Getting Ready | Depth Charts

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Here are some depth charts of Notre Dame and Alabama. You can see the side by side comparisons and how these teams match up. Depth chart info courtesy of South Bend Tribune:

Notre Dame Offense

WR
7 TJ Jones 5-11 190 Jr.
2 Chris Brown 6-2 172 Fr.

WR
9 Robby Toma 5-9 185 Sr.
19 Davonte’ Neal 5-9 171 Fr.

LT
70 Zack Martin 6-4 304 Sr.
78 Ronnie Stanley 6-6 304 Fr.

LG
66 Chris Watt 6-3 310 Jr.
65 Conor Hanratty 6-5 304 So.

C
52 Braxston Cave 6-3 304 Sr.
57 Mike Golic Jr. 6-3 295 Sr.

RG
57 Mike Golic Jr. 6-3 295 Sr.
72 Nick Martin 6-4 290 So.

RT
74 Christian Lombard 6-5 309 Jr.
72 Nick Martin 6-4 290 So.

TE
80 Tyler Eifert 6-6 251 Sr.
18 Ben Koyack 6-5 253 So.

WR
87 Daniel Smith 6-4 215 Jr.
10 DaVaris Daniels 6-2 190 So.

QB
5 Everett Golson 6-0 185 So.
11 Tommy Rees 6-2 210 Jr.

TB
6 Theo Riddick 5-11 200 Sr. or
20 Cierre Wood 6-0 215 Sr.

Alabama Defense

DE
49 Ed Stinson 6-4 282 Jr.
8 Jeoffrey Pagan 6-4 285 So.

NG
54 Jesse Williams 6-4 320 Sr.
62 Brandon Ivory 6-4 315 So.

DE
92 Damion Square 6-3 286 Sr.
90 Quinton Dial 6-6 304 Sr.

SAM LB
42 Adrian Hubbard 6-6 248 So.
19 Jonathan Atchison 6-3 236 Jr.

MIKE LB
33 Trey DePriest 6-2 245 So.
35 Nico Johnson 6-3 245 Sr.

WILL LB
35 Nico Johnson 6-3 245 Sr.
32 C.J. Mosley 6-2 232 Jr.

JACK LB
47 Xzavier Dickson 6-3 262 So.
30 Denzel Devall 6-2 243 Fr.

CB
13 Deion Belue 5-11 179 Jr.
24 Geno Smith 6-0 182 Fr.

S
37 Robert Lester 6-2 210 Sr.
3 Vinnie Sunseri 6-0 215 So.

S
6 HaHa Clinton-Dix 6-1 209 So.
27 Nick Perry 6-1 208 Jr.

CB
28 Dee Milliner 6-1 199 Jr.
10 John Fulton 6-0 187 Jr.

Notre Dame Defense

DE
89 K.Lewis-Moore 6-4 306 Sr.
91 Sheldon Day 6-2 286 Fr.

NG
9 Louis Nix 6-3 326 Jr.
96 Kona Schwenke 6-4 290 Jr.

DE
7 Stephon Tuitt 6-6 303 So.
69 Tony Springmann 6-6 300 So.

OLB
55 Prince Shembo 6-2 250 Jr.
11 Ishaq Williams 6-5 255 So.

ILB
48 Dan Fox 6-3 240 Sr.
44 Carlo Calabrese 6-1 245 Sr.

ILB
5 Manti Te’o 6-2 255 Sr.
59 Jarrett Grace 6-3 240 So.

OLB
13 Danny Spond 6-2 248 Jr.
30 Ben Councell 6-5 240 So.

CB
2 Bennett Jackson 6-0 185 Jr.
21 Jalen Brown 6-1 199 So.

S
17 Zeke Motta 6-2 215 Sr.
29 Nicky Baratti 6-1 206 Fr.

S
41 Matthias Farley 5-11 200 So.
24 Chris Salvi 5-10 190 Sr.

CB
6 KeiVarae Russell 5-11 182 Fr.
43 Josh Atkinson 5-11 185 So.

Alabama Offense

WR
9 Amari Cooper 6-1 198 Fr.
80 Marvin Shinn 6-3 198 Fr.

LT
71 Cyrus Kouandjio 6-6 311 So.
63 Kellen Williams 6-3 303 Jr.

LG
65 Chance Warmack 6-3 320 Sr.
78 Chad Lindsay 6-2 290 So.

C
75 Barrett Jones 6-5 302 Sr.
70 Ryan Kelly 6-5 288 Fr.

RG
61 Anthony Steen 6-3 303 Jr.
77 Arie Kouandjio 6-5 310 So.

RT
76 D.J. Fluker 6-6 335 Jr.
79 Austin Shepherd 6-5 312 So.

TE
89 Michael Williams 6-6 269 Sr.
84 Brian Vogler 6-7 258 So.

TE/H-BACK
31 Kelly Johnson 6-3 230 Sr.
82 Harrison Jones 6-4 244 So.

WR
83 Kevin Norwood 6-2 195 Jr.
22 Christion Jones 5-11 185 So.

QB
10 AJ McCarron 6-4 210 Jr.
6 Blake Sims 6-0 182 So.

RB
42 Eddie Lacy 6-0 220 Jr.
4 T.J. Yeldon 6-2 216 Fr.

Notre Dame Kicking

KICKING SPECIALISTS

PK
27 Kyle Brindza 6-1 225 So. or
40 Nick Tausch 6-0 190 Sr.

KO
27 Kyle Brindza 6-1 225 So.

P
35 Ben Turk 5-11 196 Sr.
27 Kyle Brindza 6-1 225 So.

H
35 Ben Turk 5-11 196 Sr.

LS
60 Jordan Cowart 6-2 230 Sr.
61 Scott Daly 6-2 245 Fr.

RETURN SPECIALISTS

KR
4 George Atkinson III 6-1 210 So.
33 Cam McDaniel 5-10 195 So.

PR
19 Davonte’ Neal 5-9 171 Fr.
6 Theo Riddick 5-11 200 Sr.

Alabama Kicking

KICKING SPECIALISTS

PK
5 Jeremy Shelley 5-10 165 Sr.
43 Cade Foster 6-1 218 Jr.

KO
43 Cade Foster 6-1 218 Jr.

P
29 Cody Mandell 6-4 202 Jr.
5 Jeremy Shelley 5-10 165 Sr.

H
10 AJ McCarron 6-4 210 Jr.
3 Vinnie Sunseri 6-0 215 So.

LS
51 Carson Tinker 6-1 220 Sr.
31 Kelly Johnson 6-3 230 Sr.

RETURN SPECIALISTS

KR
8 Cyrus Jones 5-10 192 Fr.
28 Dee Milliner 6-1 199 Jr.

PR
22 Christion Jones 5-11 185 So.
8 Cyrus Jones 5-10 192 Fr.

Commit #23 Safety Max Redfield

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Nd recruiting continues to roll by adding 5 star Safety 6’3″ 200 Redfield a previous USC commit. It just doesn’t get any better than that. Maybe we can get their top DL recruit also a de-commit to further bury the Trojans – stake thru the heart. USC quit against Georgia Tech in their Bowl Game and all recruits saw it.

So we now have 3 official 5 Stars – Redfield, RB-Bryant and LB Jaylon Smith. I’m upping that number to 6 by adding LB Anzalone and OL Biven and Elmer.

With 23 in the fold we maybe have 2 left and I think 5 guys will be visiting ND later this month and watch out if we stomp Bama.

Concerning Redfield – we already have about 5 Safety’s so Kelly may use him as a WR just to get him on the field – nice luxury to have.

Here is his highlight reel:

Gotta See Videos

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Sorry to start off with 2013 ND commit Torii Hunter’s injury at the Army Bowl practice, but it is very interesting how it happened – no contact drill and Torii breaks his femur. For you SEC fans the femur is the thigh bone. It is also one of the biggest and strongest bones in the body and it takes tremendous force to fracture it. Very strange – last time I saw anyone with a broken femur kid was in a full body cast.

Good Luck Torii heal fast.

This video will get you revved.

MY NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL 2012 AWARDS

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We all know that Te’o and Eifert are the best players on this team so I’m going to let you just assume they are in there. I’m going to look at other guys that came through this year in a big way at one time or another.

Defense – I think we all know that the goal line stands would not have been possible without the immovable Louis Nix – he was the keystone on those occasions.

Kap Moore had just a great year on the DL and certainly as a Captain had a lot of influence on Nix and Tuitt. Concerning Tuitt – he had difficulty when double teamed later on in the year – so Kap was there to settle him down.

Zeke Motta – brought the hammer and literally coached the new DB’s – great job,really wished we had him for another year. Kudos to those guys – Bennett, Farley and Russell.

John Goodman – clutch – he won a few games for us that got lost in the shuffle – same for TJ Jones.

Theo Riddick – wow turned into power runner when it really counted.

Tommy Rees – say what you want, he did the job when called on.

E. Golson turned it on – keep doing what your instinct says.

And finally my best awards for the 2012 season:

Biggest A–Hole Award goes to 2 players or ex players:

Aaron Lynch and Jordan Prestwood – how does it feel to be sitting on the sofa when ND is going for the National Championship, fucking a–holes is all you can say. Chance of a lifetime blown!

Under Armor Commit # 22 Tarean Folston

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Tony Alford comes through again reeling in the perfect compliment to RB Greg Bryant. Folston a Florida RB at 5’9″ 190 committed to ND at 3rd. practice for the Upcoming Under Armor Bowl.

Helps to have other ND commits playing in this game.

Also helps to be a winning team. Everybody wanted this kid and tip of the cap to Alford.

Here is his highlight reel:

Amping Up 5 Days To Go

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Well, back from the holidays in New Jersey. Conclusion – you have to be out of your fucking mind to live there.

Saw a lot of Bowl Games–how great was it to see USC go down in flames – lot of quitters on that team.

What I really wanted to see was Nebraska vs. Georgia. Nebraska actually could have won that game – when they went up tempo Georgia was totally confused and players running on and off the field were never ready. Of course turnovers and pass defense did them in at the end.

What I learned from that game was that Pro Style teams cannot handle up tempo option offenses. The other thing I learned was you just gotta get to the QB. Can’t let Alabama’s QB just sit there all day – gotta hit him every play.

That brought to mind the Buddy Ryan 46 defense from the Chicago Bears 1985 team that destroyed QB’s and got them the championship. You had to have 4 down excellent D linemen – so we have: Tuitt, Nix, Moore and Shembo. You need an outstanding MLB – Te’o. A big tough safety – Motta and good cover guys – maybe we have? So we have 3/4 of the guys. No matter if ND is to win we must get to the Alabama QB.

So here’s a short clip of the 85 Bear defense – we need a variation of that to win.

For more info on the 46 Bear Defense here is a great article:

The Strong Safety in the 46 Bear and 46 Nickel Defenses

Notre Dame Jerseys For BCS Game

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Yes names will appear on ND jerseys for the big game. Times have changed and time for names on ND jerseys for all games. Devine and Faust had them – Holtz took them off – team not individuals you know. No doubt he picked that up from Paterno. PSU for 2012 had names on jerseys – played better too.


Notre Dame Names On Jersey BCS Game

It’s soon to be 2013 let’s move into modern era. Names on jerseys works both ways–your good and bad plays – also helps for all viewers.

ALABAMA SHIRT

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Fans have a new shirt–hope we have one for the locker room.


I'd Rather Be Good Thank Lucky Alabama Shirt

Here is another one saying they are feeling lucky – Well, are you good or lucky?


Alabama Feeling Lucky Shirt

Courtesy The Bleacher Report