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Notre Dame’s Potent Combination

Everett Golson

It took time for Everett Golson to settle in as the starter, but head coach Brian Kelly maximized the talents of both Golson and Tommy Rees to help steer a 12-0 season.

Take a coach in his third season plus a murky, unsettled quarterback situation in the preseason … and the result often has been a national title at Notre Dame.

Lou Somogyi

    • Always enjoy the historical parallels and patterns. It is amazing how patterns recur. Looking forward to another NC in 23 days.

      ashaia ●

    • Lou - thank you for the insight and history lesson. I was a sophomore during the '88 campaign and remember well the debates that raged with regard to Graham and Rice. Coach Holtz made the right call and kept both QB's on the team. Coach Kelly has handled the current QB race very well.

      Go Irish, Beat 'Bama!

      IrishWV

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      Hodges

    • Lou - have you watched EVERY Notre Dame game that is available to watch? As I type this I'm realizing it is probably a stupid question...

      MonteCristo

    • To Hodges.

      Gunner Kiel and Malik Zaire are terrific recruits and will have a fair shot of replacing Everett Golson. Do we want a controversy, of course not, but the best player at any position must play. If Kiel or Zaire (Hendrix is a long shot) are better than Golson, the coaches and players will be the first know and the Notre Dame football team benefits.

      Example: As great as Cierre Wood is, Theo Riddick has raised his level of play recently and arguebly has been a more effective play maker. One may not know why, but a player can simply make a breakthrough and start playing lights out. Jonas Gray in 2011 is an example of a player who went from three years of toiling near the bench to professional status.

      Sweet Lou could research (and he does to some extent already) a list of many pages of late blooming all-americans, super stars and players that did not hit it big until their senior year or until they reached the NFL.

      Ergo, all must be fair in love, war and earning a position on a football team.

      This post was edited by FBFAN on 12/15/2012 at 3:52 PM

      FBFAN ●

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      dave83nd

    • Why go to Notre Dame if your only chance to play in the next 3 years is if the position player ahead of you is injured or the game is a blow-out? Is that fundamentally fair?

      Recruits should be encouraged to compete for a spot or this could be a morale breaker for Notre Dame backups, many with 3, 4 and 5 star high school all-american credentials.

      QB is a unique one of a kind position, but why the favoritism? Wasn't Tommy Rees, in very limited action, responsible for 4 victories? Shouldn't the most qualified QB in 2013 be the starter? Will Golson be head and shoulders better than any other QB for the next 3 years?

      Let the players compete and let the coaches evaluate. We don't want musical chairs, but players must be given a fair chance. Otherwise you will have chaos.

      FBFAN ●

    • I agree there will be competition, EG has been very good and most importantly improved every week... That said this defense has played to mythical proportion... I don't think EG starting the next 3 years is a no brainer, there will be competition, there should be competition, and it should be an extremely enjoyable ride

      ndfaninmd ●

    • Competition is a way to make the team better.

      IrishWV

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      Hodges

    • FBFAN said...

      Gunner Kiel and Malik Zaire are terrific recruits and will have a fair shot of replacing Everett Golson. Do we want a controversy, of course not, but the best player at any position must play. If Kiel or Zaire (Hendrix is a long shot) are better than Golson, the coaches and players will be the first know and the Notre Dame football team benefits.

      FBFAN,

      I agree that these guys should have a shot in the spring and fall, but this is Golson's team right now and he will enter the spring as the starter. His status as starter on this team will not be nullified to make a 'fair' competition, much like what happened with Rees last year.

      The whole team is playing well for Golson as the QB... the other guys will need to beat him out as the underdogs to take the starter spot from him.

      IMHO.

      tommyd44

    • This starting job has been won by Golson this year, no doubt.
      But what makes a team keep taking steps to being better day
      after day is the presence of competition, and this goes for all
      positions, even QB. These kids should welcome competition
      at this level and not shy away from it, because it will only make
      them more focused on being the best they could be. Anyone
      would be kidding themselves if they don't think Kelly will be
      running this team going foward based on the best man plays,
      period. He knows this will push this team as a whole from good
      to great. And if you have a problem with that, then you came to
      big time college football when maybe you shouldn't have.

      Junes Daddy

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