Published on: 10th January, 2010
As the home stretch approaches of the 2010 recruiting season, the next month will be full of excitement, happiness, disappointment, and head-scratching. For some teams, closing out a class is a strength which leads to a feeling of freshness and excitement to see how good their team has improved with the ...Published on: 9th January, 2010
According to the LA Daily News, after two years, Pete Carroll has finally listened to an NFL offer—and accepted. Carroll has apparently agreed to a five-year, $35-million contract, in which he would assume the head coaching and personnel duties in the front office alongside Tod Leiweke. After the announcement of Joe McKnight, Damian ...Published on: 3rd January, 2010
Bringing in a new head coach means more than just one personnel change. It means bringing in almost an entirely new coaching staff along with that single man. Brian Kelly, the new head coach in South Bend, has chosen to do just that. Although the following hires aren't set in stone and ...Published on: 31st December, 2009
Irish fans were warned to appreciate what they had while Jimmy Clausen was under center this past season, even if that same season ended with six disappointing losses. Clausen, with special thanks to Golden Tate and Michael Floyd, skyrocketed up NFL draft boards after an impressive junior campaign in which ...Published on: 29th December, 2009
Brian Kelly accepted the challenge at Cincinnati in order to be a great football coach. He won with diamonds in the rough, coaching those same players past the expectations set in stone for them when they were being recruited as high school seniors. As well as that mindset worked in the Big ...Published on: 27th December, 2009
Urban Meyer was advised to step away from football "for a little bit." After 12 hours, college football coaching's recent top dog, has backtracked on his words and has chosen to take a leave of absence rather than resign from his coaching position in Gainesville. Meyer has lost around 20 pounds and showed ...Published on: 27th December, 2009
Rejection can turn out for the better in some situations. Although it didn't look like it at the time, it now looks as if Notre Dame has caught a break when Urban Meyer rejected their latest coaching offer for the second time in his career. Luckily for Jack Swarbrick, Meyer saved him ...Published on: 22nd December, 2009
As the snow was falling and the fireplaces were being awakened last weekend, Brian Kelly was in his new football office meeting with most of his inherited recruiting class. After securing the verbals of most of the 2010 class, Kelly spent over seven hours watching and analyzing film of both committed ...Published on: 19th December, 2009
Every decade or so, football programs receive a special physical specimen in the form of a play-making, game-breaking, and history-changing player. In the late 80s, South Bend was blessed with one of these gifts in Rocket Ismail. As a freshman, The "Rocket" brought along with him world-class speed, adding the final piece ...Published on: 14th December, 2009
Now that the phones have been hung up, the pens set down, and the papers filed away, Brian Kelly was able to sit down in his new office and do what he does best—be a head football coach. Kelly got his dream. Now, he must somehow turn that dream back into ...