Thursday, January 20, 2011

Notre Dame's Greatest Recruiting Classes!

The folks at Bleacher Report just published their own ranking of Notre Dame's ten greatest recruiting classes of all time.  I thought you'd enjoy this story -- as we sit less than two weeks away from National Signing Day.  Here's a link:

LINK:  BLEACHER REPORT:  ND'S TOP TEN RECRUITING CLASSES

A ND Alum -- Running Across America!

His name is Jeff Grabosky '05 -- and this Notre Dame alum begins a "run" across America later today!  As you'll see in the links below, Jeff has a wonderful story to tell -- and a wonderful message for our country.  The ND GO IRISH BLOG is committed to following this DOMER'S journey from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast.  I encourage all of you to click on the link to his blog (below) and to click on the story about the motivation behind this 3,700 mile run.  Good Luck Jeff!

LINK:   A RUN FOR PRAYER

LINK:  JEFF RUNS AMERICA -- OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Tuitt "Re-Commits" to Notre Dame!

In the last half hour -- it's been reported that FIVE-STAR Stephon Tuitt, one of the top 25 players in the country -- has re-committed to joining the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame!   If you've been following recruiting -- Tuitt announced yesterday that he was "de-committing" from the Irish and "committing" to Georgia Tech.  Well, that all changed this evening when Coach Kelly, Diaco and Martin visited with Stephon and his Mom-- at the Tuitt residence in Georgia.  See the link to the Atlanta JourNal Constitution story below.  Tuitt's commitment now means Notre Dame's current recruiting class has four defensive players who are among the TOP 100 players in the country.  A first for Notre Dame football in the past ten years!  They are as follows:
  • Ishaq Williams, OLB -- Rivals has him ranked the #16 player in the country
  • Stephon Tuitt, DE -- Rivals has him ranked the #22 player in the country
  • Aaron Lynch, DE -- Rivals has him ranked the #28 player in the country
  • Ben Councell, OLB -- Rivals has him ranked the #91 player in the country
Here's a link to Rivals Ranking of the TOP 100 High School football players in the Class of 2011:

LINK:  RIVALS TOP 100

LINK:  AJC -- TUITT SWITCHES COMMITMENT TO ND