Also, if David Ruffer isn't on the team next year but Montana is and still on scholarship, I will be deeply disappointed.
Also also. Ohio DE Chase Hounshell, a current Florida commit, took an OV to Notre Dame. He also paid on his own dime to go to their camp. Word on the interwebz is he wants an Irish offer. Kelly is known for holding offers until he sees a recruit in person, so I think we'll see something happen here.
I do like that the staff is so active and their recruits are rather numerous. One guy falls through, and Notre Dame is talking to three more. Weis' staff, as clutch as they often were, got caught with their pants down on more than one occasion on signing day with no backup plans when recruits did what recruits do.
I'm not at all ready to say Kelly is a better recruiter than Weis, but he certainly is better than plenty of people thought he would be.
Also also also,
Some of the bowl practices are more tilted toward 2011 than they are for the actual Sun Bowl game. Friday's scrimmage was one of those eye-on-the-future sessions.
Among the freshman standouts, according to Kelly, were nose guard Louis Nix and linebacker Kendall Moore on defense; wide receiver Daniel Smith of South Bend Clay, running back Cam Roberson and quarterback Andrew Hendrix on offense.
“It was nice to see those guys go out and play pretty fast,” Kelly said. “It was not, ‘Oh my goodness, what a mess this is.' It was a good tempo.”
Louis Nix needs to be Mr. Studly from day one next season for the defense to possibly jump from good to great. Andrew Hendrix could very well be the starter and QB is the only position on offense to worry about production from offensively in 2011. Those two guys are crucial for success and it's great to see them stand out in bowl practices. I honesty expect Kelly to use QB by committee, with Hendrix and Golson being the main two. But Crist keeps hanging around and his knowledge of the offense may prove invaluable.
