Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Training camp schedule released, Zeller has a shot with the Bulls, and SCUM news (LOTD 7/2)


Another version of the Lightning Round LOTD. Here we go:

The fall training camp schedule has been released. Here's the breakdown:
August 7th - Weis and the assistant coaches meet with the media
August 8th and 9th - Single practice sessions. Select players will be available on the 8th, with the entire roster being available on the 9th.
August 13th - First double session of the year.
August 15th - First practice open to the media. The team will probably stretch, run some basic drills, and maybe an off-tackle play or two.
August 17th and 20th - Two more double sessions.
August 21st - Freshman media day. Manti Te'o will be swarmed, while everyone else will be looking for someone to talk to.
August 23rd - Student appreciation day. Practice is open to the student body.
August 24th - Preparation for Nevada
August 29th - Last pre-season day. Most likely some sort of scrimmage or walk through.
August 30th - Weis meets with the press again. The 2009 season kicks off.

It's very similar to what Weis has done in the past. Hopefully it will produce some real news, though Weis isn't the type of guy to reveal much in his practices.

A quick bit of basketball news: Luke Zeller has made the Chicago Bulls summer team. Zeller tried out for the Bulls alongside Luke Harangody in pre-draft workouts. Zeller will be one of nine rookies on the summer team roster who will get to showcase their skills from July 14th-19th in Las Vegas. Best of luck to Luke in trying to make the league.

Non-ND news: Michigan might try to schedule someone of relevance (though not an away game, of course). The Michigan Men are looking to get the Georgia Bulldogs on the schedule for the 2010 opener. I'd love to see this happen, as Michigan would surely get a beatdown at the hands of a superior SEC team (in Ann Arbor no less... imagine the Michigan fan reaction).

Moving on, it appears that Mitch Mustain, who transferred from Arkansas to be the third string QB at USC, is in fact eligibile to play this season. Pete Carroll announced that Mustain was cleared for play, saying that the issue "has been resolved." So Petey Poodle pulled a few strings, and ole Mitchy is back in the depth chart at the QB3 slot (though probably without his "Play Like A Champion Today" hand towel).

That's all for now. Further updates on the way.

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