Recruiting Fever

At the current pace, the class of 2008 is going to be filled before the 2007 high school season even begins. This week saw the addition of VHT Ethan Johnson and Jamoris Slaughter. This brings the total of verbal commitments to 17!

The breakdown:

Offensive Players

3 OL

1 QB

0 RB

2 TE

1 WR

Defensive Players

3 DL

2 DE

3 LB

2 CB
0 FS/SS

Since the NCAA scholarship limit is 25, there is a maximum of eight remaining scholarships. If Charlie wants to field an all senior team in 2011, then he will need to pick up another linebacker, a couple of safeties, two more lineman, two running backs, and another wide reciever with the next eight picks. When you compare these positions to the strengths of the 2007 class, I think we are going to see some remarkable talent in the near future.

The pace of early signings was a point of emphasis for Charlie in the spring and the hiring of Corwin Brown is clearly due most of the credit. The hiring of CB is looking like an outstanding move already - this is a stark contrast to Ty's and Davie's loyalty (and scapegoating) to their respective coordinators.

The possible drawback with this early recruiting success is that players who breakout in their senior seasons can be left out because of no remaining scholarships. It also seems that we have had several players getting injured during their senior seasons after they have accepted scholarships. It will be interesting to see if the coaching staff leaves a few spots open for elite players that want to make a splash at the HS All Star games or sticks to this strategy which has to pressure players to commit early or lose out.

All aboard!!!

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Welcome to 91 Screaming Otters, another of many blogs devoted to Notre Dame football.

As an avid daily reader of many excellent college football blogs, I decided there is room for one more because I usually get through all the decent content before lunch. That said, I have no real delusions of providing decent content, just pure fluff and opinion that will provide filler for those who feel the need to absorb every word about their beloved sport.

Now that my goal is set at the ridiculously low mark of fluff, I will try my darnedest to succeed. With time, my technological skills may even grow to the point of providing cool links and photos like this:

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