Dayne Crist

The Kansas Jayhawks enter the 2012 college football season with optimism as they bring in head coach Charlie Weis to try and turn things around. Weis had an unsuccessful stint at Notre Dame, posting a 35-27 record from ’05-’09. However, he certainly has some solid credentials as he served as offensive coordinator for the New England Patriots and helped guide them to three Super Bowl victories in five years. The Turner Gill experiment lasted just two years as the Jayhawks posted a combined 5...Read Full Story

To the surprise of no one, Dayne Crist will be in a different uniform come next season. On Sunday, the University of Notre Dame granted the senior quarterback the chance to talk to other schools about where he wants to play football in 2012 for his... [Read the full post @ RantSports.com]Read Full Story

Dayne Crist threw for two first-quarter touchdowns and ran for another on Saturday night as Notre Dame built a 21-point lead and coasted to a 31-13 victory over Boston College.The Fighting Irish (2-3) had lost three straight games — all to teams currently in The Associated Press Top 25. But they got little resistance from Boston College (2-2), which promoted freshman Chase Rettig to starting quarterback during the week only to lose him to an ankle injury early in the second quarter.Crist...Read Full Story

Now in his fifth season at Michigan State, tight end Charlie Gantt can speak with authority on his team's rivalry with Notre Dame."I would put it right up there with Michigan," said Gantt, a senior from the Detroit area. "All you do is just think about it all week, all day. Maybe they don't think that. But for us it's a real emotional game, and every year it's a fight."It certainly has been recently.Michigan State has won nine of its last 13 meetings with the Irish, though Notre Dame has...Read Full Story

It would be easy for a running back to get lost in Brian Kelly's explosive spread offense.The scheme made a star out of quarterback Tony Pike when Kelly was at Cincinnati — or at least enough attention to get him an NFL contract. Same for wide receiver Mardy Gilyard. The running backs? Not so much.Now Kelly and his no-huddle fire drill are at Notre Dame, and one of the guys making it go is — surprise! — running back Armando Allen."His talent speaks for itself," Irish quarterback Dayne Crist...Read Full Story