Zack Martin, TJ Jones and Bennett Jackson named Captions by Kelly.
Tony Springmann DE is out for the season – knee surgery required.
TJ Jones will return punts.
George Atkinson is kickoff return man.
A lot of players will see action due to need in 2013.
Watch ND presents practice clip and Kelly Presser:
Now this is bad news – the big fast back we’ve been lacking drops Notre Dame to stay closer to home. Hello N. Carolina. Seems family is a big factor here – they wanted him near home. Oh well, better to get the news now than in February.
2014 class is now back at 16 – so the staff needs to start poaching commits elsewhere and troll for a kid that isn’t frightened to go away to school. Probably would have been a one and out or a Vanderdoes.
Way too many prima donnas out there these days. Also think when crunch time and the tough academics kick in – if a kid is a marginal student other recruiters will hammer him with ND’s academics. Can’t really blame a kid for getting the willies about passing a calculus class.
Injuries kick in:
Looks like the ILB battle is over with Calabrese and Fox starting. This really makes sense with all the playing time these guys have had. Think Hendrix being groomed to be a Tebow short down QB.
Just think – just 1 more week of camp then game prep week for Temple.
Again some clips from und.com:
Just a short clip from und.com. No comment necessary from me as I just got dizzy watching it. Some nice passes and catches though.
Film clips provided again by und.com. Nicky Baratti out for the 2013 season – same shoulder that he injured last year.
The clips are brief but interesting. Once again Zack Martin handles Tuitt and Nick Martin handles Nix. Only brief look so far and we don’t see the full practices but it sure looks to me that Zack Martin having no trouble with Tuitt. Don’t know what to make of that – just hoping Tuitt is maybe more of a game day player as opposed to a practice player. Cam McDaniel – another good run.
First real look for the media and a few clips for your viewing pleasure. First clip, I really couldn’t tell who was who seems film was sped up but did see Cam McDaniel and GAIII reel off some excellent runs. On another clip Louis Nix threw Matt Hegarty all over the place.
Interesting that at one point the 2 ILB’s were Calabrese with Fox playing Manti’s position. Everything looked fast paced–far faster than in previous years.
We really only see basic plays so Kelly is holding his cards tight as usual.
Only 3 weeks to go – then Temple.
In helmets and pads intensity levels up. Kelly looking for tough guys not just nice guys. und.com again provides clip of practice. Cam McDaniel and GAIII get off nice runs.
Troy Niklas eats up Ishack Williams in blocking but the highlight for me – Zack Martin vs. Stephon Tuitt and how easily Martin handles Tuitt. I don’t know if Martin is that good or if Tuitt is still not in shape.
Press will be on hand for full practice Friday – so a lot more will be known about what’s going on.
Anyhow enjoy the clip.
und.com provides a brief glimpse video—-better than nothing at this point for all us addicts. Here are the video clips:
Here are the pictures and video of the 2013 Shamrock Series uniforms. These will be worn when the Fighting Irish face the Arizona State Sun Devils on October 5, 2013 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. They are pretty cool – check them out:
Recruited by Mike Denbrock 3-4 Star Defensive Lineman Matt Dickerson 6’5″ 275 lb commits while visiting the ND campus over the weekend. This was a much needed get as ND sorely need DL in this class.
From San Mateo Calif, with offers from almost all the Pac 12 schools including USC, Oregon and UCLA Matt seems all in for the 2014 class – we just have to watch UCLA carefully here. Dickerson can play anywhere on the DL including NG.
This class filling up early with just a handful of spots left. We just need to keep what we have and ND needs to announce a new contract for Brian Kelly NOW for a successful conclusion with some of the big time recruits left on the board.