UNDER THE DOME
premier showcases for
recruiting. Once upon
a time in recruiting in
decades gone by, official
visits were taken mainly
after the season. These
days, they occur for the
actual football games.
A v i c t o r y i n s u c h
cases doesn't hurt, al-
though all-time Notre
Dame career receptions,
yardage and touchdown
catches leader Michael
Floyd (among others)
committed to the Irish
shortly after the 38-0 de-
bacle at home to USC in
2007.
At least 15 official vis-
its were planned for the
Oct. 17 clash with the
Trojans, and that was
not even including more
than a half-dozen play-
ers who already have
issued verbal commit-
ments to Notre Dame.
That led to an inquiry
about whether Kelly and
his staff were spread-
ing themselves too thin
with so many visits, and
whether they would pre-
fer a more limited num-
ber.
"We always do — and
we always break that
rule," Kelly said. "Every
year we sit down and go,
'We're only going to take
13 [visitors]; we're only
My passion
is running.
Teaching students
the importance of
fitness is my goal.
IRISH.
I AM
