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Ability to offer a recruit is one thing - LifetimeIrishInTN 2021-01-04 14:54:29
- Is it as easy at ND as State U, certainly not - Groundhog 2021-01-04 16:37:16
- That's not what frustrates people who follow ND recruiting - Jvan 2021-01-04 15:21:06
  - Totally agree, said as much in the last sentence - lifetimeirishintn 2021-01-04 15:46:23
    - I vehemently disagree it's a "much smaller" pool - Jvan 2021-01-04 15:59:53
- Not all ND athletes are electrical engineers * - El Kabong 2021-01-04 15:08:22
  - No they arent - crazychester 2021-01-04 16:35:53
    - You honestly don't think that happens at ND? * - HTownND 2021-01-04 17:37:46
      - I dont think a completely tailor-made on-line schedule - crazychester 2021-01-04 17:41:15
        Athletes choose their classes before anyone else - El Kabong 2021-01-04 20:59:55
        Nor do I - HTownND 2021-01-04 20:55:56
    - That’s the academic difference. - Bruno95 2021-01-04 17:31:04
      - I'm not trying to defend Kelly because he's proven - crazychester 2021-01-04 17:44:12
  - All freshmen need to take either a finite math or... - Kbyrnes 2021-01-04 16:09:06
    - I'm guessing that many athletes would not - cincysubdomer 2021-01-04 16:54:13
      - were Weis's recruits able to handle those classes? * - MrE 2021-01-04 16:55:49
        I have no idea. - cincysubdomer 2021-01-04 17:03:42
        does ND have any competitive advantages/uniques? - MrE 2021-01-04 17:06:41
        I don't know how you can look at a place like IMG Academy - crazychester 2021-01-04 17:18:52
        Kelly's been a subpar recruiter for his entire career - MrE 2021-01-04 17:27:07
    - I'm guessing - HTownND 2021-01-04 16:22:02
      - When was this - "Basically everyone had to take calculus" - dfw 2021-01-04 18:53:33
        Right - HTownND 2021-01-04 20:57:28
        Calc "light" in days of yore might have been... - Kbyrnes 2021-01-04 21:22:20
      - I wouldn't call it a huge difference... - Kbyrnes 2021-01-04 17:04:06
        I would agree - HTownND 2021-01-04 17:28:38
        I wouldn't be surprised to learn that many of the - cincysubdomer 2021-01-04 17:06:27
- if Charlie Weis can do it, many others could, too. * - MrE 2021-01-04 14:57:50
Still not answering the question - Tbone 2021-01-04 13:45:46
- ND doesn’t issue offers without performing due diligence * - Jvan 2021-01-04 14:49:12
- Another poster within the last couple of weeks - saderdomer 2021-01-04 14:13:40
- They generally aren't offered if they can't be admitted. - tdiddy07 2021-01-04 13:53:34
- ask Charlie Weis * - MrE 2021-01-04 13:52:26
  - Yep. This is the counterexample to his erroneous point. * - Otter 2021-01-04 13:56:34
- Do people think we've behaved like the old SWAC in the past? * - miamioh_irishfan 2021-01-04 13:48:58
  - by the way, I don't believe that "SWAC" is the conference - jt 2021-01-04 13:53:16
Isn't this about half the story? - bmef 2021-01-04 13:36:19
- I do not believe ND offers anyone who - MAS 2021-01-04 13:46:51
- As I understand it, all offers are pre-qualified - Freight Train 2021-01-04 13:40:33
  - of course - jt 2021-01-04 13:42:47
    - I wish I could find that ESPN survey - HTownND 2021-01-04 14:49:49
      - One thing that I would argue that has changed - jt 2021-01-04 15:04:23
- Like I said, we don't need all of them - just 5-10 - Jvan 2021-01-04 13:40:15
And we got about 8 to sign, right? * - Freight Train 2021-01-04 13:20:57
- How did you come up with that? * - Jvan 2021-01-04 13:25:06
  - Sorry, bad reading comprehension - Freight Train 2021-01-04 13:30:41
    - Close rates need to double - MrE 2021-01-04 13:40:48
    - Four, but none in the top 80 - Jvan 2021-01-04 13:36:37
      - Thanks very much. 5% close ratio. Pathetic. * - Freight Train 2021-01-04 13:39:10
        much worse in the preceding years, if I recall correctly. * * - MrE 2021-01-04 13:53:23
        Blutarski levels * - nd71 2021-01-04 14:14:04
Question for you, or whoever is inclined (long) - ribs 2021-01-04 13:20:34
- That's exactly how I envisioned it. - cincysubdomer 2021-01-04 16:42:04
- As an explanation of why two equally talented teams win - Bruno95 2021-01-04 13:41:11
  - if ND truly does offer the best of both worlds - jt 2021-01-04 13:50:30
    - You know this world far better than I do. - Bruno95 2021-01-04 13:56:09
      - Reminds me of a story a Notre Dame hockey player told - wearendhockey 2021-01-04 16:21:38
      - Yes, I would agree with that - jt 2021-01-04 15:06:28
- I've known a few kids who've been recruited by both schools - jt 2021-01-04 13:30:01
  - I think I have mentioned this before, but a cousin of mine - G.K.Chesterton 2021-01-04 14:15:00
    - talking to people about Urban Meyer - jt 2021-01-04 14:39:43
- How exactly is the world their oyster in that scenario? - El Kabong 2021-01-04 13:24:59
  - I'm not sure the "meaningless degree" is as important - tf86 2021-01-04 13:51:23
    - To do what, though? - El Kabong 2021-01-04 14:12:43
      - Jobs in which schmoozing is the job - ndtuba 2021-01-04 14:31:02
        How many of those jobs exist, though? - El Kabong 2021-01-04 14:43:40
  - I have no idea. - ribs 2021-01-04 13:39:49
    - I think that there is definitely something to your second - jt 2021-01-04 13:46:46
      - Comparison of the competing piches - Flanner89 2021-01-04 15:16:18
        Alternative ND pitch - El Kabong 2021-01-04 15:18:26
        And then trot out the list of former players who have done - TAR 2021-01-04 17:43:00
  - I assume that the phrase is a summary of what they... - Kbyrnes 2021-01-04 13:38:28
Yes, that's damning * - ndgotrobbedin97 2021-01-04 13:06:18