Welcome to the RETURN OF THE 36 CHAMBERS! After a 2 year hiatus, I'm bringing it back. Now, if you're not familiar with this series- where in the hell have you been? Depth charts are sooo 2000. In this day and age, offensive multiple personnel groupings and defensive rotations are the new normal. So, laying out a depth chart does nothing for me. A number 2 at one spot can be far less valuable than a number 3 at another. 

This exercise lists the 36 players that give the most value to the team as a whole. In the past, I have done this in 18 separate posts over the course of 2-3 months. That won't be the case this time around. This will be done in 4 parts over the next couple of weeks. Hey- we got a summer to summer. 

Let's begin...

I was asked to join Andy Coppens & Brandon Cavanaugh by our host Kevin McGuire. We talked football. Enjoy.

In a very expected move, regardless of timing, Quenton Nelson committed to the University of Notre Dame. Nelson is a high 4 star offensive tackle from New Jersey and has received high praise recently for his performance at some camps. To put it plainly, this is a mean, tough, asskicking lineman. He wants to destroy you, your mother, your grandmother, and your little dog too.

Welcome to ND Quenton! Hopefully he brings his helmet for future Shamrock Series ideas.

Last season, Everett Golson settled into the quarterback spot as the clear-cut starter, especially towards the end of the season. However, at the beginning of 2012, Tommy Rees was neck-and-neck with Golson to lead the offense. Now that the Blue-Gold spring game is in the books, can Reese find a way to legitimately get back into the discussion?

When the Cincinnati Bengals selected Tyler Eifert as the 21st overall pick in the 2013 NFL draft, he became the first of six tight ends taken in the top 100 picks. He also became the second tight end the Bengals have drafted in the first round in recent years, joining 2010 first-rounder Jermaine Gresham.

The NFL has long been known as a copycat league. After seeing the success of the Patriots' offense with tight ends Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez, it's no wonder teams like the Bengals are stockpiling tight ends. Multiple tight end offenses are on the rise in the NFL, and it will be interesting to see if the Irish continue utilizing multiple tight end formations as frequently in Eifert's absence. 

The Subway Domer Recruiting Notebook is getting opened a few days late, but apparently right on time. The world of recruiting is the strangest thing. Not only is it as changing as the water in a river, but it's as constant at the spring that feeds it. This is our unique fascination. You can't really understand it, all you can really do is to accept it for what it is. 

Last year, some Irish fans were bitching and moaning about Michigan's recruiting class at the time. Not only were they unfairly comparing its size and star power insanely early in the process to that of Notre Dame's, but they were calling for the blood of the Irish coaching staff for failing to keep up with the Skunkies.

The 2013 NFL Draft is over and this unofficially ends the 2012 season. Now we can sit back and "enjoy" about 3 months of baseball. YEAH!!!!

Just bash me in the balls with a garden rake and rub dried oregano in my eyes. I'm strong- I CAN TAKE IT, YOU SON OF A BITCH!!!...

Or, at least, that's what I am telling myself right now just to stay out of the mental hospital. So... lets finish this season with a draft wrap and seance.