Originally posted by Godzilla Blitz:
2003 Roster
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the 2003 Notre Dame Fightin Irish!
Scout Overview
Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Briggs, Marty 15 QB Jr* 38 55
Goodwin, Wendell 97 QB Sr 0 0
Lyon, Ben 7 QB So* 3 20
Barnes, Everett 10 QB So 11 19
Brady, Rod 3 QB Fr 7 7
Cobb, Walt 11 QB Fr 0 16
Hedrick, Keith 40 RB Sr* 76 80
Littleton, Devin 45 RB So 0 0
Gray, Brock 21 RB So 4 4
Weisz, T.J. 29 RB Fr 0 18
Conway, Matt 34 FB So 4 10
Fisk, Blaine 47 FB Fr 0 18
Farr, Wade 92 TE Sr* 28 57
Ferrari, J.R. 99 TE So 0 11
(Johnson, Rex) 87 TE So 10 39
Machado, Albert 85 TE Fr 0 9
Wilkerson, Perry 81 WR Sr* 35 73
Murray, Joey 88 WR Jr* 53 80
Linville, Ralph 86 WR Sr 59 59
Roach, Dusty 8 WR So 2 12
Riley, Danny 1 WR Fr 13 23
(Au, Nicky) 84 WR* Sr 65 65
Morrissey, Cornell 53 C Sr* 20 77
Shields, Ken 52 C Sr 54 72
Hodges, Colin 59 C So* 4 4
Fisher, Bruce 62 G Sr 52 76
Clancy, Ian 66 G Jr* 38 71
Ingram, Levon 60 G Fr 0 13
Garrison, Leland 63 G Fr 3 4
Nelson, Bill 70 G Fr 0 0
Gotchy, Winston 61 T Sr 34 64
Koehke, Ronald 68 T Sr* 47 81
Horn, Mickey 65 T So* 0 4
Phillips, Artie 69 T Fr 0 10
Stephens, Don 90 P Sr 1 1
Torres, Neil 16 P Fr 0 0
Dodson, Robert 5 P* Sr* 49 73
(Trunsky, Nate) 4 K Sr* 59 77
Huffman, Jack 6 K Fr 1 1
Cohen, Bart 12 K* Fr 0 0
(Lap, Hugh) 77 DE Jr* 47 75
Meadows, Raymond 95 DE Sr* 59 62
Baker, Trevor 91 DE Fr 4 9
John, Bryan 71 DE* Jr 27 57
(Cantu, Bob) 58 DE* Jr* 8 9
Allamon, Cris 98 DE* Fr 6 26
Jamison, Jimmy 73 DT So 0 8
Osborne, Richie 76 DT Fr 3 9
Winslett, Shane 67 DT* Sr* 25 50
(Unger, Mickey) 72 DT* Jr* 29 52
Rogers, Ernie 74 DT* Jr* 17 54
Landdeck, Butch 2 ILB Sr 8 8
Woodard, Cornelius 93 ILB Jr 40 59
Wallace, Fernando 50 ILB Sr 44 97
Hartman, Jeremy 46 ILB So 15 27
Sherman, Greg 48 ILB So* 8 41
Andersen, Percy 42 ILB So* 0 0
Eggers, Donovan 57 OLB Jr 8 18
(Mackie, Doug) 94 OLB Sr 73 73
Crane, Gary 56 OLB Jr* 33 88
Raymond, Terrell 43 OLB Jr* 27 86
(Hopkins, Willie) 51 OLB So* 0 11
Triplett, Russell 54 OLB* Fr 8 8
Holton, Nicky 24 CB Sr 67 67
McAninch, Trevor 44 CB Jr* 41 88
Wolf, Chad 38 CB Fr 4 4
(McWilliams, Bruce) 31 CB* Sr 68 68
Ismail, Rod 49 CB* Fr 1 21
Murphy, O.J. 26 S So 4 4
Chapman, Marshall 41 S Fr 6 21
Gordon, Shaun 23 S* So 13 50
(Patton, Blaine) 37 S* So 10 27
Dawkins, Zach 32 S* Fr 5 13
* in eligibility - Player has been red-shirted.
* in position - Player is walk-on.
(name) – player is ineligible!!!
This should make you all happy! Finally we are getting something to work with! Talent is starting to rise up through the ranks! We are not perfect yet, and there are some glaring problems, to be sure, but we are making progress for sure! RB Hedrick looks set to follow in the footsteps of the two previous years' godly backs, Lloyd and Wolfe. Our OL is respectable, and our CB’s will clearly present problems, and we have good players scattered throughout the team. But look, look, at our safties! Isn’t that beautiful? And our DL is starting to get mighty thin too. We are making progress, yes we are. And watch what happens now. I think we can solve one problem, that of an effective running game...
Mister Hedrick, could I talk to you for a moment? We have been thinking, young man, that we have such depth at running back this year, and such a lack of talent at, um, punter, that we are going to switch you to punter this year. Here’s a ball, go to it, son!
Ew, Keith didn’t like that. His new ratings:
Kicking Power: 0/1
Punts Returned: 0/1
Punts Inside 20: 0/0
With our old “fool ‘em for a year trick”, that should ensure that Keith is our starting punter for the upcoming season. Combine him with our best eligible kicker, and our kicking game has a combined total of 2 in seven kicking categories! This is gonna be a fun season!!!! Go Irish!!!!!
Now, time to fix the errors of our ways in time management. I tried to wear the team out the past two seasons with long practices, but the guys have been complaining a lot, so this year I thought I would be nice to them. No more practice!!!! Well, house rules dictate that they have to be on the field for 10% of the time, but that should be enough, don’t you think? Clearly, what you do after college is more important, so hit those books guys! Into the library we go. Up to 35% for all except a few select juniors. That should help our sagging academic reputation. And we better make this team happy. Let’s let them relax for 35% of their time. That should be about right. That leaves, let’s see, 10% for weights and 10% for football study. Oh, that’s not enough. How did that happen? Oh well, too bad. Making decisions decisively is the mark of a good leader, right? Who needs weights anyway. Just drink Creatine, guys! And football study, nah? All plays on “one” all year, ok?
And yes, it’s time once again to pick the offensive formation. I read somewhere that sound collegiate strategy says that you should switch this as often as possible in order to let your players experience many different types of plays, so let’s see… Our highest rated back, Brock Gray (!!!), is now a four, so how about the Wishbone? That should play to our strengths!
I am so looking forward to this year.
Well, after all this babbleage, it is just about time. All that’s left before the opening kickoff is the season outlook. There are still question marks, to be certain. But this year is a year we make strong progress towards our goal. I don’t think we are anywhere bad enough to take the ultimate prize, but I am hoping that we can have our first losing season. If we can balance this with good income and high academics, we should be able to keep our job for 2004, and ladies and gentlemen, that will have to be the year. Because we will surely suck then, and there will be little I can do to save my job after that. So here we go, onwards to what will be called “The Setup Season”, the first step in a two-step assault on total suckihood. Prognosis: 5-6.
And that should do if for today, folks. We’ll be back tomorrow for the opening kickoff of the 2003 season and, yes, our third annual “Why Let One Person Have All the Fun” contest! That’s right, that time of the year is drawing close! The time where the fans vote to select their position choice of the year! Last year fans voted to wipe out our strong backup QB Donovan Eggers. Donnie boy should see a lot of action at OLB this year, but surprisingly he has struggled with the change. The year before saw the end of stud ILB Don Stephens tackling days. Despite fully developing his punting skills, things just aren't the same for Don. He now spends the game leering at Notre Dame cheerleaders. So be sure to take your responsibility seriously. It affects lives! Tune in tomorrow for full details! Till then, GO IRISH!!!!