PWO Tyler Buchner is back on the team. I say, good for him! https://fightingirish.com/dear-notre-dame-from-tyler-buchner/

19 minutes ago, NDLincPark said:

Would Alabama (or any team serious about winning a natty) let buchner walk onto their team and play wr?

 

lol. Of course they wouldn't. Because he adds negative value

I mean bama gave him a million to be on their team...

21 minutes ago, Synoptico said:

I mean bama gave him a million to be on their team...

You seem to be struggling with the concept of time.  That was last year, and it was to be a backup QB.

Since then, he was boo'd off the field in his only time playing football, quit football,  changed schools, picked a new sport, and is now back to playing football at another position.  hilarious 

26 minutes ago, NDLincPark said:

You seem to be struggling with the concept of time.  That was last year, and it was to be a backup QB.

Since then, he was boo'd off the field in his only time playing football, quit football,  changed schools, picked a new sport, and is now back to playing football at another position.  hilarious 

He was a QB at two prestigious colleges. He returned back to Notre Dame and won a National Championship. Afterwards, he switched to WR, which will be a completely different experience. 

If he helps the offense, hopefully he sees the field. If not, he'll add a ton of value in other areas. I doubt many other WRs will know the route tree as well as him.

That stuff goes unseen.

30 minutes ago, NDLincPark said:

You seem to be struggling with the concept of time.  That was last year, and it was to be a backup QB.

Since then, he was boo'd off the field in his only time playing football, quit football,  changed schools, picked a new sport, and is now back to playing football at another position.  hilarious 

He's paying ND tuition with money possibly earned from Bama. I like him even more. Do you know how many positions ND players played in the 1940s. Your best player became your QB from year to year so alot of those Heisman winners played DB, RB wide receiver. This whole people can't change sports and switch positions is a recent idea that I think is inaccurate.

 

5 minutes ago, Mike said:

He was a QB at two prestigious colleges. He returned back to Notre Dame and won a National Championship. Afterwards, he switched to WR, which will be a completely different experience. 

If he helps the offense, hopefully he sees the field. If not, he'll add a ton of value in other areas. I doubt many other WRs will know the route tree as well as him.

That stuff goes unseen.

Agreed. He'll help somewhere. Maybe a blocker a kick off return or a TD catch vs Northern Illinois or Miami of Ohio saving someone else's legs for later.

 

Philly Special? Buchner throws back to Leonard to win a game, who knows?

6 minutes ago, FaithInIrish Forever said:

Agreed. He'll help somewhere. Maybe a blocker a kick off return or a TD catch vs Northern Illinois or Miami of Ohio saving someone else's legs for later.

 

Philly Special? Buchner throws back to Leonard to win a game, who knows?

It Buchner is playing at all on Saturday's.  You'll know this was a lost season 

5 minutes ago, NDLincPark said:

It Buchner is playing at all on Saturday's.  You'll know this was a lost season 

I wouldn't worry about it. He's player 86 at the moment. I just enjoy the possibilities because I like  the X's and O's of a free arm on the roster.

25 minutes ago, NDLincPark said:

It Buchner is playing at all on Saturday's.  You'll know this was a lost season 

Or the Irish have huge leads and don't want to risk injury to the WRs ahead of him. He's a walk-on paying his own way. He may or may not play but he at least gives them another person for practice at a position a little light on numbers. He did play WR in high school as a freshman so some history at the position. 

You could wait for him to enter a game as WR and cost the Irish a victory before you start to rail on him for the 100th time. Did he run over your dog or something? For someone you never met, I do not understand your hate for him. 

NDLincPark make me be like…

😜😂🤣

 

3 hours ago, NDLincPark said:

You seem to be struggling with the concept of time.  That was last year, and it was to be a backup QB.

Since then, he was boo'd off the field in his only time playing football, quit football,  changed schools, picked a new sport, and is now back to playing football at another position.  hilarious 

Struggle with time.. ok buddy

 

also, maybe he sees the field because they are blowing people out?

 

How is this any different than Carlyle Holiday or Arnez Battle, besides the transfer. And this doesnt count towards the 85

There’s only 1 name on this thread that “adds negative value.”  You can decide for yourself who that is.  As a hint,”adding negative value” is a nonsense phrase.

 

 

here are some freezes.

You realize if he's fast enough to run this 12 yard zone read play he's quick enough to run a 12 out pattern?

Im still laughing at the throws of him shot put heaving the football with his noodle arm.  It was like he was a WNBA player trying to play in the NBA.   

And the ND fan boys all thought and still think TB is some sort of recruiting gem.  lol  

 

On 6/1/2024 at 3:29 PM, Mike said:

He was a QB at two prestigious colleges. He returned back to Notre Dame and won a National Championship. Afterwards, he switched to WR, which will be a completely different experience. 

If he helps the offense, hopefully he sees the field. If not, he'll add a ton of value in other areas. I doubt many other WRs will know the route tree as well as him.

That stuff goes unseen.

He was a terrible QB at Notre Dame, one with a comically weak arm who would struggle to start for a MAC school

He transfered from ND the moment they figured out he was a backup level QB at best 

He followed the easiest path in Reese to go be a backup again, 3rd string.  And was boo'd off the field in his only game action because he was so god awful. 

Then, that was so trying for him, he left that school, and quit that sport. 

Crawled back to ND and got a participation trophy for LAX (He had one assist and 0 goals on the season, lol) He was again a LAX scrub

And now he is back as a slow, dumb, un athletic walk on WR, back to a sport he quit cause he was so awful at just a year ago 

 

23 minutes ago, NDLincPark said:

He was a terrible QB at Notre Dame, one with a comically weak arm who would struggle to start for a MAC school

He transfered from ND the moment they figured out he was a backup level QB at best 

He followed the easiest path in Reese to go be a backup again, 3rd string.  And was boo'd off the field in his only game action because he was so god awful. 

Then, that was so trying for him, he left that school, and quit that sport. 

Crawled back to ND and got a participation trophy for LAX (He had one assist and 0 goals on the season, lol) He was again a LAX scrub

And now he is back as a slow, dumb, un athletic walk on WR, back to a sport he quit cause he was so awful at just a year ago 

 

Interestingly valid points.

But, since he won't play on Saturdays unless there's a gadget play, or there's a blowout, or it's the last ND home game of the year and ND has a nice lead (November 16, Virginia at ND; seems fairly likely), and since he is taking nothing away from anyone, seems like there's no bad in it.  

Would Alabama or Georgia or Ohio State have a walk-on like this?  I don't have time to do the research, but I'm pretty sure each of those schools has done something like this, probably many times.  Not using a scholarship, having a guy who has seen actual playing time on Saturdays (and you've already pointed out his relative ineffectiveness; don't need to re-hash that here), and a guy that the players actually seem to like and respect...yup, pretty sure those schools would do, and have done, this deal.

@NDLincPark According to you Ty is "slow, dumb, un athletic (sic)" 

Slow: Ty is reputed to run a 4.7 40. Not an Olympic sprinter but still faster than probably 90% of the population. TBH, for a 6'1" 215# walk-on WR, not that slow. Note: two WRs at the NFL combine ran slower than a 4.6.

Dumb: Took 20+ credit hours in a semester at a Top 20 academic school while participating in a Div I varsity sport. Doesn't seem to reek of being "dumb".

Unathletic: After not playing for years, saw increasing more playing time (including in the Div I play-offs) for one of the deepest lacrosse teams of all time (playing as a defensive middie which does not give much opportunity for offensive stats) - Don't see that as a reason to call him unathletic. If anything, it proves the opposite. 

Your comments remind me of the old saying. "Better to Remain Silent and Be Thought a Fool than to Speak and Remove All Doubt"

I think I have asked you this question before but I am pretty sure that you dodged answering it. Since you have decided to be so judgmental, what are your athletic and academic accomplishments? Did you play a sport in high school or college? Did you play two? Has your only exposure to college football been as a fan? 

Leaving this thread with this...

 

Man you really are passionate about a walk on WR

It is funny that Homers are still defending him, because they all were wrong about him being a good ND QB 2/3 years ago.

He was and is a gigantic bust 

39 minutes ago, NDLincPark said:

It is funny that Homers are still defending him, because they all were wrong about him being a good ND QB 2/3 years ago.

He was and is a gigantic bust 

See thats the thing. He can be a bust, but that doesnt mean he cant provide value signaling in plays, or providing perspective on things he learned under Saben, esp when it costs literally nothing.