Vince Mullins joins Matt McCluskey on WNER 1410 ESPN Radio to review the elegance of Michigan QB Denard Robinson when allowed to create, the execution of the Notre Dame offense (in favor of it), and some of the heretofore unknown college football stars of early 2011.
The Irish have a chance to be good on both offense and defense in 2011, and if the ghost of Declan Sullivan is happy with everyone related to him having season tickets then this season might just be a special one for the Domers.
Junior QB Dayne Crist is back as the official starter after a nasty season-ending knee injury in the loss to Tulsa, but the battle doesn’t quite have the feel of being definitively over-over, and the more mobile sophomore Tommy Rhees should see time. And don’t count out hot-shot redshirt freshman and Kelly recruit Andrew Hendrix seeing more than just mop-up time. I don’t want to say this is a developing platoon situation, but it wouldn’t surprise me to have things play out in a number of different fashions. Remember a few years ago when Tony Pike was a Heisman Hopeful for Cincinnati in 2009? Chazz Anderson had filled in admirably here and there the year prior and started that season as the ‘definite #2’ to quote the coach. However, when Pike went down, it turned out to be a more mobile and then-unknown Zach Collaros who took the reigns of the offense. There was considerable doubt about Pike regaining his starting job once he was again deemed healthy for action. This ND situation isn’t exactly the same, but it sort of gives off the same vibe. Don’t get me wrong, I think Crist is the guy but there is definitely some risk with the pick. Read the rest of this entry →
Talk about two storied programs from years-gone-by falling to a level of mediocrity that no one could have predicted.
1986 Hurricanes, the most hated team in modern sports (SI.com)
The fans of this series look at this game and yearn for the days of the Jimmy Johnson led Miami team battling the Lou Holtz controlled Irish from the late 80s. This game will really demonstrate just how dire things have gotten in Coral Gables and in Big Bend as this game would have once been a headliner, but is now more of just another game.
What started out as a season expected to be the year Miami would return to dominance quickly turned into another forgettable year for the Canes. The season culminated with the firing of head coach Randy Shannon, leaving many to wonder what would become of the “U” in the future.
Fact is that Notre Dame was in this same exact spot last off-season as the Irish fired then head coach Charlie Weis and replaced him with up-and-coming offensive guru Brian Kelly. Kelly has brought a different style of offense to Big Bend this year that didn’t seem to ever really take off the current players just do not seem to fit the scheme.
Miami announced back on Dec. 12 Temple head coach Al Golden would be taking over the program after the bowl game. You might ask yourself, “Who is Al Golden?” which again reiterates just how long gone the glory days are for Miami.
The last time we checked, the Echoes and Touchdown Jesus were still trying to tackle our Fantasy Player of the Week.
Michigan QB Denard Robinson (photo, thanks MLive.com), our Week Two Fantasy College Blitz Fantasy Player of the Week, obliterated long-standing school, and, stadium records in the Wolverines 28-24 win at Notre Dame on Saturday.
Robinson, a sophormore from Deerfield Beach, FL (Deerfield Beach HS), ran and passed for a Michigan-record 502 total yards (258 rush, 244 pass), rushing for 2 TDs and throwing for another one. One of Robinson’s two TD runs was a 87-yard jaunt that set a Notre Dame Stadium all-time record.
Most of survived Week One intact (except your humble writer here…who seems to have caught the “My Fantasy Team Stunk Last Week” flu), and, Week Two looks pretty promising…for your quarterbacks.
For those of you who got lucky and picked Houston QB Case Keenum (photo,thanks sportsblognation.com), be prepared to be awarded this week. Read the rest of this entry →
