Rockne's Roundtable

This is just a very early list. We'll be adding to it as the week goes on.

As expected, RB Will Mahone will be in town as well.

I read that Anzalone is going to OSU's spring game instead of ours. Not sure if that's true or, if it's true, what it means. I'd like to think he just wants to go there because it's a shorter trip, but that's probably just wishful thinking.

LB Jaylon Smith reports that he won't be able to attend Notre Dame's spring game because he has a 7on tourney in Pittsburgh.

Really dissappointing list so far.....

IF Anzalone is going to O$U's, that's a bad sign IMO.. If that's the case, I would almost be willing to cross him off the list.

I'm glad Shumate is going to make it. I think he can be a key contributor very early for us.

While I would certainly like to get recruits to everything we have available, I do find an interesting trend in these threads. If someone comes to a ND main event (Junior Day, Spring Game, etc.) they are maybe interested and may possibly commit - and then may possibly stay committed until NSD. But if they go to a spring game, junior day, etc., elsewhere it's a forgone conclusion that they are gone forever.

I recognize that getting them to our main events is good. But it's only a positive sign, not a commitment. And them going elsewhere is a negative sign, but likewise, not a commitment to the other school. I don't expect anyone to do the research (I'm not going to do it), but it would be mildly interesting to see how many of our commits in the last several years were at our spring game. Because if not at ours, they were most likely at someone else's - but they still came to ND.

And as reported by Bucknuts.com this AM (after first getting the report before the weekend), Anzalone will be at Ohio State on Saturday.

Link to story:

http://notredame.247sports.com/Board/87/LB-Alex-Anzalone-Visiting-OSUs-spring-game-this-weekend-9044198

DL Jarron Jones tells me that he won't be able to attend Notre Dame's spring game, which is why he was in town this weekend instead.

So far it is a poor showing for the BG game

DE Elijah Daniel told me at the Best of the Midwest Combine in Indy that he wanted to attend Notre Dame's spring game, but he reported to Steve Wiltfong that he'll be at Tennessee's.

OBL Romeo Okwara let me know that OT Mark Harrell does plan on being at Notre Dame for the Blue-Gold Game.

As reported earlier in the thread, Okwara won't be able to make it back to town this weekend.