jc the people's choice

well today charlie announced what the nd faithful were all hoping for...jimmy clausen will be starting against penn state. the results of the blog poll were for the jimbotron and charlie listened to us (i am sure he has spent hours looking through the blogosphere for opinions like that of mine and nicole's). so he is the chosen one, i have been a fan since the beginning and can't wait to see what he can do. at the very least we will have a quaterback with experience going into next season. here are some picks of the newest "golden boy" from the fan practice and blue and gold game

charlie said today that jimmy was the clear leader after spring practice (before the pesky surgery) and that he wasn't medically cleared to go full out until september 1 but now it is september 1st and he is ready to roll...also interesting enough he would not disclose what he said to jimmy before he went in on saturday...my thoughts are something along the lines of take over your team boy you and i both knew it was going to happen. no quarterback has started so early in their freshman season, brady didn't start until game 4.

i need jimmy to do well so he can save the season and my liver (huge embarrassing nd losses make me drink too much) and while i don't think we are going to go 13-1 i do have hope that i didn't have halfway through the game on saturday.

stephanie's friend jen had the following thing to say and i just had to share, she sums it up into one neat little package...

Well, this football season is shaping up to be a dandy. It's going to be like 2003 again when Brady was a frosh taking his lumps. Evan has already proved in mop-up duty that he can't move an offense, and the college game doesn't support the option or running the QB anymore, so D-dawg is out. I really thought Charlie would throw Clausen in there sooner, but he had to give the ND faithful a real look at the more "experienced" quarterbacks. That way, when everyone's yelling for his head because the froshie is throwing interceptions against USC and Michigan, we all know there ain't nothin' better to fall back on. Charlie is truly a genius.

so here is to hoping to the future (and beating msu, usc, bc and u of m, maybe not this year but next year would be nice)...go irish!!

ps it took nicole until last year to shake brady's hand and she has already shaken jimmy's i think that is an excellent sign! check out the video if you haven't yet!