Chris Carlin is a sometime host on WFAN in New York, former home of Don Imus and still home to Mike and the Mad Dog..he also does sports updates and has filled in on the Imus show.

Eddie Crowder was a QB some time ago for Oklahoma if I am not mistaken
captain jack | Email | Homepage | 08.30.07 - 3:05 pm | #

WFAN carried ND games for some time, without much enthusiasm.
captain jack | Email | Homepage | 08.30.07 - 3:07 pm | #

It's "Valdiserri." And my guess he's the third (Corrigan gets in as a former ACC Commissioner, and Hammond gets in from NBC Sports).
DJ | Email | Homepage | 08.30.07 - 3:32 pm | #

Thanks DJ.

And actually, he's not one of ND's guys. He stated as much in an article that we linked last year.
Pat | Email | Homepage | 08.30.07 - 3:38 pm | #

http://chicagosports.chicagotrib...llege- headlines
Bryan | Email | Homepage | 08.30.07 - 3:42 pm | #

I think it's safe to say the secret is out of the bag.
Pat | Email | Homepage | 08.30.07 - 3:57 pm | #

There are more and more reports about people talking, blogs, facebook, etc. that indicate Jones is the starter. I am yet to see any of those indicating otherwise. At this point, it looks like either the cat is (not surprisingly) out of the bag...or, the genious of Charlie has leaked misinformation to really throw GT off. My guess is the former. I tend to believe that, although the strategic advantage of making GT prepare for 2 types of offense is there, the primary purpose was to be a distraction in order to protect his team. Even if GT does know now, I am sure they have already spent some "less than efficient" energy preparing for a drop-back passer.

Here's to an ND performance on Saturday with minimal mistakes...
Joel | Email | Homepage | 08.30.07 - 3:58 pm | #

And I figure Gailey and Tenuta knew it was going to be Jones a few weeks ago when the rumors really started to come out that he was the leading candidate.

But in the meantime, as Pete noted earlier, Weis kept the heat off of Jones, Sharpley, and Clausen in the media.

And Stewart Mandel still picked Sharpley.
Pat | Email | Homepage | 08.30.07 - 3:59 pm | #

Stewart Mandel is anti-Notre Dame and an idiot.
Don't read his trash.
Go IRISH.
BTW, I have not seen a role-call of who is going Saturday.
Subway Alumni | Email | Homepage | 08.30.07 - 4:21 pm | #

Chris Carlin is also the Rutgers radio play by play man, so I assume he's one of Rutgers guys
Bryan (ND Alumni '02) | Email | Homepage | 08.30.07 - 4:35 pm | #

Mandel is simply following the Columnist Creed:

As a sports soothsayer, if my colleagues choose X, I shall choose Y. If I'm correct, hooray for me, let's have cake. If I'm wrong, we never mention it again and I continue to act like I know everything.

It's airtight.
Pete | Email | Homepage | 08.30.07 - 4:39 pm | #