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Bob Stoops Rumors: We've Seen Them Before
The "hot" name right now to replace Coach Charlie Weis right now is Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops. But I don't buy the rumors, and I actually suspect that Stoops himself is using the Notre Dame rumors as leverage to get a better contract out of Oklahoma University or other potential employers. We've ...
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Happy Thanksgiving!
I'll have more of my thoughts on Coach Weis and the Fighting Irish as the weekend rolls around, but today I just want to wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving. Here at OC Domer HQ we're thankful to have the whole family together for a few days as the OC Domer Daughter is back home from Notre Dame ...
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Heard it through the grapevine: Brian Kelly
Charlie Weis may not know who Notre Dame's football coach is going to be next season, but it seems that many others "in the know" at the University understand that it will be Brian Kelly, currently head coach at the University of Cincinnati. If my contacts at Notre Dame are to be believed (and I ...
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Update On Michigan Cheating Allegations
Back in September the news broke about University of Michigan football players alleging that their own program was routinely violating NCAA rules by practicing and engaging in other football-related activities for hours well in excess of the daily and weekly limits set by NCAA rules.Many ...
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The Long List
Starting with the Notre Dame loss to Navy, and accelerating with the loss to Pittsburgh this Saturday, there has been a flurry of articles, discussions, blog posts, and speculation about who is on Jack Swarbrick's "short list" of potential candidates to replace Charlie Weis as head football ...
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It wasn't as close as the score indicated
The Fighting Irish extended to ten their streak of consecutive losses to ranked opponents, falling to the Pittsburgh Panthers 27-22 despite a furious 4th quarter rally that was prematurely terminated by a bogus instant replay reversal which turned an incomplete Clausen pass under pressure into a ...
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IBG: Get Your Headlines Here!
The Subway Domer is hosting this week's Irish Blogger Gathering. Head over there to read all the IBG contributors' responses once you're done here.Subway is being cute this week (I can't stand cute) and, since the Irish have been very much in the headlines since last Saturday's scuttling at the ...
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Three Envelopes
When Notre Dame Head Football Coach Charlie Weis showed up for his first day on his new job under the Golden Dome, there was a short letter waiting for him in the middle of his desk. It was from Charlie's predecessor, Ty Willingham. The letter read as follows:Dear Coach Weis,Congratulations on ...
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You Are What Your Record Says You Are, Charlie.
You Are What Your Record Says You Are, Charlie.
ocdomer.blogspot.com — After the Fighting Irish suffered their humiliating loss to Syracuse last November, I wrote that I was... done defending Charlie Weis. My conclusion to that post was:If it was my call, I'd give him another year, provided he could present a serious plan ... (more) You Are What Your Record Says You Are, Charlie.
IBG: "You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas"
I must say as to what I have seen of Texas, it is the garden spot of the world. The best land & best prospects for health I ever saw is here, and I do believe it is a fortune to any man to come here. There is a world of country to settle. (David Crockett, in a letter to his children, 9 January ...
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