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I hate this. Make ND prove they belong that high.

Lots of Crystal Ball action: OSU picks for NPF.

I second this.

Love the offer list here.

http://notredame.247sports.com/Article/Notre-Dame-Mike-Elko-Mike-Elston-defensive-coordinator-49821503 There was a 3:00 p.m. update posted on 247. Does anyone know if there's anything good in it?

FWIW: The only Elko news I can find on the web concerns the ND DC opening. I see nothing of him interviewing anywhere else. I can't wait until this is over. Maybe he can help with some recruits ND's losing traction with or bring in some new interest. Oh, not to mention the excitement regarding his potential impact on the field.

There's a story on onlygators.com titled Who's Next? Six candidates...., dated today, that doesn't even list Elko as a possible replacement. Sorry, I'm on an iPad and don't know how to post a link from it. I'm wondering if Oregon WAS the team to beat.

The talk has been Oregon and Florida are the other two teams in play. 247's been pretty darn optimistic.

I might have phrased this wrong. I paraphrased from another post. What is meant is given the financial terms ND put on the table for ME, Josh finds it hard to believe he passes on ND. Completely agree with this statement. A little off topic.

Per a poster on IE, who got the info from 247, an offer is on the table and is a good one. Said he loved it at Notre Dame and would bring one assistant, his DL coach, Dave Cohen, with him. Another poster posted a tweet by Josh Newberg saying he finds it "nearly impossible" he turns down the ND offer based off what he's hearing about the financial terms. FWIW

I like the idea of naming captains now. Maybe thses kids can help hold the rest of the team accountable over the off season. Maybe this helps keep the team out of trouble this off seaon. Maybe we can go into next season with every player projected to start. I would like to think this is fool proof but it's likely not. Now, I agree with the discusion of who was named but again, like the idea.

Kizer's not coming back.

I see there's a story out there with recruit reactions to theBVG firing. Does anyone have any info on who's saying what?

Such a good leader he abandoned his troops. Lol

I've seen it twice, once normal and the second Imax 3D. Loved every minute. I read a John Boyega interview that Episode VIII will be darker than VII. Like everyone else, I think the storylines are following the previous. The first of the trilogy's introduces the story. The second is when the dark side flexes their muscle. And the third is when the light prevails. As difficult as it might be to not fall into that already established story, I hope they try to get away from it. I feel like Kylo Ren/Ben Solo was meant to be weak in this one so that he can completely take over as the highly feared and powerful Darth Vader-like villain in the next. I think him taking his helmet off symbolized him being torn between the light and dark sides. With him killing his dad, and completing his training, he should be all dark and I hope he doesn't take off his helmet in the next movie. The only time Vader did was when he was dying and found the light again. Or maybe he should take his helmet off to avoid the similarity to the old movies. This is the speculating fun I've had since seeing it.