Published 11/24/2008
by Neil Waechter
at Bleacher Report - College Football
All day, I've been perusing the Internets while I nurse my hangover, reading everything I can get my hands on about the Irish loss yesterday and the future of the Notre Dame football team. While initially I was willing to give coach Weis one more week to right the ship with a win over U$C, I no longer believe that. When you look at the game yesterday, this program has reached an all-time low. All-time. Worse than Kuharich, worse than Willingham, worse even than last year. I pulled these stats from ESPN: • For the first time in school history , Notre Dame fell to an eight-loss team. • The Irish have now lost five games this year after dropping nine in 2007. The 14 combined losses are the most ever by Notre Dame in a two-season span This is unacceptable, and Coach Weis set the expectations for himself when he walked in the door. He told his team walking in the door that if they went 5-7 and 6-6, that he wouldn't survive as head coach. He's gone 3-9 and 6-5 in back to back ...
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