What - the three winners don't get that Lou Holtz doll from his Arkansas days that the catalogue can't give away!
Andy | Email | Homepage | 01.08.06 - 9:12 pm | #

News reporting that Fasano will go to the NFL, and Samardzija will be named a Concensus All-American.
Brad | Email | Homepage | 01.09.06 - 6:45 pm | #

I recently took a look at the US Army All-American Game roster. Playing on the team were 10 ND commits - that's a good sign. These players play a variety of positions, mostly offense, and they obviously play well.

For comparison, other schools' showings in terms of commits in the Game:

Auburn - 1
Arizona - 1
Arizona State - 1
Clemson - 2
Georgia - 2
Florida - 6
Florida State - 1
Iowa - 1
Kansas - 1
Kansas State - 1
LSU - 3
Miami - 1
Michigan - 4
Notre Dame - 10
Ohio State - 3 (Including two star players)
Oklahoma - 3
Oklahoma State - 1
Penn State - 4
Pitt - 2
Purdue - 1
Tennessee - 1
Texas - 6
Texas A&M - 1
UCLA - 2
USC - 6
Utah - 1
Wisconsin - 1

By my count, Notre Dame had the highest number of recruits at the game. This tidbit is encouraging, seeing how important recruiting will be in Notre Dame's near future.
Chris | Email | Homepage | 01.09.06 - 11:26 pm | #

spamity calamity
mike | Email | Homepage | 01.10.06 - 1:08 am | #

Who pick those players to go to the US Army A-A game? Lemming?
Tintin84 | Email | Homepage | 01.10.06 - 1:54 pm | #

No, the Army picks from consensus lists, but also from a variety of their own criteria.
Brad | Email | Homepage | 01.10.06 - 2:34 pm | #

I heard Lemming picks.
Anonymous | Email | Homepage | 01.10.06 - 2:41 pm | #

"Notre Dame had a game-high 10 commitments among the 78 participants (conspiracy theorists should note that Chicago-based recruiting analyst Tom Lemming chooses the rosters),"

This quote came fron Stewart Mandel's column this week on CNNSI.
Tintin84 | Email | Homepage | 01.10.06 - 8:04 pm | #

That Paterno tray is sweet. Perfect for serving guests vintage 7up in those commemorative bottles from the 1973 and 1977 championship seasons.
Joe | Email | Homepage | 01.11.06 - 12:31 am | #

I actually have a bunch of those.
Brad | Email | Homepage | 01.11.06 - 8:51 am | #