It tells me that Illinois must really stink!

It tells me they will underachieve for the next 4 or 5 years.

It tells me to follow the money

It tells me that you two knuckleheads should get off drugs and stay in school!

It means that we are finally getting back to where we were in the the late '80s. I could never figure out why we didn't go after Chicago hard as years past. Now if only Illinois basketball can recruit Chicago as well.

Peace

Two things to remember. One is that Lemming always says that ND does well in recruiting, even when they do poorly. I would take his opinion with a grain of salt. Secondly, Chicago HS football is average at best next to FL, CA, OH, TX and other top states in the country. Offensive linemen are usually in abundance; athletes that succeed at high D1 level are far and few between(Simeon Rice).

For all you people saying that Notre Dame's going to struggle or underachieve for the next four or five years is sadly mistaken Charlie Weis. This may be a down year but after this one's over with the recruits he's getting they will be in the hunt for a national championship in the near future.

We're back.

wow, lemming slurps Jabba the Coach. big surprise.

and what is with the 17 year absense hyperbole? didnt Holtz coach the domers until 1996? that was 11 years ago. so why did Holtz stop recruting the city then?

Not that Demetrius Jones was a big recruit or anything 2 years ago out of Chicago...

It may be the Illinois fan in me, but I still think he made the wrong decision to believe that Weis' pro-style passing offense would keep him as QB.

What it means is ND will beat Army-Navy-Air force-Marines-Indiana-and lose to Michigan or any other top 10 school, go to a BCS Bowl and get embarrassed again!!! OVERRATED... same with their Big fat ego-maniac coach.

What it says is that Illinois can't take Chicago kids for granted. That they have to work harder. I think that Coach Zook knows that and is doing better, Coach Weber is having a tougher time with the concept.

I agree with Sean Thomas. Also Mr. Wiess also said that he would not recruit anymore QB's after Demetrius Jones and Zach Fraizer but that wasn't true because here comes Jimmy Clausen.

Category: Number Please
a. How many bowl game losses in a row?
b. How many losses in a row to USC?
c. How many losses to Boston College?
Solution to (c)= Remove them from the schedule.

Darrel, check the schedule before you post! Notre Dame is playing BC this year.

St. Rita - Pray For Us!
If Notre Dame wants to compete they need to continue recruiting from our State CHAMPIONS....

Sounds like sour grapes from most of the Illini fans here! Sorry guys, you had your "sun will shine on a dogs ass" day last year on signing day! Just for the record, I would rather have the number one class this season in exchange for Benn and Martez Wilson too! You guys take them, your horrible facilities, horrible uniforms, below average and insignificant team, and terrible coach and we'll call it even!

Illinois is currently upgrading facilities to have the largest D1 weightroom in the world.

I'm pretty sure Nebraska has the largest weight room and some of the best facilities.

It means the top 3 Chicago prospects are going to a close school that's actually winning recently (and pretty much always).

No doubt we are on the up rise, however, ND plays all it's games on NBC. That's huge publicity...

There's a reason why ND has the number one class now...and had a great last 2. It's because the athletes recognize ND is on the rise and is their best bet for a ticket to play on Sundays. Recruits wouldn't be going there if they didn't believe in the program.

Tells us that ND is heading back to the top, 3 years in a row of excellant recruiting classes. As to ND always has a great recruiting class, see last two years of willingham, 58th and 61st. Great job Irish!

if chic football is average compared to fl, oh, tx, & ca. why is it that Steve Filer has been offered 37 scholarships and he is ranked as a 5 star player which goes without saying he is ranking in the top 100?

mmmm in response to you greg....chicago football was considered average by the other guy, because it only has one steve filer. fl, tx, ca, and oh have many

Mr. Strutter I did not post the blog about the schedule Bronzo did

ND Stinks!

Hey Darrel (or is it your other brother Darrel), get a clue before you post again.

ND plays BC this year and is 15-9-1 against U$C (including 14 games in a row without a loss) in the last 25 games.

Oh and when is your favorite conference going to figure out how many member universities it has??

First thing I see is that all of these guys are coming from a Catholic high school going and to a Catholic Univ. Tells me that meant something to them.
Filer had bloodlines, mentioned in the article.
The other 2 are D-lineman and UI brought in an outstanding DL crew last year. Playing time prolly meant more to Cwyner and Fleming.
I didn't read much into ND vs UI on this one. ND took some good kids that didn't see themselves playing into UIs immediate future.

Weis said he wouldn't recruit any quarterbacks the same year as Jones and Frazer, not that he would never recruit any ever again. You're an idiot. Should we only have 2 QBs on the roster?

illinois'e' has a joke of a football program

I don't care how much you can't stand ND, they are heading in the right direction. All 3 guys are top talent in all of the recruiting rankings. Ill-Noise isn't. 3 good guys will not make your team. Your QB isn't good.

BTW - When ND is in a bowl game, they are always the lower ranked team. They should lose and, unfortunatly, they have been.

boo hooo....looks like Illinois is gonna continue to suck for the near future. Oh well, you still have IU to beat in football, made you can enact some revenge against them before Eric Gordon lights you up for 40 in hoops! It's sad for you that ND will end up with more Big10 wins this year then Illinois will!

Weis did some good things with some very very mediocre/bad recruiting classes by Willingham. Sure there were some great college players in the mix but there wasn't much in the way of depth. Meyer turned down his dream job because he knew how much work there was to do and Florida was loaded. He walked into a winning situation. Weis didn't. Plus Weis didn't get to plug his kids into the offence yet. ND hasn't had back to back recruiting years like this since 86-87 and we all know what happened in 88. Bottom line is when ND is in the hunt its good for college football. Oh and by the way, there is no other place on earth that i would rather sign a 5 star LB from than Chicago!!!!!!!

I love the post from the guy who claims that Illinois will have the largest weight room IN THE WORLD, why not just call it the Galaxy? That is SUPER DUPER COOL, MAN. I can see it now: "Illinois weight room wins the BCS Championship by a landslide. This proves the fact that good players and poor coaching mean nothing, but size of weightroom is king in the land of meat head." Shouldn't you be more worried about your mascot problems at U of I and be too concerned with Notre Dame's gridiron prowess?

Hey ND fans. Let's save our energy for arguments with fans of a legitimate school. Illinois? Sure they have no idea what they are talking about, but just let them have enjoy their weight room and forget about it.

Don't be surprised if one of the three ends up decommitting before signing day.

Bronzo --

Drop the "r" and "n" from your handle. It's more accurate. ND plays the toughest schedules in the nation year in and year out, unlike Big 10 teams that play 6 MAC teams every year.

ND is rebuilding this year. After that, it will be tough for ND haters. They should all commit suicide.