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Things Are Relaxed This Week Around Notre Dame
Things Are Relaxed This Week Around Notre Dame
A week ago, all the talk centered on Charlie Weis' job being on the line if Notre Dame were to lose to Navy. It didn't happen, and now with everybody's favorite punching bag Syracuse coming to South Bend, it's time for fun and games. Weis first pokes fun at Fort Wayne Journal Gazette writer ...
Notre Dame, Meyer seem like perfect fit | floridatoday.com
floridatoday.com — It was a parenthetical pause. An aside in a column I wrote last week comparing the differing... coaching styles between the University of Florida's Living Legend (Steve Spurrier) and current legend, or Urban Legend, (Urban Meyer). It was an opinion I ... (more) Notre Dame, Meyer seem like perfect fit | floridatoday.com
Notre Dame fans' skepticism snowballing
chicagotribune.com — For Weis, snowballs became the least worrisome things raining from the stands. First came loud boos during... the "1812 Overture," usually played as a tribute to the head coach. Then came Weis' walk to the locker room, and suggestions he not break stride. (more) Notre Dame fans' skepticism snowballing
N.D. Fans Register Dissatisfaction Via Snowball
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sportingnews.com — The fans in South Bend can only take so much embarrassment, I suppose. No good Notre Dame... is hosting awful Syracuse today. A storm dumped almost a foot of snow on northern Indiana Friday. Did I say snow? I meant ammunition : Notre Dame football ... (more) N.D. Fans Register Dissatisfaction Via Snowball
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Even a 'Cuse without its head can kill a coach with its bite
Dr. Saturday — ... for Ty Willingham was Notre Dame's surprising, 38-12 loss at struggling Syracuse in 2003, which sealed a losing record in Willingham's second year; he met his end after finishing 6-6 in '04. With the certain pounding at USC on deck, Notre Dame is destined for the same fate this year, 6-6, and maybe a bowl game, if either the Car Care or St. Petersburg bowls are feeling generous and ND is feeling desperate enough to accept (it should). And Weis, who could plausibly afford to laugh away the 'hot seat' talk last week, had better begin fashioning one hell of a tourniquet. ...

Even a 'Cuse without its head can deliver a killer bite
Dr. Saturday — ... doom for Willingham was Notre Dame's surprising, 38-12 loss at struggling Syracuse in 2003, which sealed a losing record in Willingham's second year; he met his end after finishing 6-6 in '04. With the certain pounding at USC on deck, Notre Dame is destined for the same fate this year, 6-6, and maybe a bowl game, if either the Car Care or St. Petersburg bowls are feeling generous and ND is feeling desperate enough to accept (it should). And Weis, who could plausibly afford to laugh away the 'hot seat' talk last week, had better begin fashioning one hell of a ...

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