Notre Dame: the years of mortification 2004-2009 - Page 3

Roberto · 08-03-2003, 01:02 AM

2009 Week 9

Message

Brad Agranoff, a quarterback, expressed the opinion that he should receive a full scholarship given his current level of playing time.

I would if I could. There are none available.

Academics.

More grades out

Bone-for-brains CB Filar is on E, three on D-, two on D, three on D+.

Recruitment

No acceptances, four rejections, seventeen declared visitors.

The Match

At #23 Northwestern. They are 5-2. This could be very bad.

Take another look at the offense.

FB Guthrie, then Diaz then Musselman.

Campbell at Flanker, RB Malone at Split End. Backup WR Walken, Plante, Winslett.

TE Berman, then Williamson, then Dell.

RB Carlson then Kincaid.

And pray …

Stormy, 54 degrees.

Shut out 0-28.

It is very bad. They outrushed us by 227 net yards to 45 (4.2 yards per carry to 1.8) and outpassed us by 154 yards to 120 (an emphatic 8.5 yards per attempt to 4.4), won 24 first downs to our 7 and kept us firmly out of their red zone while reaching ours four times.

QB Agranoff attempted three runs and, despite not being sacked, only made six yards overall. He succeeded with 11 of 27 pass attempts. Of the 16 failures, 8 were hurried, three defensed, two bad and three dropped (two by RB Carlson, one by RB Malone - that’s not like them, it must have been the slippery ball). Seven of eleven attempts for ten yards or fewer succeeded, as against three of sixteen attempts for eleven yards or more.

Running yardage was led by RB Kincaid with 26 yards, then RB Carlson with 17.

Leading in tackles was S Coffman with ten (one for loss), followed by ILB Stargell with eight (one for) and OLB Casanova also with eight (but two for). For what good it did, there was one sack, by DE Clements.

Notre Dame do not feature in the Players of the Week list.

No new injuries

TV1 presents a match from the West Coast, where #3 Stanford win 47-41 at #4 Southern California.
On TV2 #9 Texas A&M have a more emphatic 31-14 win over #22 Colorado.

Week 10

Recruitment

Everett Dole, a quarterback from Somers High School in Lincolndale, New York, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season.

He’s 66+ Acad/Prest #2 QB in New York State Nat Rank #197. He likes to run all the time (away from New York, obviously).

Percy Sauerbrun, a wide receiver from Jackson Center High School in Jackson Center, Ohio, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season.

He’s 57+ Dist/Acad #1 WR in Ohio Nat Rank #600.

Jay Reiss, an offensive guard from Lakeview Centennial High School in Garland, Texas, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season.

He’s 73- Acad/Prest #2 G in Texas Nat Rank #193

Jon Connell, a cornerback from Weld Central High School in Keenesburg, Colorado, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season.

He’s 54- Acad*/Prest #2 CB in Colorado Nat Rank #744.

Also four refusals

Ten declared visitors.

The Match

At #50 Ohio State. They are 4-3 and 23 point favourites.

Like us, they play the Wishbone - but they’re better at it. They are #13 in rushes and #39 in rushing yards.

Fair, 62 degrees.

Routed 7-48

Our one consolation is a touchdown by FB Diaz with 1:47 of the match remaining.

Overall, they outrushed us by 294 net yards to 61 (5.7 yards per carry to 2.1), outpassed us by 184 yards t 10610.2 yards per attempt to 4.4, won 25 first downs to our eight and visited our red zone four times, while only allowing us into theirs once.

With QB Agranoff injured during the game, both Farley and Humphrey saw action. Agranoff was sacked once in three attempts for minus fifteen yards overall; Farley was also sacked once in his three attempts, but did better with zero overall yardage. Agranoff succeeded in five of thirteen pass attempts, Farley in three of nine and Humphrey in none of two. Of the overall sixteen failures, four were bad, five defensed, one blocked, three hurried, two intercepted and only one dropped (by RB Carlson, again!).

RB Kincaid again led the yardage with 38 yards, followed again by RB Carlson with 21. Nobody else made (positive) double figures.

What passes for the defense was led by S Atkins with eight tackles (one for loss), followed by CB Hoover with seven (one for) and DT Womble also with seven (none for). Has anyone seen a linebacker around here?

Again, DE Clements made one sack.

Also again, nobody from Notre Dame makes the Players of the Week List.

New Injury

QB Agranoff - out - pull quadriceps muscle - 5 weeks (rest of season)

Already out for rest of season

T Downs - out - broken ankle - 4 weeks (rest of season).
DT Arnold - broken wrist
ILB Wagner - arthroscopic knee surgery
DT Humphrey - bruised ribcage

On TV1 #11 Tennessee lose their unbeaten record, going 7-1 with a 0-17 shutout at #8 Florida.
It’s TV2’s turn to visit the West Coast this week. They show #25 UCLA going down 24-49 at #3 Stanford.

Week 11

Recruitment

C.J. Norton, an outside linebacker from Ouachita Parish High School in Monroe, Louisiana, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season.

He’s 52+ Acad*/Dist #2 OLB in Louisiana Nat Rank #270

Also three refusals.

The Match

Hosting #38 Illinois. They are 5-3 and 18 point favourites.

Last week they beat #2 Michigan.

They prefer the I-Formation, they’re pretty good at passing and their starting QB is a specialist at very long passing.

Humphrey will start at QB.

Fair, 62 degrees. Crowd of 31,800.

Lose 3-10

We so nearly held them! The only score in the first half was a 33-yard field goal near the start of the second quarter. This lead held until four minutes in the fourth quarter, when ILLN ran a two-yard touchdown, promptly followed by a field goal.

The stats are just weird. We outrushed them (!) by 189 net yards to 111, 5.1 yards per attempt to 3.0, but they outpassed us by 201 yards to 50, 5.5 yards per attempt to 3.1, and won 22 first downs to our twelve. They reached our red zone four times; we reached theirs once.

QB Farley attempted four rushes for 21 yards overall, QB Humphrey two for ten. Neither was sacked.

Farley succeeded in four of eleven pass attempts, Humphrey in two of five. Of the twelve failures, three were hurried, five defensed and two dropped (BY FB Guthrie and WR Campbell). All six which succeeded came from the eleven attempts below ten yards. All five attempts at longer passes failed.

RB Carlson ran like the wind for 110 yards. Trailing behind was RB Kincaid, with 36.

OLB Thorpe must have heard me casting aspersions on the linebackers. He made ten tackles, five for loss, and three sacks, hotly pursued by S Atkins with nine tackles (two for loss) and OLB Culp with eight (none for). Three more sacks were made by DE Clements, DE May and DE Owens.

So we made six sacks, they made none, and still we lost?

Yup.

RB Carlson, G Norton (with five key run blocks) and OLB Thorpe make the Players of the Week list.

New Injury

QB Humphrey - doubtful - pulled groin - 4 weeks (he can still sit on the bench)
T Callens - questionable - sprained ankle - 1 week (he’ll be back for the Purdue game)

Already out for the rest of the season

QB Agranoff - out - pulled quadriceps muscle
T Downs - out - broken ankle
DT Arnold - broken wrist
ILB Wagner - arthroscopic knee surgery
DT Humphrey - bruised ribcage

There’s a Big Ten game on TV1. #1 Wisconsin maintain their unbeaten record to go 9-0 with a thrilling 27-26 home win over #26 Penn State.
On TV2 #11 West Virginia are shut out 0-36 by #29 Pittsburgh.

Roberto · 08-06-2003, 12:42 AM

2009 Week 12

Walk-on

QB Aaron Erickson will never be more than a bench warmer (0/14) and should have the brains to see it (asp 69; int 74).

Recruitment

Mario Applegate, an inside linebacker from Sheridan High School in Sheridan, Indiana, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season.

He’s 55++ Prest*/Acad (but he came anyway) #2 ILB in Indiana Nat Rank #629

Henry Elliott, an outside linebacker from York Comprehensive High School in York, South Carolina, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season.

He’s 39+ Acad*/Prest #1 OLB in South Carolina but unranked nationally.

Also one refusal.

The Match

Hosting #2 Michigan

They are 8-1 and 25 point favourites. Last week they shut out Iowa 41-0.

Which is not a good time to have to throw together a makeshift OL:

LT is C Beckwith, LG Norton, C Battle, RG is C Stockman and RT Wilkins.

Into the valley of death
Rode the six hundred …

Stormy, 43 degrees. Crowd of 32,500 at the last home game of the season. That’s a lot of hopes to dash.

Beaten 10-38

A field goal at 1:47 for the second quarter, and a touchdown in the last second.

Well, they outran us by 252 net yards to 89 (6.0 yards per attempt to 2.4), outpassed us by227 yards to 169 (13.3 yards per attempt to 7.3), won 30 first downs to our 15 and reached our red zone five times while limiting us to one appearance in theirs.

QB Farley tried a running game. He was sacked twice in thirteen attempts for fifteen yards overall.

So much for new ideas.

He also succeeded in 14 of 23 pass attempts. Of the nine failures, one was bad, four defensed, three hurried and one intercepted (so none dropped). Ten of fifteen attempted for ten yards or fewer succeeded as against four of nine for eleven yards or longer.

The running game was lead by RB Kincaid with 54 yards, then RB Carlson with 22.

S Atkins came into his own with 12 tackles (though only one for loss). Then came OLB Culp with seven (one for), S Coffman with six (two for) and OLB Casanova also with six (but none for). There were no sacks by Notre Dame players.

Only RB Carlson made the Players of the Week list.

No new injuries

On TV1 #5 Air Force go 10-0 with a 24-14 win at #36 Brigham Young.
On TV2 #26 Nebraska go down 18-24 at #29 Missouri.

Week 13

Academics

Brad Filar, a cornerback, is at risk for failing a class this year.

So what’s new?

Otherwise two D-, four D.

Recruitment

Julio Rowell, a tight end from Hale High School in West Allis, Wisconsin, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season.

He’s 58+ Dist/Prest #2 TE in Wisconsin Nat Rank #949

Wade Crane, an offensive guard from West High School in Madison, Wisconsin, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season.

He’s 40+ Acad/Prest #2 G in Wisconsin

Marc Bordano, a safety from Highland High School in Gilbert, Arizona, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season.

He’s 51- Acad/Dist #2 S in Arizona Nat Rank #949

Three places to fill, and two scholarships

The Match

At local rivals Purdue.

They are #81 and 4-6 and twenty point favourites.

They prefer the Veer formation. Their starting QB excels in very long passing.

There was an old man with a beard
Who said: "It is just as I feared"

Fair, 42 degrees.

Lose 26-45

It started fairly well, with a 50-yard interception return from OLB Thorpe and an 18-yard touchdown from RB Carlson to put Notre Dame 14-7 ahead in the first quarter. They scored a touchdown and a field goal in the second quarter, to lead 17-14 at the break. After thet, we were always trailing, though touchdowns from WR Campbell in the third quarter and RB Carlson in the fourth quarter saved some pride.

We narrowly outrushed them by 130 net yards to 129 (3.7 yards per carry to 3.0) but they outpassed us by 263 yards to 191 (9.0 yards per attempt to 7.3), won 23 first downs to our 17 and reached our red zone five times, while we reached theirs twice.

QB Farley tried again. He was sacked once in 13 pass attempts and made 33 yards. This put him second in the list, behind RB Carlson with 67 and ahead of RB Kincaid with a pitiful 19.

He succeeded with exactly half his pass attempts, 13 of 26. Of the other 13 failures, seven were hurried, two blocked, two defensed, one intercepted and one dropped (by RB Carlson). In an astonishing reversal of most of the season’s stats, six of fourteen attempts for ten yards or fewer succeeded and seven of twelve for eleven yards or more.

Tackles were led by S Coffman seven (two for loss), followed by DT Womble and OLB Casanova with five each (one each for loss) and S Atkins and CB Hoover also with five each (but none for loss).

On TV1 #39 Connecticut are thrashed 9-41 by #18 Indiana.
On TV2 #25 Missouri learn that pride comes before a fall. After their televised win last week, they are thumped 21-59 by #44 Iowa State.

This ends Notre Dame’s 2009 season:

1-10, 0-8 in the Big Ten (and rock bottom).

125 in the coaches’ poll
124 in the fans’ poll
Ranked 119.

Roberto · 08-14-2003, 08:20 AM

200 Post Season

Recruitment continues.

Week 14

No acceptances.

On TV1 #10 Texas A&M are pipped 38-41 at #4 Texas.
On TV2 #20 California are thumped 7-33 by #3 Stanford.

Week 15

Nolan Farr, a cornerback from Emsley A Laney High School in Wilmington, North Carolina, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season.

He’s 44+ Acad*/Prest #4 CB in North Carolina

Sammy Karl, a fullback from Section High School in Section, Alabama, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season

He’s 41+ Prest/Dist #3FB in Alabama

Jack Wells, a center from Borah High School in Boise City, Idaho, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season.

He’s 39+ Dist/Acad #2 C in Idaho and will come as a walk-on.

Jermaine Martin, a kicker from Jay County High School in Portland, Indiana, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season.

He’s 42+ Acad/Prest #5 K in Indiana but with GPA 3.88 he’ll be an academic asset.

Which ends the recruiting. It includes the players ranked 33, 193, 197, 264, 270 and 5 others in the top 1,000.

Seven were black-coded, four red-coded, three blue-coded and two green-coded.

Lowest GPA is 3.11 (CB Connell), 2.69 (S Bordano) and 2.63 (FB Karl).

At the end of the regular season, the only unbeaten teams are Wisconsin and the Air Force. No teams are 0-11 but two others join Notre Dame on 1-10, Tulane and Kent.

In the play-off semi-finals:

#2 Stanford beat #7 East Carolina 38-17.
#1 Michigan beat #4 Southern California 44-20.

So for the third year running the final is between Stanford and Michigan.
This year, Stanford win 17-14.

Player of the Year is Michigan RB Andy Blackwell:
400-1996 yards and 19 touchdowns.

Runner-up (with 125 votes to Blackwell’s 133) was the one and only Robbie Ferguson QB at Southern California, winner in 2006 and 2007 and runner up in 2008. His figures this year:
318-for-503, 4522 yards, 51TD, 6Int.

Notre Dame have one entry in the National Awards.

OLB Phil Casanova in the Freshman Team

The Big Ten awards honour:

OLB Phil Casanova in the Academic Team.
S Max Atkins in the Academic Team.

Roberto · 08-14-2003, 08:21 AM

2009 Notre Dame Schedule

Rival: Purdue
Stadium Capacity: 52,400
Season Tickets Sold: 27,800

Code:


   
  Week  Opponent                   Result    Attendance  Weather       
1       at Hawaii                  L, 14-34  43,700      Rain, 68       
2       (13) RICE                  L, 26-52  33,900      Sunny, 53      
4       at North Carolina State    W, 24-14  19,200      Rain, 50       
$$5     MICHIGAN STATE             L, 0-27   33,000      Rain, 44       
$$6     at (3) Wisconsin           L, 0-34   76,100      Sunny, 48      
$$8     (30) PENN STATE            L, 14-34  31,500      Rain, 53       
$$9     at (23) Northwestern       L, 0-28   31,400      Stormy, 54     
$$10    at (34) Ohio State         L, 7-48   74,500      Sunny, 62      
$$11    (44) ILLINOIS              L, 3-10   31,800      Sunny, 62      
$$12    (2) MICHIGAN               L, 10-38  32,500      Stormy, 43     
$$13    at Purdue                  L, 26-45  52,400      Sunny, 42

No TV games this year.

Home Games in ALL CAPS
$$-Conference Games, ##-League Championship Games, **-Post-Season Games

Roberto · 08-14-2003, 08:21 AM

2009 Season Standings, Big Ten

Code:


      
  School        W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  Streak  
Wisconsin       11 1  0  .916  360 207 8  0  0  1.000 220 118 Lost 1     
Michigan        14 2  0  .875  501 198 7  1  0  .875  237 84  Lost 1     
Northwestern    10 4  0  .714  420 185 6  2  0  .750  263 76  Lost 1     
Penn State      7  5  0  .583  314 228 6  2  0  .750  246 108 Lost 1     
Ohio State      7  4  0  .636  248 240 4  4  0  .500  188 195 Lost 1     
Illinois        6  5  0  .545  245 272 4  4  0  .500  141 176 Lost 2     
Purdue          5  6  0  .454  308 228 3  5  0  .375  198 169 Won 2      
Michigan State  4  7  0  .363  207 234 3  5  0  .375  138 162 Lost 5     
Minnesota       4  7  0  .363  150 350 2  6  0  .250  85  281 Lost 2     
Iowa            2  9  0  .181  122 276 1  7  0  .125  72  215 Lost 5     
**Notre Dame    1  10 0  .090  124 364 0  8  0  .000  60  264 Lost 8

Roberto · 08-23-2003, 01:05 AM

2009 Recruiting List, Academic View

Code:


      
  Player             Pos   HT   WT   ST   NRank GPA    Test
Dole, Everett        QB    6-1  191  NY   197   3.78   1312     
Walters, Randy       RB    5-10 180  IN   33    3.53   1378     
##Karl, Sammy        FB    6-1  234  AL   ---   2.43   984      
**Rowell, Julio      TE    6-6  250  WI   949   3.73   1323     
**Sauerbrun, Percy   WR    6-1  187  OH   600   3.53   1313     
##Wells, Jack        C     6-4  293  ID   ---   3.22   1224     
Reiss, Jay           G     6-4  285  TX   193   3.60   1192     
**Crane, Wade        G     6-1  260  WI   ---   3.46   1166     
$$Martin, Jermaine   K     6-3  197  IN   ---   3.88   1345     
Dotson, Mel          DT    6-3  256  WI   264   3.24   1194     
Applegate, Mario     ILB   6-1  213  IN   629   3.30   1026     
**Elliott, Henry     OLB   6-1  220  SC   ---   3.41   1156     
Norton, C.J.         OLB   6-2  208  LA   270   3.35   1233     
**Farr, Nolan        CB    5-11 170  NC   ---   3.54   1383     
Connell, Jon         CB    5-7  163  CO   744   3.11   1147     
$$Bordano, Marc      S     6-1  194  AZ   979   2.69   1017

Roberto · 08-23-2003, 01:06 AM

Recruiting List, Worksheet View

Code:


     
  Player             Scout   Emphasis    Status
Dole, Everett        66+     Acad/Prest  Committed *      
Walters, Randy       79++    Dist/Acad   Committed *      
##Karl, Sammy        41+     Prest*/Dist Committed *      
**Rowell, Julio      58+     Dist/Prest  Committed *      
**Sauerbrun, Percy   57+     Dist/Acad   Committed *      
##Wells, Jack        39+     Dist/Acad   Committed *      
**Crane, Wade        40+     Acad/Prest  Committed *      
Reiss, Jay           73-     Acad/Prest  Committed *      
$$Martin, Jermaine   42+     Acad/Prest  Committed *      
Dotson, Mel          61+     Dist/Prest  Committed *      
Applegate, Mario     55++    Prest*/Acad Committed *      
Norton, C.J.         52+     Acad*/Dist  Committed *      
**Elliott, Henry     39+     Acad*/Prest Committed *      
**Farr, Nolan        44+     Acad*/Prest Committed *      
Connell, Jon         54-     Acad*/Prest Committed *      
$$Bordano, Marc      51-     Acad/Dist   Committed *

Rough Estimate of Player Interest: No Prefix - player unlikely to be
interested, ** - a bit of a stretch for your school, $$ - likely interest,
## - almost certain interest.

Roberto · 08-23-2003, 01:13 AM

2009 Summary for Notre Dame

Record: 1-10
Rank: 125

Code:


     
Notre Dame              Team      Rank  
Rushes                  358       86          
Rushing Yards           1166      92 (T)      
Yards Per Carry         3.25      91 (T)      
Pass Attempts           259       105         
Completions             118       119         
Passing Yards           1344      122         
Yards Per Attempt       5.18      120         
3rd Down Conversions    30.8      101         
Points Per Game         11.2      122         
Turnovers               14        15 (T)      
Turnover Margin         0         57 (T)

All pretty similar to last year. Yards par carry up from 2.81 to 3.25 and yards per pass attempt down from 5.65 to 5.18. Both of them need to be a lot better.

Code:


      
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes                  483       120 (T)     
Rushing Yards           2158      121         
Yards Per Carry         4.46      112         
Pass Attempts           262       5           
Completions             158       22          
Passing Yards           2450      78          
Yards Per Attempt       9.35      124         
3rd Down Conversions    46.3      121         
Points Per Game         33.0      119

.

Code:


      
Passing             Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int  
7 Agranoff          QB    180   81    859   4.77  4     9       
5 Farley            QB    69    34    444   6.43  2     3       
Team                ---   259   118   1344  5.18  6     12

Agranoff’s yards per attempt were significantly down on last year: 6.11 to 4.77, but he had double the number of touchdowns and the same number of interceptions.

Code:


      
Rushing             Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Stff  YdLst  
46 Carlson          RB    150   527   3.51  3     46    57      
22 Malone           RB    55    288   5.23  1     9     6       
28 Kincaid          RB    48    214   4.45  1     19    35      
7 Agranoff          QB    34    -19   -0.55 0     17    100     
5 Farley            QB    33    69    2.09  0     11    28      
Team                ---   358   1166  3.25  6     117   249

Carlson improved on last year - yards per attempt up from 3.06 to 3.51. Malone was even better, up from 3.62 to 5.23 and yards lost down from 88 (!) to 6. But overall, the team’s touchdown total rose only from five to six.

Code:


      
Receiving           Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC   TD  
46 Carlson          RB    49    23    310   13.4  155   2       
81 Campbell         WR    44    15    355   23.6  76    0       
91 Finch            TE    37    13    127   9.7   39    1       
86 Plante           WR    30    14    167   11.9  53    1       
28 Kincaid          RB    22    11    74    6.7   19    0       
22 Malone           RB    21    11    97    8.8   52    1       
85 Williamson       TE    15    6     40    6.6   5     0       
32 Guthrie          FB    14    11    41    3.7   16    0       
33 Diaz             FB    13    10    47    4.7   20    1 
Team                ---   259   118   1344  11.3  468   6

The main players’ yards per catch rose significantly. Campbell up from 14.5 to 23.6, Carlson from 10.3 to 13.4. But again the team just didn’t do well enough, with overall yards per catch down from 12.4 to 11.3

Code:


    
Defense             Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  TFL   Ints  Defn  
25 Atkins           S     88    46    0.0   15    0     6       
30 Coffman          S     66    32    0.0   8     0     5       
51 Casanova         OLB   52    11    1.0   8     2     3       
44 Culp             OLB   51    12    3.0   7     1     2       
41 Stargell         ILB   50    21    0.5   6     0     5       
67 Womble           DT    45    22    0.5   11    0     0       
42 Thorpe           OLB   41    11    3.5   7     2     1       
74 Clements         DE    32    9     8.0   15    0     0       
35 Hoover           CB    31    8     0.0   1     1     1       
57 Arnold           ILB   19    13    1.5   3     1     2       
18 Bradford         DT    17    8     2.0   5     0     0       
71 Arnold           DT    16    4     0.5   7     0     0       
23 Voetberg         S     15    5     0.0   2     0     0       
31 Westbrook        S     14    6     0.0   1     0     2       
26 Feugill          S     12    6     0.0   2     2     4       
78 Kindred          DE    11    6     0.0   1     0     0       
Team                ---   675   241   24.0  108   9     32

More tackles (up from 642 to 675), more of them for loss (up from 81 to 108) but one fewer sack and one fewer interception.

Roberto · 08-31-2003, 02:11 AM

2009 departing seniors

Code:


   
  Player                #    Pos  Elig  Current Future   
McConnell, Brenden      29   RB   Sr    38      38                  
Gillespie, Cole         98   TE   Sr    30      43                  
Overby, Jim             84   TE*  Sr    30      34                  
Cornplow, Bill          3    WR   Sr    29      49                  
Godfrey, Brady          65   G    Sr    11      43                  
Szilter, Malcolm        64   G*   Sr    21      21                  
Beyer, Duane            77   DE   Sr    34      68                  
Ford, Jessie            78   DE   Sr    34      38                  
Necaise, Chuck          92   DE   Sr    49      62                  
Garcia, Deon            58   OLB  Sr    28      47                  
Mascorella, Mario       20   CB   Sr    37      52                  
Ferderer, Jay           51   C    Sr    28      42                  
Wilkins, Lamar          69   T    Sr    18      39               
Fulton, John            61   T*   Sr    11      22                    
Taylor, Ben             90   DT   Sr    40      62                  
Simmons, Ben            99   DT*  Sr    8       32                  
Hickman, Lester         52   ILB  Sr    38      46                  
Shelton, Melvin         57   OLB  Sr    24      31                  
Harrison, Harvey        40   CB   Sr    16      16

RB McConnell from distant Anchorage, Alaska played in 43 games and started 19 of them. His overall running yardage was 449 yards in 134 attempts, an average of 3.3 yards per attempt and 10.4 yards per game. He caught 13 passes and dropped none for 122 yards, an average of 9.3. He scored two running and no receiving touchdowns. A poor student (asp 38 int 25) he had to work hard to achieve GPA of 2.77. His major was Geology.

TE Gillespie was a backup, playing in 40 games but only starting twelve of them. He caught 31 passes and dropped two for 355 yards, an average of 11.4. He scored a magnificent one career touchdown. An average student he leaves with GPA 3.01. His major was Hotel Management.

TE Overby was a walk-on and also a backup in three of his four years. He played in 39 games starting twelve of them - but eleven of those twelve were in 2007. He caught 23 passes and dropped none for 309 yards, an average of 13.4. He scored no touchdowns. His talents lay off the field. A good student he leaves with GPA 3.48 and no grades below B in his major, Electrical Engineering.

WR Cornplow was never more than a backup. He played in 26 games, but started none of them. Four successful catches and no touchdowns. He leaves with GPA of 3.16. His major was Business.

G "Daddy Bear" Szilter featured mainly at the beginning and end of his career. A walk-on with no scholarships available to give him, he nevertheless played in 38 games, starting in 24 of them; these included all eleven games in 2005 and in 2008. He made two key run blocks (a percentage of 10.0%) and allowed 18 sacks (3.6%). 6-8 he ended his college career at 343 pounds. GPA 3.46, with no grades lower than B in his major, Chemistry.

G Godfrey was a career backup and a talent-free zone. He played in 17 games but did not start any of them. He made two key run blocks (a percentage of 33.3%) and allowed two sacks (4.5%). 6-6 he ended his college career at 341 pounds. His greatest talent was as a passable impression of a row of short planks. With asp 13 and int 23, it’s a wonder that he leaves with GPA of 2.78. His major was Astronomy.

DE Ford was a backup until his senior year. He played in 37 games and started 20 of them including every game in 2008. His overall record was 83 tackles, 16 for loss, and 5 sacks. A good student he leaves with with GPA 3.38 and no grades below B in his major, education.

DE Necaise would have played a larger role than he did but for injuries. He played in 33 games and started 20 of them including ten of ten in 2006 and (prior to breaking an arm) six of six in 2008. His overall record was 65 tackles, 26 for loss, and 12.5 sacks. An outstanding student (int 87, asp 98) he leaves with GPA 3.59, and only two of 25 greade below B.

DE Beyer was mainly a backup, though his last season was cut short with a terrible compound leg fracture. He played in 31 games but only started 7 of them. His overall record was 88 tackles, ten for loss, and two sacks. Another outstanding student (asp 96, int 100) he leaves with GPA 3.88, and straight As in his major, Journalism.

OLB Garcia was yet another player who was pretty well a backup until his senior year. He played in 36 games starting eleven of them, all of those in 2008. He made 59 tackles, 7 for loss and 28 assists and two sacks. Another bundle of short planks (asp 7 int 7), he leaves with GPA 2.61. His major was Astronomy.

CB Mascorella was a rock, starting every game for which he was eligible, but for all of that he wasn’t actually much good. He made 23 tackles, two for loss, and 34 assists (but no sacks), intercepted one passes (for all of five yards) and allowed 54 to be caught. A very weak student (asp 12 int 5) he was propped up sufficiently to leave with with GPA 2.38. His major was Trigonometry.

C Ferderer had a career like the hole in the polo mint. He played in 37 games, starting in 22 of them; the games which he started were all those in 2006 and 2007, but none of those in 2005 or 2008. He made 47 key run blocks (a percentage of 26.7%) and allowed 7 sacks (1.4%). 6-4 he ended his college career at 289 pounds. A diligent student, he goes into his final year of study with GPA 3.79. His major is Jurisprudence. Let the record show also that he made the 2007 Big Ten All-Academic Team.

T Fulton was a career backup with little talent. He played in 25 games but did not start any of them. He made one key run block (a percentage of 16.6%) and allowed five sacks (6.8%). 6-5 he ended his college career at 312 pounds. Another good student, he enters his last year of study with GPA of 3.66 and straight As in his major, Mechanical Engineering.

T Wilkins never really developed to his full potential on the field. Possibly a redshirt year could have done the trick, but we shall never know. He played in 33 games, starting in 16 of them, including all eleven games in 2006. He made 20 key run blocks (a percentage of 20.8%) and allowed 11 sacks (3.3%). 6-5 he ended his college career at 332 pounds. An outstanding student, who made the Big Ten All-Academic Team in 2006, (asp 100 int 90) he enters his last year of study with GPA 3.86 and only three of twenty grades on his record below straight A. His major is Metallurgy.

DT Simmons was almost wholly a backup. He played in 36 games but only started four of them. His overall record was 35 tackles, 10 for loss, and 7.0 sacks. A very weak student (asp 25 int 32) he enters his final year of study with GPA 1.92. His major is Geography.

By contrast, DT Taylor was a rock, and a strong one. He played in all 44 games for which he was eligible and started 40 of them. His overall record was 124 tackles, 22 for loss, and five sacks. He enters his final year of study with GPA 3.35. His major is Psychology.

ILB Hickman was pretty solid. He played in 33 games and started 16 of them. His overall record was 136 tackles, 20 for loss, 49 assists and 4.5 sacks. A weak student, he enters his fifth year of study with GPA 2.83. His major is Algebra. He is also the only senior on the team without a girlfriend. Perhaps he should wash under his armpits more frequently.

OLB Shelton was a fixture in the team for the past two years. He played in 28 games and started 23, including all 11 in 2007 and ll 11 in 2008. He made 80 tackles, 11for loss and 34 assists and three sacks. Another weak student (asp 7 int 2) he enters his fifth year of study with GPA 2.35. His major is Geology.

CB Harrison was a career backup, and something of a tadpole. He played in 38 games but did not start any of them. He made 17 tackles, none for loss, two assists and no sacks, intercepted one passes (for no yards) and allowed 14 to be caught. A very good academic (asp 68 int 83) he goes into his final year with GPA 3.80 and three straight As and a B+ in his major, Dentistry.

Roberto · 08-31-2003, 02:12 AM

2009 Notre Dame Individual All-Time Season Records

Taking 2001-2009 as "all-time", what new Notre Dame records were set in 2009?

None at all!!!

Roberto · 08-31-2003, 02:13 AM

2009 Grades

Code:



Team Performance:		30/100
Academic Performance		83/100
Recruiting Performance		100/100
TV Revenue			8/100
Alumni Donations		13/100
Attendance at Stadium		40/100
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Overall				42/100

Roberto · 08-31-2003, 02:14 AM

Coaching Record to end 2009

Code:


   
Year  Team        Record Post Rank Perf Acad Recr TV   Tick Don  Score  
2009  Notre Dame  1-10   No   118  30   83   100  8    40   13   42     
2008  Notre Dame  2-9    No   115  26   83   100  5    47   8    41     
2007  Notre Dame  5-6    No   80   74   83   100  74   37   60   70     
2006  Notre Dame  2-9    No   114  69   79   100  77   37   79   71     
2005  Notre Dame  0-11   No   125  40   77   100  11   48   50   52     
2004  Notre Dame  0-11   No   124  0    73   84   75   55   0    37     
2003  Notre Dame  3-8    No   98   6    61   17   1    66   75   38     
2002  Notre Dame  4-7    No   88   10   53   12   75   69   36   39     
2001  Notre Dame  3-8    No   82   13   31   2    2    76   2    21

Post - Post-Season Appearance, Perf - Team Performance Score, Acad - Academic
Performance Score, Recr - Recruiting Score, TV - Television Revenue Score,
Tick - Ticket Revenue Score, Don - Alumni Donations Score

You do the overall math. I can't face it.

Roberto · 08-31-2003, 02:17 AM

Au Revoir

This saga will now pause for a while. There's many years more of raw material, but I need to recharge my creative batteries.

When it returns, it will return in a new thread and mutual links will be posted.

Many thanks to any and all readers.

Roberto · 02-19-2004, 03:49 PM

The end of the story

My old PC died horribly at the turn of the year. Though most of the drive contents could be preserved and were transferred onto the new system (kudos to SPS) it was not possible to start TCY from the preserved position. So all the save games, and therefore all the sources from which rosters and results could be printed, were lost.

Just in case anyone was waiting for the story to resume, here are the bare bones of "what happened next" from my written notes.

2010-2015 The Years of Recovery

2010: 3-8 end season rank 112 start 2011 prestige 63
2011: 6-5 end season rank 62 start 2012 prestige 68
2012: 4-7 end season rank 85 start 2013 prestige 64
2013: 5-6 end season rank 80 start 2014 prestige 66
2014: 2-9 end season rank 110 start 2015 prestige 61
2015: 5-6 end season rank 73 start 2016 prestige 66

2016-2020 So near, and yet so far
2016: 8-3 end season rank 33 start 2017 prestige 70
2017: 7-4 end season rank 40 start 2018 prestige 73
2018: 7-4 end season rank 40 start 2019 prestige 71
2019: 8-3 end season rank 24 start 2020 prestige 74
2020: 7-4 end season rank 33.

What led to the turnaround?

As J R Ewing once said, once you give up integrity, the rest comes easy

In 2013, with the aid of some judicious bribery, we recruited HS players ranked #17 (QB), #18 (WR) and #77 (DT) in the nation, in 2014 a matching WR ranked #81 in the nation and in 2015 an OLB ranked #6 overall and yet another WR ranked #56 overall. After that, success fed on success.

Please do not take this as a blueprint for real life!

08-03-2003, 01:02 AM	#101
Roberto H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Feltham, west of London, England	2009 Week 9 Message Brad Agranoff, a quarterback, expressed the opinion that he should receive a full scholarship given his current level of playing time. I would if I could. There are none available. Academics. More grades out Bone-for-brains CB Filar is on E, three on D-, two on D, three on D+. Recruitment No acceptances, four rejections, seventeen declared visitors. The Match At #23 Northwestern. They are 5-2. This could be very bad. Take another look at the offense. FB Guthrie, then Diaz then Musselman. Campbell at Flanker, RB Malone at Split End. Backup WR Walken, Plante, Winslett. TE Berman, then Williamson, then Dell. RB Carlson then Kincaid. And pray … Stormy, 54 degrees. Shut out 0-28. It is very bad. They outrushed us by 227 net yards to 45 (4.2 yards per carry to 1.8) and outpassed us by 154 yards to 120 (an emphatic 8.5 yards per attempt to 4.4), won 24 first downs to our 7 and kept us firmly out of their red zone while reaching ours four times. QB Agranoff attempted three runs and, despite not being sacked, only made six yards overall. He succeeded with 11 of 27 pass attempts. Of the 16 failures, 8 were hurried, three defensed, two bad and three dropped (two by RB Carlson, one by RB Malone - that’s not like them, it must have been the slippery ball). Seven of eleven attempts for ten yards or fewer succeeded, as against three of sixteen attempts for eleven yards or more. Running yardage was led by RB Kincaid with 26 yards, then RB Carlson with 17. Leading in tackles was S Coffman with ten (one for loss), followed by ILB Stargell with eight (one for) and OLB Casanova also with eight (but two for). For what good it did, there was one sack, by DE Clements. Notre Dame do not feature in the Players of the Week list. No new injuries TV1 presents a match from the West Coast, where #3 Stanford win 47-41 at #4 Southern California. On TV2 #9 Texas A&M have a more emphatic 31-14 win over #22 Colorado. Week 10 Recruitment Everett Dole, a quarterback from Somers High School in Lincolndale, New York, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season. He’s 66+ Acad/Prest #2 QB in New York State Nat Rank #197. He likes to run all the time (away from New York, obviously). Percy Sauerbrun, a wide receiver from Jackson Center High School in Jackson Center, Ohio, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season. He’s 57+ Dist/Acad #1 WR in Ohio Nat Rank #600. Jay Reiss, an offensive guard from Lakeview Centennial High School in Garland, Texas, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season. He’s 73- Acad/Prest #2 G in Texas Nat Rank #193 Jon Connell, a cornerback from Weld Central High School in Keenesburg, Colorado, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season. He’s 54- Acad/Prest #2 CB in Colorado Nat Rank #744. Also four refusals Ten declared visitors. The Match* At #50 Ohio State. They are 4-3 and 23 point favourites. Like us, they play the Wishbone - but they’re better at it. They are #13 in rushes and #39 in rushing yards. Fair, 62 degrees. Routed 7-48 Our one consolation is a touchdown by FB Diaz with 1:47 of the match remaining. Overall, they outrushed us by 294 net yards to 61 (5.7 yards per carry to 2.1), outpassed us by 184 yards t 10610.2 yards per attempt to 4.4, won 25 first downs to our eight and visited our red zone four times, while only allowing us into theirs once. With QB Agranoff injured during the game, both Farley and Humphrey saw action. Agranoff was sacked once in three attempts for minus fifteen yards overall; Farley was also sacked once in his three attempts, but did better with zero overall yardage. Agranoff succeeded in five of thirteen pass attempts, Farley in three of nine and Humphrey in none of two. Of the overall sixteen failures, four were bad, five defensed, one blocked, three hurried, two intercepted and only one dropped (by RB Carlson, again!). RB Kincaid again led the yardage with 38 yards, followed again by RB Carlson with 21. Nobody else made (positive) double figures. What passes for the defense was led by S Atkins with eight tackles (one for loss), followed by CB Hoover with seven (one for) and DT Womble also with seven (none for). Has anyone seen a linebacker around here? Again, DE Clements made one sack. Also again, nobody from Notre Dame makes the Players of the Week List. New Injury QB Agranoff - out - pull quadriceps muscle - 5 weeks (rest of season) Already out for rest of season T Downs - out - broken ankle - 4 weeks (rest of season). DT Arnold - broken wrist ILB Wagner - arthroscopic knee surgery DT Humphrey - bruised ribcage On TV1 #11 Tennessee lose their unbeaten record, going 7-1 with a 0-17 shutout at #8 Florida. It’s TV2’s turn to visit the West Coast this week. They show #25 UCLA going down 24-49 at #3 Stanford. Week 11 Recruitment C.J. Norton, an outside linebacker from Ouachita Parish High School in Monroe, Louisiana, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season. He’s 52+ Acad/Dist #2 OLB in Louisiana Nat Rank #270 Also three refusals. The Match* Hosting #38 Illinois. They are 5-3 and 18 point favourites. Last week they beat #2 Michigan. They prefer the I-Formation, they’re pretty good at passing and their starting QB is a specialist at very long passing. Humphrey will start at QB. Fair, 62 degrees. Crowd of 31,800. Lose 3-10 We so nearly held them! The only score in the first half was a 33-yard field goal near the start of the second quarter. This lead held until four minutes in the fourth quarter, when ILLN ran a two-yard touchdown, promptly followed by a field goal. The stats are just weird. We outrushed them (!) by 189 net yards to 111, 5.1 yards per attempt to 3.0, but they outpassed us by 201 yards to 50, 5.5 yards per attempt to 3.1, and won 22 first downs to our twelve. They reached our red zone four times; we reached theirs once. QB Farley attempted four rushes for 21 yards overall, QB Humphrey two for ten. Neither was sacked. Farley succeeded in four of eleven pass attempts, Humphrey in two of five. Of the twelve failures, three were hurried, five defensed and two dropped (BY FB Guthrie and WR Campbell). All six which succeeded came from the eleven attempts below ten yards. All five attempts at longer passes failed. RB Carlson ran like the wind for 110 yards. Trailing behind was RB Kincaid, with 36. OLB Thorpe must have heard me casting aspersions on the linebackers. He made ten tackles, five for loss, and three sacks, hotly pursued by S Atkins with nine tackles (two for loss) and OLB Culp with eight (none for). Three more sacks were made by DE Clements, DE May and DE Owens. So we made six sacks, they made none, and still we lost? Yup. RB Carlson, G Norton (with five key run blocks) and OLB Thorpe make the Players of the Week list. New Injury QB Humphrey - doubtful - pulled groin - 4 weeks (he can still sit on the bench) T Callens - questionable - sprained ankle - 1 week (he’ll be back for the Purdue game) Already out for the rest of the season QB Agranoff - out - pulled quadriceps muscle T Downs - out - broken ankle DT Arnold - broken wrist ILB Wagner - arthroscopic knee surgery DT Humphrey - bruised ribcage There’s a Big Ten game on TV1. #1 Wisconsin maintain their unbeaten record to go 9-0 with a thrilling 27-26 home win over #26 Penn State. On TV2 #11 West Virginia are shut out 0-36 by #29 Pittsburgh. __________________ Roberto of London Last edited by Roberto : 08-03-2003 at 01:04 AM.

08-06-2003, 12:42 AM	#102
Roberto H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Feltham, west of London, England	2009 Week 12 Walk-on QB Aaron Erickson will never be more than a bench warmer (0/14) and should have the brains to see it (asp 69; int 74). Recruitment Mario Applegate, an inside linebacker from Sheridan High School in Sheridan, Indiana, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season. He’s 55++ Prest/Acad (but he came anyway) #2 ILB in Indiana Nat Rank #629 Henry Elliott, an outside linebacker from York Comprehensive High School in York, South Carolina, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season.* He’s 39+ Acad/Prest #1 OLB in South Carolina but unranked nationally. Also one refusal. The Match* Hosting #2 Michigan They are 8-1 and 25 point favourites. Last week they shut out Iowa 41-0. Which is not a good time to have to throw together a makeshift OL: LT is C Beckwith, LG Norton, C Battle, RG is C Stockman and RT Wilkins. Into the valley of death Rode the six hundred … Stormy, 43 degrees. Crowd of 32,500 at the last home game of the season. That’s a lot of hopes to dash. Beaten 10-38 A field goal at 1:47 for the second quarter, and a touchdown in the last second. Well, they outran us by 252 net yards to 89 (6.0 yards per attempt to 2.4), outpassed us by227 yards to 169 (13.3 yards per attempt to 7.3), won 30 first downs to our 15 and reached our red zone five times while limiting us to one appearance in theirs. QB Farley tried a running game. He was sacked twice in thirteen attempts for fifteen yards overall. So much for new ideas. He also succeeded in 14 of 23 pass attempts. Of the nine failures, one was bad, four defensed, three hurried and one intercepted (so none dropped). Ten of fifteen attempted for ten yards or fewer succeeded as against four of nine for eleven yards or longer. The running game was lead by RB Kincaid with 54 yards, then RB Carlson with 22. S Atkins came into his own with 12 tackles (though only one for loss). Then came OLB Culp with seven (one for), S Coffman with six (two for) and OLB Casanova also with six (but none for). There were no sacks by Notre Dame players. Only RB Carlson made the Players of the Week list. No new injuries On TV1 #5 Air Force go 10-0 with a 24-14 win at #36 Brigham Young. On TV2 #26 Nebraska go down 18-24 at #29 Missouri. Week 13 Academics Brad Filar, a cornerback, is at risk for failing a class this year. So what’s new? Otherwise two D-, four D. Recruitment Julio Rowell, a tight end from Hale High School in West Allis, Wisconsin, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season. He’s 58+ Dist/Prest #2 TE in Wisconsin Nat Rank #949 Wade Crane, an offensive guard from West High School in Madison, Wisconsin, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season. He’s 40+ Acad/Prest #2 G in Wisconsin Marc Bordano, a safety from Highland High School in Gilbert, Arizona, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season. He’s 51- Acad/Dist #2 S in Arizona Nat Rank #949 Three places to fill, and two scholarships The Match At local rivals Purdue. They are #81 and 4-6 and twenty point favourites. They prefer the Veer formation. Their starting QB excels in very long passing. There was an old man with a beard Who said: "It is just as I feared" Fair, 42 degrees. Lose 26-45 It started fairly well, with a 50-yard interception return from OLB Thorpe and an 18-yard touchdown from RB Carlson to put Notre Dame 14-7 ahead in the first quarter. They scored a touchdown and a field goal in the second quarter, to lead 17-14 at the break. After thet, we were always trailing, though touchdowns from WR Campbell in the third quarter and RB Carlson in the fourth quarter saved some pride. We narrowly outrushed them by 130 net yards to 129 (3.7 yards per carry to 3.0) but they outpassed us by 263 yards to 191 (9.0 yards per attempt to 7.3), won 23 first downs to our 17 and reached our red zone five times, while we reached theirs twice. QB Farley tried again. He was sacked once in 13 pass attempts and made 33 yards. This put him second in the list, behind RB Carlson with 67 and ahead of RB Kincaid with a pitiful 19. He succeeded with exactly half his pass attempts, 13 of 26. Of the other 13 failures, seven were hurried, two blocked, two defensed, one intercepted and one dropped (by RB Carlson). In an astonishing reversal of most of the season’s stats, six of fourteen attempts for ten yards or fewer succeeded and seven of twelve for eleven yards or more. Tackles were led by S Coffman seven (two for loss), followed by DT Womble and OLB Casanova with five each (one each for loss) and S Atkins and CB Hoover also with five each (but none for loss). On TV1 #39 Connecticut are thrashed 9-41 by #18 Indiana. On TV2 #25 Missouri learn that pride comes before a fall. After their televised win last week, they are thumped 21-59 by #44 Iowa State. This ends Notre Dame’s 2009 season: 1-10, 0-8 in the Big Ten (and rock bottom). 125 in the coaches’ poll 124 in the fans’ poll Ranked 119. __________________ Roberto of London Last edited by Roberto : 08-06-2003 at 12:44 AM.

08-14-2003, 08:20 AM	#103
Roberto H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Feltham, west of London, England	200 Post Season Recruitment continues. Week 14 No acceptances. On TV1 #10 Texas A&M are pipped 38-41 at #4 Texas. On TV2 #20 California are thumped 7-33 by #3 Stanford. Week 15 Nolan Farr, a cornerback from Emsley A Laney High School in Wilmington, North Carolina, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season. He’s 44+ Acad/Prest #4 CB in North Carolina Sammy Karl, a fullback from Section High School in Section, Alabama, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season* He’s 41+ Prest/Dist #3FB in Alabama Jack Wells, a center from Borah High School in Boise City, Idaho, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season. He’s 39+ Dist/Acad #2 C in Idaho and will come as a walk-on. Jermaine Martin, a kicker from Jay County High School in Portland, Indiana, has accepted your invitation to play for your school next season. He’s 42+ Acad/Prest #5 K in Indiana but with GPA 3.88 he’ll be an academic asset. Which ends the recruiting. It includes the players ranked 33, 193, 197, 264, 270 and 5 others in the top 1,000. Seven were black-coded, four red-coded, three blue-coded and two green-coded. Lowest GPA is 3.11 (CB Connell), 2.69 (S Bordano) and 2.63 (FB Karl). At the end of the regular season, the only unbeaten teams are Wisconsin and the Air Force. No teams are 0-11 but two others join Notre Dame on 1-10, Tulane and Kent. In the play-off semi-finals: #2 Stanford beat #7 East Carolina 38-17. #1 Michigan beat #4 Southern California 44-20. So for the third year running the final is between Stanford and Michigan. This year, Stanford win 17-14. Player of the Year is Michigan RB Andy Blackwell: 400-1996 yards and 19 touchdowns. Runner-up (with 125 votes to Blackwell’s 133) was the one and only Robbie Ferguson QB at Southern California, winner in 2006 and 2007 and runner up in 2008. His figures this year: 318-for-503, 4522 yards, 51TD, 6Int. Notre Dame have one entry in the National Awards. OLB Phil Casanova in the Freshman Team The Big Ten awards honour: OLB Phil Casanova in the Academic Team. S Max Atkins in the Academic Team. __________________ Roberto of London

08-31-2003, 02:11 AM	#109
Roberto H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Feltham, west of London, England	2009 departing seniors Code: Player # Pos Elig Current Future McConnell, Brenden 29 RB Sr 38 38 Gillespie, Cole 98 TE Sr 30 43 Overby, Jim 84 TE* Sr 30 34 Cornplow, Bill 3 WR Sr 29 49 Godfrey, Brady 65 G Sr 11 43 Szilter, Malcolm 64 G* Sr 21 21 Beyer, Duane 77 DE Sr 34 68 Ford, Jessie 78 DE Sr 34 38 Necaise, Chuck 92 DE Sr 49 62 Garcia, Deon 58 OLB Sr 28 47 Mascorella, Mario 20 CB Sr 37 52 Ferderer, Jay 51 C Sr 28 42 Wilkins, Lamar 69 T Sr 18 39 Fulton, John 61 T* Sr 11 22 Taylor, Ben 90 DT Sr 40 62 Simmons, Ben 99 DT* Sr 8 32 Hickman, Lester 52 ILB Sr 38 46 Shelton, Melvin 57 OLB Sr 24 31 Harrison, Harvey 40 CB Sr 16 16 RB McConnell from distant Anchorage, Alaska played in 43 games and started 19 of them. His overall running yardage was 449 yards in 134 attempts, an average of 3.3 yards per attempt and 10.4 yards per game. He caught 13 passes and dropped none for 122 yards, an average of 9.3. He scored two running and no receiving touchdowns. A poor student (asp 38 int 25) he had to work hard to achieve GPA of 2.77. His major was Geology. TE Gillespie was a backup, playing in 40 games but only starting twelve of them. He caught 31 passes and dropped two for 355 yards, an average of 11.4. He scored a magnificent one career touchdown. An average student he leaves with GPA 3.01. His major was Hotel Management. TE Overby was a walk-on and also a backup in three of his four years. He played in 39 games starting twelve of them - but eleven of those twelve were in 2007. He caught 23 passes and dropped none for 309 yards, an average of 13.4. He scored no touchdowns. His talents lay off the field. A good student he leaves with GPA 3.48 and no grades below B in his major, Electrical Engineering. WR Cornplow was never more than a backup. He played in 26 games, but started none of them. Four successful catches and no touchdowns. He leaves with GPA of 3.16. His major was Business. G "Daddy Bear" Szilter featured mainly at the beginning and end of his career. A walk-on with no scholarships available to give him, he nevertheless played in 38 games, starting in 24 of them; these included all eleven games in 2005 and in 2008. He made two key run blocks (a percentage of 10.0%) and allowed 18 sacks (3.6%). 6-8 he ended his college career at 343 pounds. GPA 3.46, with no grades lower than B in his major, Chemistry. G Godfrey was a career backup and a talent-free zone. He played in 17 games but did not start any of them. He made two key run blocks (a percentage of 33.3%) and allowed two sacks (4.5%). 6-6 he ended his college career at 341 pounds. His greatest talent was as a passable impression of a row of short planks. With asp 13 and int 23, it’s a wonder that he leaves with GPA of 2.78. His major was Astronomy. DE Ford was a backup until his senior year. He played in 37 games and started 20 of them including every game in 2008. His overall record was 83 tackles, 16 for loss, and 5 sacks. A good student he leaves with with GPA 3.38 and no grades below B in his major, education. DE Necaise would have played a larger role than he did but for injuries. He played in 33 games and started 20 of them including ten of ten in 2006 and (prior to breaking an arm) six of six in 2008. His overall record was 65 tackles, 26 for loss, and 12.5 sacks. An outstanding student (int 87, asp 98) he leaves with GPA 3.59, and only two of 25 greade below B. DE Beyer was mainly a backup, though his last season was cut short with a terrible compound leg fracture. He played in 31 games but only started 7 of them. His overall record was 88 tackles, ten for loss, and two sacks. Another outstanding student (asp 96, int 100) he leaves with GPA 3.88, and straight As in his major, Journalism. OLB Garcia was yet another player who was pretty well a backup until his senior year. He played in 36 games starting eleven of them, all of those in 2008. He made 59 tackles, 7 for loss and 28 assists and two sacks. Another bundle of short planks (asp 7 int 7), he leaves with GPA 2.61. His major was Astronomy. CB Mascorella was a rock, starting every game for which he was eligible, but for all of that he wasn’t actually much good. He made 23 tackles, two for loss, and 34 assists (but no sacks), intercepted one passes (for all of five yards) and allowed 54 to be caught. A very weak student (asp 12 int 5) he was propped up sufficiently to leave with with GPA 2.38. His major was Trigonometry. C Ferderer had a career like the hole in the polo mint. He played in 37 games, starting in 22 of them; the games which he started were all those in 2006 and 2007, but none of those in 2005 or 2008. He made 47 key run blocks (a percentage of 26.7%) and allowed 7 sacks (1.4%). 6-4 he ended his college career at 289 pounds. A diligent student, he goes into his final year of study with GPA 3.79. His major is Jurisprudence. Let the record show also that he made the 2007 Big Ten All-Academic Team. T Fulton was a career backup with little talent. He played in 25 games but did not start any of them. He made one key run block (a percentage of 16.6%) and allowed five sacks (6.8%). 6-5 he ended his college career at 312 pounds. Another good student, he enters his last year of study with GPA of 3.66 and straight As in his major, Mechanical Engineering. T Wilkins never really developed to his full potential on the field. Possibly a redshirt year could have done the trick, but we shall never know. He played in 33 games, starting in 16 of them, including all eleven games in 2006. He made 20 key run blocks (a percentage of 20.8%) and allowed 11 sacks (3.3%). 6-5 he ended his college career at 332 pounds. An outstanding student, who made the Big Ten All-Academic Team in 2006, (asp 100 int 90) he enters his last year of study with GPA 3.86 and only three of twenty grades on his record below straight A. His major is Metallurgy. DT Simmons was almost wholly a backup. He played in 36 games but only started four of them. His overall record was 35 tackles, 10 for loss, and 7.0 sacks. A very weak student (asp 25 int 32) he enters his final year of study with GPA 1.92. His major is Geography. By contrast, DT Taylor was a rock, and a strong one. He played in all 44 games for which he was eligible and started 40 of them. His overall record was 124 tackles, 22 for loss, and five sacks. He enters his final year of study with GPA 3.35. His major is Psychology. ILB Hickman was pretty solid. He played in 33 games and started 16 of them. His overall record was 136 tackles, 20 for loss, 49 assists and 4.5 sacks. A weak student, he enters his fifth year of study with GPA 2.83. His major is Algebra. He is also the only senior on the team without a girlfriend. Perhaps he should wash under his armpits more frequently. OLB Shelton was a fixture in the team for the past two years. He played in 28 games and started 23, including all 11 in 2007 and ll 11 in 2008. He made 80 tackles, 11for loss and 34 assists and three sacks. Another weak student (asp 7 int 2) he enters his fifth year of study with GPA 2.35. His major is Geology. CB Harrison was a career backup, and something of a tadpole. He played in 38 games but did not start any of them. He made 17 tackles, none for loss, two assists and no sacks, intercepted one passes (for no yards) and allowed 14 to be caught. A very good academic (asp 68 int 83) he goes into his final year with GPA 3.80 and three straight As and a B+ in his major, Dentistry. __________________ Roberto of London

08-31-2003, 02:12 AM	#110
Roberto H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Feltham, west of London, England	2009 Notre Dame Individual All-Time Season Records Taking 2001-2009 as "all-time", what new Notre Dame records were set in 2009? None at all!!! __________________ Roberto of London

08-31-2003, 02:13 AM	#111
Roberto H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Feltham, west of London, England	2009 Grades Code: Team Performance: 30/100 Academic Performance 83/100 Recruiting Performance 100/100 TV Revenue 8/100 Alumni Donations 13/100 Attendance at Stadium 40/100 . Overall 42/100 __________________ Roberto of London

08-31-2003, 02:17 AM	#113
Roberto H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Feltham, west of London, England	Au Revoir This saga will now pause for a while. There's many years more of raw material, but I need to recharge my creative batteries. When it returns, it will return in a new thread and mutual links will be posted. Many thanks to any and all readers. __________________ Roberto of London

02-19-2004, 03:49 PM	#114
Roberto H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Feltham, west of London, England	The end of the story My old PC died horribly at the turn of the year. Though most of the drive contents could be preserved and were transferred onto the new system (kudos to SPS) it was not possible to start TCY from the preserved position. So all the save games, and therefore all the sources from which rosters and results could be printed, were lost. Just in case anyone was waiting for the story to resume, here are the bare bones of "what happened next" from my written notes. 2010-2015 The Years of Recovery 2010: 3-8 end season rank 112 start 2011 prestige 63 2011: 6-5 end season rank 62 start 2012 prestige 68 2012: 4-7 end season rank 85 start 2013 prestige 64 2013: 5-6 end season rank 80 start 2014 prestige 66 2014: 2-9 end season rank 110 start 2015 prestige 61 2015: 5-6 end season rank 73 start 2016 prestige 66 2016-2020 So near, and yet so far 2016: 8-3 end season rank 33 start 2017 prestige 70 2017: 7-4 end season rank 40 start 2018 prestige 73 2018: 7-4 end season rank 40 start 2019 prestige 71 2019: 8-3 end season rank 24 start 2020 prestige 74 2020: 7-4 end season rank 33. What led to the turnaround? As J R Ewing once said, once you give up integrity, the rest comes easy In 2013, with the aid of some judicious bribery, we recruited HS players ranked #17 (QB), #18 (WR) and #77 (DT) in the nation, in 2014 a matching WR ranked #81 in the nation and in 2015 an OLB ranked #6 overall and yet another WR ranked #56 overall. After that, success fed on success. Please do not take this as a blueprint for real life! __________________ Roberto of London

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