Clausen leaves no doubt about starting QB job | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star

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The futility of Spring football
Published 4/21/2008 by T-Mill at Off the Tracks
... Of course that doesn’t stop our friends in South bend from going way overboard about Jimmy Montana. I guess completing 10 of 27 passes against a defensive unit that couldn’t stop the French army last season is certainly taking command of the starting quarterback position. This is especially so when the next studly recruit isn’t even there yet and Jimmy was probably competing against a waterboy and a peanut vendor. Keep throwing those game winning TD’s in events that aren’t even games, Jimmy. He could still become a quality quarterback for the Irish, but let’s all calm down a ...

The Adventures of Pickles and Chuckles
Published 4/23/2008 by J Money at Boiled Sports
... The Indy Star, a gold mine for ridiculous dreck, had an article on Sunday pumping up Notre Dame's next outstandingly overrated patsy-beating, bowl-game-losing quarterback. ...

Know thy Opponent 2008: Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Published 6/10/2008 by T-Mill (noreply@blogger.com) at Off the Tracks
... I have derisively called him Jimmy Montana because of the amount of hype he has created for himself, but Jimmy Clausen appears to be the Notre Dame quarterback – for the moment. Evan Sharpley spent the spring playing baseball, leaving Clausen as the only scholarship QB for spring football. The Indy Star immediately anointed him as the starter, but Sharpley may return in the fall and new uber-recruit Dayne Crist could also earn some time under center. Clausen split time with Sharpley last season, throwing for over 1,200 yards and seven TD’s to go with six interceptions. Sharpley ...