It's National Signing Day and the Notre Dame momentum is starting to build. We've been disappointed so many times on NSD, but the Irish have gotten two huge commitments today.
Everyone knows about Manti Teʻo as he's arguably the top defensive recruit in the country and is easily the best ND defensive recruit in the last 20 seasons. He is one of those difference makers the ND defense needs more of (Ethan Johnson, Darrin Walls, hopefully Steve Filer).
And this afternoon ND got another commitment from a five-star player. Chris Martin is a five-star defensive end recruit for the class of 2010. He's from California, had a USC offer and is possibly the best defensive recruit from the state of California.
Those are two bellweather recruits that closes the talent gap between Notre Dame and SC.
So ND has three commitments for the class of 2010, two five stars and one four star. You can't over-state the effect momentum has in recruiting.
Things are turning around. I'm not on the bandwagon yet (dominating offensive/defensive line play against inferior opponents is a must), but I continue to want those guys to succeed.
Just look at the video on UND.com of the coaches reacting to the Manti Teʻo announcement.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
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Only problems with your post are that Teo is going on a Mormon mission for 2 years before setting foot in South Bend.
And the second is that they haven't handed out star rankings for 2010 yet. Your guy may be a 5-star but committing this early in the process can hurt a kid's rankings.
First, Teo will be on the field in 2009 and then miss 2010 and 2011 if he goes on his mission
Second, the rankings fall for ND commits all the time. But the fact that Martin had an SC offer in February means he's legit.
Lisa Leslie is retiring at the end of this year.
That headline just made this post more interesting to any non Notre Dame alum.
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