Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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WHERE HAVE YOU GONE? and does a postgame show for the Bal- timore Ravens, but his wheelhouse is college football scouting. Last year, he prepared for his show by watching extensive tape of more than 150 prospects, and he gets his football fix by continuing that practice. Finally married in ESPN, Cerrato has been co-hosting the past couple of years a three-hour sports radio show (10 a.m. to 1 p.m.) in Baltimore, 105.7 The Fan, a CBS outlet that also goes to New York. He covered the Baltimore Orioles Formerly a scouting analyst for giate and professional level, but loves his current field of work. "It wasn't the right time, it wasn't the right people," said Cerrato, who is also the defensive coordinator for his old- est son's youth football team, of recent football overtures. "I'd go back only if it was the perfect situation." He has been catch- ing up with the current Notre Dame football program, which might be on the cusp of the halcyon years it expe- rienced from 1988-93 under Holtz. Defensively, Cerrato 2001 at age 41 to his top recruit, the former Rebecca Hinck, a 1997 Notre Dame graduate and now an orthope- dic surgeon, Cerrato's greatest joy is watch- ing sons Vincent (9) and Charlie (7) and daughter Rachel (3) grow. Cerrato met his wife, whose room- mate was the daughter of former San Francisco 49ers president Carmen Pol- icy, during his days with the 49ers, and she had an older brother who also was at Notre Dame. "I asked her one time, 'Did you re- believes Notre Dame can play with most anyone. "Can they score Cerrato, who served as a scouting ana- lyst for ESPN, currently co-hosts a three- hour sports radio show (10 a.m. to 1 p.m.) in Baltimore. PHOTO COURTESY CBS RADIO BALTIMORE Te'o, Cerrato sees a special Tony Rice- type of leadership for the defense, but he also was surprised by how well sophomore quarterback Everett Gol- son comported himself at Oklahoma, and then in the comeback against Pitt. "Tony refused to lose and could alize that your future husband was on the Notre Dame sidelines at that time?'" Cerrato recalled. "She said, 'No, I was only in the second grade.'" Cerrato has had opportunities to go back into football both on the colle- enough if they have to play an Alabama or Oregon?" Cerrato in- quired. "I don't know that yet." In linebacker Manti carry everybody else on his shoulder," Cerrato said. "I don't know if Golson is that yet, but he surprised me." It will be difficult for any future Irish teams to match the level of talent de- veloped at Notre Dame during Cerra- to's time …but a pretty good challenge seems to be forthcoming. ✦