2007 a “Step Back” for Nore Dame?

Recently ESPN.com’s Ivan Maisel and Mark Schalabach, two of their college football writers, wrote a short column on the three things they “can’t wait to see” out of the Independents next football season. Of course, the top of the list for both of the writers concerned the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish and how they would react to the loss of Brady Quinn.

Both reporters took the obvious road. Maisel wondered if Weis would be right when the coach had previously said that 2007 might be a step back for Notre Dame. It’s the opinion of Maisel that it will be, saying that the Irish have “only 10 returning starters, no experience at quarterback and four of the Irish’s first six games on the road.”

Schalabach wondered if Jimmy Clausen, the favorite to replace Quinn, might not have benefited from having any experience at the receiver position. He accurately brought up the fact that Clausen has impressed the Fighting Irish coaching staff immensely. The fact is, there are a lot of question marks this year in South Bend, and the only way to find out about all of them live and in person is to get Notre Dame Fighting Irish tickets at StubHub.com.

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