suntimes.com - 12/2/2008
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Rick Telander: People love a scapegoat. Let me rephrase that: People love having a scapegoat. The public horde gets to heap its own mistakes on that person's head and feel cleansed and eerily unburdened when the scapegoat is subsequently jeered, thrashed, tarred-and-feathered, hanged, burned ...
rivals.yahoo.com - 12/3/2008
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rivals.yahoo.com —
• He'll be back. Charlie Weis' "week in
coaching no-man's land" ends today, according to an anonymous
source in the South Bend Tribune , which reports Notre Dame will announce Weis' return for 2009 despite losing four of the last five ...
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Headlinin': Charlie Weis, survivor
notredame.scout.com - 12/2/2008
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notredame.scout.com —
Sources have told Irish Eyes that athletic director
Jack Swarbrick will publicly announce, most likely within the
next 24 hours, that Weis will be back for his fifth season in South Bend. There has been some uncertainty about Weis’ future since the ...
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Weis Will Return
sports.espn.go.com - 12/3/2008
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A New Name for Notre Dame
The Big Lead —
... Notre Dame: How about Northwestern’s Pat Fitzgerald, asks Rick Telander. Probably not a big enough name. Good column, though, asking what ND is as opposed to what it wants to be: “Just look at yourself, Notre Dame, and see if you like what you see: a smallish (8,300 undergrads), private, history-laden (founded in 1842), Catholic institution in a Midwestern town with academic standards (almost three-quarters of incoming freshmen are in the top 5 percent of their high school class) just shy of Stanford and Yale.” ...
Rick Telander floats Pat Fitzgerald
SmackCaster SmackBlog —
... , suggesting that Notre Dame cast its eyes on Northwestern’s Pat Fitzerald. John Walters suggested it last week, too. Nice to see everyone jumping on Smackcaster’s bandwagon. Fitzgerald would make a solid choice given his mark at Northwestern. Remember, he took over after Randy Walker’s tragic death. Seems to have a bright future. Big question is whether he would leave his alma mater or if ND plans on letting Weis go. ...
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Charlie Weis’ return makes it official: The Irish are hypocrites
blogs.mercurynews.com 12/3/2008 — Let’s be clear: The “Irish” in the headline refers to the Notre Dame administration, which covers the former and current athletic directors, the current president and the board of trustees.
How irresponsible (dumb, stupid, moronic, ...
Let’s Ponder Notre Dame Football at Present and Moving Onward
rumorsandrants.com 11/25/2008 — Let it be known from the get-go that I’m going to try and make it so this doesn’t turn into a Charlie Weis bashing extravaganza. Really, I’m going to try and challenge myself a little more. It’s just too easy right now.
I ...
Blog Archive » Chucky Rumors (Second Warning) - Tampa Bay Bucs Football
joebucsfan.com 11/28/2008 — Remember when Joe cautioned Bucs fans about potential Chucky-to-Notre Dame rumors? Well Bucs fans, they are about to start aplenty. If Teddy Greenstein of the Chicago Tribune is to be believed, the death knell for the Charlie Weis era at Notre Dame is ...
News On Weis Buyout
journalgazette.net 11/30/2008 — The Journal Gazette has learned from a source close to the situation that Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis' buyout is at least $12 million.
Notre Dame And Charlie Weis Deserve Each Other More Than Ever
deuceofdavenport.com 11/17/2008 — Don't act like a small (or large) part of you didn't smile or nod with approval when Charlie Weis was dropped like a sack of potatoes during the Michigan-Notre Dame game. Let's relive one of the few Michigan highlights from their wonderfully expensive failure of a season. Perhaps some of ...
Source: Buyout closer to $20 million for Weis
wndu.com 12/1/2008 — The price Notre Dame may have to pay to get rid of Charlie Weis just keeps on getting higher. As we first told you on NewsCenter 16 at 6 on Sunday, a source very close to the situation tells WNDU that the price to buy Weis out of the remaining seven ...
Let the Irish dissection begin :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Colleges
suntimes.com 12/1/2008 — Picking apart Weis, Irish season won't be pretty -- but death cases never are Two days after the Irish were bludgeoned 38-3 by USC, it's time to unzip the body bag on Notre Dame's regular season and begin the autopsy. First-year athletic director ...
Which direction is the "right one" for the Fighting Irish?
nogutsglory.blogspot.com 11/13/2008 — Notre Dame athletic director, Jack Swarbrick has publicly given Charlie Weis his vote of confidence and has even stated that the "program is headed in the right direction". I will agree with that statement if the "right direction" is heading towards the depths of mediocracy
The Case for Firing Charlie
rakesofmallow.com 12/4/2008 —
It looks like I’m one of the few on this site that wants to see Weis go, so I’ll add my counterpoint to CW’s post below. As a disclaimer, I want Weis to be let go and voted for the second option, but obviously I did ...
Charlie Weis alienates Irish supporters -
chicagotribune.com 11/14/2008 — When Reitz told Weis that Pryor might attend a USC quarterbacks camp, he remembers Weis replying: "Why send him there? If he's with me for one day he'll be good, two days he'll be great and three days he'll be incredible." Later, unprompted, Weis ...
Notre Dame, Missouri, Oregon State Earn Weekly Steamers —
Bleacher Report - College Football 12/2/2008
This weekend, my Steamers go out to Mizzou, Oregon State, and, of course, Notre Dame.
I didn’t watch the entire Border War, or as our pussified society now must call it, the Border Showdown, but I did watch most of it. The lack of defense ...
