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Jimmy Clausen, Charlie Weis, Notre Dame "Not Good Enough"

 
"We lost to Syracuse." Those are four short little words, which almost got me beat down by none other than the mighty Jimmy Clausen. I was out at CJ's last night, having a couple of drinks with my friends who were in town for the game, and we were on our way out of the bar, when we saw Jimmy walk in. He was all smiles, hitting on the ladies, high fiving his buddies, and in a generally good mood when I saw him. That pissed me off. I was not in a good mood. In fact, I was in a lousy mood; the Irish had lost a game that they had no business losing. This was worse than the loss to Navy last year, who at least had a winning record. I couldn't get over the fact that we really lost to a 2-8 Syracuse squad who had already fired its head coach. I was in a foul mood, and I'm just another fan. Shouldn't the leader of this football team also be miserable? Shouldn't he be almost embarrassed to show his face in public after that debacle? And if he does come out, shouldn't he display a little humility? So ... (link)

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