do you know who the Ohio HS player was?
by irishrock (2024-04-04 13:25:55)

In reply to: Sign me up. Again, he seems like a really good guy.  posted by Moff


share names dammit!


Sid Finch
by NDde  (2024-04-04 16:10:39)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I have a hard time believing that Lou did not make that up. He was a master psychologist.


I wondered that too. And they were very good at matching up
by Moff  (2024-04-05 00:24:21)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Recruits with like minded host players.


Devine wasn’t always very good at that. I remember hearing
by OldIrishFan  (2024-04-05 15:06:13)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

That he matched several recruits with Joe Restic and was surprised when they went elsewhere. Restic was a great guy. He played safety and punted for the team. He was studying towards the pre-professional degree and had a 3.8 GPA. He didn’t allow himself much if any free time as his days were spent at practice, meetings, and study hall. He would awaken at 5 AM to study for three hours before class and then would turn out the lights at midnight. He was a very dedicated student. I am almost certain he went to dental school. ND had many pre-professionals in those days. Off the top of my head, Ken MacAfee, John Leon, Dave Vinson, Joe Restic, and Bob Bleyer (sp?).


He is an orthodontist. The kids and I watched an ND
by Moff  (2024-04-05 15:58:22)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Lacrosse game with him back in 2014 at ND. The kids all had braces and Joe kiddingly gave them his seal of approval re same. A really cool guy. I recall that his father was the head football coach at Harvard.


Yes he was and he was mentioned in a Joe Doyle article about
by OldIrishFan  (2024-04-05 18:41:52)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Possible replacements for Devine when I was a senior


I don't but it sounded like it was a guy who ended up
by Moff  (2024-04-04 15:41:36)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

at PSU.


Maybe O.J. McDuffie? *
by arasera  (2024-04-04 15:58:16)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post


That would be a very good bet. Right frosh year and cohort (link)
by Moff  (2024-04-04 22:49:24)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post