Originally posted by Godzilla Blitz:
2002 Final Preparations
Here is a look at our new and improved roster:
Notre Dame Roster, Scout Overview
Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Eggers, Donovan 9 QB So 37 98
Briggs, Marty 15 QB So* 27 55
Lyon, Ben 7 QB Fr 3 20
Barnes, Everett 10 QB Fr 9 19
Wolfe, Lonnie 32 RB Sr 84 85
Hedrick, Keith 40 RB Jr* 78 80
Littleton, Devin 45 RB Fr 0 0
Gray, Brock 21 RB Fr 4 4
Pearce, Louis 49 RB* Sr 59 80
Butler, Ryan 22 RB* So 42 78
Wynn, Lonnie 20 FB Sr 80 80
Conway, Matt 34 FB Fr 4 10
Schroeder, Oscar 30 FB* Sr 61 61
Briggs, Billy Bob 39 FB* Sr 48 51
Benitez, Paul 33 FB* Sr 47 63
Farr, Wade 92 TE Jr* 31 57
Ferrari, J.R. 99 TE Fr 0 11
Johnson, Rex 87 TE Fr 7 39
Keck, Isaac 85 TE* Sr 69 70
Banks, Kent 98 TE* Sr 63 79
Henson, Jumbo 80 WR Sr 66 66
Loendorf, Duane 1 WR Sr 83 83
Wilkerson, Perry 81 WR Jr* 35 73
Murray, Joey 88 WR So* 40 80
Linville, Ralph 86 WR Sr* 58 58
Roach, Dusty 8 WR Fr 2 12
Au, Nicky 84 WR* Sr* 55 55
Morrissey, Cornell 53 C Jr* 20 77
Shields, Ken 52 C Jr 42 72
Hodges, Colin 59 C Fr 4 4
Ellard, J.R. 54 C* Sr 61 61
Fisher, Bruce 62 G Sr* 44 76
Schulz, Thurman 64 G Sr 85 98
Clancy, Ian 66 G So* 31 71
Henry, Kim 78 G Sr 65 78
Burke, Trevor 76 G Sr 52 66
Gotchy, Winston 61 T Jr 26 64
Ramirez, Morris 63 T Sr 17 36
Koehke, Ronald 68 T Jr* 27 81
Bensen, Spencer 70 T Sr 73 91
Horn, Mickey 65 T Fr 0 4
Terrell, Brenden 16 P Sr 77 77
Stephens, Don 90 P Sr 1 1
Dodson, Robert 5 P* Jr* 55 73
Raines, Rondell 17 P* Sr 62 62
Davison, J.T. 12 K Sr 73 74
Trunsky, Nate 4 K Jr* 55 77
Amos, Mel 14 K Sr 77 79
Goodwin, Wendell 97 DE Jr 68 69
Lap, Hugh 77 DE So* 36 75
Meadows, Raymond 95 DE Jr* 52 62
Lowe, Toby 96 DE Sr 64 64
Coles, Horace 75 DE* Sr 55 82
John, Bryan 71 DE* So 32 57
Cantu, Bob 58 DE* So 7 9
Jamison, Jimmy 73 DT Fr 0 8
Winslett, Shane 67 DT* Jr* 23 50
Unger, Mickey 72 DT* So* 24 52
Rogers, Ernie 74 DT* So* 24 54
Landdeck, Butch 2 ILB Jr 8 8
Lockwood, Tommie 55 ILB Sr 58 58
Woodard, Cornelius 93 ILB So 31 60
Wallace, Fernando 50 ILB Sr* 36 96
Hartman, Jeremy 46 ILB Fr 15 28
Sherman, Greg 48 ILB Fr 5 40
Andersen, Percy 42 ILB Fr 0 0
Devoe, Percy 47 OLB Sr 46 52
Mackie, Doug 94 OLB Sr* 73 73
Jamison, Juan 91 OLB Sr 75 82
Crane, Gary 56 OLB So* 21 88
Raymond, Terrell 43 OLB So* 27 86
Hopkins, Willie 51 OLB Fr 0 11
Pauley, Randal 29 CB Sr 53 53
Holton, Nicky 24 CB Sr 66 66
Barker, R.J. 25 CB Sr 57 68
McAninch, Trevor 44 CB So* 34 88
McWilliams, Bruce 31 CB* Sr* 67 67
Murphy, O.J. 26 S Fr 3 3
Lester, Tyrell 36 S* Sr 71 71
Gordon, Shaun 23 S* Fr 13 50
Patton, Blaine 37 S* Fr 8 27
* in eligibility - Player has been red-shirted. * in position - Player is
walk-on. ** before name - Player is in danger of becoming academically ineligible.
We are still talented at a lot of positions. RB Wolfe has become a god among men, and looks to follow in the footsteps of last year’s Darkside award winner, RB Floyd. ILB Percy Anderson and RB Devon Littleton have turned out to be the gems of last year’s recruiting class, though. Take a look at those double zero’s! Gotta love ‘em!
In honor of Alf, we switch to the run-and-shoot, which should minimize the number of times that RB Wolfe gets the ball, and screw up our offense a bit. I am a bit concerned with this because we have depth at WR, but blame Alf if it doesn’t work.
And now it’s time for one of the most fun things in the year: the coach’s position change of the year! Remember last year? I pick one player, the fans pick one player? Well, I’ll pick now, and then we’ll hold our 2nd Why Let One Person Have All the Fun Contest after the first or second game of the season! That’s where you the fans get to vote on who to change positions for our 2nd change of the season. First, my choice will follow our tactical consultant Alf’s advice again. Alf suggested making an OL the QB. I am going to change this a bit and select junior DE Wendell Goodwin to make the move to QB. At 6’2” and 248 pounds, Wendell has the prototype QB build. With DE ratings of 81/100, 71/86, and endurance of 100, Wendell should make a fine QB. Just think of Duante Culpepper and you see the obvious logic. Psst. Wendell. Wanna play QB? You do? Here you are. Take the first team. Sure, those big shoulder pads and full cage are fine. Have a ball buddy. We love ya! Time for the change…
Oh, Wendell! Too bad! Your ratings fell to all 5’s across the board. What a shame! Oh, well, your potential is a 19, so you should be fine in a few years. Oh, yeah, I forgot. You’re a junior.
The goal here, unless things have changed with the patch, is to fool our coaches. Last year, when we changed positions, the scout ratings stayed high, and as a result, ILB/P Don Stephens, with abysmal ability as a punter, started there even though he couldn’t kick a dead mouse farther than an old man pees. If all goes according to plan, our predictable coaching staff will start Wendell, whose scout ratings stayed high. Go Irish!
Now let’s get to our time management settings. We’ll stick with what worked last year, but we want to handle our freshmen more carefully. We give them 22% study time, 10% weight lifting, 10% football study, and 23% free time. They should stay in school and be happy for a few years. We may mess with them further when it comes time to make the final push for #125. For everyone else, it’s our patented Notre Dame approach to football success: bookwork for the lineman and weightlifting for the backs. 35% practice. 10% study. 10% free time. And for those of you who are wondering, the old adage about all work and no play seems to be pretty much on target. Johnny may not be totally dull but judging by the 29 pissed off emails we got a week ago he sure is angry.
Actually that didn’t take long at all. Most everyone was set from last year, so that is a good thing. Time to play ball!!! Let’s go Irish!!! It has been a long offseason.