Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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a position because they get greedy. Then their numbers at a crucial spot are down and they have to move guys out of position or they have to play freshman. "One of the things that's paramount when you want to recruit at the highest level is you have to have balance." Blue & Gold Illustrated: Notre Dame took a big step forward in its recruiting prowess this year. The next step is building on that momentum to create the type of depth that will allow them to hang with the Alabamas of the college football world. Veteran national recruiting analyst Tom Lemming: "Kelly says he Notre Dame started well in recruiting prior to the kickoff of understands now they have the 2012 season, but a 12-0 start was a significant boost to to get to that next level, and closing with players such as five-star defensive lineman Eddie what that level means is re- Vanderdoes. photo courtesy U.S. Army All-American Bowl cruiting — and recruiting great every year. Last year "You can't just rest on your laurels they lost five of their best players. So and think guys are going to flock to the class is an average Notre Dame you. Nick Saban never takes that atticlass. tude, and that's why Alabama always "This class is going to be a very brings in a top-rated class." good one. That means they have to Luginbill: "How are you perceived? follow it up with three more very That term 'relevance' is always thrown good ones. You lose that depth and around with Notre Dame. The only you lose your elite status." time that relevance should apply is Farrell: "Talent and speed. They just with the prospect. Because at the end need to keep getting that talent and of the day how they view Notre Dame speed." is going to determine its success. … Huffman: "It's all about sustaining mo- Those kids down in Florida, Georgia, mentum with how they closed. You Alabama and the Carolinas are startstill have to recruit with the same chip ing to view Notre Dame [as elite]. on your shoulder and hit every nook "That's a real positive sign for the and cranny. future at Notre Dame." ✦