I think at the start of the season it looked like Sam's move to ND did quite a bit to increase his potential as a possible NFL QB, posting a 6 game start of 5-1 with only a 3 point loss at home to #6 OSU and going 93 of 145 (64.1%) for 1458 yds and 14 TDs with 0 INTs and 2 rushing scores even though they were more of a running team and not a true passing team. But I think he has ended this season in a way that kinda proves what kind of hot and cold QB he really is, going 3-2 with a line 87 of 142 (61.3%) for 1091 yds, 8 TDs and 7 INTs with 1 rushing score. His accuracy and ypg are basically the same, but TD numbers and TD/INT rate have gone down...it's not Mitch Griffis numbers, but it's still not sure-fire NFL QB numbers.
He went to a school that had a more pro style offense than Wake to prove that he could still produce at that level and was decent, but unspectacular. So he proved he can at least run that type of offense. IMO he moved from a ceiling of a 6th or 7th round pick with a UDFA floor to maybe a 2nd day ceiling and 3rd day floor. He'll sign on as either a mid-tier #2QB or #3QB depending on the team a-la John Wolford, and will either have a career at that level barring significant injuries to current/future NFL QB's that propel him to the Starter role in a Tom Brady type situation (of course not that he'll be Tom Brady ) or something like the aforementioned Wolford-type career.
Either that or he'll just fade away in a couple years after not making a team over a Bailey Zappe/CJ Beathard/Easton Stick and move on to be an analyst/ACCN tv guy OR the most popular Bachelor Contestant ever.
Overall, probably a good move to go to ND, both cash-wise and now the fact that the entire world knows he's the hottest QB ever and women will be throwing themselves at him due to the increased exposure that Notre Dame and their string of Nationally-Televised games gave him.
I'm almost positive Hartman will be a known commodity after his time at Notre Dame, either through the NFL, or some manner of getting his pretty face on television ASAP. Something that more than likely wouldn't have happened at Wake Forest.
Like Clawson said, WE were the longtime girlfriend of Sam, WE loved him truly, and WE were the ones that knew he was already the uber-hot cougar-baiting sex symbol he has become (save for that whole mullet deal, no idea what that was about). Going to Notre Dame made the rest of the world aware. Which you have to agree, was one of the main reasons he did it and why it was an understandable and good move for him.
