Jimmy Clausen verbally commits to join Norte Dame!!!

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HAH! Take that USC, looks like Norte Dame's gonna pluck him out of your own backyard. To those who don't know, he's an outstanding Junior QB in High School and comes from a long line of good Quaterbacks too. Supposedly he has been scouted for years now and is being compared to Elway already, if that's true then it looks like Brady Quinn won't be missed as much once he leaves.

GO IRISH!
 

Mani

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LeBron Clausen? Sounds like Ron Powlus Part II with the hype machine around this guy.
 

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Ah yes, the fighting irsh. I remember going to watch the gator bowl a couple of years ago against them. The majority of the fans had their "Got championships? " t-shirts.


A sweet victory it was. :)


<---NCSU fan
 

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Originally posted by: aswedc
How's that bowl game record working out for you?

Oh PA brother of mine.. forget the past, my bowl game last year was the Rose Bowl and it worked out quite well. :thumbsup:

Plus, I graduated from Penn State over the winter and they worked out pretty good also.

ND is rebuilding, they had a great year with a brand new coach and now have a senior QB with experience and his favorite wide-out still on the team. Signing Clausen might just attract some defensive studs to sure up their D too, so we'll see what happens.
 

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Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Supposedly he has been scouted for years now and is being compared to Elway already, if that's true then it looks like Brady Quinn won't be missed as much once he leaves.
How in the world can people compare a high school quarterback to John Elway? :confused:

Then again, I had doubts when people were comparing LeBron James to Michael Jordan back when James was in high school.

 

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Originally posted by: mjh
Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Supposedly he has been scouted for years now and is being compared to Elway already, if that's true then it looks like Brady Quinn won't be missed as much once he leaves.
How in the world can people compare a high school quarterback to John Elway? :confused:

Then again, I had doubts when people were comparing LeBron James to Michael Jordan back when James was in high school.
Apparently his mobility and arm strength are similar, other then that and maybe being from the same area Elway came from I don't know. But I have seen him throw a few balls on an ESPN show a couple months ago and it's pretty unique, looks like a catapult attached to his shoulder and he literally holds the ball next to his ear before finally throwing it.
 

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Originally posted by: LikeLinus
Too bad he's going to suck just like both of his brothers.

Casey and Rick were f'in terrible, no matter what the stat book (for Casey anyway) says.
 

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Originally posted by: Bryan
Originally posted by: LikeLinus
Too bad he's going to suck just like both of his brothers.

Casey and Rick were f'in terrible, no matter what the stat book (for Casey anyway) says.

No sh1t. I hated watching both of them.
 

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Originally posted by: LikeLinus
Originally posted by: Bryan
Originally posted by: LikeLinus
Too bad he's going to suck just like both of his brothers.

Casey and Rick were f'in terrible, no matter what the stat book (for Casey anyway) says.

No sh1t. I hated watching both of them.

Perhaps, but they didn't have the QB genius that is Charlie Weiss. :D
 

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Dude's got the biggest case of bitter beer face ever.

Also important to remember the guy's team is loaded with D1 prospects. As physically gifted as he is, it's easy for any QB to look good surrounded by that kind of talent.
 

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Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Supposedly he has been scouted for years now and is being compared to Elway already...

Can we stop comparing kids to the greatest athletes in the history of sports, please. So he has arm strength and mobility are similar to Elway, but that is such a small part of the equation. Must we look at all the Qbs that were supposed to be the next big thing and failed to adjust to the speed and decision making at the higher levels? Very few young Qbs can be a carson palmer, and for every one that is there are 10 ryan leafs. Lets cool it until we can atleast see him play at the college level and then assess him further.
 

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Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
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HAH! Take that USC, looks like Norte Dame's gonna pluck him out of your own backyard. To those who don't know, he's an outstanding Junior QB in High School and comes from a long line of good Quaterbacks too. Supposedly he has been scouted for years now and is being compared to Elway already, if that's true then it looks like Brady Quinn won't be missed as much once he leaves.

GO IRISH!

Just about every big recruit has been scouted for years. Are you new to recruiting?