According to Rivals, Nick has offers from:

 

Arizona, Florida State, LSU, Maryland, Ohio State, South Carolina and Stanford. You can see the resemblence, that's for sure.

 

I think he looks more like the greatest LB to ever play the game and that was Joe Montanya. :laugh:

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I think he looks more like the greatest LB to ever play the game and that was Joe Montanya. :laugh:

 

Nice waterboy reference! :thumb:

Well, we do have something of a current case study with Phil Simms' sons.

 

Or you can look at Archie's boys. Difference is that Archie didn't have the team around him that either of this sons have had.

Not soon he is visting Columbus... today and tomorrow with his mom in his first unofficial college visit.

 

Thanks for the info, if Jim Tressel and all of the other schools listed in a post earlier in this thread are after him then one cam be assured the kid can play, he is for real.

It has to be difficult being the son of one of the best of all time. Knowing you'll most likely never accomplish what your father was able to do, but still being expected to do big things by many.

 

I agree, I haven't heard much on the Montana boys but with the way that their dad carried himself I would think they probably have their heads "screwed on right", are all class and will be able to get past that. I also hope that people (wherever they go) will judge them on their own merits and not expect them to live up to their fathers stats/ability. Peyton and Eli Manning handled this pretty well I believe.

After all, they have been Joe's sons all their life and are probably very used to the comparisons and how to handle it.

Didn't he have kids from a first marriage? If so, were any boys and did they do anything in football? They would have to be in their mid to late twenties.

Some notable sons would be Kareem's son, he played at WKU. Jeffrey Jordan, Jarrett Payton.

He isn't being recruited by Notre Dame?

He has some great offers to date, but after looking at his highlight tape on Rivals.com, I really do not see what the coaches of these big-time programs are seeing.

 

I would assume these are of his junior season and the highlights are not overly impressive in my opinion.

 

I want to see more before I am sold.

 

I guess they are buying more on potential than right now. He's Montana's son, so you would tend to think the bloodlines would make for a decent player. If he blossoms, you've got a great player. If he doesn't, you've got Joe Montana's son on your roster.

He isn't being recruited by Notre Dame?

 

No. He has made it know that he has no desire to follow in his father's footsteps at South Bend. Therefore the Irish have not recruited him.

Add Nebraska to his growing list of offers.

He has some great offers to date, but after looking at his highlight tape on Rivals.com, I really do not see what the coaches of these big-time programs are seeing.

 

I would assume these are of his junior season and the highlights are not overly impressive in my opinion.

 

I want to see more before I am sold.

 

If you wanna get down to it, ... the coaches at ND didn't think much of Montana early in his career. 7th string his freshman year in 1974 and played in very few freshman games.

 

Devine did not feel Montana was ready to be the full-time starter in 1975; however, Montana played a key role in Notre Dame's victory over the UNC at Chapel Hill, Montana came in with 5:11 left. North Carolina led 14 to 6. Montana spent 1:02 of game time on the field, had 129 passing yards and Notre Dame won the game 21-14.

 

Against Air Force, Notre Dame's next opponent, Montana again entered the game in the fourth quarter. Although Air Force led 30-10, Notre Dame won the game 31-30. After the win against North Carolina, Devine said that Moose Krause, the Notre Dame Athletic Director, said that the game was the "greatest comeback I've ever seen." After the game against Air Force, Krause was quoted as saying: "This one's better than last week." In those two games, Montana had demonstrated his ability to perform well in high pressure circumstances.

 

Before the start of the 1976 season, Montana separated his shoulder and was unable to compete that year.

 

When the 1977 season began, Montana was the #3 quarterback listed on the team's depth chart, behind Rusty Lisch and Gary Forystek. Notre Dame won their season opener and then lost to Mississippi 20–13. Montana did not appear in either of those games. In their third game of the season against Purdue, Lisch started and was then replaced by Forystek. Forystek was injured & Devine inserted Lisch back into the game before Montana finally had the opportunity to play. Montana entered with approximately 11 minutes remaining and Purdue leading 24-14; he threw for 154 yards and one touchdown, and Notre Dame won the game 31-24.

 

After the game, Devine made Montana the first quarterback on the depth chart and the team won their remaining nine games including their final game of the season, over #1 ranked University of Texas (with Earl Campbell) 38–10 in the 1978 Cotton Bowl. Notre Dame's record of 11-1 earned them the NCAA national title, the only title the school won while Devine was coach.

 

On January 1, 1979, Notre Dame played the University of Houston in that year's Cotton Bowl. Montana fell ill during the game, but returned during the fourth quarter. Notre Dame ran their last offensive play with two seconds remaining on the game clock. They scored a touchdown and won the game 35 to 34. As a result of the game, Notre Dame went on to produce a promotional film called Seven and a Half Minutes to Destiny. Coach Devine later referred to the piece as a "Joe Montana film."

 

 

For the NFL draft, even though his performances on the field were legendary, he was not highly rated and fell to the 3rd round, 82nd pick. The rest, as they say, is history. The knock on him, ... too thin and no arm strength. They forgot the part about being a winner.

 

Not saying his son is him, ... just saying that you just can't tell, .....

No. He has made it know that he has no desire to follow in his father's footsteps at South Bend. Therefore the Irish have not recruited him.

 

The Irish are pretty set at the QB position for the next 4-5 years it would seem. Joe's other son is a walk on guy right? Clearly he doesn't play though.

 

The vest is going hardcore at Nick. He sure wants Nick in Columbus bad but OSU needs to play it right. They have two other projected 5 star QB recruits who are Buckeye fans, one from Michigan...

Sounds like it was a nice visit to OSU. Nick loved the facilities and his mom liked the academic advisors they met, the vest was out of town but they are planning to meet at the spring game. Had dinner at Eddie's steakhouse and now he is off to Austin. I think OSU has a good shot at him i'm not overly concerned with Texas.

He comes from the same school that produced Jimmy Clausen.