hansen {l Wrote}:Claver is slacking.
Depth chart for Duke is out but lots of positions not named.
QB is Jurk or Grosel
No starting K named either
LG still between mahogany and Emer with the rest of the OL being Johnson, LG, Lindstrom, Petrula, Vrabel
DL is Sillah, Chibueze, Bequette, Valdez
LBs is Lamot, Richardson, McDuffie (strong to weak)
Secondary is E Jones or Maitre, Muse or D Jones, D Jones or Palmer, Sebastian or DeBerry (left to right)
DomingoOrtiz {l Wrote}:Only one FR, thought we might see Arnold and/or Johnson.
Back up TE is a walkon.
Shillah over Barlow is a good sign,
Any injuries?
BC923 {l Wrote}:OL is interesting. Zion doesn’t have the size of a typical LT, but in all of the interviews and content put out by the linemen and Applebaum he’s described as the most athletic one on the field. Interested in seeing how that plays out
hansen {l Wrote}:9/15 interviews... first since depth chart release
DomingoOrtiz {l Wrote}:hansen {l Wrote}:9/15 interviews... first since depth chart release
Emma's question, which I guess was her first, was awful. Seriously though, with the exception of the question about Duke's QB and the last question about Bequette, they were terrible questions. They were all either about the Wu-Flu or the typical lazy QB questions. How could there be not one question about the OLine moves?
DomingoOrtiz {l Wrote}:hansen {l Wrote}:9/15 interviews... first since depth chart release
Emma's question, which I guess was her first, was awful. Seriously though, with the exception of the question about Duke's QB and the last question about Bequette, they were terrible questions. They were all either about the Wu-Flu or the typical lazy QB questions. How could there be not one question about the OLine moves?
BC923 {l Wrote}:DomingoOrtiz {l Wrote}:hansen {l Wrote}:9/15 interviews... first since depth chart release
Emma's question, which I guess was her first, was awful. Seriously though, with the exception of the question about Duke's QB and the last question about Bequette, they were terrible questions. They were all either about the Wu-Flu or the typical lazy QB questions. How could there be not one question about the OLine moves?
Hopefully Emma gets better, usually the Heights reporter is the smartest one asking questions. Julian occasionally asks a meaningful question but not that often. Rich Thompson is clueless, and Rubin is Rubin
NJM89 {l Wrote}:DomingoOrtiz {l Wrote}:Only one FR, thought we might see Arnold and/or Johnson.
Back up TE is a walkon.
Shillah over Barlow is a good sign,
Any injuries?
Taji will definitely get some redzone looks this year. The catches he made in camp I think secured that up. He looks like what we all wanted CJ Lewis to be hopefully he turns out to be good.
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:NJM89 {l Wrote}:DomingoOrtiz {l Wrote}:Only one FR, thought we might see Arnold and/or Johnson.
Back up TE is a walkon.
Shillah over Barlow is a good sign,
Any injuries?
Taji will definitely get some redzone looks this year. The catches he made in camp I think secured that up. He looks like what we all wanted CJ Lewis to be hopefully he turns out to be good.
I didn’t enjoy the CJ Lewis experience last season
DomingoOrtiz {l Wrote}:eepstein0 {l Wrote}:NJM89 {l Wrote}:DomingoOrtiz {l Wrote}:Only one FR, thought we might see Arnold and/or Johnson.
Back up TE is a walkon.
Shillah over Barlow is a good sign,
Any injuries?
Taji will definitely get some redzone looks this year. The catches he made in camp I think secured that up. He looks like what we all wanted CJ Lewis to be hopefully he turns out to be good.
I didn’t enjoy the CJ Lewis experience last season
He was hurt.
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:DomingoOrtiz {l Wrote}:eepstein0 {l Wrote}:NJM89 {l Wrote}:DomingoOrtiz {l Wrote}:Only one FR, thought we might see Arnold and/or Johnson.
Back up TE is a walkon.
Shillah over Barlow is a good sign,
Any injuries?
Taji will definitely get some redzone looks this year. The catches he made in camp I think secured that up. He looks like what we all wanted CJ Lewis to be hopefully he turns out to be good.
I didn’t enjoy the CJ Lewis experience last season
He was hurt.
He played in 4 games...does make him eligible for a redshirt.
claver2010 {l Wrote}:jurk opens up on leaving ND:
https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/hig ... 2009160110
Frustrated at Notre Dame, Phil Jurkovec eager for new start at Boston College
….
There weren’t many laughs for Jurkovec last year, his second season at Notre Dame. Things got so bad, the self-doubt so strong, that Jurkovec actually thought about switching positions. This from one of the best high school quarterbacks in Western Pennsylvania history who was highly ranked nationally.
“Near the end at Notre Dame, I was really not liking football. I lost my love for it. I really did,” said Jurkovec, the Post-Gazette high school athlete of the year in 2018. “I brought up to my family about switching positions and not even playing quarterback. I wanted to make it work. I didn’t want to be one of those guys when things get hard, they transfer and run away from it.
“But talking with my family, I had to leave. And after I decided to leave, it was very hard. You understand that you’re leaving your dream school, the team you always watched growing up. But I didn’t really know what Notre Dame was like. I committed to the dream of Notre Dame and not everything else.”
Jurkovec said he doesn’t regret spending a redshirt year and his freshman season at Notre Dame. He insists he learned “about a lot of things” and he grew fond of some people. But Jurkovec believes he went backward as a quarterback under coach Brian Kelly and offensive coordinator Chip Long, who left Notre Dame after last season and is now an assistant at Tennessee. Long wasn’t at Notre Dame when the Fighting Irish recruited Jurkovec, who made a verbal commitment during his sophomore year.
OCs_Inner_Eagle {l Wrote}:claver2010 {l Wrote}:jurk opens up on leaving ND:
https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/hig ... 2009160110
Frustrated at Notre Dame, Phil Jurkovec eager for new start at Boston College
….
There weren’t many laughs for Jurkovec last year, his second season at Notre Dame. Things got so bad, the self-doubt so strong, that Jurkovec actually thought about switching positions. This from one of the best high school quarterbacks in Western Pennsylvania history who was highly ranked nationally.
“Near the end at Notre Dame, I was really not liking football. I lost my love for it. I really did,” said Jurkovec, the Post-Gazette high school athlete of the year in 2018. “I brought up to my family about switching positions and not even playing quarterback. I wanted to make it work. I didn’t want to be one of those guys when things get hard, they transfer and run away from it.
“But talking with my family, I had to leave. And after I decided to leave, it was very hard. You understand that you’re leaving your dream school, the team you always watched growing up. But I didn’t really know what Notre Dame was like. I committed to the dream of Notre Dame and not everything else.”
Jurkovec said he doesn’t regret spending a redshirt year and his freshman season at Notre Dame. He insists he learned “about a lot of things” and he grew fond of some people. But Jurkovec believes he went backward as a quarterback under coach Brian Kelly and offensive coordinator Chip Long, who left Notre Dame after last season and is now an assistant at Tennessee. Long wasn’t at Notre Dame when the Fighting Irish recruited Jurkovec, who made a verbal commitment during his sophomore year.
Interesting to see what Jurkovec was willing to say. He must have been getting some pretty harsh feedback to consider changing positions.
Dick Rosenthal has been posting that the ND coaching staff treated Jurkovec poorly. This article seems consistent with that notion. I am surprised that the writer mentioned Kelly and (former) OC Chip Long specifically, but not current OC (& QB coach) Tommy Rees. It had seemed that Kelly and Rees were Jurkovec's biggest detractors; Dick said that earlier this week and went on to say that Long wanted Jurkovec to start. It always seemed that Kelly (& Rees) didn't want to adjust the offense to maximize Jurkovec's performance.
I wonder if the writer himself specified Kelly and Long (based on assuming the HC and OC were the deciders), or if Jurkovec himself mentioned those two but not Rees. But regardless, fingers crossed that the enthusiasm carries forth and that the team plays well on Saturday.
claver2010 {l Wrote}:“Coach Cignetti reached out to me,” Jurkovec said. “Honestly, I never watched Boston College in my life, I never rooted for them and I did not give one crap about Boston College. My first reaction was ‘no.’ Nothing about it was appealing.
Bryn Mawr Eagle {l Wrote}:claver2010 {l Wrote}:“Coach Cignetti reached out to me,” Jurkovec said. “Honestly, I never watched Boston College in my life, I never rooted for them and I did not give one crap about Boston College. My first reaction was ‘no.’ Nothing about it was appealing.
Um, thanks for the honesty Jurk, I guess? Anyway, glad you're here!
Jurkovec {l Wrote}:I know this story will be in a Pittsburgh newspaper, I’d like to say I love Pittsburgh and everybody knows that. There was a part of me that was hard to turn down Pitt the first time when I was in high school, and then turn down Pitt a second time (after leaving Notre Dame). But I think with a quarterback, you have to go where the situation is right. This is where it felt right for me.
Bryn Mawr Eagle {l Wrote}:claver2010 {l Wrote}:“Coach Cignetti reached out to me,” Jurkovec said. “Honestly, I never watched Boston College in my life, I never rooted for them and I did not give one crap about Boston College. My first reaction was ‘no.’ Nothing about it was appealing.
Um, thanks for the honesty Jurk, I guess? Anyway, glad you're here!
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