Except they were in the CFP just last year. Notre Dame goes undefeated and they get in regardless of being an independent.
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WR Xavier Watts Commits To Notre Dame
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I would also argue that their rivalry with USC is better than anything we got going right now.
The local sports radio shows will get their licks in on this issue tomorrow, and I'm guessing most will be level headed and reasonable. Then hopefully the issued dies off quickly.
EDIT: I just read on another site that according to a ND insider that Nebraska was not even Watts second choice. Not sure if that is true but it could change the narrative if it is true, especially for the radio sports guys who are more "tightly wrapped" than others. I can imagine it going down like this on Early Break with Jake Sorensen and Steve Sipple:
Jake: OH MY GOD!!!! XAVIER WATTS PICKED NOTRE DAME!! SIP, NEBRASKA WASN’T EVEN IN THE BALLPARK! HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN? WHY CAN’T FROST LOCK DOWN THE NEBRASKA KIDS!!
Sipple: Jake, calm down.
Jake: HOW CAN I CALM DOWN? YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS TO THE PROGRAM? I DON’T EITHER BUT IT CAN’T BE GOOD!!
Sipple: Now Jake, stop acting like a millennial. No wait – you are a millennial.
Jake: IS FROST ON THE HOT SEAT NOW? IS MOOS ON HIS WAY OUT? SOMEONE REMOVE THE SHARP OBJECTS FROM MY DESK!!!!
EDIT: I just read on another site that according to a ND insider that Nebraska was not even Watts second choice. Not sure if that is true but it could change the narrative if it is true, especially for the radio sports guys who are more "tightly wrapped" than others. I can imagine it going down like this on Early Break with Jake Sorensen and Steve Sipple:
Jake: OH MY GOD!!!! XAVIER WATTS PICKED NOTRE DAME!! SIP, NEBRASKA WASN’T EVEN IN THE BALLPARK! HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN? WHY CAN’T FROST LOCK DOWN THE NEBRASKA KIDS!!
Sipple: Jake, calm down.
Jake: HOW CAN I CALM DOWN? YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS TO THE PROGRAM? I DON’T EITHER BUT IT CAN’T BE GOOD!!
Sipple: Now Jake, stop acting like a millennial. No wait – you are a millennial.
Jake: IS FROST ON THE HOT SEAT NOW? IS MOOS ON HIS WAY OUT? SOMEONE REMOVE THE SHARP OBJECTS FROM MY DESK!!!!
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I agree. I would add that it would help if Notre Dame got beat by Georgia, Michigan, USC, and Stanford, especially if a couple of those were blowouts. Brian Kelly took N.D. to the 2012 BCS Championship, but the bloom was off the rose within a couple of seasons as they backslid. He is only two years removed from being considered on the proverbial "hot seat" going into the 2017 season after going 4-8 in 2016. Even though they made the CFP last year, getting blown out by Clemson dampened the positive vibe from that. If things start heating up again, I think that Kelly would take a long hard look at NFL offers, which have come in the past. If N.D. were to lose 4 games this year, things would heat up again. I have nothing against Kelly, and I don't loathe Notre Dame, but I'm just putting it out there that this could happen.
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Even without recent success being taken into consideration, you can't blame a kid for picking ND. All the tradition one could ask for and a top notch education. Some kids just want to get away from home and see whats out there. Good luck to him, but I hope he changes his mind.
@Navythomas8
Was that you on Twitter responding to X's commitment tweet? You, and others, got blasted by Sharpe and Benning this morning. I'm hoping it wasn't you because that was completely classless.
Was that you on Twitter responding to X's commitment tweet? You, and others, got blasted by Sharpe and Benning this morning. I'm hoping it wasn't you because that was completely classless.
What is the gist of what people were tweeting.
Sounded like most were supportive or at least understanding. A few were typical jackasses. Hoping he never amounts to anything, he's a traitor, etc...
My advice in the future is to go to a PM to ask a question like this. For all the obvious reasons
Thanx
RR
Still holding out hope that the NU staff can flip XW
Highly doubtful
I don't think we'll need him
I see that XW is projected as a DB, and his height isn't quite what NU wants as a DB, but would be acceptable as a WR.
I don’t think this ones over yet....
Close friend of mine played for Florida State in the 2000s and he’s hell bent that they’re getting Brian Kelly. I hope our coaches have stayed on him.
Close friend of mine played for Florida State in the 2000s and he’s hell bent that they’re getting Brian Kelly. I hope our coaches have stayed on him.
