SOUTH BEND, IN - Lub Plaub Hlis 13: Notre Dame Sib ntaus sib tua Irish Tus kws tiv thaiv kab kws qhia Mike Elston saib hauv … [+]
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Kev txuas ntxiv, hais txog kev cob qhia kev ncaws pob thiab kev nrhiav neeg ua haujlwm thiab tus kheej, yog ib feem tseem ceeb hauv Notre Dame qhov kev txiav txim siab nyob hauv tsev thiab txhawb nqa Marcus Freeman ua Brian Kelly tus ua tiav.
Txawm li cas los xij, tsis yog ob lub hlis dhau los rau hauv Freeman Era, tus nqi ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm hloov pauv tau ciam teb rau qhov zoo nkauj - tshwj xeeb yog tom qab lub voj voog-tus-wagons social media blitz uas tam sim ntawd ua raws li tus thawj coj kis las Jack Swarbrick qhov kev txiav txim siab nrawm.
Qhov kev hloov pauv tshiab kawg tuaj nrog kev poob ntawm kev khiav rov qab tus kws qhia / khiav tus tswj hwm kev ua si Lance Taylor, ntiav los ntawm ACC tus neeg sib tw Louisville los ua tus thawj tswj hwm kev tawm tsam thawj zaug. Taylor, uas tau qhia Christian McCaffrey ntawm Stanford thiab nrog NFL's Carolina Panthers, yuav tsis yooj yim los hloov.
Hauv nws peb lub caij nrog Irish, tus qub Alabama wideout pab nrhiav thiab cob qhia ob lub sij hawm 1,000-yard rusher hauv Kyren Williams thiab flattened freshman Logan Diggs 'kev kawm nkhaus mus rau qhov chaw uas nws tau npaj los xav txog lub mantle.
Tsuas yog lwm tus 1,000-yard rushers thaum Kelly txoj haujlwm 12 xyoo nrog Irish yog Josh Adams (2017), CJ Prosise (2015) thiab Cierre Wood (2011).
SOUTH BEND, IN - Plaub Hlis 13: Notre Dame Sib Tw Irish khiav rov qab tus kws qhia Lance Taylor ua kev zoo siab … [+]
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Hnub ua ntej Taylor tawm mus, 12-xyoo tus pab cuam Mike Elston xav tsis thoob nrog cov neeg soj ntsuam nrog nws qhov kev txiav txim siab rov qab mus rau nws tus txiv nyob hauv Michigan. Tus kws kes duab vajtse ntawm txhua xyoo kev tiv thaiv zoo tshaj plaws rau Irish, Elston tau muab ob npaug rau qhov kev pab cuam nrhiav neeg ua haujlwm rau 2022 chav kawm tom qab yav dhau los tuav lub luag haujlwm ntawm 2015-17.
Nws kuj tau cob qhia Irish linebackers hauv 2015-16 thiab yog Kelly tus kws saib xyuas pab pawg tshwj xeeb hauv 2010-11, lawv thawj ob lub caij nyoog ntawm Notre Dame. Thaum Elston xaiv tsis ua raws Kelly mus rau LSU, qhov kev cia siab yog nws yuav nyob hauv South Khoov ntev.
"Peb txhua tus txhawb nqa," tus kws tiv thaiv kab mob Jayson Ademilola tau hais. “Cov txiv neej txhua tus hlub nws. Nws tau xaiv peb txhua tus hauv chav. Nws tau qhia peb tias nws yuav siv li cas los ua ib tus neeg tseem ceeb ncaws pob. Nws rov qab mus rau tsev kawm ntawv nws ua si football rau. Peb zoo siab heev rau nws thiab nws tsev neeg. "
Kev puas tsuaj rau Xyoo Tshiab Hnub tuaj raws li tus neeg saib xyuas kev tiv thaiv ntawm Fiesta Bowl, 37-35 poob rau qib cuaj hauv Oklahoma State, raug nqi Elston txhua qhov kev txhaj tshuaj uas nws yuav muaj los hloov Freeman hauv lub luag haujlwm puv sijhawm. Tom qab Notre Dame tau tawg 21-taw tes ua thawj zaug hauv nws lub tais keeb kwm, Freeman zoo li xav tias kev tswj hwm kev tiv thaiv tib yam uas tau tso cai tsuas yog 23 cov ntsiab lus hauv plaub lub Kaum Ib Hlis yeej.
Nyob rau hauv Elston txoj kev tutelage, tsib Irish tiv thaiv linemen tau tsim nyob rau hauv peb lub xyoos dhau los ib leeg, suav nrog 2019 thawj-rounder Jerry Tillery thiab 2020 thib peb-rounder Julian Okwara.
BOURBONNAIS, IL - Lub Xya Hli 27: Chicago Bears tawm tsam tus kws qhia Harry Hiestand cov kws qhia hauv kev sov so … [+]
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Tsis tas li ntawd tawm ntawm Notre Dame cov neeg ua haujlwm thaum Lub Ib Hlis yog Jeff Quinn (kab tawm tsam) thiab Del Alexander (cov neeg txais thoob plaws), txawm hais tias lawv tau hloov pauv sai sai nrog kev paub txog kev hloov kho hauv Harry Hiestand thiab Chansi Stuckey. Hiestand, uas tau cob qhia Chicago Bears kev tawm tsam hauv 2018-19 thiab 2005-09, yog nyob rau hauv nws qhov thib ob ncig saib lub luag haujlwm nrog Irish tom qab qhia cov nyiam ntawm Quenton Nelson, Mike McGlinchey thiab Ronnie Stanley los ntawm 2012-17.
Notre Dame kuj yuav tsum tau hloov cov pab pawg tshwj xeeb (thiab yav dhau los tus neeg ua haujlwm nrhiav neeg ua haujlwm) Brian Polian, cov neeg ua haujlwm tseem ceeb tshaj plaws los ua raws Kelly rau LSU.
Xws li Kelly, Notre Dame tau ploj mus ua ke 49 xyoo ntawm kev cob qhia kev ua haujlwm hauv ob lub hlis dhau los. Cov neeg ua haujlwm tam sim no, suav nrog Freeman, Hiestand thiab tus neeg ua haujlwm tawm tsam Tommy Rees, muaj tag nrho 20 lub caij nrog Irish program; uas suav peb xyoos ua ke ua tus pab kawm tiav thiab tus kws tshuaj ntsuam xyuas kev nyab xeeb rau tus kws qhia kev nyab xeeb tam sim no Chris O'Leary.
Txawm hais tias tag nrho cov kev hloov pauv ntawd, lub hnub qub dhau rusher Yaxayas Foskey shrugged tawm qhov kev xav tias tsis muaj kev txuas ntxiv yuav yog ib qho teeb meem rau Freeman thawj Irish tsab.
Foskey tau hais tias "Kuv xav tias nws yuav tsis yog qhov nyuaj heev," "Peb muaj cov kws qhia tshiab, yog lawm, tab sis peb yeej muaj txhua tus tib neeg ua si."
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeberardino/2022/01/22/coaching-wheel-spins-again-at-notre-dame-despite-marcus-freemans-hiring/