Over the years, the Senior Bowl has always been a great showcase of the talent the Irish have amassed on their roster. It is an opportunity to watch tons and tons of Notre Dame upperclassman that have helped the Irish win a ridiculous amount of games, and are ready to take on their NFL careers-test their mettle against the rest of the nation’s best seniors.
This ample amount of talent always makes Senior Bowl week an exciting week for Irish fans, as Notre Dame studs garner more attention than any of the other schools’ players.
This year is no different, here are some bits of hype heard surrounding the Irish participants (Sam Young, Eric Olsen, Kyle McCarthy):
Oh, wait a minute, I am mistaken. The Irish hype at Senior Bowl week actually has all of the excitement of envelope-stuffing. Just like every other year for Notre Dame.
Unfortunately, Senior Bowl week (and its lack of Irish players making an impact, both in numbers, and in strong performances) is just another great example of why the Irish have fallen off as a program.
The USC Trojans have been recruiting and developing the best athletes in college football since the clock struck 2000.
How did Pete Carroll do it?
The Blarney might know the secret.
Surprisingly, a workout fit for a woman. Shake Weights! (Hmm…what exercise does this remind you of?)
Ah, yes, those Trojan ball players sure know how to stroke it.
Paul Hornung, ND’ original “golden boy”, is to be the namesake for college football’s newest honor: most versatile player. What does than mean? Well, to give you a proper picture, the Paul Hornung Award would have gone to either C.J. Spiller, or ND’s own Golden Tate if it were awarded this year (a player that can help their team the most in a large variety of ways).
Hornung is one of college football’s all-time greats (think the original Rocket Ismail, plus he could throw, and play defense), the only player special enough to win the Heisman on a losing team, so his name belongs right up there with the Biletnikoffs and Nagurskis.
However, he might have even more fame for the statement “ND must lower admissions to get the black athlete and win”. Technically, he may be right on lowering admissions, he just made the mistake of using the qualifying term “black”. (That’s what we call racial profiling.)
So, occasionally in his honor, the Blarney will bring you Hornung’s Words Of Wisdom, or technically true statements that are worded wrong, and perhaps show some prejudice or some kind of political incorrectness.
Paul Hornung’s Words of Wisdom For 12-27-10:
“If you need a gift idea, ask a woman. They instinctively know what would be good because they spend much of their free time shopping.”
