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Talked to my nephew last night about ND starting spring practice.
With the new rule making teams have only 105 players total, not 85 scholarship and unlimited walk-ons, he definitely will no longer be a player/manager, but just a manager moving forward. LOL

ND started on Wednesday, and obviously nothing can be taken from being in shorts & t-shirts.
He mentioned two things though that were of note that could actually mean something.

1) ND played their last regular season game in November, and the title game on January 20th. So they basically had 2 full months of practice in that time. He said that’s the length of two spring and one full fall camp. But it’s better because every practice was a game week, intense practice, unlike spring & part of fall camps.
Said that the ND players who were not starters basically got 2 months of taking real reps against the 1’s, which was invaluable. With all the injuries ND had, a lot of freshmen & sophomores last season were able to rep & play those 2 months against elite competition, who will be playing this season.
Advancing in the CFP gets you a lot of extra practice for real. So ND got to see a lot of the younger players in that environment, that usually you wouldn’t get to see.

2) The OL is huge & athletic now they are all back. ND lost 4 starters to injury last year, so basically played the CFP with their 2nd string OL. All five starters are back, plus two players who ended up having to start, so top 7 OL.
And the five they rolled out were three 5 Stars & two top 50. That doesn’t include the kid who filled in who was the Freshman All American or the top OT 5 Star in the last class.
The 5 that started off were:
6’7.25 320 (5 Star)
6’5.5 302 (Preseason All American)
6’8 318 (Backup, while starter recovers)
6’7.5 334 (5 Star)
6’6.25 300 (5 Star)

ND feels they are going to have the best OL in the country, and will have 8 guys battling for 5 spots, since so many starters are back from injury, battling the kids who filled in all CFP.

Nothing more to take away, because the first half of spring practice is worthless & nothing but unicorns & rainbows for 130 teams, when 120 of them actually aren’t that good, but somehow every player looks explosive, every coach in an upgrade, & everyone is going undefeated. LOL
 

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af97 said:
Talked to my nephew last night about ND starting spring practice.
With the new rule making teams have only 105 players total, not 85 scholarship and unlimited walk-ons, he definitely will no longer be a player/manager, but just a manager moving forward. LOL

ND started on Wednesday, and obviously nothing can be taken from being in shorts & t-shirts.
He mentioned two things though that were of note that could actually mean something.

1) ND played their last regular season game in November, and the title game on January 20th. So they basically had 2 full months of practice in that time. He said that’s the length of two spring and one full fall camp. But it’s better because every practice was a game week, intense practice, unlike spring & part of fall camps.
Said that the ND players who were not starters basically got 2 months of taking real reps against the 1’s, which was invaluable. With all the injuries ND had, a lot of freshmen & sophomores last season were able to rep & play those 2 months against elite competition, who will be playing this season.
Advancing in the CFP gets you a lot of extra practice for real. So ND got to see a lot of the younger players in that environment, that usually you wouldn’t get to see.

2) The OL is huge & athletic now they are all back. ND lost 4 starters to injury last year, so basically played the CFP with their 2nd string OL. All five starters are back, plus two players who ended up having to start, so top 7 OL.
And the five they rolled out were three 5 Stars & two top 50. That doesn’t include the kid who filled in who was the Freshman All American or the top OT 5 Star in the last class.
The 5 that started off were:
6’7.25 320 (5 Star)
6’5.5 302 (Preseason All American)
6’8 318 (Backup, while starter recovers)
6’7.5 334 (5 Star)
6’6.25 300 (5 Star)

ND feels they are going to have the best OL in the country, and will have 8 guys battling for 5 spots, since so many starters are back from injury, battling the kids who filled in all CFP.

Nothing more to take away, because the first half of spring practice is worthless & nothing but unicorns & rainbows for 130 teams, when 120 of them actually aren’t that good, but somehow every player looks explosive, every coach in an upgrade, & everyone is going undefeated. LOL
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I scanned point number 2 real fast and read it as " The OL is Huge & athletic now that they are all black" - and was nodding my head, that makes sense, for the culture lol
 
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af97 said:
Talked to my nephew last night about ND starting spring practice.
With the new rule making teams have only 105 players total, not 85 scholarship and unlimited walk-ons, he definitely will no longer be a player/manager, but just a manager moving forward. LOL

ND started on Wednesday, and obviously nothing can be taken from being in shorts & t-shirts.
He mentioned two things though that were of note that could actually mean something.

1) ND played their last regular season game in November, and the title game on January 20th. So they basically had 2 full months of practice in that time. He said that’s the length of two spring and one full fall camp. But it’s better because every practice was a game week, intense practice, unlike spring & part of fall camps.
Said that the ND players who were not starters basically got 2 months of taking real reps against the 1’s, which was invaluable. With all the injuries ND had, a lot of freshmen & sophomores last season were able to rep & play those 2 months against elite competition, who will be playing this season.
Advancing in the CFP gets you a lot of extra practice for real. So ND got to see a lot of the younger players in that environment, that usually you wouldn’t get to see.

2) The OL is huge & athletic now they are all back. ND lost 4 starters to injury last year, so basically played the CFP with their 2nd string OL. All five starters are back, plus two players who ended up having to start, so top 7 OL.
And the five they rolled out were three 5 Stars & two top 50. That doesn’t include the kid who filled in who was the Freshman All American or the top OT 5 Star in the last class.
The 5 that started off were:
6’7.25 320 (5 Star)
6’5.5 302 (Preseason All American)
6’8 318 (Backup, while starter recovers)
6’7.5 334 (5 Star)
6’6.25 300 (5 Star)

ND feels they are going to have the best OL in the country, and will have 8 guys battling for 5 spots, since so many starters are back from injury, battling the kids who filled in all CFP.

Nothing more to take away, because the first half of spring practice is worthless & nothing but unicorns & rainbows for 130 teams, when 120 of them actually aren’t that good, but somehow every player looks explosive, every coach in an upgrade, & everyone is going undefeated. LOL
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That OL is the best in the country. Hopefully Love is still hampered by injury and they won't have a mobile QB starting.
 
JHallCanes said:
Even if I hated every word, I still appreciate the info
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The funniest part of the conversation is hearing how the kids get communicated with about their status on the team with the new rule.
There are a handful of kids who legitimately are battling to get one of the 105 spots, because the others are no longer on the team at all.
My nephew is not in that group. He just laughed & told the coaches they didn’t need to have “the talk” with him. He was just go get the water ready. LOL
 
cway313 said:
That OL is the best in the country. Hopefully Love is still hampered by injury and they won't have a mobile QB starting.
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Love is back & 100%.
He had a strain, that’s why he could not get fully healthy, but kept playing.
Evidently, he was running full speed in practice without the brace.
There is practice clips out. You can see a dude snag a one-handed pass & zoom past everybody like they are standing still, then you see it’s Love, which explains it.
 
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af97 said:
The funniest part of the conversation is hearing how the kids get communicated with about their status on the team with the new rule.
There are a handful of kids who legitimately are battling to get one of the 105 spots, because the others are no longer on the team at all.
My nephew is not in that group. He just laughed & told the coaches they didn’t need to have “the talk” with him. He was just go get the water ready. LOL
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Well he’s already at a prestigious university and apparently has accountability and self awareness in his ****nal

He’s gonna steamroll the young kids out there in life I’m guessing
 
af97 said:
Love is back & 100%.
He had a strain, that’s why he could not get fully healthy, but kept playing.
Evidently, he was running full speed in practice without the brace.
There is practice clips out. You can see a dude snag a one-handed pass & zoom past everybody like they are standing still, then you see it’s Love, which explains it.
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between this & the Chase Smith notes from yesterday, i may start drinking for ND right now.
 
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af97 said:
Love is back & 100%.
He had a strain, that’s why he could not get fully healthy, but kept playing.
Evidently, he was running full speed in practice without the brace.
There is practice clips out. You can see a dude snag a one-handed pass & zoom past everybody like they are standing still, then you see it’s Love, which explains it.
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They certainly have the formula that has been impossible for Miami to overcome in recent history. Great OL paired with Great RB. They have the talent I expected we would have with multiple first round picks up front. Our defensive front 7 is the most important development for week 0.
 
252cane said:
They had a great o-line in 2017 too led by Nelson at guard. Believe the tackle ended up going 1st round too. They always have a good o-line
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Yeah no surprise.

Lets hope the build up of how great this OL is lights a massive fire under our DL and LB's to absolutely destroy them
 
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af97 said:
Love is back & 100%.
He had a strain, that’s why he could not get fully healthy, but kept playing.
Evidently, he was running full speed in practice without the brace.
There is practice clips out. You can see a dude snag a one-handed pass & zoom past everybody like they are standing still, then you see it’s Love, which explains it.
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No offense to your family, but as someone who was raised in Ann Arbor, f*ck ND, along with OSU.
But it is admittedly a great school and your nephew made a great choice. But in the end, my 8 year old self still says f*ck ND.
 
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