detnews.com - 5/8/2008
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The Detroit News Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis had some fighting (Irish?) words for Michigan during a session with fans prior to the Blue-Gold spring game April 19. Weis, captured on video, which was posted on YouTube, said the Irish must make a "statement" during its season opener against San Diego State on Sept. 6. He then talked about the Wolverines, Notre Dame's opponent on Sept. ...
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Weis Disses Wolverines: “To Hell With Michigan”
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... The DETROIT NEWS hears tell that the Notre Dame coach went off on the rivals from Ann Arbor before the Blue-Gold spring game last month. Back on April 19, Weis was speaking to the crowd at the pre-game brunch (where else?), when he went in to what he expects for the start of the 2008 season. And his chatter soon drifted to the matter of Michigan: (Video after the jump.) ( Weis’ speech starts about 51 seconds in )“I’ve always been one never to make excuses. (I feel) you back your words by your performance on the field. I think that’s the message our team is going to follow on ...
Charlie Weis An Expert Motivator...For Michigan
Boiled Sports —
... of Charlie Weis trying to rally the troops in South Bend and I'm guessing he'd prefer the video not be making the rounds like it is. The upshot, if you haven't seen it or heard it is that Weis implies the Michigan Wolverines will come into South Bend in September making excuses about their team and he finishes with a flourish: " ...
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journalgazette.net 5/8/2008 — We're a little late to this today as it started popping up this afternoon on various blogs and message boards and even the Detroit newspapers, but a YouTube video (check it out on the right if you can deal with the dizzying camerawork the first five minutes) has Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis speaking at the Blue-Gold game brunch.
Charlie Weis: "To Hell With Michigan"
sportsbybrooks.com 5/8/2008 — Charlie Weis is trying to put the "Fighting" back into "Irish". The Notre Dame coach was speaking at a brunch (where else?) before his team's Blue-Gold spring game, when this statement came out, certain to attract the attention of the folks in Ann Arbor: "To Hell With Michigan".
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mgoblog.blogspot.com 5/8/2008 — Oi. Michigan's weird association with rugby continues, as Dhani Jones is spending a good chunk of his offseason learning how to play the game in England. A video feature on Blackheath's new pennyflankenshire or whatever (warning: the announcer seems ...
Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis: 'To hell with Michigan'
freep.com 5/8/2008 — video clip shows Charlie Weis has taken a shot at Michigan in a speech sometime around the Blue and Gold scrimmage last month.
In a video posted by a fan at youtube.com and linked at www.uhnd.com about the spring game, Weis made a speech to fans and claimed the Wolverines would make excuses about their new coaching regime under Rich Rodriguez.
"I always been one to never make excuses ...
Notre Dame coach Weis disses U-M
detnews.com 5/8/2008 — The Detroit News Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis had some fighting (Irish?) words for Michigan during a session with fans prior to the Blue-Gold spring game April 19. Weis, captured on video, which was posted on YouTube, said the Irish must ...
