Jimmy Clausen has verbally commited to Notre Dame and Charlie Weis. Confirmed by his personal quarterback coach. Congrats to Charlie and lets keep it going baby!!!!!!

The Prophets have spoken! God hath given,Chiro hath spoken and the Weisman will lead the way! How's that for insider info!

As Lil' Jon says, "YEAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

 

he's actually commiting tomorrow, and hopefully Benn will commit right after

Wouldn't that be nice if JC walked into the presser with a big entourage of commits.... who knows maybe he will

Oh yeah, that would make me one very happy person.

ant8004-21-2006, 05:00 PM

ESPN http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/news/story?id=2416943

 

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Jimmy Clausen, the most acclaimed California prep quarterback since John Elway, will verbally commit to Notre Dame on Saturday.

 

Scouts: Unique prospect Clausen possesses rare tools and comes from a solid QB pedigree. At this stage, few players possess his physical traits. Reminds us of John Elway at the high school level when he came out of California. Click here for an in-depth evalution from Scouts, Inc. (http://insider.espn.go.com/ncf/recruiting/tracker/player?recruitId=36206&season=2007) http://sports.espn.go.com/i/in.gif

Clausen's decision was first reported by ESPN college football analyst Lou Holtz. Clausen, a high school senior-to-be, will make his announcement at 8:30 a.m. local time at the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend.

According to sources, Clausen chose the Irish over USC so he could be mentored by coach Charlie Weis; he is now the front-runner to replace the graduating Brady Quinn as Notre Dame's starter in 2007.

Clausen, 6-foot-3 and 207 pounds, has thrown 88 touchdowns and only 11 interceptions in his past two seasons at Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village, Calif., his team averaging 53 points a game. He is 27-0 as a starter, has completed 68 percent of his passes over the last two years, has thrown for 7,234 career yards and will have one of his high school games televised live next September on ESPN2.

He is the younger brother of recent Tennessee quarterbacks Casey and Rick Clausen, although both brothers say Jimmy is more accurate, more unflappable and more polished a player.

"He's better than both of us right now," Rick Clausen has said.

Weis, the former Patriots offensive coordinator, first saw film of Clausen last summer, as a sophomore, and quickly made him his No. 1 recruiting priority. Weis went on to sign two quarterbacks from the Class of 2006 -- Zach Frazer of Pennsylvania and Demetrius Jones of Chicago --- but turned down a chance to sign the class's No. 1 QB prospect, Arkansas' Mitch Mustain, so he could save room for Clausen in 2007.

Clausen, who has a 3.3 GPA and has taken courses at Ventura (Calif.) Junior College so he can graduate high school early, will enroll at Notre Dame in January and be eligible for next year's spring practices. He is currently working out with a strength coach four days a week, has put on 20 pounds over the last four months and is committing early to the Irish so he can lure other premier recruits to South Bend.

Two of the top wide-outs from the class of 2007, Arrelious Benn of Washington, D.C., and Mark Barnes of Columbia, S.C., are expected to be on the Notre Dame campus when Clausen commits, and sources say Clausen will ask them to join him. Also on hand Saturday, for Notre Dame's annual spring game, will be Clausen's high school teammate, Marc Tyler, who gained 2,196 yards and scored 39 touchdowns last season. Tyler is the son of former Rams running back Wendell Tyler.

USC had been high on Clausen's list because of its overall talent level, and Clausen, at one time, was concerned whether Weis could recruit similar athletes to Notre Dame. But, this year, the Irish landed two mammoth offensive linemen -- 6-foot-8, 305-pound Sam Young of Fort Lauderdale and 6-foot-5, 360-pound Chris Stewart of Klein, Texas. Those recruiting coups, plus Weis's NFL pedigree, helped win him over.

Clausen visited with USC coach Pete Carroll as recently as Wednesday, but Clausen, according to people close to him, had already made up his mind to go to South Bend.

Tom Friend is a staff writer for ESPN The Magazine.

 

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Found this on another board thought that ya'll would love to read it..Man i',m going to have to get up and see if i can catch some kind of news on TV hear..Man this news is great...

Ron Powlus arrived with Beano on his back, Clausen arrives with this tattooed on his chest.

 

http://www.garmentdistrict.com/store/clothing/accessories/patches/superman.jpg

 

 

Similar hype; major differences.

 

Powlus had multiple QB coaches of questionable capability. Clausen will has two of the best QB mentors.

 

Powlus had a great option coach trying to transition to a passing game and a mediocre head coach with no offensive philosophy. Clausen has a great offensive pro set head coach with an established system.

 

Powlus played during a time of coaching strife where the OLine Coach wanted a SmashMouth Offense rather than the Head Coach's Blarney Offense. Clausen will play in a proven program with ALL the coaches on Charlie's Page.

 

Powlus arrived as Vinny Cerrato's guys were finishing up. Clausen arrives as Charlie's Kids take over.

 

Powlus had Derrick Mayes. Clausen will have the finest receiving corps ND has ever assembled.

 

Powlus played when Monk and Beauchamp turned down the volume on football. Clausen arrives after Jenkins shook down The Thunder.

 

Powlus sustained two broken bones on the field. Stay healthy Jimmy!

 

A committed OLine Coach and the best OLine material since the days of Ruddy, Taylor, and Norman should take care of that.

 

ALL ABOARD!

Nice comparrison of the two QB's.

Friday, April 21, 2006

Who Wants Some Kielbasa?

We've got some hot steamin' sausage from the internet, as the rumor mills are churning out spiced stuffed pig-anuses (or is it ani?) at maximum capacity. Turns out a trusted source heard the mayor South Bend talking about overhearing someone whose cousin saw the Super Human Gentleman Warrior Prince Jimmy Clausen at 31 Flavors last night, who mentioned something about a possible meaningful announcement that might or might not occur at a press conference tomorrow at 8:30 AM.

 

Speculation is running rampant, reaching a full head of steam after a long winter of whispers and rumors surrounding a possible announcement at the Blue-Gold game. We're not going to get worked up about anything, but festering curiosity has ensured we'll be in the area around the time of the alleged hullaballoo, just in case. The House Rock Built will make an effort to stay on the cutting edge of this wild-assed rumor.

 

 

 

 

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Update: Looks like the rumor ain't a rumor no more. Slainte! We're packing up the Road Queen for the trip to South Bend, but more updates will follow as things develop.

Commits to Notre Dame

Top-rated quarterback prospect from Oaks Christian chooses Fighting Irish over USC.

By Eric Sondheimer, Times Staff Writer

2:55 PM PDT, April 21, 2006

 

 

Westlake Village Oaks Christian junior Jimmy Clausen, ranked by most recruiting services as the top quarterback prospect in the class of 2007, has committed to Notre Dame, his private quarterback coach, Steve Clarkson, confirmed Friday.

 

Clausen is in South Bend, Ind., on an unofficial recruiting visit to watch Notre Dame spring scrimmage on Saturday. Clarkson said Clausen's father, Jim, left him a phone message saying Jimmy had made the decision to choose the Fighting Irish over USC.

 

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The 6-foot-3 Clausen passed for 2,778 yards and 30 touchdowns while completing 67% of his passes last season as a junior. In 2004 as a sophomore, he passed for 3,665 yards and 57 touchdowns. He's considered a better prospect than his older brothers, Casey and Rick, who started at quarterback for Tennessee. He cannot sign a letter of intent until February of 2007.

 

Notre Dame had been considered the favorite to land Clausen because its quarterback, Brady Quinn, will be a senior this fall. USC has a close quarterback competition between junior John David Booty and redshirt freshman Mark Sanchez.

 

 

 

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April 21, 2006

 

 

By CSTV.com Staff

 

 

 

The top-rated recruit in the Class of 2007 will hone his skills under Notre Dame offensive guru Charlie Weis, as CSTV.com's Tom Lemming is confirming that QB Jimmy Clausen will announce his verbal commitment to the Fighting Irish at 8:30am on Saturday in South Bend. Clausen, who will attend Notre Dame's Spring game on Saturday afternoon, had also been heavily pursued by USC and head coach Pete Carroll.

 

 

 

The 6-3, 207 pound Clausen is unbeaten as a starter in his high school career, having led Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village, CA to a 27-0 record over the last two seasons. He has thrown for over 7,000 yards with 88 touchdowns and 11 interceptions in his career with 57 touchdowns last season.

 

 

 

Notre Dame brought in two highly-rated quarterbacks in the Class of 2006, with Demetrius Jones (#39 in the Lemming 100) and Zach Frazer (#79) entering as freshman this coming September. The Fighting Irish will be led by Heisman Trophy favorite Brady Quinn this fall.

 

 

 

"The track record when schools bring three guys in so close together is that at least one will transfer quickly," said Lemming about the logjam.

This is not a rumor. Why is this still being treated as one? I would think by now you would know that it is Clausen at the Hall of Fame with the Pigskin.

With all the major Web sites I myself don't think its a rumor anymore..Yes we still have to wait till 830am Saturday morning but,I say its true.

It is official! Clausen is Irish!

 

it wasnt broadcasted but ESPN just wrote in article quoting it

 

The reward came Saturday. Clausen, now a high school senior-to-be and the most acclaimed California prep quarterback since John Elway, verbally committed to the Fighting Irish during a news conference at the College Football Hall of Fame.

some good quotes from the ESPN article this morning

 

"The deciding factor on this whole thing was Coach Weis," Clausen told ESPN prior to his news conference. "If you look at what he's done with all the guys he's coached, like Tom Brady, and what he's doing right now with Brady Quinn in one year, it's pretty special&I'll never forget that day he showed up at school. I didn't know he was coming. School starts at 7:45, and right at 8 o'clock, he was in my coach's office, waiting to see me, and even though I wasn't allowed to speak to him, I thought that was really special, because he was the first guy there."

 

"We went down to Notre Dame that day, and told me I was his guy, and he was going to recruit me during the whole process. And that's pretty much what happened. He said I was his guy from Day 1. He stuck to his word, showed up at my high school and I was the only guy he offered. That was pretty special, too."

 

"Again, he stuck to his word," Clausen said. "He didn't go with Mitch Mustain because I was his guy and he wanted me."

 

"That's one thing that I was worried about, 'Can they recruit guys in?' '' Clausen said. "And coach Weis just said, 'I can get guys in.' And, again, I'm trusting him that he's going to stick to his word. He stuck to his word with me the whole time, so I think he'll do the same for that. I want to play with the best athletes, and that's just what I want to do. SC has the best athletes right now in college football, and I want that to change, and I think I'm starting to change that by committing to Notre Dame."

 

"Yeah, this is a business decision," Clausen said. "My two older brothers did this, and their dreams were to get to the NFL, and their dreams pretty much got shattered. And I think that's what's making me work so hard is to get there, because they didn't get the chance, or opportunity to. I think that's what drives me the most. The NFL is what I want to do, that's how I want to make a living, and after seeing my brothers not get to the NFL, every time I want to stop lifting a weight, it just makes me keep lifting. It drives me a lot.

 

"If you want to go to the NFL, you've got to want to work. You want to be the best you can be. And that's what I'm striving for. I guess I'm the No. 1 player in the nation this year, and I hope to stay that way, and I'm going to keep working as hard as I can to keep that stature. And once I get into college, I want to be the No. 1 player in college. And hopefully I can get to the next level and become the No. 1 player there.

 

"And part of getting there is choosing coach Weis. Honestly, I think it pretty much just just came down to coach Weis for me. Any high school quarterback would want to play for coach. There's something about him. He's from New Jersey, so he's got a little swagger to him. Kind of like me."

To go back up to the QB comparison between Powlus and JC...

 

Think of what might have been if Randy Moss had not screwed things up... Derrick Mayes on one side and Randy Moss on the other, two players that would demand double teams. Pete Chryplwicz, an underated tight end, could have had a field day in the middle. Marc Edwards and Autry Denson would have had all kinds of running room and Ron would have lived up to his potential.

 

Of course, I also agree that ND was the wrong school for RP, he was never going to thrive in the option style that ND had been using.