@Mike has challenged me to write ND blog posts this winter. I don't really value my own opinion very much. Meaning I'd rather have a group list of players that represents whoever our membership thinks are the  top players 

I need to write about a 500-word 5 paragraph essay with sections.

I need:

An Introduction

A QB from the 2000's

A QB from the 1990's

A QB from 1980's

Conclusion

 

If I've missed your favorite please let me know.

 

 

 

 

Carlyle Holiday. He wasn’t a great QB and he wasn’t nearly as successful converting over to WR as Arnaz Battle was, but I enjoyed watching him play and thought he had great character during a rough time.

3 minutes ago, EddieAngel said:

Carlyle Holiday. He wasn’t a great QB and he wasn’t nearly as successful converting over to WR as Arnaz Battle was, but I enjoyed watching him play and thought he had great character during a rough time.

Added him.  Feel free to vote!

Probably Brady Quinn would get my vote for 80’s, 90’s and 2000’s overall. Looking at that list shows ND hasn’t really had many ‘great’ QB’s since 1980!

2 hours ago, jimbo said:

Probably Brady Quinn would get my vote for 80’s, 90’s and 2000’s overall. Looking at that list shows ND hasn’t really had many ‘great’ QB’s since 1980!

We've had great college QBs.  They weren't recognized as such due to a lack of gaudy numbers and post season awards at times.  What the really successful ones had was charisma and leadership on and off the field during some of our peak years since '80.

My picks were Rice(duh lol), Quinn, and an ever so close pick of McDougal over Mirer.  And with those last two it was basically 1 and 1A for me.  Mirer was good don't get me wrong, but McDougal made the most of his one season as starter and almost got us to the promised land, that was my senior year of HS and I remember that season fondly except BC grrrrrrr.

Rice obviously helped lead us to a NC and a 23 game win streak.  He was so good in Lou's offense and was such a great and charismatic leader of those teams.

Quinn had two really good seasons and was a hell of a tough QB despite his GQ like appearance.  He helped lead what ended up being false hope in CW first two seasons.  He was the All America kid, and still my wife's only inkling of interest in football lol.

I'm calling the QB of the 2000's race for Brady Quinn with 13 votes.

I'm calling QB of the 80s race for Tony Rice with 17 votes

The QB of the 1990's race is to close to call.

Kevin McDougal has 5 votes

Rick Mirer has 5 votes.

 

HELP US BREAK THE TIE!!!!

Our Favorite Notre Dame QB’s Since Joe Montana

Introduction:
The most scrutinized position in all of College Football is the Quarterback at the University of Notre Dame. The standard for quarterbacks is national championships, leadership, and being able to deal with constant pressure and high expectations from both fans and the media. The example for ND quarterbacks is set by Joe Montana. Joe was part of a national championship team at Notre Dame in 1977. He also led the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers to four Super Bowl Championships.  Let’s talk about our favorite Notre Dame Quarterbacks since 1980!

 

Our Favorite QB of the 1980’s: Tony Rice
Tony Rice led Lou Holtz’s 1988 Notre Dame team to a National Championship. He was a dynamic option quarterback who woke up the echoes with an amazing rushing attack. When teams activated their safeties to stop the run, Rice had a knack for hitting timely deep passes as well. Rice passed for 1,176 yards and rushed for 700 yards in  the National Championship year of 1988.

Where is Dillingham???  LOL

4 hours ago, TexasDomer said:

Where is Dillingham???  LOL

Noticed no love Demetrius Jones either...

Arnaz Battle and I'm not joking

Our Favorite QB of the 1990’s: Rick Mirer
After the Notre Dame Career of Tony Rice came Rick Mirer from 1989 to 1992. Rick came in with very high expectations, wore Joe Montana’s number 3, and had a good Notre Dame career. Mirer was 29-7-1 and won 3 bowl games.  Mirer was drafted highly and struggled in the NFL.  Under the pressure at Notre Dame where the eyes of the nation had just focused with the NBC television contract, a solid career like Mirer’s becomes judged harshly because of the lack of a National Championship.

Our Favorite QB of the 2000’s: Brady Quinn
Brady Quinn was recruited by Tyrone Willingham and excelled under Charlie Weis. Weis had just won a Super Bowl as the Offensive Coordinator of the New England Patriots and their QB Tom Brady. Brady Quinn improved drastically from 2004 to 2005 where his passing touchdowns went from 17 to 32. Notre Dame lost the Fiesta Bowl that year to Ohio State by the score of 34-20.  In 2006, Quinn threw even more touchdowns, 37, to only 7 interceptions. The Irish would lose the Sugar Bowl to LSU, 41-14. Quinn struggled in the NFL after being drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the first round. Quinn currently does college football pre-game show work for the Fox Network.

Conclusion:
It has been a long while since Tony Rice led the Irish to glory in 1988 and even longer since Joe Montana did so in 1977. The pressure builds among our fanbase as we debate the qualities needed in the next national championship quarterback. As Sam Hartman competes to have the privilege that comes with the pressure of being the starting quarterback of the University of Notre Dame fans have national championship hopes.  The quarterback position at Notre Dame waits impatiently for the next national championship chapter to be written.

Thanks for the help guys. Sent this to @Mike in our usual way. Maybe it will appear in the blog section of the website. Only time will tell.

Well done, Faith!