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Will Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly use Andrew Hendrix and Everett Golson this season

Uncertainty still lingers over full season

DARA KELLY,

IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 7:58 AM

Updated Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 11:41 AM

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Brian Kelly speaking to his team

The mystery of who would fill the quarterback position at Notre Dame came to an end this week with the naming of senior Dayne Crist as starter.

It wasn't an earth shattering surprise since the race had always been between Crist and sophomore Tommy Rees.

With Crist and Rees, it's the devil you know. They've both had game experience, have handled the pressures of the game and both are constantly improving their game.

Crist is certainly athletic, but he has had both knees surgically repaired in consecutive years, and Kelly is for that reason reluctant to see him running.

Kelly wants a quarterback that can run, but one that can win now too. It's still by no means clear who the victor will be in the end.

Meanwhile Golson and Hendrick wait in the wings for their opportunity to shine.Given Crist's injury- prone nature one of them may find themselves in the back up position. Kelly may well use them especially Golson in particular situations. With his great speed he's a wildcat option definitely.
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S.Connolly | Aug 30, 2011, 03:02 PM EDT

It looks like Kelly has a hard time making up his mind on players to start. Maybe he prays on it tooooo looong! The real sleeper is one of ND's feeder highschools...St. Edward's, Lakewood, Ohio. State champs. No one will play them so most of their opponets this year are from out of state. They will play the nation's #uno Don Bosco on Oct.8 at the West Point Military Academy-televised! Looking at their roster, they are cloned at 6-6, 290# fast, serious and winners.

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JamesMartin | Aug 30, 2011, 10:31 AM EDT

Being the first to comment, I hope I'm the very last. I read tne Irish Central for information about Ireland. Notre Dame has absolutely nothing to do with Ireland 'cept their nickname and mascot. There are plenty of other colleges with players of Irish lineage, Catholic, Protestant and atheist. So why do you have to tout a school whose glory days have ebbed away. A school, in fact, too afraid to join a real football conference. If it's for the money you say, ah well that's a bunch of mularky. The "real football conference" also has a TV network and by all accounts it's least competitive football schools made more money at the end of the season than ole ND. At least one has to scroll to the very bottom of Irish Central to read about ND, but better yet... quit yer blather of ND!

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