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Notre Dame to keep Weis as coach for fifth season
Charlie Weis will return for a fifth year as Notre Dame's football coach despite posting his second straight disappointing season.
Headlinin': Charlie Weis, survivor
Headlinin': Charlie Weis, survivor
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 ... (more) Headlinin': Charlie Weis, survivor
 Weis Will Return
Weis Will Return
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 ... (more) Weis Will Return
Whaaaa? Tommy Tuberville done at Auburn, Charlie Weis Stays at Notre Dame
Whaaaa? Tommy Tuberville done at Auburn, Charlie Weis Stays at Notre Dame
blog.ingamenow.com — Coach Tommy Tuberville is done after ten years as coach of the Auburn Tigers football team. What... makes this surprising? Next season, Charlie Weis will still be the coach at Notre Dame. Returning for his fifth season, Weis is coming of a 9-15 record over the past two seasons. (more) Whaaaa? Tommy Tuberville done at Auburn, Charlie Weis ...
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Charlie Weis Lives To Eat Another Day In South Bend
Double Extra Point — [image] from espn.com: Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick says 'Best course of action is to keep Weis as coach.' [image] In his first season as head coach in 2005, Notre Dame extended Charlie Weis' contract seven games into the season after the Irish almost upset #1 USC at home three weeks earlier. The contract was reported to pay Weis through the 2015 season - coincidentally the same year his son would graduate from Notre Dame - and was in the neighborhood of between 30 and 40 million dollars. At that time in 2005, former Notre Dame Athletic ...

Notre Dame: Learning from the past or living a double-standard?
Randball — weiswillingham.jpg Not to start beating an already well-struck drum, but: Tyrone Willingham , three years at Notre Dame: 21-15 record (.583 winning percentage), two winning seasons, a Gator Bowl appearance, zero bowl game victories, fired after 6-5 record in 2004. Charlie Weis , four years at Notre Dame: 28-21 record (.571 winning percentage), two winning seasons (his first two years, largely with Willingham’s players), zero bowl game victories, given the go-ahead to coach his fifth season today . This entry was posted on Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 at 2:02 pm and is filed ...

How exactly is "Links" a golf term?
Cincy Jungle — ... Bearcats are attracting better area talent. The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network said of the Bengals: "Let the record (1-10-1) show that the Bengals are terrible, and thank God you didn't have to pay to watch that nonsense they advertised as NFL football." Bengals.com is already talking NFL draft. Prisco ranks the Bengals 30th. Rick Reilly tests players on some uncommon NFL rules. Charlie Weis stays at Notre Dame. Wide receivers usually catch on slow. Don ...

Not PSU News: Weis Returns
We Want The Lion - A Penn State Football Blog — ... Ty is going to go nuts. The Notre Dame people made it official today; Charlie's staying. We haven't heard of one person who supports this decision, aside from the people who make the decision, apparently. From what people are saying on tv, it's like no one wants him, no one thinks he can coach and everyone is tired of his arrogance. We're not sure how you bring a guy like that back. Chuck went to consecutive BCS bowls in his first two seasons -- with someone else's players. He's followed those up with awfully bad seasons this year and last, and the Irish ...

Notre Dame Decides They’ll Stick With Mediocrity
Sports Blog - football, basketball, and baseball — ... For a school that has the “biggest fan base,” and is the “best program in all of college football,” it sure is odd that they’d stay with a mediocre — at best — head coach. But that’s what Notre Dame is doing, having come to the decision that they’ll give Charlie Weis one more year before they call it quits. ...

Talking points: Steve Sarkisian and the coaches shell game edition
Rocky Top Talk — ... . Meanwhile, Charlie Weis is in contention for the Notre Dame job -- wait, he already has that (who knew?) and will for at least another year anyway. Whose roots were deeper but apparently not as strong? ...

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sports.espn.go.com 12/3/2008 — Multiple media outlets report that Notre Dame will bring back Charlie Weiss for 2009.
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thebiglead.com 12/3/2008 — According to Irish Eyes ( UPDATE : And a TV station in South Bend ) Notre Dame is bringing back Charlie Weis next season, and the announcement will come “most likely within the next 24 hours.” Nothing in the Chicago papers of this moment ...
Guess what? Weis isn't that badFOXSports.com News for COLLEGE FOOTBALL 12/3/2008
Charlie Weis is getting another year at Notre Dame and Pete Fiutak is OK with that. It might even help him win an argument.
Notre Dame announces Weis will returnFOXSports.com News for COLLEGE FOOTBALL 12/3/2008
Charlie Weis will return for a fifth year as Notre Dame's football coach despite posting his second straight disappointing season. A person familiar with the decision said the university will make the official announcement later Wednesday. The person ...
Despite Disappointing Season, Notre Dame Will Keep WeisNYT > College Football 12/3/2008
Charlie Weis will return to Notre Dame for a fifth season despite the fact that the Irish posted a record that “fell short of the expectations” fans have for the football program. >
Notre Dame Football: Reason For FaithBleacher Report - College Football 12/3/2008
It is Kool-Aid drinking day for Irish fans as it now appears that Charlie Weis will be retained as head coach. Right or wrong, for better or worse, the Notre Dame ship will continue to sail its current course. ESPN can pause their ...
Notre Dame will keep Charlie Weis as coachL.A. Times - College Football 12/3/2008
Despite four disappointing seasons, including a 6-6 record and a pounding by USC this year, Weis will stay on under a 10-year contract. > SOUTH BEND, Ind. ...