He left on his own. He could have stayed.
Freeman et al, didn't decide the starting qb out of spring camp. By most accounts, Angeli was told he was, at best, #2 on the depth chart, neither as good a runner as Minchey nor as good a passer as Carr. Coaches make decisions all the time re: playing time. It is tough when you play the one position (except maybe the kicker/punter and long snapper) where only one guy gets to play. So he read the room, saw his competition face-to-face, heard what the coaches had to say and he made a decision to leave.
Yes, Angeli has put up good numbers against the likes of UConn and Colgate. But let's face it: Colgate/UConn ain't exactly Miami or A&M. Note: And we didn't lose either of our games because of qb play. And Syracuse won't play as good a team as either of them until they play Miami in November. As I remember there were folks saying similar things about Buchner and Jurkovec as they are about Angeli.
Time will tell if Angeli turns out to be a NFL draft pick or just another guy who did a good job at what he loves to do. I wish him luck.
Replies to: "How did he get a raw deal?"
- Excited to see how Angeli does against Clemson. - Clem - 6:10am 9/20/25
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- Angeli is a baller [NT] - Jerseymick - 1:13pm 9/20/25
- ND made a big mistake with Angeli. We can’t get QB right. Carr is good but it was an unnecessary - oldirish - 12:22pm 9/20/25
- Enough! Multiple things can be true at the same time - Chrisb - 2:53pm 9/20/25
- Truth. [NT] - Clem - 3:20pm 9/20/25
- We aren’t 0-2 because of Carr - WoodstockIrish - 1:31pm 9/20/25
- Had Angeli been QB1, we wouldn't have had that ultra conservative playcalling - MarkHarman - 2:38pm 9/20/25
- They didn’t have to be ultra conservative with carr either but that’s freeman’s MO - ndphysics - 3:18pm 9/20/25
- Had Angeli been QB1, we wouldn't have had that ultra conservative playcalling - MarkHarman - 2:38pm 9/20/25
- Enough! Multiple things can be true at the same time - Chrisb - 2:53pm 9/20/25
- So far, so good - AlbanyIRISH - 12:17pm 9/20/25
- I am firm in my belief he got a raw deal at ND - MarkHarman - 9:24am 9/20/25
- It would be funny if he ended up being the first ND QB to have a successful NFL stay in decades. The - oldirish - 12:33pm 9/20/25
- He got a full ride and has an ND degree. [NT] - Curly1918 - 12:32pm 9/20/25
- Agreed, he performed well every time he was asked. [NT] - ColeyO - 11:54am 9/20/25
- How did he get a raw deal? - D2 - 10:19am 9/20/25
- This didn’t age well - WoodstockIrish - 1:33pm 9/20/25
- It aged fine - D2 - 2:00pm 9/20/25
- Agree. I cringe thinking of him operating behind this year's o-line [NT] - Turkish - 2:07pm 9/20/25
- It aged fine - D2 - 2:00pm 9/20/25
- This didn’t age well - WoodstockIrish - 1:33pm 9/20/25
- Taking sacks seems unimportant to you. In the FG drive vs. Penn State, he was strip-sacked - Turkish - 10:16am 9/20/25
- This is the dumbest post ever. Ifs and buts. ND is not in the NC without Angeli. Period. [NT]
- oldirish - 12:23pm 9/20/25
- I caveated my hypothetical with a probably. He got a FG - Turkish - 1:40pm 9/20/25
- This^^^^^ [NT] - ColeyO - 12:32pm 9/20/25
- This is the dumbest post ever. Ifs and buts. ND is not in the NC without Angeli. Period. [NT]
- oldirish - 12:23pm 9/20/25
- “I don't want to hear coaches always know their players.“ - Chris94 - 10:09am 9/20/25
- How dare he have a different take than you? Doesn't - ColeyO - 12:05pm 9/20/25