Rally Sons of Notre Dame - Jrex's ND Dynasty

[jrex1112]

Week 14 2013 (Season 1) ND Recap

Stanford Rolls Notre Dame

STANFORD, Calf. - Stanford outmatched Notre Dame in route to a 55-14 home victory to end the season 9-3. The Irish had three first half turnovers including a fumble on the first play from scrimmage. The Cardinal capitalized on all three and put the Irish in too big of a hole for them to climb out. Stanford ran the ball very well to the tune of 257 yards.

This ends the first season under head coach John Bax for the Fighting Irish at 4-8. Although the record is disappointing, the schedule was one of the toughest in the nation. This season really was a good window into how far Notre Dame has fallen down the college football ladder. They are currently a 1 star program. We will see if a 4 win season including a road win over a ranked Oklahoma team will be enough to earn the second star or if the Irish will have to try again next year.

Head Coach John Bax said that he was disappointed that this was how they were sending the seniors off, but is excited to get to work for next season. The Irish currently have 23 commits in their recruiting class and have two more prospects that they are working on going into the off-season.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Stanford Cardinal
Nov 30, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (4-8)	0	6	8	0	14
#14 Stanford Cardinal (9-3)	21	13	14	7	55

Team Stats Comparison
	ND	STAN
Total Offense	299	459
Rushing Yards	145	257
Passing Yards	154	202
First Downs	16	22
Punt Return Yards	0	20
Kick Return Yards	99	22
Total Yards	398	501
Turnovers	3	0
3rd Down Conversion	6-14	2-5
4th Down Conversion	1-4	0-0
2-Point Conversion	1-2	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3-2-0	8-6-1
Penalties	3-27	0-0
Possession Time	20:18	15:42

[Knickerbocker91]

Re: Week 14 2013 (Season 1) ND Recap

Tough way for the season to end. But like you said, you have a lot of players coming into the program next year and the only place to go is up. Loving the fact despite using a very well known big time program you haven't made things a cakewalk. It seems like we're all sadistic and masochists for wanting to see dynasties where people are losing 4-8 games a season but it adds a level of realism, not to mention the success feels all the more better.

Good luck next season, I'll continue to follow.

[jrex1112]

Re: Week 14 2013 (Season 1) ND Recap

Tough way for the season to end. But like you said, you have a lot of players coming into the program next year and the only place to go is up. Loving the fact despite using a very well known big time program you haven't made things a cakewalk. It seems like we're all sadistic and masochists for wanting to see dynasties where people are losing 4-8 games a season but it adds a level of realism, not to mention the success feels all the more better.

Good luck next season, I'll continue to follow.

I know what you mean. For me, realism is a must. All four wins were very hard to come by, as they should with a weak squad. Also, the win over Oklahoma feels so great as it was their only loss all season.

Thank you

[jrex1112]

Week 14/15 2013 (Season 1) NCAA Recap

End of Regular Season NCAA Recap

News	BCS Ranking
Gameday: #2 Ohio State beats rival #10 Michigan 27-24 in close contest	1. Ohio State (12-0) 2. Virginia Tech (12-0) 3. USC (12-0) 4. Alabama (11-1) 5. Texas A&M (11-1) 6. Texas (9-2) 7. Oklahoma (11-1) 8. Nebraska (9-3) 9. Michigan (10-2) 10. Stanford (9-3) 11. Clemson (10-2) 12. Louisville (10-2) 13. Wisconsin (11-1) 14. Kansas State (9-3) 15. Georgia Tech (9-3) 16. Wake Forest (10-2) 17. Fresno State (10-2) 18. Georgia (8-4) 19. Miss State (9-3) 20. Florida State (8-4) 21. Northwestern (7-5) 22. Northern Illinois (9-3) 23. San Diego St (9-3) 24. Baylor (9-3) 25. Navy (8-4)
Ole Miss (7-5) upsets #11 Miss State in the Egg Bowl, 35-16
Washington State upsets #18 Washington 27-24 in the Apple Cup
#1 Virginia Tech finishes the regular season 12-0 with 37-3 win over UVA
#22 Georgia Tech (9-3) upsets #8 Georgia (8-4), 35-21
Kentucky (2-10) upsets #20 Tennessee (8-4) 34-20 for second win

#11 Clemson (10-2) #2 Virginia Tech (12-0)	#9 Michigan (10-2) #1 Ohio State (12-0)
#6 Texas (9-2) #7 Oklahoma (11-1)	Washington (9-3) #3 USC (12-0)
#18 Georgia (8-4) #4 Alabama (11-1)

[jrex1112]

Conf Champions 2013 (Season 1) NCAA Recap

#11 Clemson 13 #2 Virginia Tech 41	#9 Michigan 33 #1 Ohio State 56
#6 Texas 24 #7 Oklahoma 30	Washington 30 #3 USC 27
#18 Georgia 24 #4 Alabama 38

[jrex1112]

Bowl Matchups 2013 (Season 1) NCAA Recap

2013 Bowl Matchups
New Mexico Bowl		San Jose State (7-5) vs Colorado (6-6)
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl		Ball St (8-5) vs Wyoming (6-6)
Poinsettia Bowl		USF (8-4) vs #23 San Diego St (9-3)
Beef O'Brady's Bowl		Rice (7-6) vs Arkansas (6-6)
New Orleans Bowl		Marshall (7-5) vs UL Monroe (8-4)
Las Vegas Bowl		UCLA (7-5) vs #18 Fresno State (11-2)
Hawai'i Bowl		FAU (6-6) vs Utah State (7-6)
Little Ceasars Pizza Bowl		Old Dominion (10-2) vs Buffalo (8-5)
Military Bowl		Bowling Green (9-3) vs Boston College (6-6)
Holiday Bowl		Oklahoma St (6-6) vs Arizona (7-5)
Belk Bowl		North Carolina (6-5) vs Ohio (6-6)
AdvoCare Bowl		SMU (7-5) vs Virginia (6-6)
Russell Athletic Bowl		Cincinnati (8-4) vs #16 Clemson (10-3)
Meineke Car Care Bowl		Purdue (6-6) vs West Virginia (6-6)
Armed Forces Bowl		FIU (8-4) vs Boise St (9-3)
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl		Navy (8-4) vs Utah (7-5)
Alamo Bowl		#14 Kansas St (9-3) vs #8 Stanford (9-3)
Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl		#25 Baylor (9-3) vs #21 Northwestern (7-5)
Music City Bowl		Florida (6-6) vs #20 Florida St (8-4)
Sun Bowl		Washington St (7-5) vs NC State (8-4)
Liberty Bowl		Auburn (6-6) vs UAB (10-3)
Peach Bowl		Tennessee (8-4) vs #15 Wake Forest (10-2)
Heart of Dallas Bowl		Syracuse (6-6) vs Uconn (6-6)
Gator Bowl		Missouri (8-4) vs Michigan St (8-4)
Capital One Bowl		Georgia (8-5) vs #11 Wisconsin (11-1)
Outback Bowl		#24 Ole Miss (7-5) vs #13 Michigan (10-3)
Rose Bowl		#5 Texas A&M (11-1) vs #19 Washington (10-3)
Fiesta Bowl		#3 Oklahoma (12-1) vs #12 Georgia Tech (9-3)
Sugar Bowl		#4 Alabama (12-1) vs #9 Louisville (10-2)
Orange Bowl		#6 USC (12-1) vs #7 Nebraska (9-3)
Cotton Bowl		#17 Miss St (9-3) vs #10 Texas (9-3)
BBVA Compass Bowl		Temple (7-5) vs Oregon (6-6)
GoDaddy.com Bowl		#22 NIU (9-3) vs W. Kentucky (9-3)
BCS National Championship		#2 Virginia Tech (13-0) vs #1 Ohio St (13-0)

[jrex1112]

Bowl Results 2013 (Season 1) NCAA Recap

2013 Bowl Winners
Bowl Game		Winner
New Mexico Bowl		Colorado (7-6)
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl		Wyoming (7-6)
Poinsettia Bowl		USF (9-4)
Beef O'Brady's Bowl		Arkansas (7-6)
New Orleans Bowl		UL Monroe (9-4)
Las Vegas Bowl		#22 UCLA (8-5)
Hawai'i Bowl		FAU (7-6)
Little Ceasars Pizza Bowl		Buffalo (9-5)
Military Bowl		Boston College (7-6)
Holiday Bowl		Arizona (8-5)
Belk Bowl		North Carolina (7-5)
AdvoCare Bowl		Virginia (7-6)
Russell Athletic Bowl		#12 Clemson (11-3)
Meineke Car Care Bowl		West Virginia (7-6)
Armed Forces Bowl		#23 Boise St (10-3)
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl		Utah (8-5)
Alamo Bowl		#7 Kansas St (10-3)
Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl		#14 Northwestern (8-5)
Music City Bowl		Florida (7-6)
Sun Bowl		Washington St (8-5)
Liberty Bowl		Auburn (7-6)
Peach Bowl		#24 Tennessee (9-4)
Heart of Dallas Bowl		Uconn (7-6)
Gator Bowl		Michigan St (9-4)
Capital One Bowl		#8 Wisconsin (12-1)
Outback Bowl		#18 Ole Miss (8-5)
Rose Bowl		#6 Texas A&M (12-1)
Fiesta Bowl		#4 Oklahoma (13-1)
Sugar Bowl		#2 Alabama (13-1)
Orange Bowl		#3 Nebraska (10-3)
Cotton Bowl		#10 Texas (10-3)
BBVA Compass Bowl		Oregon (7-6)
GoDaddy.com Bowl		#17 W. Kentucky (10-3)
BCS National Championship		#1 Ohio St (14-0)

[jrex1112]

Offseason 2013 (Season 1) NCAA Recap

2013 Top Head Coach Changes
School		New Head Coach		Old Head Coach
BYU		Joe Gould		B. Mendenhall (Fired)
Cal		George Williams		S. D (Fired)
Iowa		Steven Key		K. Ferentz(Fired)
Minnesota		Taylor Scott		J. Kill (Fired)
Kentucky		Jim Grobe		M. Stoops (Fired)
Penn St		Corey Walker		B. O'Brien (Fired)
Pitt		Nick Overstreet		P. Chryst (Fired)
Wake Forest		Bobby Petrino		Jim Grobe (Kentucky)
Kansas St		Brad Porter		B. Snyder (Retired)

[jrex1112]

Offseason 2013 (Season 1) NCAA Recap

2013 Notre Dame Draft Results
Player		Draft Round		Team
Chris Smith (88 ovr)		4th		San Francisco 49ers
Orlando Britt (85 ovr)		5th		Okland Raiders

[jrex1112]

Pre-Season 2014 (Season 2) - Notre Dame Depth Chart

Notre Dame Depth Chart - 2014
Regular Offense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD
WR	#88 Jeff Strickland - Jr (RS) 84	#81 Jordan Thompson - Jr (RS) 77	#89 Martin Walter - Sr (RS) 73
TE	#84 Danny Horne - Sr (RS) 84	#85 Brad Kramer - Fr 75
LT	#64 Kyle McIntosh - Fr 74	#74 Nick Tucker - So (RS) 73	#62 Junior Williams - Jr 72
LG	#73 Dustin Smith - Sr 83	#74 Nick Tucker - So (RS) 75	#66 Omarr Tucker - So (RS) 71
C	#71 Parker Palmer - Jr 76	#74 Nick Tucker - So (RS) 75	#66 Omarr Tucker - So (RS) 72
RG	#77 Karl Bonner - Sr 76	#74 Nick Tucker - So (RS) 75	#66 Omarr Tucker - So (RS) 71
RT	#75 Jason Vinson - Jr (RS) 75	#74 Nick Tucker - So (RS) 73	#62 Junior Williams - Jr 72
WR	#86 Nick Griffin - Jr (RS) 80	#82 Terry Outlaw - Jr (RS) 74	#85 Brad Kramer - Fr 72
QB	#17 Calvin Lewis - Sr (RS) 81	#10 Charlie Powell - Sr (RS) 76	#9 Matt Simpson - Jr 73
FB	#27 Joe Wood - Sr 79	#49 Sean Allen - Jr 71
HB	#23 Alex Banks - Sr (RS) 85	#5 Junior Roth - So 76	#26 Blake Maxwell - Jr (RS) 77
Base 4-3 Defense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD
LDE	#61 Stephen Thomas - Sr 80	#98 Chris Howell - So (RS) 75	#91 Brad Russell - Jr (RS) 73
LDT	#95 Vincent Smith - Sr (RS) 74	#94 Greg Larkin - So (RS) 71	#60 Ken Keller - Jr (RS) 66
RDT	#90 Lamar Davis - Fr 71	#94 Greg Larkin - So (RS) 71	#98 Chris Howell - So (RS) 68
RDE	#99 Joey Peters - Sr 78	#98 Chris Howell - So (RS) 75	#91 Brad Russell - Jr (RS) 73
WLB	#57 Morgan Boyd - Sr (RS) 85	#58 Adam Williamson - Sr (RS) 75	#50 Dennis Hill - Jr (RS) 74
MLB	#11 Jason Smith - So 80	#50 Dennis Hill - Jr (RS) 76	#58 Adam Williamson - Sr (RS) 75
SLB	#59 Eddie Lewis - Sr 78	#58 Adam Williamson - Sr (RS) 75	#50 Dennis Hill - Jr (RS) 74
CB	#35 Chris Hill - Sr (RS) 84	#46 B.J. Ryan - Jr (RS) 79	#5 Junior Roth - So 72
SS	#29 Brandon Jolly - So (RS) 76	#22 Maurice Sanchez - Jr (RS) 74
FS	#14 Cornelius Mackey - Fr 72	#21 Marvin Collier - So 73
CB	#36 Travis Hudson - Jr (RS) 80	#48 Chris Sims - Jr (RS) 74	#5 Junior Roth - So 72
Special Teams
	STARTER	2ND	3RD
K	#8 Anthony Hunter - Sr 91	#15 David Burnett - Fr (RS) 78
P	#8 Anthony Hunter - Sr 91	#15 David Burnett - Fr (RS) 79
H	#10 Charlie Powell - Sr (RS) 76
PR	#5 Junior Roth - So 89	#88 Jeff Strickland - Jr (RS) 91
KR	#5 Junior Roth - So 89	#88 Jeff Strickland - Jr (RS) 91
LS	#73 Dustin Smith - Sr 84	#75 Jason Vinson - Jr (RS) 76

[Knickerbocker91]

Re: Pre-Season 2014 (Season 2) - Notre Dame Depth Chart

Man, Virginia Tech just can't catch a break. Maybe next year.

[jrex1112]

Re: Pre-Season 2014 (Season 2) - Notre Dame Depth Chart

Man, Virginia Tech just can't catch a break. Maybe next year.

Yeah, but they were lucky to make it to the National Championship. They had the season opening win over Alabama and then a ton of close games, but won them all.

[jrex1112]

Re: Rally Sons of Notre Dame - Jrex's ND Dynasty

Just an update, the off-season is complete. I posted the big coaching changes, the couple draft picks I had (nice surprise), and next year's depth chart with a few new faces included in the two-deeps.

We are still a one star program, so no recruiting 4-stars this upcoming season (not that any have us in their top 3).

We are putting together another tough schedule this season (going for an A+ schedule every year). I will work on putting together a graphic for the schedule hopefully this weekend.

I know that I had a ton of posts yesterday (I was home sick all day). Looking back there are a few posts that I wanted to do, but forgot due to trying to work quickly and not feeling well.

That being said, I know that I worked pretty quickly through Year 1 and to be honest I did want to get to Year 2 quicker as the team will have my first recruiting class and I hope to have some good story lines to work with there. I have looked back at the posts from Year 1 and I think I have some ideas on how to slow it down just a bit and make the posts more in-depth and fun to read.

The team has improved despite still being a one star program. Our Offense is rated at 83, Defense at 80 to give us an Overall Rating of 81. That should be enough to get a few more wins and maybe even be bowl eligible. Championship Contenders has us ranked 93rd to start the year. Plenty of room to grow there.

Lastly, our recruiting pipelines have dried up a bit with only IN, OH, IL, and CA being pipelines at the moment. Illinois and California are at risk to be lost next year as well. This has affected our recruiting targets, and we are focusing on our usual IN, OH, IL, and MI guys along with prospects that have us as their top school regardless of the state. We aren't in the position to be picky about who we go after right now, but in the future we hope to pay more attention to which states we have as pipelines.

I hope you enjoy Year 2. Coach Bax's seat is starting to warm up after a whole season of 100% job security in year 1. So we will see if we can pick up enough wins to be here for Year 3. Thanks for reading.

[jrex1112]

Pre-Season 2014 (Season 2) NCAA Recruit Profile

I wanted to give a quick glimpse at a Josh Rosen-esque recruit coming out of Texas. He is the #1 rated QB as a Pocket Passer which has become more and more rare with all of the elite small dual-threat QB recruits now-a-days. I wish that we were in a position as a program to recruit him as we do need a new QB to replace Calvin Lewis next year.

Recruiting Profile – Bert Murphy
	Bert Murphy | QB Deer Park Deer, High School Senior, Deer Park, TX
	Height: 6'3"	Caliber:
	Weight: 201	Considering: Ohio St, Alabama, Texas A&M
	Position Rank: 1	Overall Rank: 2
	EVENT 40 YD BENCH SQUAT SPARQ High School Workout 4.66 305 205 100.40
Scouting Report Bert is the nation's #1 rated Pocket Passer. He has NFL height standing at 6'3" and makes difficult throws look easy with his strong and accurate arm. Whichever school lands Murphy will have a potential 4-year starter that could continue on to the NFL. He is one of the best prospects in the whole recruiting class and is drawing attention from the nations best programs. Murphy impressed scouts throughout his junior year and during the summer camps across the southern states. He currently only has one Texas school on his radar in Texas A&M, but you have to believe that the other Texas schools will begin reaching out to him soon. Currently Ohio St are the favorites to land the coveted recruit. The Buckeyes will surely be touting last season's National Championship win as a major recruiting point for Bert.

[Cheese2121]

Re: Rally Sons of Notre Dame - Jrex's ND Dynasty

A tough loss to end the season but the future is looking bright. I am looking forward to seeing what season two brings. And my Hokies too... maybe there is next year for them as well.

Good luck my friend and nice work with the HTML!