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'09 PA ATH E.J. Banks (Notre Dame Verbal)

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osugrad21;1195445; said:
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E.J. says he came close to committing to Notre Dame and his parents loved South Bend.
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I saw the same thing. I wanna know what ... was so special about their program that made him feel that way. He must be getting promised a starting spot or something because I wouldn't want my son playing for the Hamburglar or a sorry Notre Lame with nothing to show for top recruiting classes the last few years.
 
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tonystarx;1195520; said:
I saw the same thing. I wanna know what ... was so special about their program that made him feel that way. He must be getting promised a starting spot or something because I wouldn't want my son playing for the Hamburglar or a sorry Notre Lame with nothing to show for top recruiting classes the last few years.
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Dude, are you serious?

As much as I hate to say this (as I am an OSU grad student), Notre Dame has an excellent academic reputation and thanks to people like Beano Cook, Notre Dame has a mystique to high school football players.

Notre Dame has one bad year on the field and all of a sudden, everyone says Weis can't coach his way out of a paper bag and South Bend is a deplorable destination.

Let me say this objectively. I bleed scarlet and gray, but if my kid wanted to play football for a guy who has NFL ties and has multiple Super Bowl rings, at an institution known for its academics, I am A-OK with that.

The cache of an ND degree (even if it is overblown somewhat) is real in the professional world. Banks has every right to consider whatever school he wants.
 
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tonystarx;1195520; said:
I saw the same thing. I wanna know what ... was so special about their program that made him feel that way. He must be getting promised a starting spot or something because I wouldn't want my son playing for the Hamburglar or a sorry Notre Lame with nothing to show for top recruiting classes the last few years.
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There's a time and a place to hate Notre Dame ... but it's never in our recruiting forum. In our opinion, trashing a kid's choice of school is equivalent to trashing the kid, and we simply won't allow that here.

Also, there is a strict "no cursing" rule in the recruiting forum - please abide by it in the future.
 
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Notre Dame is one heck of a school and they will win some games in the next couple of years. I have nothing against them...really I just hate the media love fest and I'm not a fan of Weiss unfortunately. Anyways, seems like we are in for a fight. I sitll hope we end up with him though.
 
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OWUBuckeye51;1195527; said:
Dude, are you serious?

As much as I hate to say this (as I am an OSU grad student), Notre Dame has an excellent academic reputation and thanks to people like Beano Cook, Notre Dame has a mystique to high school football players.

Notre Dame has one bad year on the field and all of a sudden, everyone says Weis can't coach his way out of a paper bag and South Bend is a deplorable destination.

Let me say this objectively. I bleed scarlet and gray, but if my kid wanted to play football for a guy who has NFL ties and has multiple Super Bowl rings, at an institution known for its academics, I am A-OK with that.

The cache of an ND degree (even if it is overblown somewhat) is real in the professional world. Banks has every right to consider whatever school he wants.
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ND had it's own level of mystique WAY before Beano ever spouted off about anything. Rockne, The Four Horsemen, The Gipper, Leahy, Parsegian.....the list goes on.
 
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OWUBuckeye51;1195527; said:
Dude, are you serious?

As much as I hate to say this (as I am an OSU grad student), Notre Dame has an excellent academic reputation and thanks to people like Beano Cook, Notre Dame has a mystique to high school football players.

Notre Dame has one bad year on the field and all of a sudden, everyone says Weis can't coach his way out of a paper bag and South Bend is a deplorable destination.

Let me say this objectively. I bleed scarlet and gray, but if my kid wanted to play football for a guy who has NFL ties and has multiple Super Bowl rings, at an institution known for its academics, I am A-OK with that.

The cache of an ND degree (even if it is overblown somewhat) is real in the professional world. Banks has every right to consider whatever school he wants.
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wholeheartedly
 
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One bad year????
Have you watched TV on Saturdays for the last decade?
They had one of the worst seasons I have EVER seen last year...out of ANY team. They had a bad decade, and they haven't stopped the bleeding yet.

and...I would never do my kid the disservice of sheltering them and sending them to ND for the greatest four years of their life.




OWUBuckeye51;1195527; said:
Dude, are you serious?

As much as I hate to say this (as I am an OSU grad student), Notre Dame has an excellent academic reputation and thanks to people like Beano Cook, Notre Dame has a mystique to high school football players.

Notre Dame has one bad year on the field and all of a sudden, everyone says Weis can't coach his way out of a paper bag and South Bend is a deplorable destination.

Let me say this objectively. I bleed scarlet and gray, but if my kid wanted to play football for a guy who has NFL ties and has multiple Super Bowl rings, at an institution known for its academics, I am A-OK with that.

The cache of an ND degree (even if it is overblown somewhat) is real in the professional world. Banks has every right to consider whatever school he wants.
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wadc45;1195634; said:
BACK TO EJ...THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER THREADS TO DISCUSS ND FOOTBALL.
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Wad, what are your thoughts on EJ in light of Bill K's assessment and now these latest updates in which he says, on the one hand, that he's going to take his time and is having a spot held for him, then on the other that he almost committed to ND?
 
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I thought for sure that Vlad would be in this class and that EJ wouldn't. I think it could be first come first servce between the two of them, but right now I'm not sure if there is room for either, with the staff seemingly focuse on Watt, Berry, Hall and either a 2nd TE or even possibly a QB in this class.

There are still a lot of great DBs on the board so if EJ heads to ND I would not have a problem with the staff focusing on McGee, Emilien, Hawkins, etc...if in fact they want another DB/ATH in this class.
 
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wadc45;1195665; said:
I thought for sure that Vlad would be in this class and that EJ wouldn't. I think it could be first come first servce between the two of them, but right now I'm not sure if there is room for either, with the staff seemingly focuse on Watt, Berry, Hall and either a 2nd TE or even possibly a QB in this class.

There are still a lot of great DBs on the board so if EJ heads to ND I would not have a problem with the staff focusing on McGee, Emilien, Hawkins, etc...if in fact they want another DB/ATH in this class.
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This is an honest answer. We can't possibly hold a scholarship for everyone it's been said we are holding a scholarship for in the various threads.
 
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Thinking Banks might be caught up in "playing the game". He's throwing a lot of contradictory or clashing statements out there, realized or not. Says he has a definite top two just before making summer visits, then he backpedals from the commit now buildup. Says he's in no hurry, despite a) OSU's class filling up more than rapidly, and b) wanting to be an EE (big deal at ND - not sure about you guys but admissions only allows us three per class, and one spot is taken already). Thought about committing to ND, but not too hard? Not trying to lambaste him or anything, but it is an odd one to follow.
 
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