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Here's the first installment of what will hopefully be a weekly feature; a top 25. So, with apologies to Dave Eggers, away we go.1. Florida- What more is there to say? They are loaded at every position and they have the messianic Tim Tebow. An undefeated season is a possibility.2. Oklahoma- Sam Bradford is back, they are loaded at WR, and they already averaged over 51 points a game last year.3.

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So here's the deal. I've gotten my blogger issues worked out. As I mentioned before, I've recently moved into a new apartment, and the Time Warner guy (Cable Guy!) is being slow in installing my new internet service. It should be up by Monday, where I will resume daily updates as we head into the season. I have some new features I plan on breaking out, and there should be a lot more original

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I'm having some issues with Blogger right now, which is the reason for the lack of posts recently. I'm hoping to have everything worked out by tomorrow. Stay posted.

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A few different items of note today. I'm going to start with an updated injury report, which now includes Jonas Gray. Gray has some hamstring issues, though the intensity of the injury is unkown. This goes against what some well-intentioned idiot commenter said yesterday, claiming that everyone is in tip-top shape, despite the fact that Duval Kamara had his knee scoped, Darrin Walls has hammy

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There's a whole lot of stories from the past two days, so I'm going to put them out there for you with a bit less commentary than usual, just because I want to write a blog post, not a novel. Here we go with the lightning round.- Golden Tate was named to the Biletnikoff Award Watch List, while Sam Young was named to the Outland Trophy Watch List. Tate has a shot at winning it, though I hold to

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Finally, FINALLY, fall practice has started, and you can almost smell the grass of Notre Dame Stadium in the fall. Frankie V, at UHND, has an update on what went down. Also, kudos to Frank and Kyle on the new site design.Armando Allen looks disappointing early on, "going through the motions a little too often", which shouldn't really surprise anyone. On the other hand, Theo Riddick looks very

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Some actual football news... HOORAH!Brian Hamilton, of Around the Bend, has the updated pre-season depth chart. It reads something like this:Offense-QB: Clausen, CristHB: Allen, Hughes, GrayFB: Aldridge, PaskorzWR (X): Tate, Kamara, D. WalkerLT: Duncan, RomineLG: Stewart, CaveC: Olsen, WengerRG: Robinson, NussRT: Young, DeverTE: Rudolph, RagoneWR (Z): Floyd, Parris, GoodmanDefense:LDE:

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Back from vacation, rested and ready to post. There's quite a bit of news that came up in the interim, so I'll keep this LOTD post to Notre Dame news and start up with general college football news on the next one, as it happens.Big news from the past week are the comments from homophobic slime-bucket Hawaii head coach Greg McMackin, who referred to a dance the Irish players did at a banquet as a

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So you may have noticed the lack of posts this week. Consider it a refueling before August begins to take shape.I'll be out of town for the weekend, but will return with posts on Monday... or maybe Tuesday... or maybe....

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Big news of the day is obviously the transfer of Nate Montana. I don't think the importance is on the loss of the fourth string quarterback, though Montana was heading into the season as third on the depth chart. I think the biggest news is that this is a statement, though indirect, that Joe Montana doesn't really believe in Charlie Weis.Think about it. Montana's kid, the one that's supposed to

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So it turns out TCU won't be on the 2010 schedule after all. The Horned Frogs are apparently already booked for 2010, so there's no room at the inn. This is all fine. TCU would have been a decent opponent, but it's one of those games that you can't really benefit from. If you win, you just beat a mid-major... whoop-de-do. If you lose, you got beat by an inferior team. And seriously, the 2010

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Real work has kept me from posting recently. Blogging is great, but very few have the skills to pay the bills, so the rest of us meddle our lives away doing other things, like contributing to the capitalist society we live in (usually by serving coffee and pouring the money back into the economy by buying PBR). Anyways, on to sports.There's plenty of stories from the mini-hiatus. A lot of it

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There's a real lack of news right now, so rather than make some up (which would be of poor quality and poor taste, but really fun), I'm going to hang on to a couple of stories for a Links post sometime tomorrow.Apparently we're in the dog days of summer. And that has nothing to do with Michael Vick's new found freedom.

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CB Spencer Boyd will become lucky 13 when he committed to play for the Irish in 2010. Boyd is a 5'10", 175 pound corner who runs a 4.45 40. He hails from Cape Coral High School in Cape Coral, Florida.Boyd had offers from Georgia, Michigan, Ole Miss, Stanford, West Virginia, North Carolina, and Miami. He is rated a 3-star prospect by Scout and Rivals, being ranked 29th at his position by the

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Big news is the Spencer Boyd commitment (I'm sure you've heard by now). I'll have a commitment profile up following this post (promise), so consider yourself warned.Lou Holtz will be inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame. Cheers to Lou (go ahead, say it with a lisp). Holtz is the only coach to lead six different schools to a bowl, but is more famous for being the last coach to get the

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Back from my personal all-star break, where I wasn't selected by the team but still got three days off. News!Urban Meyer told a bunch of Gator boosters that he was, "not going to Notre Dame. Ever. I'm going to be the coach at Florida for a long time, as long as they want me." It was a very emphatic statement, got the croud all riled up. As with most things Meyer does, it was loaded with dramatic

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Big news coming out yesterday was the commitment of linebacker Kendall Moore, the 12th recruit to commit to the Irish. So we're basically halfway done with this class, which provides a point to look back and evaluate what we have so far. Here's how the talent breaks down according to Scout and Rivals:Scout- one 5-star commit (Martin), five 4-star commits (Lueders, Jackson, Welch, Smith, Lombard),

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Charlie Weis and the Irish made it a dozen today when Kendall Moore decided to play for the Irish and become the 12th member of the class of 2010.Moore is a 3-star middle linebacker on Scout (ranked 17th overall) and a 4-star outside linebacker on Rivals (ranked 14th overall). He is 6'2", 229 pounds, and runs a 4.7 40. He attends Southeast Raleigh High School in Raleigh, North Carolina.Moore had

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Plenty of Notre Dame stories to go around today, so let's get to it.BGS has a story up regarding the Tommy Rees that is very encouraging. BGS notes that Rees has yet to be evaluated by many of the major sources, leading to his 3-star rating (and 82nd rating overall as a QB). ESPN recently added an evaluation after he committed to the Irish, rating Rees as a 78 overall (out of 100, I presume). The

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The Tyrone Willingham effect: known as subtraction by addition; namely subtraction of any good qualities from your team by addition of a really, really bad head coach. Results in added divots to campus golf course, total void in talent on the roster, and a boost in recruiting efforts the year after he is fired. May be contagious, especially in the areas of lack of heart, laziness, and poor work

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Playing Purdue is like fighting with your little brother. You're going to kick the snot out of him almost every time, but it never stops him from trying again. The Irish lead the series with 33 wins and 19 losses, which is impressive, but what is even more impressive is a 18-5 record in their last 23 games. Purdue did beat the Irish in 2007, but it was the rebuilding year 3 for Charlie Weis, and

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Big news of the day is a reported matchup between the Irish and Army to be played at Yankee Stadium (The House That Ruth Didn't Build). A blog called Road to Game Day, which I have never heard of, is reporting that "sources close to RTGD" are saying that the game will be played in 2010. RTGD also says that an official press release should be coming from the Boogie Down any time now.RTGD believes

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Big news from yesterday is the commitment of Lake Forest QB Tommy Rees (I wonder if he's neighbors with Dave Eggers). Rees, a 3-star on Scout and Rivals, is rated the 82nd quarterback in the nation, which has caused some issues among the Irish faithful. The question is should the Irish be offering a recruit who is (according to the recruiting services) most likely going to be little more than a

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The Irish got their 11th commitment to the Class of 2010 when quarterback Tommy Rees announced that he would attend the University next year.Rees is a three-star quarterback on both Scout and Rivals. He currently attends Lake Forest High School in Lake Forest, Illinois. Rees is 6'3" and 192 pounds. While his three-star rating is fairly average, Rees did have offers from Tennessee and Stanford to

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The big news from yesterday is obviously the commitment of defensive end Justin Utupo. Utupo becomes the tenth commitment to the Class of 2010, and his decision bumps the Irish into the top 10 of the Scout rankings. The Irish are currently ranked at #9 in the nation, but the highest rated school with 10 or fewer commitments.The Irish currently are averaging 3.7 stars per commit, which ranks right

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