one of their insiders says Kelly is interested as he most likely hit the ceiling at ND.

if this happens who do you have in your short list besides Pope Urban?

deja vu 2012 all over again

From things I track to other things I monitor, here's a look at Notre Dame through the advanced stats lens. Some things in here:

-Sack-adjusted rushing numbers
-A lot of efficiency numbers
-Adjusted play selections
-Individual defensive wins
-Adjusted turnover margin
-Much more:

Notre Dame landed a four-star in each area — line, linebacker, corner and safety — but how strong the overall group will be depends on the development of the less-publicized three stars. Fortunately, there is a good track record of success in that area.
https://notredame.rivals.com/news/analysis-notre-dame-defense-special-teams-recruiting

Really interested in the thoughts of those in the know on what kind of offensive game plan you would like to see against Alabama?

Story: https://notredame.rivals.com/news/notre-dame-s-2021-recruiting-class-a-program-effort

Here are mine:

*- #1 seed

AFC
East - Bills
North - Ravens*
South - Colts
West - Chiefs
WC - Titans
WC - Steelers
WC - Chargers

1st out Pats & Texans

NFC
East - Cowboys*
North - Vikings
South - Saints
West - Niners
WC - Bucs
WC - Eagles
WC - Lions

1st out Cardinals & Seahawks

Doherty is 6th man at Northeastern...

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Just looked, it’s currently 19.5... I think it’s closer than that.
Alabama: 40
Irish: 28

The end of the Costal Carolina Liberty game and the Raiders Dolphins games.

Liberty is driving, late in the game lest than a I:15 seconds. Ball probably at the 7, first and goal with the game tied. First play hand off to the running back, Coastal D does nothing to prevent him from scoring. Running back runs 3 yards then takes a knee. Next play handoff to the same running back, who decides not to take a knee, Costal players are trying to drag him into the end zone along with one of his own teammate blasting him from behind trying to knock him into the end zone. Can you guess what happens? Fumble by the Liberty running back, Coastal Carolina recovers at the one. Luckily for Liberty they win with a field goal in overtime.

Coach take the gimme touchdown to go up 7 with a minute left to play. What a vote of confidence you showed in your defense.

The Dolphins Raiders game. Same thing. Raiders had a chance to score a gimme touchdown later. Yep you guessed in. Raiders running back take a knee. Raiders kick a field goal to take the lead at 25 to 23. Hey Chuckie you do realize all the Dolphins need is a field goal chance to win. Do you do any scouting? Does the name Jason Sanders ring a bell? You do now you dumbass. Can you guess what happens next, Sanders kicks a 44 yard game winning field goal. Chuckie your probably hearing Jason, Jason, Jason, in your head.

Moral of my rant take the points.

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A lot of ambiguity exists here, but Alabama clearly has established itself in the last decade as the alpha figure in college football.
https://notredame.rivals.com/news/notre-dame-alabama-national-title-debates

Just wandering when coach Kelly and the players will be available?

All of their top players are opting out. Time to end bowls, expand playoff to 16 teams, reduce regular season to 10 games, keep conference championships. Bowls are meaningless now. I believe the Jaylon injury changed CFB for ever.

Said Clemson plan on defense was to contain Book in the pocket and make him go through his progressions. Said Irish wrs were open and he had throws he could of made but bailed. Says Book more comfortable using his feet or making throws while improvising outside the pocket.

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In the latest batch of testing released Monday, none of the 189 tests administered had a positive for the coronavirus.

Per Notre Dame's website, 16.5 percent of Notre Dame's undergraduate students (1,438 out of 8,731) tested positive during the fall semester that ended No. 20. The spring semester does not begin until the first week of February, and the school plans to continue in-person learning.

About the only game worth watching so far.
I'm tuning in, and I've done absolutely nothing today, so not changing things up now.

Filling needs, potential impact and on-paper grades from the 2021 haul along the offense are assessed.
https://notredame.rivals.com/news/recruiting-analysis-notre-dame-s-2021-offense

QB transfer from Arizona

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Pretty good if you ask me. He’s a lot better than his numbers say. He’ll be a solid mid round pickup in the draft.

Keep holding off on buying if you can. They continue to go down in price!

I think I need my head examined, but, I am very much considering going now. I will make up my mind by Monday.

Joe Posnanski of The Athletic continues his series on the greatest players not in the Hall of Fame. His #21 player was a Negro League player who played in the early 1900s, 1920s and 1930s by the name of John Wesley Donaldson.

The article quotes old time baseball people who told of his greatness. But what got to me was Donaldson's comments about his race and baseball at the end of the article. It showed both the character of the man and the 'crime' that kept great black players from playing in the Majors.

First some excerpts that extolled the greatness of Donaldson as a left-handed pitcher who many claimed was as good, if not better than Satchel Paige:

“John Donaldson influenced Satchel,” Buck O’Neil wrote in his book, “I Was Right On Time.” "....... and the fact is there are many people who saw them both who say John Donaldson was just as good as Satchel.”

......the owner of the Kansas City Monarchs, Hall of Famer J.L. Wilkinson: “Paige is a great pitcher all right … but Donaldson had more stuff. There never was a pitcher, Black or White, who could put more on the ball than Donaldson.”


It was a common tactic during that period that if a great Black player was light skinned, a major league team would often try to claim that player was a Cuban or an American Indian. As ridiculous as this sounds, a Cuban or American Indiana could play in the majors.

A number of MLB teams tried to get Donaldson to use that ploy. He said the following about this:

“I am not ashamed of my color,” he said. “There is no woman whom I love more than my mother. I am light enough so that baseball men told me before I became known that I could be passed off as Cuban. It would have meant renouncing my family. One of the agreements was that I was never again to visit my mother or have anything to do with colored people. I refused.

“I am clean morally and physically. I go to church and contribute my share, I keep my body and mind clean. And yet when I go out there to play baseball, it is not unusual to hear some fans cry out, ‘Hit the dirty n—.’ That hurts, for I have no recourse. I am getting paid, I suppose, to take that. But why should fans become personal? If I act the part of a gentleman, am I not entitled to a little respect?”

It appears that John Wesley Donaldson was as great a man as he was a pitcher.

Here is some rare film of Donaldson:

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