On the recruiting trail, most of you have probably figured out by now that Omar Hunter, a previous verbal commit and amazing nose tackle, has jumped ship, presumably leaving the Irish for Darth Meyer’s squad in Gainesville. There are likely a few Domers who feel betrayed, but I feel that South Bend Tribune writer Jeff Carroll summed up this incident the best:“As long as this development doesn't foreshadow a mass exodus of this class, the Irish are still in great shape for signing day. Notre Dame-Omar Hunter was a marriage that wasn't meant to last. Why force it?”
In totally unrelated news, Her Loyal Sons put up a nice translation of some of Urban Meyer’s quotes following his bowl loss to U of M. Here’s a comment from reader Vincent Franco to give you some advanced perspective:
“Being a florida resident I listened to his interview live…the radio interviewer was looking for some love for the departing seniors…four or five years of tough practices and a lot of wins in the program…Meyer shocks the guy with his response…absolutely cold hearted…ice cold…I was really surprised…he really doesn’t care about those kids unless you are a star…”
It seems that Weis has already moved on from the loss of Hunter, offering Rivals four star defensive tackle Mike Martin. Previously committed to Michigan, it appears as if Martin has been waiting on the call from Notre Dame for quite some time, and as of right now, it looks like the Irish lost one D-tackle to gain another.
For those of you not fully up to speed with the incoming recruiting class, the US Army All -American Bowl (January 5th) will give a chance to watch 18 of ND’s incoming recruits compete with some of the best in the country. Future Irish running back Jonas Gray has been keeping a diary of his experience of the competition, and it is definitely worth a read. Gray missed practice on Tuesday with a shaken up ankle, but he has still been able to offer readers insight on some of the incoming Irish players:
“Some guys impressed me like John Goodman. I thought he did pretty well.”
“I was able to see Terrelle Pryor and Dayne Crist go head-to-head and I think Dayne got the best of him”
Lastly, the Quote of the Week segment got last Thursday off to spend some time with its family, so today Charlie’s Nasties is happy to give some words of wisdom from early enrollee Sean Cwynar. Offering his thoughts on being a part of the number 1 ranked 2008 recruiting class, Cwynar said, "On paper this class looks like it's going to put us over the top and get us to the next level," Cwynar said. "That's where Notre Dame football should be. I think it's going to really be great. We're going to be great as a class."
Here's hoping you're right Sean. Go Irish.
3 comments:
Pops,
Sure everyone knows that the 1st state is "Confusion", but what is the 2nd?
How do you figure Crist getting the better of Pryor? Were you watching the same game as everyone else? Pryor won the game's MVP honors.
I'm just quoting Jonas - his observations were from one of the practices, not the actual game.
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