the St. Thomas Aquinas pipeline
by Spesh 
, Los Angeles, Thursday, February 19, 2009, 06:13 (6081 days ago)
This pipeline seems like a natural fit. It's mind-boggling to me that there are so many quality prospects from STA who are interested in ND.
For those who are familiar with the program, who were some of the better college football and NFL players to play there? Who have we missed out on because other head coaches (Willingham, Davie) didn't make the school a priority? I feel like I used to read posts on various sites where folks criticized the staffs for not going after these kids...now we are, and with a pretty good success rate.
It would be really nice to develop a stable ...
by Slainte Joe , Raleigh, Thursday, February 19, 2009, 07:10 (6081 days ago) @ Spesh
of these Catholic-school feeders. Obviously, Cretin-Derham and Aquinas have been good to us. It would be great to get that kind of pipeline going at schools like De La Salle in California and St. Xavier in Ohio.
Seems like we're doing okay at Cardinal Mooney High School.
I agree with you 100%.
OT: I recently ran across...
by Slainte Joe , Raleigh, Friday, February 20, 2009, 13:48 (6080 days ago) @ Porpoiseboy
an old e-mail you sent me months ago to which I neglected to reply. My humble apologies. If you decide to take a crack at another book discussion, please let me know.
Why yes, my friend, we are.
We will be kicking off the start of a discussion of Infinite Jest in just two short days - it's not too late. Obviously, the more, the merrier!
You can find the details at http://www.themovietap.com.
Oof. That's a tough one.
by Slainte Joe , Raleigh, Monday, February 23, 2009, 05:56 (6077 days ago) @ Porpoiseboy
I'll try to hit the library during my lunch break.
Along with Xavier
by ReginaldVelJohnson , Thursday, February 19, 2009, 07:14 (6081 days ago) @ Slainte Joe
we could probably make inroads with the Cincinnati Catholic league as a whole. Getting Rudolph was absolutely incredible. The opportunity is there because Cincinnati is not as big of an OSU base as Central and NE Ohio are.