[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Good point about Clausen being so highly recruited, but the team isn't lacking talent at the position from what it sounds like. If a kid like Sharpley's so good, I don't see any point in wasting him on the bench when you can redshirt the wunderkind, give him a year to study the playbook and take the nation by storm in 2008.

Yep. Clausen probably knew coming in there were dues to pay...look at most of the top QBs at top schools, few start their first season because of the talent in front of them.

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by Gotham Dark Knight

Yep. Clausen probably knew coming in there were dues to pay...look at most of the top QBs at top schools, few start their first season because of the talent in front of them.

I understand the desire to use him like Florida did Tim Tebow last year, but I'd hate to waste a year of eligibility for a gimmicky role.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

I understand the desire to use him like Florida did Tim Tebow last year, but I'd hate to waste a year of eligibility for a gimmicky role.

I don't see Notre Dame doing that. I am suprise Florida did...but hey can't argue with a title huh?

[bears9]

i think they will have a system some what like North Carolina's last Year switch off every 2 drives for the the first half and if one is better than the other he plays the second and they stay the same same system they could do that with Sharply and Claussen

[Haynr8dr]

It appears that Zach Frazier is going to transfer. What makes me say that is his name has popped up on a sports message board related to the Hawaii Warriors.

Of course I had to jump all over that. I thought Frazier was a legitimate contender to start for the Fighting Irish this season. It looks like he won't even be on the team.

[Lefty Noob]

Still no word as to whether it will be Sharply, Clausen or Jones starting.

"I certainly don't want to tell Georgia Tech what I'm doing because I'd rather they spent more time having to figure: Are they going to play a true drop-back quarterback? Are they going to play an athletic quarterback?" coach Charlie Weis says in an article on Post-Gazette.com. "I'm not really in the business of giving out free information."

However, he did add "If the competition weren't as close as it was, I would have already said who it was."

The suspense is killing me. Who will replace Brady Quinn as Notre Dame's quarterback?

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

I definitely agree with sitting the younger kids. I'd redshirt Claussen, I think. Too much talent at that position already to waste a year of that young man's eligibility. Save him for a little later on down the road.

Yep...the Irish lost a lot of starters ...and they are rebuilding (sort of) so why waste a year of Claussen right now?

[bears9]

Claussen should start Even Sharply should come or couple drives to spell Claussen every once and a while