re: Jimmy Clausen

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the stats don't lie tho. and that was with a more talented team than quinn had.

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The 2005 ND team was more talented than the 2009 one. Quinn had a good number of future NFL players on offense - Fasano and Carlson were his TEs (both 2nd rounders), Ryan Harris was the LT (he's the RT with the Broncos), Sullivan was his C (starting C in Minn), LeVoir (N.E.) and Stevenson (Texans) were also on the OL and they are in the NFL. Quinn had a much better OL and running game.

As someone else pointed out, that 2009 ND defense sucked.