Published on: 22nd November, 2009
It will be the end of an era in a week’s time, as Charlie Weis almost assuredly won’t be coaching at Notre Dame any longer. To say this season was a disappointment for Weis is a gross understatement. This was one of the most disappointing, if not the most disappointing, season ...Published on: 19th November, 2009
Everyone inside the college football world seems to agree that this will be Charlie Weis' last season as head coach at Notre Dame. After only two and a half weeks of red hot speculation, dozens of coaching candidate replacements have been scrutinized and debated without end. But one topic that keeps popping up ...Published on: 16th November, 2009
For a long time I was a Charlie Weis apologist, someone who defended his poor performances the last two years and believed better days were ahead. Now, it’s pretty tough to stick up for Charlie. But let me be clear: I think Charlie Weis is a really great coach. It’s just he’s ...Published on: 11th November, 2009
The future of Charlie Weis' job is up for debate after another disappointing season from a team supposedly stacked with talent. Is this really true? According to various scouting services, Weis has brought in very strong recruiting classes to South Bend over the past four seasons. So I thought I’d do ...Published on: 10th November, 2009
What follows is a look at the ten worse losses while Charlie Weis has been head coach at Notre Dame. Just last weekend Weis lost his 24th game in 5 years and his job is now on the line more than ever. To put things in perspective, former Irish coach Lou ...Published on: 9th November, 2009
There have been times when I’ve become severely depressed after watching a Notre Dame loss. Nothing was worse than driving eight hours to South Bend to watch the Fighting Irish defeated by Navy, then cutting my vacation short because I had to return home and glue the pieces of my ...Published on: 2nd November, 2009
Right now, the best receiver in the country is Notre Dame’s Golden Tate and the race for the annual Biletnikoff award may not be very close. The time has come for the rest of college football to take notice of the fiery wideout wreaking havoc on every single opponent his Fighting ...Published on: 28th October, 2009
A few months ago I wrote an article detailing the history of Notre Dame's football uniforms (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/210445-my-changes-to-notre-dames-football-informs ) and made a few suggestions about what I would like to see different with the Fighting Irish wardrobe. I thought now that we are heading into Notre Dame's first ever primetime "home" game ...Published on: 27th October, 2009
Throughout the first half of the 2009 season, Notre Dame Head coach Charlie Weis has marched an explosive and threatening offense onto the field each Saturday. While the Fighting Irish defense has been struggling all year long, the Domers offense, led by quarterback Jimmy Clausen, has been mostly cool and efficient. But, ...Published on: 21st October, 2009
I was doing some hearty coverage of Notre Dame football last night when I came across a blog that made some forthright comments which aroused my interest. Here is a short summary of what was written: *Charlie Weis is not the problem at Notre Dame *No coach in South Bend could recruit like Carroll ...