Thursday, March 26, 2009

2009 Season Preview

OFFENSE

QB-Jimmy Clausen-Jr.-2008 stats: 3172 yds. 25 TD 17 INT
(Brady Quinn’s Soph. year = 1831 yds. 9 TD 15 INT)
RB-Armando Allen-Jr.-2008 stats: 585 yds.3 TD
RB-Cierre Wood-Fr.-#3 H.S. RB in the nation, #76 Rivals, #122 ESPN overall-picked ND over FL, USC, Cal, UCLA
RB-James Aldridge-Sr.
RB-Robert Hughes-Jr.-2008 stats: 382 yds. 4 TD

WR-Michael Floyd-So.-2008 stats: 719 yds. 7 TD (in 10 games)-ND freshman record, #2 freshman receiver in the nation in 2008




WR-Golden Tate-Jr.-2008 stats: 1080 yds.10 TD
WR-Duval Kamara-Jr.
WR-Shaquelle Evans-FR.-6’1’’-#3 WR in the country, #40 ESPN overall-picked ND over USC, Michigan, Colorado
TE-Kyle Rudolph-So.-2008 stats: 340 yds.2 TD-ND freshman TE record 29 catches
LT-Matt Romine-Jr.-6’5’’-292
LG-Eric Olsen-Sr.-6’4’’-303-returning starter
C-Dan Wenger-6’4’’-302-returning starter
RG-Chris Stewart-Sr.-6’5’’-337-returning starter
RT-Sam Young-Sr.-6’8’’-330-returning starter
OL-Chris Watt-Fr.-6’3’’-280-#9 H.S. OL in the nation(#77 Rivals, #68 ESPN overall)-picked ND over Ohio St., Penn St., BC, Iowa
OL-Zach Martin-6’5’’-260-#109 ESPN overall-picked ND over Michigan, Illinois, Kentucky


DEFENSE
DE-Morrice Richardson-Sr.-returning starter
DE-Ethan Johnson-So.-returning starter
NT-Ian Williams-returning starter
DT-Tyler Stockton-Fr.-4 star recruit-#193 Rivals, #31 ESPN overall-picked ND over Penn St., Pitt, USC, Tenn, Cal
LB-Harrison Smith-Jr.-returning starter
LB-Manti Te’o-Fr.-5 star recruit (#2 overall-ESPN, #12-Rivals)-picked ND over USC, OR, Tenn, UCLA, Cal
LB-Zeke Motta-Fr.-4 star recruit(#54 overall-Rivals)-picked ND over FL, FSU, BC,Clemson, Wisconson, UCLA, WV
LB-Brian Smith-Jr.
LB-John Ryan-Sr.-returning starter
CB-Raeshon McNeil-Sr.-returning starter
CB-Robert Blanton-So.
S-Sergio Brown-So.






2009 schedule

Vs. Nevada (7-5 in 2008)-returning QB and RB-lose #1 WR
@ Michigan(3-9 in 2008)-ND won 35-17
Vs. Michigan St. –lose Javon Ringer and starting QB
@ Purdue-ND won 38-21 in 2008
Vs. Washington-ND won 33-7 in 2008
Vs. USC
Vs. Boston College-ND lost 17-0 in 2008-BC loses starting QB and #1 WR
Vs. Wash. St.(neutral site)- 2-11 in 2008
Vs. Navy-ND won 27-21 in 2008-lose top 2 RBs and both QBs
@ Pitt-ND lost 36-33 in 4 OTs in 2008-lost best player (McCoy)
Vs. Connecticut-7-5 in 2008-lose starting QB
@ Stanford-5-7 in 2008-ND won 28-21 in 2008

I know it’s hard for some of you to believe, but ND will be back. I’m saying the USC game and at Pitt will be our only losses. 10-2 will put us around #10-15. We should start out 5-0 and win our last 2. Always good to start and finish strong. Then notice I have 3 senior offensive linemen and three significant defensive players as seniors on that 10-2 team. We’ll bring back 8 starters on each side of the ball

4 comments:

TheCoach said...

All right. This is a test comment. First I want to see that it works. Second I want to see if it sends out an e-mail to the selected people!

Anonymous said...

Works really well. i forgot how great samardjia was. hopefully, our new core of receivers will mature to jeff's level. anxious for new season, even if it IS charlie's last at nd.

dad

jdhoosier said...

Nice job, Coach! The site looks great!

jdhoosier said...

I do have one suggestion. It's hard to read the headings on your sidebar because they are tiny.

If you go to Customize, then click Layout, then click Fonts and Colors. Scroll down and click on "Sidebar Title Font" and then you can click "Larger" under Font Size.

That should make those sidebar titles bigger and easier to read.

Dad and Me

Dad and Me
ND vs. Michigan St. 9/19/09

The Boys

The Boys
Jimmy Clausen and Golden Tate!

Me, Dad, and Knute

Me, Dad, and Knute

Field Level

Field Level
ND vs. Michigan St. 9/19/09