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Spring game tickets go on sale tomorrow.
Spring game is April 21st
Spring game is April 21st
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Got my spring game tickets last week.
Sitting in the Gold seats along the 50.
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So do I.Originally posted by JayRockI wish I could go
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Tee Shepard has left school.
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From Chicago TribuneOn Signing Day in early February, Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly hailed the cornerback Tee Shepard by saying the top 100 cornerback always wanted to be at Notre Dame.
That lasted a month and a half.
One of the premier recruits in the Irish's latest recruiting hail was an early entrant and now he's an early exit, too. Shepard is no longer enrolled at Notre Dame and has returned home ot Fresno, Calif., the school announced Thursday.
"Tee is a special person and it’s unfortunate it didn’t work out here," Irish coach Brian Kelly said in a statement. "Everyone at Notre Dame wishes him all the best in the future."
The 6-foot-1-inch, 180-pound Shepard was a four-star prospect rated the No. 4 cornerback and the No. 76 prospect nationally by Rivals.com, coming out of Fresno's Washington Union High School.
He was expected to immediately compete for a starting job in the depleted Irish secondary, and his departure is a devastating blow to depth at that position as well as the long-term prospects of the 2012 recruiting class.
In the throes of winter, there was much consternation over whether Shepard and cousin/teammate Deontay Greenberry would follow through on commitments and actually enroll at Notre Dame.
Shepard took the lead as an early enrollee, starting classes in January, while Greenberry stunned the Irish by backing out of his commitment on Signing Day and inking with Houston.
"I think it's been well chronicled, he did not play his senior season but that did not change our feelings about Tee and what he stood for," Kelly said during a Signing Day news conference.
"He's always wanted to be at Notre Dame, he knew that coming here would set him up for the rest of his life. It was great to see him, again, this morning with a smile on his face, excited about being here at Notre Dame and we believe he is the best corner back in the country, and he can come in and compete right away just like all of our freshmen."
As of Thursday, in a stinging blow to Notre Dame, Shepard will be doing his competing somewhere else.
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Amir Carlisle wins appeal and can play this season
Can he play DB?
From the Trib
On a day pockmarked by an unexpected early exit, Notre Dame also announced an earlier-than-expected arrival.
Transfer running back Amir Carlisle has had his waiver approved by the NCAA and will be eligible to compete in the 2012 season, the school announced Thursday.
Carlisle, from Santa Clara, Calif., transferred to Notre Dame in January after spending the first semester of his freshman year at USC.
"I want to thank Notre Dame and its compliance office for helping me with this request," Carlisle said in a statement. "I also want to thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, for giving me the blessing to play this year. I love being here at Notre Dame and can’t wait to run out of the tunnel this September wearing my gold helmet."
Said Irish coach Brian Kelly in a statement: "I want to publicly commend the exemplary work done by our compliance office, specifically, Jen Vining-Smith. Amir was going to be a great addition to our team regardless of whether he was going to be able to compete for us this fall. Now we know we’ll be able to use his talents on the field and I’m very happy about that."
Carlisle amassed 118 yards on 19 carries for the Trojans in 2011. Carlisle originally committed to Stanford before flipping to USC, though Notre Dame was a finalist for the running back out of high school as well.
Carlisle's availability gives the Irish a boost in backfield depth and flexibility alongside returnees Cierre Wood and Theo Riddick.
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Yeah.
WTF is going on?Comment
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ND Michigan
Under the lights!
I'm there this year.Comment
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Hmm I dunno. IU could have a big game that night.Originally posted by JayRock
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I can't wait to go to the game. Find you and punch you IU loving ass right in the heart.
It's my birthday weekend so you have to let me.
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I'll be drinking at the Eddy Street Commons all day screaming "COME AT ME BRO" from the top of the parking garage.Originally posted by JayRock
You'll know where to find me.Comment
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Sounds like the Shepard issue was grades. Hopefully he gets it figured out and transfer back in for the fall semesterComment
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Tee's dad is saying the reason he left was related to Tee's healthComment
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Yeah it's odd. UHND cites soemthing saying that Tee's dad says he won't be coming back to ND...yet the story they link to doesn't say that.Comment
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Carlisle out for the spring with a broken ankle.
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