While team speed and athleticism were certainly in need of an upgrade, the LSU and Iowa Bowl Games amplified the lack of size in the trenches on both sides of the LOS for GT.
Against Iowa, their All American DE Adrian Clayborn was in the backfield all night and unblockable. I'm sure Dwyer...
By substracting Hutson Mason and running the Wildcat exclusively with Chubb. They would have been ranked below GT at 33 if they were intending to run the Wildcat with Brandon Douglas.
It was on display when they ran out of the locker room onto the field right before the opening KO. But you had to look closely as that was it for the rest of the game.
While CPJ had some great players like Dwyer, Thomas, and Roddy Jones when he arrived in 2008, the offensive line needed to be rebuilt from the ground up. Now this program has evolved to the point that there are quite a few pieces to plug in at WR, B-Back, and A-Back to go along with a returning...
After last season the bar has officially been raised from the CCG and David Braine era of seven wins to much high expectations and results under CPJ and his staff.
Add another player to that list in WR Davaris Daniels (four [4] stars) who was part of that academic situation and decided to make himself eligible for the 2015 draft as opposed to coming back to Notre Dame for the 2015 season. He signed a FA Contract with the Minnesota Vikings.
While everyone in the talking head media has been focusing only on the departure of QB Everett Golson from Notre Dame to the Criminole$, he is not the only transfer to depart their program the past several months. Here are a few more who have left:
The Fighting Irish lost a promising...
You can't have another 11 win season without some bulletin board material being provided by the Great Phil Steele. After all, the option is only effective when a team doesn't have time to prepare for it during the regular season. Just ask Dan Mullen and Mississippi State.
@DrJacket:
Thanks for starting this thread as these comments are OUTSTANDING!! Appreciate the comments from everyone else on this thread too as these just make me chuckle any time I think about them and the context in which they were first uttered by CPJ!
Braun should have been # 1 on the list but the rational for him being # 4 is easily explained:
The # 1 kid; Jordan Italiano from Kent State Has those "Family" connections and with a degree in Chemistry nobody wants to get him or his "Family" upset as that is a very combustible and dangerous...
@AE 87:
After reading all of the "doom and gloom" about GT's upcoming season from the talking media heads last year after the QB transfer and personnel losses, in conjunction with the vast (not all) majority on the various Yellow Jackets Board, perhaps you and I were the only ones who thought...
@Supersizethatorder-mutt. You're correct. Apparently it was so uninspiring that I can't even remember where it was played in Tennessee as I just wanted to purge that memory from the brain.
Once the QB announced he was transferring, then I started to have a positive attitude about the...
Last year was critical for this entire program as everyone was expecting an epic disaster in 2014 after the QB transferred immediately after the uninspiring Bowl game loss in Memphis; a half dozen players got themselves kicked off the team during the summer; and the prized recruit from the 2014...
A bigger offensive line along with a QB who can really run this offense at another level based on his quickness and speed to the outside puts tremendous pressure on a defense.
What folks also forget is that the triple option has a base set with two A-Backs in the slot making it an offense that...
On the off chance that he has switched over to a strict Vegan diet in order to drop a few Lbs, this could be a serious consequence to take into account from all of those vegetables:
http://fox8.com/2015/06/05/broncos-impose-flatulence-tax-von-miller-admits-to-being-biggest-offender/
Antonio Messick is a very tough blocker and I will not be surprised to see him earning lots of PT this season.
As far as B-Back, Skov has played close to the LOS his entire career at Stanford and now that he will be able to tote the rock at 239 lbs, I have pre-season visions of an inside game...
As long as nobody picks us to win the National Championship, or features the Yellow Jackets on the dreaded Sports Illustrated cover, GT will be just fine as CPJ knows how to deal with all of this nonsense.
Also, as long as there is the; "Stars Recruiting System", the Yellow Jackets will never...
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.