Former Eagles and current UCLA coach Chip Kelly could be candidate for Commanders OC job

Former Eagles and current UCLA head coach Chip Kelly could be candidate for Commanders offensive coordinator job

Chip Kelly could be heading back to the NFC East, as ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reports that the UCLA head coach could be a candidate for the Commanders’ vacant offensive coordinator job.

Washington made their first hire under new owner Josh Harris, hiring Dan Quinn away from the Dallas Cowboys.

Washington hired Adam Peters as general manager on Jan. 12. The moves represent the first onfield steps to moving on from Dan Snyder and his toxic regime.

Quinn served as Dallas’ defensive coordinator for the past three seasons, and during that stint, the Cowboys ranked a combined fifth in points and seventh in yards. Under Quinn, the Cowboys led the NFL with 93 forced turnovers.

The Commanders finished 4-13 in 2023 but will enter the offseason with momentum as they own the No. 2 pick in the 2024 draft and five picks in the top 100.

According to Over The Cap, they also have approximately $70 million in available cap space.

Notre Dame Football: All-Time Single Season Passing Leaders

Which year was the best by a Notre Dame quarterback that you remember?

Notre Dame football is as big of brand as there is in all of college football and it didn’t get that way from being mediocre.

Instead, it was a lot of winning that went into building a tradition that stands up as well as any in the history of the game.

But who is the best player at the most important position in the history of Notre Dame football?

We’re talking about quarterback of course and the numbers we have for you today won’t give that answer, but they will show you some of the most memorable seasons by quarterbacks in Notre Dame history.

Here are Notre Dame’s top-10 all-time single season passing leaders:

Brady Quinn discusses Michigan football and the prevalence of sign stealing

Quinn knows ball. #GoBlue

If you have been living under a rock for the past week-plus, then perhaps you missed what’s going on in Ann Arbor. But more likely than not, you’re well aware that Michigan football is being accused, quite publicly, of alleged illegal sign stealing.

The NCAA has started investigating but hasn’t issued a notice of allegations at this juncture. On Fox Sports radio earlier this week, former Notre Dame quarterback and Fox analyst Brady Quinn chimed in to discuss the overall case.

“There’s a few interesting thoughts to this. The first being how far up does it go?” Quinn said. “As the NCAA does its investigation, Stalions has been suspended with pay by the way, pending the outcome of the investigation based on these accusations. But I’m kind of curious as to the timing of why now? Who’s the whistleblower to all this? Is this just the teams they played against? It feels like this has been known for a while at least as you read into it.

“And on top of it, after everything that happened earlier this year were based on the recruiting violations that were committed by Michigan during the COVID dead period, Harbaugh and Michigan they take basically that of self-suspension, or self-punishment, in hopes of that this upcoming spring-summer, the NCAA won’t tag on anything in addition to that. But because of how difficult Harbaugh was to deal with during that investigation, it seems like there’s something else going on here with the NCAA — either have a bone to pick or maybe there was someone within that was able to bring this to light to start to provide a lot of these details even though a lot of schools that had already known it was going on.”

So was Michigan alone in this practice or is it a bit more prevalent than many are leading on?

Quinn assures that it’s a common practice in college football, but he has a simple, obvious solution should the sport want to deter from the practice of sign stealing.

“So here’s why I get skeptical of it: other teams do this, alright, they just haven’t been caught,” Quinn said. “Sign stealing has gone on forever. You want me to give you the simple solution all this? Yeah. Coach-to-quarterback — do it exactly they do in the NFL. There you have it. You have you speak into the helmet, tell the quarterback what the play is. You speak into the helmets of the linebacker, whoever is on defense what the defense is — done, done. You don’t have to worry about it. This is now a non-issue if you want to get rid of it.

“So all they have to do is make that subtle change. This is never an issue for any teams, whatever moving forward. No idea why the NCAA wouldn’t put or implement a rule like this.”

The issue at hand is, of course, more than sign stealing, but Quinn warns rival fans to beware when it comes to throwing stones from glass houses — there may be similar unsavory practices happening on your campus, as well.

“But besides that point, OK, there’s other schools with teams that do this. And clearly, they’re just maybe better getting away with it, but it feels like for a guy with a background that Connor Stalions has, as a very reputable decoder, that he would have been so sloppy with how he did this,” Quinn said. “I mean, he’s got his name in buying some of these tickets to opposing schools, right? I mean, I’ll just put it this way. Like we’ve all got friends who have gambled before it was legal to gamble. And not many of them were using their real name, whether it’s an offshore book or whatever their account they’ve got. Is that fair to say? Am I elaborating?  So why would you think then that a guy who is the guy supposed to be the steal signals at Michigan, why would you think then that he’s going to use his name and be so, I guess, putting himself at risk or out there like that, knowing what he was doing was illegal? The whole thing seems really fishy. Every little piece of it.

“And I know there’s probably Ohio State fans that are like, ‘Oh, it’s Michigan they cheat!’ Well, be careful. Be careful now. All right, I’m just telling you a lot of coaches that I’ve talked to don’t want to talk about it, or make any public accusations for a reason — for a reason. And anyone who’s out there that says,’ Oh this doesn’t go on. It’s just Michigan,’ they’re lying to you or they’re ignorant to how the game of football is today — at least at the college level.”

Former Browns QB Brady Quinn gets into Twitter spat with Deshaun Watson’s QB coach

A spat between the quarterback coach of current Browns QB Deshaun Watson and a former Browns QB in Brady Quinn lit up Twitter.

There is never a dull season for the Cleveland Browns. And even with a record of 4-2 entering Week 8 off of back-to-back wins, there is still plenty of commotion on Twitter. The latest of that commotion started after former Browns quarterback Brady Quinn insinuated that Deshaun Watson has no incentive to play after having his contract fully guaranteed.

And Watson’s personal quarterback coach Quincy Avery took offense to that. The two then went back and forth for a few rounds before Quinn ended it by making a massage joke at the expense of Watson and his team. Watson’s marketing agent, who has found himself in more than one instance of interacting negatively with others on Twitter, jumped in as well.

The Watson era in Cleveland has been a massive disappointment both on the field and due to injuries, and the team he has surrounded himself with has not been all too helpful in helping him gain the public perception back in his favor.

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Urban Meyer and Fox Big Noon Kickoff crew picks winner of Ohio State vs. Penn State

Who did each member of the Fox Big Noon Kickoff crew pick to win between Ohio State and Penn State? #GoBucks

It’s game day for the Ohio State football team, but not just any game day. Ohio State is hosting a top ten Penn State squad that could be its biggest challenge of the season to date (no offense Notre Dame).

You know it’s a big one when the two major pregame shows originate from the banks of the Olentangy, and that’s exactly what we have Saturday with Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff and ESPN’s College GameDay in the shadow of Ohio Stadium

The ESPN crew already made their picks, and shortly thereafter, Urban Meyer and and the rest of the crew including Matt Leinart, Brady Quinn, and Mark Ingram all made their predictions and had differing opinions.

Here’s what they all said.

How social media reacted to Notre Dame-USC: Irish side

Pretty much everyone is happy and rightfully so.

Notre Dame fans were on edge the entire week after a disappointing loss at Louisville. It didn’t help that Caleb Williams and his high-powered USC offense were about to come to South Bend. While a victory wasn’t impossible and the Irish even were listed as a slight favorite, the confidence in a win happening wasn’t that high. Those fears were put to rest with a 38-20 win.

Maybe the best part about the win is that it not only came against the Irish’s biggest rival and made college football’s best player look vulnerable, but it came right before a bye week. That means the fans will get to enjoy it for a little longer. If the field celebrating on the Notre Dame Stadium field afterwards isn’t an indication of things to come, nothing is.

There were a lot of tweets celebrating this victory. Here are some of the best that were found:

Watch: Matt Lienart re-enacts ‘Bush Push’ in front of Brady Quinn

18 years later and it still stings

Few college football games in history stack up to what 2005’s edition of Notre Dame vs. USC presented.

An all-time exciting game with an all-time finish.

Notre Dame was one play away from snapping USC’s 27-game winning streak and knocking off No. 1 but thanks to help from Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush, quarterback Matt Leinart found the end zone.

To this day that play is remembered as the “Bush Push”.  I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know if you’re a Notre Dame or USC fan but two stars from that game are on campus this weekend.

Former Notre Dame quarterback [autotag]Brady Quinn[/autotag] works with Leinart on the Fox Sports “Big Noon Kickoff” show that is broadcasting from South Bend for the first time Saturday.

On Thursday night the two were on the field to re-enact the legendary play that still stings Irish hearts to this day.  Check it out below as we’re certain there will be a piece on the show Saturday morning.

Don’t miss: Notre Dame-USC staff predictions

Social media reacts to Notre Dame walk-on scoring game-tying touchdown

Bet you didn’t have him scoring.

As far as Notre Dame walk-ons go, it’s gonna be tough to top [autotag]Rudy Ruettiger[/autotag] in terms of notoriety. But it’s a lot easier to pass Ruettiger in on-field performance if you have a chance to play. [autotag]Jordan Faison[/autotag] got that chance in the second quarter against Louisville, and he came up at a big time. Two plays after making his first collegiate catch, he caught a 36-yard touchdown pass from [autotag]Sam Hartman[/autotag] to tie the game:

Whatever happens the rest of this game, Faison will have this moment forever. Not everyone in his position has this particular opportunity, and he made the most of his. If he has a few more plays like this, he’ll be listed on the depth chart every week. Not bad for someone whose main sport is lacrosse.

While Faison is waiting, he can read these and other reactions that were posted to social media after his touchdown:

Watch: Former Notre Dame QB Brady Quinn pays off bet to Ohio State in-law

Take that off now Brady

When [autotag]Notre Dame football[/autotag] lost at home to Ohio State, it wasn’t just the Irish that lost.

[autotag]Brady Quinn[/autotag], whose brother in-law is former Buckeye linebacker [autotag]AJ Hawk[/autotag], made a bet with each other on who would win the game. Unfortunately, the former Irish quarterback had to pay off his bet in front of a large audience.

On the set of [autotag]Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff[/autotag] pre-game show, Quinn arrived on set with a Hawk Ohio State jersey, officially completing the wager. Check out the video below of the incident.

We certainly don’t agree with [autotag]Urban Meyer[/autotag]’s comments, Brady looks much better in Blue and Gold.

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Watch: Brady Quinn pays off bet, wears Ohio State football jersey

Quinn looks good… #GoBucks

[autotag]Ohio State football[/autotag] defeating Notre Dame didn’t just have implication on the field, there were some off the field as well.

Former Irish quarterback, [autotag]Brady Quinn[/autotag], whose brother in-law is former Buckeye linebacker [autotag]AJ Hawk[/autotag], made a bet and we all know who won. The payoff was Quinn having to wear a Buckeye jersey, and he just so happened to do it in Columbus on the set of Fox’s pregame show, [autotag]Big Noon Saturday[/autotag].

Check out the video below of Quinn in front of plenty of Buckeye fans wearing a Hawk jersey, with former Ohio State national championship head coach [autotag]Urban Meyer[/autotag] liking his outfit choice.

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