name, but everyone will know soon enough.

Go Irish!
 
 
 
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