In the past few off-seasons Notre Dame has lost its share of top recruits and key freshmen. Now the Irish will be tested by the academic suspension handed down to QB Everett Golson, which will cost him the 2013 season. Notre Dame has depth in former starting QB Tommy Rees and mobile back-up Andrew Hendrix. Incoming freshman QB Malik Zaire was expected to redshirt this year but if he continues to impress--and he is the most Golson-like--then he may begin his run as a starter. That will make for an interesting situation next spring, if Golson is reinstated, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. This is a big loss for the Irish as Golson's improvement on the field was supposed to help the offense deal with losses of the top two RBs and star TE. Instead a potential co-share at QB will have to lead the Irish against a tough schedule.
More importantly Notre Dame is showing why it is a different football power than most anyone else. I am unsure which programs would boot their starting QB over an academic issue but ND did and fans should be proud. While it seems that the football program is too big there, as everywhere, it does have to follow academic rules the way any program or student at Notre Dame has to.
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