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Weis: No hard feelings for Little
Submitted by kentysiac on 10/07/2008 - 13:20
In Feb. 2007, Durham Hillside's Greg Little delighted North Carolina fans on signing day by reneging on a commitment to Notre Dame and signing with the Tar Heels as a member of coach Butch Davis' first recruiting class.
Now Little gets a chance to face the team he snubbed when North Carolina plays host to Notre Dame on Saturday.
Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis said during his weekly news conference Tuesday that he harbors no hard feelings toward Little, who plays running back for the Tar Heels.
"Anytime you're involved in recruiting, the toughest thing to do is get a guy to leave his home state," Weis said. ".At the end of the day, he felt more comfortable staying home. Do I like that happening? No, but who can really fault a guy who stays home?"
Weis plans to continue recruiting in North Carolina. He said Davis and the Tar Heels are often a factor when Notre Dame pursues players in the Atlantic Coast region, but has three key defensive players from North Carolina on his roster in Bunn's Kerry Neal, Davie County High alumnus Raeshon McNeil and Matthews Butler High alum Robert Blanton.
"We don't go after every kid in the state," Weis said. "But every year we'll go into North Carolina and go after a handful of guys and try to come out with a couple."
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Ken Tysiac has covered the ACC for The Charlotte Observer since 2003, and spent the previous eight years covering Clemson for the Anderson Independent-Mail and then The State in South Carolina. He grew up in Rochester, N.Y., and is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.Want to post a comment?
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UNC v ND
Wed, 10/08/2008 - 00:45 — Steve White (not verified)The most important thing to remember is that this is a non-conference game and win or lose it doesn't help us in the ACC.
There is one piece of information that I think would benefit our
student athletes. Notre Dame does not have athletic dorms
and all athletes live spread out on their campus in residence halls with the rest of the students. Also they don't all have the same major. I know from experience that almost all athletes at some
some schools e.g. Penn State have the same physical education
or communication major. This does not help athletes when their
football days are over.
what in the world does PSU
Wed, 10/08/2008 - 10:42 — gvillegatrwhat in the world does PSU have to do with this saturdays UNC and ND game?? Steve, are you looking for pity or a pat on the back b/c ND athletes sleep amongst the regular students??
Greg Little
Wed, 10/08/2008 - 00:33 — Nancy Diemelt (not verified)I have had the pleasure of attending games at Notre Dame and I hope that our fans show the same respect and courtesy that the
Irish show their visitors. They are the class act of college football.
Unbelievably friendly and helpful.
If they go after Little
Tue, 10/07/2008 - 19:09 — UNCAlumnusThen ND's qb better have his head on a swivel. This being college and all I wouldn't expect any funny business, though.
do a followup man...where's the hardhitting journalism
Tue, 10/07/2008 - 17:29 — izzykareemYou gotta ask Weis about the text message he sent to Little challenging his manhood. "No hard feelings"... yeah right. If i was Little I'd call in sick on saturday, he'll be a marked man, even if Weis doesn't say anything to his team, the team knows what Little did.