Perfect weather today for the B&G game. As what seems to be usual, a weird format. Off/Def no tackling to the ground , the #1's will only play 3 series. Odd ball scoring.
I watched a little more than half of the B-G game replay on Peacock. Like Terry has said many times, you can't tell much. The structure of the game made it even tougher than in the past. The things most noticeable to me were: 1) the back-up QB looked pretty good; we have a deep group of WRs including the freshmen; the crowd was the second biggest in the game's history at 45,000-plus and both end zones were well populated; Aeneas Williams looked good. I'd like to think both sides of the ball are going to be highly competitive, hence the close score at the end.
I watched the whole game, and I couldn't really come up with a WOW we're going to be good feeling. The back up QB's made some good throws and the WR's made some good catches. I do feel like our backup QB's have potential even though neither of them were highly rated recruits. I think the most important thing was I don't believe we had any injuries in the game. Everybody is pretty high on this teams potential next year. The key word is potential. Men's lacrosse finished their regular season with a solid win over Syracuse at home. Next up is the ACC tournament. Irish finish the season #1. ACC Tournament will be a tough one as the ACC is loaded with good lacrosse teams this year. Women's lacrosse lost their match vs Clemson in the ACC Tournament. Not sure what that means for any chance at the NCAA tournament. Recruiting for football is an ongoing 24/7/365 and we seem to be doing pretty good. Likely another top 10 type of class. Some of the things I read just blow my mind. There is a high rated DL out there that wants 9 million guaranteed, reportedly. Yikes.
2 things Terry, I agree that the most important thing about the spring final scrimmage is no injuries. The second thing is if getting anything close to $9M becomes (or is) a reality then the college game is done.
On the football recruiting front!!! “My name is Aidan O'Neil. I’m Irish. I’m Catholic.” And as of this morning, he’s a member of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. “I think it makes a lot of sense,” the 2027 New Jersey defensive end told Irish Sports Daily prior to announcing his commitment to Notre Dame on Friday morning. O’Neil’s decision gives the Irish their 11th verbal pledge in the class and the first along the defensive line. “The support around me as a football player and a student and the culture is like no other,” he said. “The academic prowess of this school, I couldn't say no. O’Neil chose Notre Dame over a host of other offers, including finalists Kentucky and Penn State, capping a recruitment where the fit between player and program consistently stood out. “It was really the coaches and the people there and the academic history they’ve got there,” said O’Neil, who visited South Bend back in March. “I couldn't go wrong with Notre Dame.” BREAKING | 2027 DE Aidan O'Neil Commits To Notre Dame
I guess I spoke too soon. Fr. Safety Joey O'Brien had surgery after the Blue/Gold game. Lower leg, ankle, foot? Could be ready for Fall Camp. He was highly recruited and likely would have seen some playing time this year, but we are pretty deep at safety so it's not a big deal. Still!
Irish Men's Lacrosse lost it's 2nd game of the season in the ACC Tournament, it was to the same team that beat them earlier in the season UVA. They finish 10-2 and wait on NCAA bid.
Some of the names that players have always sort of amuse me, I mean what were the parents thinking? In this case it's a family tradition, an odd one IMHO. But the kid can play so he could be Joe and I'd be just fine with it! Notre Dame found its answer at quarterback in the Class of 2027…again. Wonderful Monds IV has committed to the Irish on the heels of his visit to South Bend this weekend, giving Notre Dame its signal-caller in the cycle after the board reset earlier this year. Monds chose the Irish over offers from schools like Florida, Florida State, Miami, Ohio State, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas A&M, UCLA and Oregon among several others. The 2027 Florida quarterback emerged as a priority after Irish commit Teddy Jarrard reclassified from the 2027 class to 2026, reopening the position for Notre Dame in 2027. BREAKING | Notre Dame Lands 2027 QB Wonderful Monds IV
Scottie just hit a 3 wood on a par 5 from 324 out an ended up almost pin high. Amazing.' He didn't make his eagle putt though. He's to -8 now.
Baseball scored 7 runs in last 2 ABs to come from behind and beat Stanford 10-7. Other than Radel, our pitching is an “adventure”.
Baseball beat Stanford Sunday in a pitchers' duel, score 18-13, to sweep the series and move to 24-20. Still not looking good for the ACC tournament (11-16) but over .500. Oh, how the once-mighty Stanford program has fallen. Breaks my pea-pickin' heart.
Irish lacrosse got the #2 seed behind Princeton in the NCAA Tourney. All of the ACC teams made the tournament as a testament to how tough the ACC was this year.
Irish women's lacrosse was selected for the NCAA Tourney as an at large selection. The women's lacrosse tourney is much bigger than the men's which only has 18 teams. More schools have women's lacrosse than men's. 28 teams in the women's NCAA championship vs 18 in the men's. Only SEC to make either is the lady Gators who play in the B12 women's lacrosse league which is in it's first year.