LOTD Lightning Round (LOTD 6/29)

Not much news out there today, so I'm going to go with a lightning round LOTD.

First, some personal business. A shout out to OC Domer for a nice plug in his latest post. That's all. Secondly, I got an email from my good friend (sarcasm) MKAllen. MKA has started (another) new ND website and wanted me to send him some traffic. Anyone who has spent 5 minutes on an ND football board knows of the infamous MKA. He doesn't have the University's best interest in mind, and will inevitably go off the deep end (ETD - 3 weeks into the season). Be wary blarneys.

Alright, let's move on to the reaction to the Fauria post. I had 15 comments on that story, more than any other story in TDS's short history. It gives me the opportunity to do two things; post a reaction to the... uh, reactions, and post some sort of comment policy. I'll start with the latter.

I'm a pretty big anti-censorship guy, but some stuff won't be tolerated. Keep your comments reasonable and.. well, not disgusting, and I'll keep them up. Make comparisons to Hilter, as some have, and they will not.

Some people are committed to going by the letter of the law in this case, and not the spirit of the law. Fair enough, technically you are correct. Then again, just because a rule exists does not make it right. Kicking a kid out of college for a minor infraction and then refusing him an appeal is not fair. There's no two ways about it. The spirit of the law sees a kid doing what teenage boys do, but a kid who also has a 3.0, loves the school, was rocketing up the depth chart, and who was a member of his class. The spirit of the law says that there is no reason to kick a kid out of school for a minor infraction, especially when he adds so much to the University.

Blake Lueders redux... BGS has a nice report on the commitment (though they got the title wrong... it's "Blake's got a new face" according to Vampire Weekend). Lueders adds some nice depth to the defensive end position. I think the Irish will be good at the position for now, though they may add another DE for good measure (and protection from the small chance that Martin defects, which doesn't seem likely at this point).

BlueandGold.com has a list of five potential sleeper candidates for the Irish this year. The nominees are: Duval Kamara, Sergio Brown, Dan Wenger, Manti Te'o, and Mike Ragone. I agree on Brown and Ragone. Both should see some solid playing time this year, with Ragone being moved up to #2 on the depth chart now that Fauria is leaving. Kamara will battle incoming frosh Shaquelle Evans and Robbie Parris for the #3 WR spot, though he leads in the experience column. Wenger will have to battle to get in the top 5 among linemen, which could be difficult with the emergence of Trevor Robinson. Te'o has the goods, but it will depend on how quickly he can adjust to the speed of the game.

SubwayDomer is back with a nice week in review. If you haven't been following this site all week (and why haven't you been? The critics have said we're "on fire this week"), check it out. It should get you caught up.

Alright, that's all for today.